Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-03-28
LABOR TROUBLES.
Jay Gould Refuses 20 Meet the Knights
of Labor.
tBy telegraph to the Dispatch.l


tBy telegraph to the Dispatch.l
NEW YORK, March 27.-An invita-
ton was sent to Jay Gould to-day q
meet the General Executive Board o.
the Knights Of Labor, with q view &c
submitting the southwestern-railroad
difficulties to an arbitration committee
Gould. acting on the advice of the MIS-
souri, Pacific directors, refused to meet
the Board.
Master-Workman powderly this eve
ming renewed bis request to Jay Gould
TO submit the questions in relation to thu
southwestern railroad strikes to an ar
bitration committee Of seyen-three tC
be chosen by the Knights, three by thu
railroads, and the seventh to be chosen
by these six. Gould declined to make
an immediate reply. but said he would
lay the matter before the Board of Di
rectors Monday.
STRIKE OF sTREET-CAR MEN II
PITTSBURGH.
PITTSBURGH, March 27.-Thi
morning the street-car conductors an'
drivers on all the lines about the city
excepting the Citizens Traverse anC
Second-AveDue lines, went out on ;
strike.
STEALING A MARCH on THE
STRIKERS.
ST. LOUIS, March 27.--At l:30 thi!
afternoon the Vandalia road in East st.
Louis succeeded in getting out freigh
train of eleven cars. About 700 men
were standing around the depot at Tho
time. An Ohio and Mississippi freight
train moved as if to start out, and the
crowd made rush to stop it. This &C.
ton Of the strikers left the tracks
around the depot clear. The Vandall'
engineer, who was all ready to start
saw his chance. put on steam, anC
started away. One Of the crowd SAN
the move, and running ahead turned th'
swiich-signal across the track, expecting
the engineer would stop when he saw
the track blocked, but the engineer
turned on more steam and crashed
through the signal; the train was off
and in few minutes was out Of sight
ADVANCING WAGES.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, March 2T.-A
Youngstown tO.j special says Brown
Bonnell * Co., large iron manufac
turers. have notified their laborers tina
their wages will be advanced 10 pc
cent. on Monday.
Returned TO WORK.
PROVIDENCE, Z. L.. March o.
The strikers at the Arctic mill hav
followed their Quidneck brethren an
returned to work.
THE BELGIUM STRIKES.
lBy Apglo-American cable to the Dispatch.
BRUSSELS, March 27.-The rolling
mills at Montceau have been sacked b.
the strikers. Gangs Of strikers ar
everywhere in the mining countrie
forcing the men to stop work, and ar
going about pillaging factories. Th
local authorities are absolutely power
less before the daily-increasing strength
Of the rioters. Ii will now require YER,
large achievements Of troops to quel
the riots.
Aidmght.-The city is in state !
the widest excitement, growing out o
the news Of uprisings and riots in man
parts Of Belgium. Crowds Of rough
are psrading the streets of this city
breaking windows and assaultipg citi
zess. The police are making the mos
heroic exertions to dispense the mob
which is composed Of the worst ele
ments Of the population. Dispatche:
from Charleroi late tonight say
that 1000 additional troops have
arrived there and that the town
is in state Of siege. The
troops are posted throughout the
place, and no one is permitted to pas
the sentries without authority. Tue
inhabitants are urged by the town Off
Gals to remain within doors.
A body Of strikers attacked the
Couiilet Iron-Works to-day. They
were repulsed by the troops, who fired
upon them repeatedly. The rioters
threaten to return in force and rene "
their attack upon the works.
Later adyices from Roux says tina.
the fight there to-day between troops
and strikers was Of the mos. desperate
character. The chasseurs poured vol
ley after yolley into the mob. Ten Of
the strikers were shot dead and large
number were wounded.
1t is reported that the Maremont coll
liery has been set on fire by the mob,
and that the rioters have invested the
Pirmi and Moudron glass. works.
Inst Nights TtiegraphIc Flashes.
Pasteur's Russian patients are recoy-
ering.
The Office of the Fargo ,Dak.) Argus
has been burned.
The Reichstag has rejected Bismarck's
spirit-monopoly bill.
The report that United States troops
bad been ordered to 81. Louis is oth-
,ially denied.
Secretary Manning remains in nearly
he same condition tonight as during
he past two days.
The treasurer Of Knox county, Ind,
has been arrested on the charge OF be-
ne short in his accounts.
L. D. Munger, Of Boston, has broken
he 25.mile bicycle record. Time,
iour, - minutes, 10 400 seconds.
There is no truth in the story that a
french woman and an American wo-
nan fought duel on the field OF Wa
erloo.
The JOneses, father and son, who
ave been on trial for the last ten days
t Asheyille for the murder Of Mary
lice, have been acquitted.
Governor Perry, Of Florida, has
Tritten letter stating that the absence
+ Senator Jones from the Senate does
OF make a vacancy in a constitutional
ense.
A boat recently picked up and taken
ITO New York has been identified as
elongipg to the schooner c. Ii. Morse,
'hich is supposed to have sunk the