The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-03-25
THE STRIKES.
Traffic Interfered With on the
Missouri Pacific.
HOW CRAWFORD WAS KILLED.
Anarchists-Secre Manning
Prison Revolt. OBJ
The Strikes.

KANSAS CITY, March 24.-Everything
remains in statu quo this morning.
ATCHIsoN, Kansas, March 24.-The
Missouri Pacific made two attempts
this morning to send out freight trains
over their road, but failed. The first
train succeeded without encountering
any interference in running to point
about one mile from the Union depot,
where a number of strikers boarded
car and set the brakes. The engine was
killed" and the train brought back TO
the city by switch engine. A second
attempt was then made to start, this
time under the protection of the City
Marshal, sheriff and number of police
men. The train succeeded in getting as
far as the city limits, but short dis
lance from there the strikers took
control of it and brought it back to the
yard. There has been considerable eX-
element during the attempts to move
these trains but no serious disturbances.
All Missouri Pacific engines, except
two, are now disabled.
ST. LOUIS, March pa freight train
of fifteen cars was made up this morn
ing and started over the Missouri Pa
cific tracks in the direction of Seven
tenth Street; arriving at that point a
crowd called upon the engineer and
firemen to leave their posts, which they
did. The mob here soon became so
dense that it was deemed advisable to
clear the yards, and the police were sum-
moned and soon a force of about $50,
commanded by the chief of police and all
captains arrived at the scene. The crowd
was then ordered to dispense, and upon
their refusing to do so the police made
a charge upon them, hoping to drive
them away before using their clubs.
The latter alternative, however, became
necessary. During the struggle which
ensued, several of the the strikers were
badly beaten by the police, some of
whom were in turn badly bruised from
rocks thrown by the mob. After brief
| fight the crowd dispersed and was driven
from the yards.
Another engine was then procured
which after being coupled to the aban-
doned freight train, drew 1t from the
scene OF the riot under the guard of
bout fifty police, who accompanied it
as far as the city limits, no interference
having been met with.
A dispatch from Kirkwood, twelve
miles west, says the freight train passed
that point safely.
Just after the freight train had gotten
away, carrying a large portion of the
police force, a mob numbering about
l 1000 men, made rush for the machine
shops of the Missouri Pacific, to take
possession of them. The courage of the
majority of them failed. and only aboui
forty proceeded beyond half way, and
they soon abandoned the idea and dis
persed.
KANSAS CITY, March 24.-The railroad
superintendents did nothing at then
morning session except to discuss the
situation. They meet again this after
noon when they will probably confer
with the strikers. A prominent official
expressed the opinion that the railroads
would grant the switchmen's demands
for the Chicago scale of wages if they
would guarantee that it should end the
strike as far as Kansas City is con-
cerned; otherwise the demand would
probably be refused.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo-. March 24-At noon
to-day gardiner in the Hannibal and
St. Joseph and Kansas City, st. Joseph
and Council Bluffs yards struck and
freight traffic was entirely suspended.