Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-03-12
THE GREAT STRIKE.
THE SITUATION BECOMING MORE
SERIOUS.
Rumors of Contemplated Move
ment by the Strikers VIII Serious
ly Interfere With the Passenger
and Freight Business Out of St.
Louis.

KANSAS CITY, March 8.-There is
no change in the Missouri Pacific
strike this morning. No freight trains
are moving, but passenger trains are
not interrupted. Rumors of impend-
ing strikes on other railroad lines have
not been substantiated. About seventy
FIVE Missouri Pacific freight handlers
employed here have Leen laid off on
account Of the suspension of business.
ST. LOUIS, March S.-AlarmiDg ru.
mors are abroad this morning regard
ing the contemplated action by the
Knights Of Labor to force the railroads
Of the Gould southwest system to ac-
cedeto their demands. 1t is stated
that at IL o'clock all the Knights of
Labor employed by the st. Louis
Bridge Company will strike in support
Of their already striking brethren.
This will cause total stoppage Of all
railroad connection between the Union
depot in this city and the
railway depot in East st, Louis,
and no passengers nor freight
can be transferred by rail across the
river. To avoid the possibility of the
railroads using the ferries for trans
portation purposes, the central com.
pany has, it is stated, ordered out all
the men engaged by these companies,
and this will sever all connection with
the east side of the river.
The Knights Of Labor are dumb
when questioned concerning these ru-
mors and refuse to either deny or
affirm them. The officials Of the
railroads, the bridge company and the
ferries are equally dumb, and nothing
can be positively known in regard to the
future policy of either side. The
strike upon the Missouri Pacific rail
way has had the effect of rendering it
impossible for the st. Louis and San
Francisco railway to handle any freight
delivered at the Union depot, as the
latter company uses the track Of the
former from the depot to Grand Ave-
nue., a distance of about two miles,
and no men can be found TO assist in
making up freight trains Intended to
pass over thes tracks.
SEDALIA, Mo. March 8.--There is
absolutely no change in the strike
situation this morning and everything
is remarkably quiet. The strikers
side tracked all freight locomotives and
let the water out of them. There
seems no disposition on the part of
the company to resist any move made
by the strikers. The accommodation
train due here from Pleasant Hill at
$40 o'clock this morning did not ar
rive on account of the impossibility of
procuring an engine to pull the train.
GALVESTON, March Sup to noon
so-day no general strike of the Knights
Of Labor has taken place here, but
there is no knowing what an hour may
bring forth. knights admit that gen
eral strike has been ordered by the ex-
ecutive committee. Work on the NAL
lory wharf and about the railroad is
progressing as usual.
ST. LOUIS, March 6.-A special
from Sedalia, Mo-, to the Post-DispatCh
states that the central committee of
the Knights Of Labor will order that,
after to-day, all members of that or
ganization employed upon passenger
trains On the Missouri Pacific railroad
shall lease work, but that the
mail cars must not be interfered
with. A notice was printed at the
Missouri Pacific railway depot this
morning, announcing the suspension
Of all brakemen and conductors on the
St. Louis & Kansas City and the Law
renee & Kansas branches of that road.
The brakemen are now holding meet
ing, at which their future course will
be determined upon. Their discussions
are held in strict secrecy and nothing
can be learned as to their nature. Con-
trary to expectations, the Knights of
Labor, employed by the st. Louis
Bridge company, are still at work,
and trains to and from East ST..
Louis are running regularly. 1t
is confidently stated. however, by the
Knights of Labor, that this will be the
next move ordered by the strikers. All
through passengers and mail trains
have left up to this hour, 5:15 p.m., on
time, and no serious delay along their
routs is anticipated.
A special from San Antonio, Tex,
to the Post Dispatch, states that the
local differences between the Knights
of Labor and the employees on the
Southern Pacific railway have been
settled and that the strike there is at
an end.
ST. LOUIS, March 9.-Considerable
speculation having been INDUCED in,
and a good deal of apprehension felt as
to what the locomotive engineer, would
do, or what relation they were likely to
hold to the strike, Mr.. P. NJ. Arthur,
chief engineer of the Brotherhood OF
Engineers, was interviewed at Cleve-
land last night. He said, briefly, that
the Brotherhood Of Engineers had
nothing whatever to do with the
Knights Of Labor, that no action had
been taken by them in relation to the