The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-03-04
KING HTS OF LABOR
Locked Out OF the Champion Reaper
Works at Springfield, 0,
A FTightful Accident ON the Grand Trunk
RaiIroad. .-Cut His wife to Pieces
MoIderu Strike at Akron
---Other News,
Specials TO the DAILY DEMOCRAT

SPRINGFIELD, O., March 3.--There
10 the widest kind OF excitement here
tonight over the dismlssal of big
force Of Knights Of Labor from the
East street Champion reaper works.
The discharged wOrkmen claim that the
number discharged will reach between
600 and 700. The ak lodges OF knights
of Labor held q meeting to discuss the
situation to night, but took no def
mite action. The foreman In the works
went through the shops to day and ASK
ed every man II he was q Knight OF
Labor. His answer was entered oppo'
site his When time came for
quitting work those who had admitted
belonging to the Knights OF Labor we're
either paid of at once or else told to
call tomorrow and get their money.
The action came like bombshell to
The men, and the greatest excitement
prevailed, II has been known for some
time that Mr.. Whiteley has not desired
TO continue the knights In his works,
bnl II was not believed that II would
come TO a general discharge OF men,
There are three thousand knights at
work In the various shops Of this city,
and II the affair develops into general
strike there Ia no knowing where the
trouble will end.
LATER-.Great excitement continues
mere this afternoon, Meetlnga are beinE
held to-day by all the lodges OF the
knights OF Labor Of this city to take ac'
tion regarding the plans to be pursued
In retaliation. II is expected that a
general strike will take place through
out the company's works. Great indig'
nation is felt at the action Of the com
pany as the men had asked for nothing
and were discharged simply because Of
their connection with labor Organlza'
tions.
A FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT,
TORONTO, ONT, March 3.-An0ther
frightiu accident occurred on the Grand
Trunk Railroad last night by whish At
least four persons will lose their lives
and perhaps dtzen or more others were
badly injured, Az the night express was
nearing the Belleville bridge, crossing
che 0use river, the train Jumped the
track and plunged into the bridge and
through II into the river, forty feet be.
low, The Ice was very thick, which pre-
vented the cars from breaking through
into the deep water The cara were
badly broken and took lre from the
Overturnlng Of the stoves, The con.
ductor Of the train was caught fast and
hoaribly burned. Nearly every yestige
OF clothing was burned from his body, A
commercial traveller named Irwin, OF
Toronto, was frlghifully mashed be-
tween two cars, Two others were badly
Injured, and will probably die, making
four In oil that arc likely not TO recover,
Nearly twenty passengers we're more or
less bruised, cut and otherwise injured
All the wounded were token 10 farm
houses In the vicinity and cared for as
we'll as the facilities would adml.
A DOMESTIC TRAGEDY,
GREENvILLE, s, G., March BE W,
King, employe OF the CamperdOwn Mile
OF this city, butchered his wife laat
night, Her body was horribly carved to
pieces, He then cut hls own throat,
nearly seyering the head from the body
He was jealous Of his wife, who was
good looking little woman, ana commit.
ted the deed In llt OF anger, NJ her
supposed attentions to other mon
Seven small children are made orphans
by the deed,