Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-04-03
BY WIRE TO-DAY.
Another Day of Trouble at
Missouri Pacific Freight
Centers.
The Strike Practically
Ended, but the Strikers
Still Belligerently
Disposed.
A Collision at Fort Worth with NJ.
merous Bloody and Fatal
Results.
A Fire this Morning in the
Planters Hotel at St.
Louis and Four Lives
L Lost.
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THE MISSOURI PACIFIC sTRIKE PRACTICAL
LIZ AT AN END-REGULAR TRAINS
RUNNING.
st. Louis, April 3-The resumption of
freight traffic by the Missouri Pacific and
Iron Mountain roads is now become an
acknowledged fact. For the past two
days these roads have been sending out
o regular number of trains, which, al
though smaller at first than they were
accustomed to be before the strike, yes
terday assumed their more natural pro-
portions and to-day it is expected will
be as large as ever. No more hindrance
or interference to the running of freigh,
trains upon these roads is anticipated.
POINT OF INTEREST.
East st. Louis has now become d
point OF interest andSsit is expected the
officials of tho different roads centsrine
IN this city will find it a diticult task to
effect q resumption of freight traffic. Al
their efforts in this direction have, with
a few exceptions, failed, and the strikers,
although they have announced mora
~suasion az their mode OF interference,
are determined thai if that shall fail to
resort to more
VIOLENT METHODS,
and are determined that no freight
shall be moved until the strike is ended.
The railroad officials last night deciGeG
upon running freight trains and will to-
day make every effort to attain that
end. When these attempts shall b.
made 1t is expected serious trouble vii
ensue.
PREPARING TO SEE HoxIE.
No change has occurred at East ST.
Louis. Frederick Tuner, secretary o.
the general executive board of knight
OF labor. and Wm. II. Bsrty. member Oh
the came committee, arrived IN this city
this morning from Cincinnati and pro-
ceeded to the rooms of the local CON-
mlttee, where they are now, considering
the strike situation. Alter this con-
ference shall have been finished and
some definite plan of action decided
upon Turner will attempt to see Hoxie
and to ascertain what line he intends to
follow in rc-employing striking knights.
A second conference will be held with
the local committee and
AN AGREEMENT FORMULATED.
which will be presented to Hoxie for hle
signature.
Turner was interviewed this morning,
He stated that his plaza ia that all posi-.
tons not now filled by newmen who have
been employed since the Inauguration
OF the STRIFE shall be open to application
from the knights and that those who
apply shall be employed. Then there
shall be selected an arbitration commit.
tee which will attempt to arrive at some
amicable understanding concerning the
grievances of the Missouri Pacific
knights.
URNER TALKS.
Turner. in reply to an inquiry if he
should request that ali striking knights
be r~e-employe ed laid:
NO; such has never been the case
heretofore, even when we have been
most victorious, and We can hardly ex-
pect sueE a ourse to be pursued by ths
railroad companies. We don't
expect them to discharge competent
men who have been employed during
the strike and we shall make no such
demand. All we ask ID that the places
now vacant be flied by knights who
may make application for them and
that from them shall be chosen an arbl-
trstlon committee to treat with Hoxie.
Neither shall we demand that those who
committed d%spredations upon the com
pany's property be taken back. Such a
demand would BIZ inconsistent with the
principles laid down in cur constitution,
for you know that We endorse the prop:
position that violence in ell cases be
avoided and loss OF his position by q
knight who destroys his employers
property is inst . punishment.
Bailey hoped for q speedy settlement
of the strike and had no doubt it would
soon be ended, provided Hoxie would
consent to confer with them.
HoxIE NOT AT HOME.
st. Louis, April 3-Turner and his
associate were In consultation with the
joint executive board until after one
p. m. when they called at Hoxie's Office.
That gentlemen not bting in, they went
to the hotel and neither, the proceed
ings, character nor report of the confer
ence OF this morning have yet trans
pred.
THE BLOCKADE RAISED.
st. Louis, April 3--The freight BLOCK
ade in East st. Louis is virtually broken.
The Chicago & Alton, Ohio & Mississip-
pi. the Vandalia, the Burlington &
Quincy and the Indianapolis l. ST
Louis all have switch engines at work.
Business is progressing very much
es though there was no strike. The
sheriff made his first arrest to-day of the
strikers who were indicted by the st.
CLAIR county grand jury yesterday.
Chas. Bailey was taken to Belleville.
IN THE YARDS.
Late in the day two engineers RAINING
engines in the Vandalia yard were in
duced to take She engines to the round
house and an engineer in the Cairo short
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