The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-04-03
THE RAILWAY STRIKE.
GOVERNOR OGt.eSeY TALKS TO THE
BIG BRIDGE PEOPLE.

In No Hurry to Get Out Troops. But No
Nonsense When They Are Calicd-Re-
ports from the Gould Lines Show Trains
Movins-Troubie at TT. Worth.
ST. LOUIS, April S-A delegation of st
Louis buiness men called on Governor
Oglesby Thursday and urged him to send
troops to East st. Louis to raise the block
ade there. They told him that the police
authorities of st Louis had put stop to
the moral for that the strikers were S5ing
TO prevent The running of trains, and nov
the difficulty was the situation at East st.
louis and they could not stand il any
longer Coal was very scarce, and most OF
it came from East ST. Louis Many factories
had shut down for want of coal, and the i'll
convenience was growing serious, even with
private citizens
The governor listened to the remarks of
tine delegation and then said that not. until
the sheriff mad exhausted his powers, which
he did not think had been done, would he
call on the militia. Said he: NO governor
wants to resort to military power until all
other means fail; it is not the spirit of our
people or the genius OF our government |
do not want the people of Illinois to get into
he habit OF thinking that they can call out
the militia, which is limited in this state,
to settle every little local or county
trouble that springs up want the people
to know that the power for their protection
lies not in the militia, but in their sheriffs,
and do not want TO call out the militia
unless there is real cause for it, for when |
I
mean to use it, That's what | shall tell
those gentlemen, Knights of Labor or what
ever you call them. | shall explain the law
and ask them to respect it, and if they do
not then | shall act concerning the use of
the militia, and when they come here, if
they must, they will be made good use of.
The views of the striking Knights of La
bor upon the Gould southwest system, and
t.eir employers as TO the means by which
the strike shall be brought TO Il close, despite
apparent agreement reached at New York,
seems as far apart as ever, and final al Just
ment is still in the tuture The knights
demand that all those who struck shall he
taken back in a body, and the railway oil
cials have determined to re eemploy only
those actually needed Consequently the
strike still continues.
No hope is now entertained, even by the
most sanguine, that a final settlement will
be reached until the general executive
board shall have arrived from New Nork
and considered the situation
The Missouri Pacific freight agents were
receiving freight Friday morning for ali
points on the Gould southwest system and
he business of those roads is as regularly
conducted as it was before the strike None
OF the Knights of Labor have gone back to
work, but the officials say they have en-
ployed a sufficient numL or OF men since the
knights left their employ to resume freight
traffic
The large freight houses in East St Louis
have not yet been thrown open, for the
Knights of Lahor are no less determined
now than they have been for a week
not to allow any supplies to be handled IN
that vicinity, either by wagon or train. The
crowds assembled in the railroad yards there
are as large as at any time since the strike
was begun, and seem determined that the
road shall not resume freight traffic until
their grievances are arbitrated and settled
telegram from New York says: The
reports to the effect that the strike on the
settlement as ever, AMI that in all
probability it would be prolonged in
definitely unless the con!eniinT par
ties recede from their present position,
were ridiculed at the office of the Missouri
| Pacific company Friday. It was stated
by the officials that so lar as that road was
concerned, the prospect for full resump-
| ton of business was favorable Mr. Hoxie,
one OF the vice presidents OF the Missouri
| Pacific railroad, in his communications from
| st. LOUIS to Jay Could said that
| while there may be some trouble at a
| few points along the line of the road, he
| thinks that the worst port of the strike is
over, although he is of tn opinion that the
| business of the road may not he Conducted
smoothly for few days at least Mr.. H0xie
| further says that so far as the men
are concerned lie has all the work
ing force at his command that
he needs Thursday Mr. Hoxie says 25l
full trsnis were run over the road without
| difficulty, and he does not anticipate any
| trouble in handling trains A dispatch from
Kansas city received at the Office of the Mis-
souri, Pacific company stated that Iusines.
had neen fully resumed here