The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-10

day OF February he obtained, as we learn, leave
from the master mechanic to be absent three
hours and was absent three or four days without
further permission and gave no excuse for the
same. The master mechanic, if these are the
facts, very properly discharged him. Mr.. Hall
made no complaint to the receivers or to any
superior officer of this action of the master me-
chanic, SO far as we are advised. The employees
in the shop made complaint OF Halls dis
charge. If complaint had been made either by
Mr.. Hall or the employees of the shops, the re-
ceivers would as they would In any case, have
instituted diligent inquiry to ascertain whether
injustice had been DONE They would, in that or
any other case, rectify the error and do full
justice to the party aggrieved
"At o'clock p M, Monday, March i, at sig
nal for the men to leave the shops, they left,
undoubtedly upon the order of Mr.. Irons, and
have not since returned to duty. The receivers,
believing that majority OF the men went out
against their wishes and were satisfied with
their relations to the company and the receivers,
and left under some mysterious influence exer-
cised by Mr.. Irons, and desiring to give them
full opportunity to return en- masse, directed the
supern ntendent to publish an order on the even
ing of March !, giving the men until 10 o'clock
A. NJ, of Thursday, March A, an opportunity to
return to their places, with the assurance that
those who returned would again be placed 1pon
the rolls, and those who did not would be dis
charged. The men did not return to the shops
at 10 o'clock Thursday morning, as invited to do
by the general superintendent, and they were
thereupon offered their pay, which they de-
clined.a
Mr. Brown then refers to the efforts of q COM
mittee of merchants at Marshall to assist IN
bringing about settlement of the alleged
troubles, giving lengthy correspondence he had
with them, most of which has already been pub
lished, and closes.as follows:
This s fair, full and complete statement of
all the facts connected with and subsequent to
the strike, and there will be no contradiction OF
them from any responsible or respectable source,
and upon these facts the receivers are willing to
be judged by an impartial public and by the in
telligent and honest employees of the company"
Grave and Dangerous Situation.
ST. Louis. March 9.-An article printed here
this afternoon referring to the seriousness of the
situation on the Union Pacific railway discusses
the matter in the following manner, and it con-
tains great deal of truth:
"The railroad situation to-day is serious, but
it is likely to grow more alarming in its aspect
and extent There is no present hope Of a solu-
ton; that fact seems to be thoroughly under
stood and to be entirely appreciated by both the
railroad and their employees. The generally &C
cepted impression is that the present strike
is to be made test case, and that its
solution can come only with the final adjudica-
tion of the relative positions which labor and
capltal are TO occupy In tnlS country. He
knights of Labor insist that the railroad man
ayers are responsible for the existing troubles,
and that they are not only prepared themselves
for this conflict, but are onbned to push it to
the bitterest extreme ThesN allegations against
the railroad managers go back as far as the plac
ing of the Texas Pacific in the hands of receiv
ersswhich was DONE it is claimed, in order that
thes road might have the protection of
thes United States courts. With the
railroad officials in this attitude, 1t will
H.. flac 20 IN
fancy and that any apprehension that may be
feltis warranted by the situation and the out
look. The railroad men themselves say they
want to settle. at once and for all, the depend
ency of either party to the dispute upon the
other It is declared most positively that they
will not yield, but will find out by the settlement
or solution to which this strike comes, just
whkther capital is in the future to control labor,
On ihnof TO control capital They declare that
tDey appreciate the seriousness or the conflict,
and will. if necessary, push this situation to a
point where some solution must be had. 1t
would seem that the railroad managers mean
just what they say for their tactics are exactly
in line with the policy they have expressed.
The Missouri Pacific is not trying to en-
ploy any men to take the places of the
strikers, and does not appear to be in any great
hurry to have the men resume work The other
roads hold the same attitude. Indeed, the in
clinaIion of the road managers seems to be in
favor of letting the strike settle itself. AS an
earnest Of their intention, they are discharging
employees, who, by reason of the strike, have
nothing to do. On the other hand. the growth
of the strike continues, and traffic, as far as
Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas and Texas are con-
cerned is at a standstll The bridge hands
struck last night, and the. rumor prevails that a
further uprising of Knights may be expected at
any moment. The most important rumor is
that the employees of the Chicago, Burlington 6
Quincy, at ST. Joe, will inaugurate the strike on
that road, and that the Wabash men may also be
expected to join the throng of strikers, and be-
fore the trouble ends all the railroad systems of
the country will be involved, and the dispute
will finally be reduced to a fight between rail
road corporations and organized labor"
Yesterdays Developments in the Strike.
ST. LOUIS, March 9.-The condition of affairs
in relation to the strike of the employees upon
the Gould Southwestern system, is as follows:
No freight of any kind is allowed to pass over
the tracks of the Missouri Pacific railroad, and
consequently the cars loaded with merchandise
to be shipped from the city can find no exit
Many are laden with perishable property, and
great loss will result from their detention unless
they can be unloaded and their cargoes stored in