The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-03-12
WILL LOSE A MILLION
RATHER THAN kNUCKlE TO THE
KNIGHTS OF LABOR,

Is the Decision of the Missouri Pacific
Directors Arthur of the II. l.. Il.
Not in Harmony With the strikers No
Trains Moving at st. Louis.
New York, March L. 1t is authorita-
lively stated that the directors of the Missouri
Pacific railroad thoroughly approve Vice
President HoXies course in dealing with The
strikers The company, it is said is pre-
pared TO lose Sl,0U00J rather than accede
to the demands of the Knights of Labor
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, March ll-Squads OF de
tectivcs belonging to Gould's corps are now
gu riding the shops Of the Missouri Pacific
road. Tho engineers and iiremtn are with
the company, and new hands are hoIng en-
gagged to take the places Of the strikers The
company refused to change its policy Of
silence, but it is known that it intends to
call on the authorities for the arrest oi any
persons who interfere with the new men
now being engaged This may result in The
calling out of the militia There is little
doubt that the Missouri Pacific proposes 10
take a determined stand, and il is probable
that the challenge for a trial of strength
WIN bue SlihttS VIII result IN open warfare
before tie question is settled.
The announcement that traffic would be
resumed upon the Gould system has not as
yet materiaiizad into fact within and
abont the shops Of the Missouri Pacific priv
ate wat 'hinen and detectives are plenty a
dozen of whom were clumsly preparing
some three or four engines for road service
As yet however, no train crews have been
obtained, and the prospect for run
nins freight is no better than here
tofore. Locomotive engineers and iiremen
are the most uneasy OF all, as when they ar
called upon to mount their engines, which
are prepared by non union men the burden
of the question OF assisting the company IN
beating the strike will I've upon their shouI
deS
The strikers claim that in the event of en-
gineS being gotten ready, the engineers and
iiremen will not only lie hard to int, but
will he So feeble AMI III that
they will decline TO 90 ont They also
claim that a very slight tug at the
coat OF an engineer or fremai VIII "intimi
dat9' them from proceeding, Then shodlA
a train proceed upon the road thcy win
scarcely pass 70 the first important station
There are assemblies of the Knight, Of
Labor at all these points Eut train mas
moved acrnss TIL bridge and there is no pre-
paratory switching being done Nothing
hut mail trains have gon TOUT N on the Mis-
souri, Pacific, accommodation trains being
all abandoned
Martin Irons the head Of the Knights OF
Labor here, has issued circular in answer
to Hoxie's statement, and formulates the
I- nft no Fec. a,
manding certain rates of wages beginning
with Sl.50 for common labor, and the
adjustment OF convict work, the following
demand is made:
an view OF the fact that considerable dis
satisfaction and trouble have arisen on a.
count of the discharge of employees
without caue being first made
Known, therefore, we demand that
when any employees who are Knights
of Labor do not give satisfaction in the
capacity in which they are engaged it shall
be made known to them in writing that they
may defend themselves in the following
manner: The accused party to select two
persons to assist in conducting the defense
and the officer of the company in immediate
charge of the department ia which
the accused is employed lie allow d
TO select two persons to assist
conducting the prosecution, and the accused
be tried before three disinterested parties. to
be selected in the following manner: The
parties assisting in the defense to select one
and the parties assisting in the prosecution
one, and the two thus see ated choose the
third. The accused must be allowed to re
main at work until the charges are either
disproved or suLstantiated
SEDALIA, Mo March 12-The railway
officials here announced Thursla morning
that they would start trains, and invited n
citizens committee to see whether the
Knights of Labor interferred in the matter
Accordingly a citizens committee went to
East Sedalia. Here they held a conference
with the Knights OF Labor executive com
mittee No understanding of a satisfactory
character was reached; hence no attempt
was made to move freight trains The sit
uation is deplorable in the extreme.
AUBREY, Denton County, Tex, March H.
The laborers ON both sections Of the Mis-
souri, Pacific road have struck for 81. 20 per
day. On the car-house the following notice
was posted Wednesday:
mo scabs allowed here" Below the notice
was the picture of a rope haiging from the
HIND ol jfte Us u NtlIHlnS ms llittneb
have not struck.
DALLAS, Tex, March l2-Ffeight trains
are now moving. Receiver Brown received
a letter " Wednesday night from the engin
eers ON the r {" division of the Texas Fa.
ciiic road stating that they desired to correct
the report that they bad refused to 60 out
on their engines, and de laring that they
held themselves in readiness TO respond to
| the orders OF the receivers, and were not
supporting the strikers. To this welcome
| message Receiver Brown replied, saying
that the men should be protected 10 the full
| power of the United States
CLETELAND, Ohio, March l2-Chief Ar
| thur, of the Brotherhood OF Locomotive En-
gineers, stated, Thursday morning, that
| there was no foundation, whatever, for the
rumor that the engineers would refuse TO
run locomotives out of st Louis The en-
gineers, he said, had no grievances, had
made no entanglng alliances, and would
emphatically decline to take part in the
| strike on the southwestern system of rail-
roads Chief Arthur will undoubtedly ex-
| arcise all his influence tn keen The an1inaprs