The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-03-09

ORDERLY, sober and peaceable, and they
keep up a strong guard day and night to
protect the railway buildings, machinery
and other property, and are determined
that no loss or accident to property of the
roads shall occur during the continuance OF
the strike.
| AT JoSGvIEw.
Longview, Texas, March 6.1Special]-
| Now that the strike is over to the extent OF
the strikers having been discharged, they
request, by printed notices posted in
various places, the assistance of all labor
en and business men in boycotting the
Texas & Pacific railway. No freight is
sent from the junction south, and that which
goes to Texarkana. should it succeed In
getting past there, is left unhandled before
reaching St Louis, at least this latter is
reported.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT
Denison, March 6.1[Special. AT 10
O'Clock this morning the whistle at the
railroad machine shops blew long blast
and every artisan connected laid down his
tools and walked out. At present the men
are gathered in little squads of from four
to twelve discussing the situation and wait
ing for orders from the headquarters of the
Knights of Labor. At 10 o'clock promptly
every man obeyed the ord-rs of their supe-
riors and now the op and the shop bust
ness of the Missouri Pacific is at stand
still
1870 g. m.-There are about $50 freight
cars at present on the sidetrack and the
engines at the round house are now laid up
for repairs. Shop men, car repairers, black
smiths, carpenters, section inds, all con-
pected With the repair and manufacturing
departments, are out and the most orderly
crowd they are, % there is absolutely per-
feet silence in regard to everything.
AT DENIsoN.
Denison, Tex, March Especial. +
At % o'clock this morning the whistle at
the Missouri Pacific shops gave long sig
nifcant blast and every employe lad down
his tool and walked out Shopmen, car
repaires, ysrdmen, carpenters, section
hands and all connected with the repair
day crowds of strikers were con-
gregat around the depot and
street corners discussing the situation
and awaiting orders from officers of the
knights of Labor. The strikers are very
quiet and orderly and refuse to say any
thing further than that they are dered to
stop work. No yard work is being done
and no freight trains have gone out to-day.
Two or three freight trains arrived, but it,
is expected that they will be the last until
the strike is over. There are about 800
freight cars standing "n the side track.
Passenger trains are running unmolested.
The most perfect order prevails
here tonight. There is death-like still
ness about the depot and yards, and he
strikers have retired to their homes. 1t is
feared the strike will be long and serious,
and that the Knights of Labor are deter
mined to stay out until their demands are
complied with.
IN CONTROL OF STRIKERS.
Denison, Tex, March 6.-[Speciall- THE
Knights of Labor struck at 10 o'clock this
morning. Everything is at q saandstill an
the yards and shops The strikers are in
control of the situation. About three
hundred cars are in the yards and no
freight trains are allowed to go out Every
thing is quiet.
AT ST. LOUIS.
ST. Louis, March 6.-At In o'clock this
morning an or Ter was sued BY the execu-
i've board IF Knights of Labor, District
Assembly l01, in session at Marshall, Tex,
ordering strike of mmhine shop men
employed on the Missouri Pacific or the
Gould Southwestern system of railways.
In compliance with the order the men
struck at Sedali {, DeSoto, st. Louis, and
it Is expected that like action will follow
al variuus other points. seveu hundred
men quit work at the Sedalia shop a. at
the works at DeSoto, and betwe 200 and
300 at the ships in this ,ity.
The running force of the Gould system, in
Guiding shopmen, trackmen and trainmen
is 1900. Of these, 5000 are claimed to
be Knights of Labor; but up to this after
noon only those employed in the machine
shops had struck. 1t is estimated that at
the present time from $500 to 5000 men
have gone - out, but il is thought
probably that if the managers do not
accede promptly to the demands of the
strikers all The remaining Knights on the
system will be ordered out. The cause of
the strike has b. EN- very difficult to get at,
but the following statement is as compie-
hensive, and pc maps as accurate as has
yet been made. On the 18th IF Iast m. NTH
the district assembly l0l of The Knis hts of
Labor he d general convention at Mar
shall, Tex. Among the delegates to hat
meeting was Mr.. Z. Hall, foreman of the /
wood workers of the Texas d Pacific car
chops at Marsh Ii. He had Sc
cured, it is alleged, leave
of absence for the purpos
Of attending theconventiou from his M
mediate superior, Mr.. J. A. Cosby, the |
master car builder, aud is permission, it |
is said, was witnessed by j. J. cGeary, of |
St. Louis, IN john Thorn on, of De Soto,
visiting Knights. The c invention, with Mr.. |
Hall as delegate, sat ur days, and |
On IN l9tn adjourned At noon on that !
lay Mr. Hail resume his worn as usual. |
On quitting hrs duty In the evening lie re-
,eived note fIom Nh. Cosby, Stating that
ais services were no longer required, and |
|. Is said, assigning as the ca ise of his dis
:harg, that he had been absent from his
IN r.fh.