Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-03-10
ST. LOUIS MERCHANTS ALARMED.
Their Business Threatened With Ruin
by the Strike ON the Gould System

Their Business Threatened With Ruin
by the Strike on the Gould System.
ST. LOUIS, March 1O.-Not pound of freight
has passed over the Great Bridge In or out OF St
Louis since the employees of the Bridge and
Tunnel company struck at the command of the
Knights OF Labor, except over the st. Louis and
San Francisco line, and its trains can penetrate
the city only as far as the Grand Avenue depot,
for from thence to the Union depot, a distance
OF about two miles. they are obliged to use the
Missouri Pacific tracks, if any, and this the
strikers will not allow. Outside merchants are
now beginning to understand the seriousness OF
system shipments have entirely closed, or i'm
very urgent cases the orders are filled by ex-
press. All through freight from the west and
southwest is also diverted from the city, for it
is impossible to transfer any from this TO the
east side of the river, vice versa. The effect
of all this upon business interests has already
become apparent, and many prominent bust
ness men express the opinion that the diverting
of trade from this city, on account OF the strike
is not only temporary, but will be permanent.
The grocers complain that they are unable to
fill one-hal of their orders, and fear that il the
strike continues much longer their customers
will seek other markets, and when once turned
away from ST. Louis the majority of them will
stay away, on account of their unwiliingness to
transfer their patronage so often. The state
menIS are made by nearly all wholesale dealers
and their estimates of the disastrous effects OF
this strike vary in proportion as their custom
erS are situated on the Gould or other roads en-
tering this city. Passenger traffic has not been
interfered with, excepting suburban travel
which has been almost entirely suspended. Ali
through trains are made up by the officials OF
the different roads and those of the Bridge and
Tunnel company. The knights of Labor have
offered to furnish men to do this work, but their
offers have been refused on account of the un-
Willingness of the com panies TO trust their prop
erty in the hands of green men.
CHICAGO. March lO.-A dispatch from St.
Louis announced that the employees of the Chi
cago and Northwestern and other Chicago rail-
roads would strike at five O'Clock this after
noon Mr. C. c. Wheeler the general superin-
fapdppf of the Chicago and Northwestern road
said that as far as he knew there was no trouble
between the company and the employees. He
was sure that there would be no strike. En-
ployes of the road said they had heard of no
strike.
THE APPEAL OF THE KNIGHTS.
GALVESTON, March 1O.-A special to the Ne,cs
from Marshall says: Quiet prevails among the
strikers here but extra policemen have been
detailed for duty about the yards. A report was
current here yesterday that all freight and pas
senger trains were to be stopped. The knights
declare that if the passenger trains are stopped
it will be no fault of theirs. They have sent out
circulars asking laboring men not 10 go to any
point on the Texas Pacific in search of employ
ment until the strike shall have been ended.
They have also issued a circular to the laboring
men of all classes asking them 10 fall into line
and stating that the Missouri Pacitic's leased
and operated lines and the Texas Pacific are
now employing convict and Chinese labor, to
the detriment of honorable labor.
THE MINERS GRIEVANCES.
PIrTsBURG, March 10-A convention of the
Miners and Laborers' AmaIgamated assoca-
tion of the fourth district, is now in session at
Dubois, Pa, considering proposal TO demand
an advance in wages of 12l2 cents per ton, and
to adopt measures to introduce the eight-hour-
per-day system. The delegates generally favor
making demands. and assert that If 1t is re-
fused they will strike. About 900 miners
are employed in the fourth district A tele-
gram from the Myersdale district reports the
miners still working, but likely to strike at any
moment for the advance. The Cumberland,
Irwin, Clearfield and Huntingdon miners are
nearly all idle.
THE CARPENTERS SUCCESSFUL STRIKE.
NEW YORK, March 1O.-The strike of the car
penters and joiners of this city has been sue
cessfu and nearly all of the men have been
granted their demands. Only about eighty men
are now out. The stair builders Of this city re-
Gently notified their employers that an Increase
of wages and reduction of hours of labor SINH
lar to that of the carpenters must be made to
day. 1t was said, however, that the differences
had been amicably adjusted.