Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-03-13
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matters are 70 their hapds 80 get. We
savs had the question before "a for
ss~srsi g.aFs. We i-ls4rag1ed the exc
elffvs cor unittps q District Assembly
fgl for irferfs z'iou, and ths reply ~
rees. q offers Ost hftls from tie pap
sishad reports Ibinkins &c might De
rf=s ruruautsi 10 sf@etiug = ssstlsusent.
she f1lloainR tsl1erzEs ~As ssni cut last
niz "a 30 tEs receiver of tne Texas and
Pssise Railroad;
HT1ADELPHIA, Pa Asrsh II.
J0Hs q. EBows.
Receiver u le1as i Pacific Railesy,
DaIias. TeIas
VII Won meet Nth q con e ittes Sc
isc.ed bs the general executive board OF
tce Knights 81 Labor 10 4rbitrase for
settlement Of TIE difficulties With tie
Teas L Pacific ernplOy@e-!
I. Y. PowDxKLT.
Late tonight received the fcllozins
rrp.y:
Dallas, TsTss, March IL.
T V. PovDEELY:
Y9ur sBe~ssas received, asking ne IL
I will meet a COMMITTEES selected b. the
executive board Of the Knights
u Labor FER 4 settlement Of the DIFF
oaIties with the Tex2s & Pacific en-
pioye@s. beg 10 say that We have no
diff snities with .bs employees OF toe
Texas & Pacific Rsilway, and, should
NJ arse, We are mn4s willing, a. Ia toe
D at, n confer with and right any
sriev1nee shown by them to exist. Ihe
only issue betwseo the former employ
es@, who are nov strikers and not nov
10 our service, ard ourselves is that they
have com mgtied depr.d stIons upon
properly IN our possession by disabling
and interfering, by intimidation and
ofher9ise, with the meritoriGus aud
honest men ia our service desiring to
perform the duties aband8ued by the
strikers This matter ne have RENTED
t. the L. r. Court, and {. ;. Hsrshals,
under g writ Of assistance from the
Court. are settling the trouble for 1s. so
that oAun1t see any good which srbi
tr4tine with a coamittee Of the X. OF
L. could accomplish.
JONI c. BRowS.
In an editorial the L,Sgsr advises ms
10 90 10 St. Louis in order TO effect a
sattlenent. You will see By the tele-
grams | have shown you that 10 Was our
intsztion to bring that about as 5000 as
possible. Mr.. Brown has seen tit to re-
Isct the offer OF the general executive
board of sbs Knights OF Labor to secure
= settlement % ,he pending difficulties
by arbitration. lie must nov be held
at the bar of public opinion
for r. iseting overtures from those who,
having a. deep An interest in the welfare
and prosperity of this country as Mr..
Brown can possibly hsvs, and vao
would do everything in their power 10
not only set idle wheels in motion, but
10 keep them going. / expected that
Dir. Brown would have some suggestion
or remedy TO offer by which a termina
tloa OF this trouble might be reached,
and / nut confess that his reply was
a surprise TO ne. Our board had ar
ranged 10 have committee go to the
scene Of action. bat II those in authot-
ity will not meet with me, no good can
come from any interference on our
part.
ARkEsTKD.
DALLAS Tex J, March i2-News was
received last night of strikers being az
rested at Big Springs. by virtue OF war
rants issued by the United States Cir
cult Court. The men are charged with
with property In the hands
of ths Court.
TRAINS MOVING.
L ~ a.
San Francisco trains are running today
over the Mls-oari Pasifii track without
The Missouri Pacific is ad-
vsrtisiue for men without regard to re-
ialisus 10 the organization, Offering the
same wages az last year. They hspe TO
move freight today.
ANOTHER TEAM STARTS.
OHicials at the Missoui Pasific yard
saooesdsd ia making us freight tram
this morning without enoounserin9 Sc
riogs opposition from strikers, and at
Has O'Clock 1t left Eighteenth street
for the South
AN EXCITING EPISODE.
LITrLK Rock March l2-At 1890 this
morning freight traia ran by u switch
engine lefG Iron Mountain depot and
reached Benton, Is miles south. At
noon she passenger engine which was
TO take the ST. L)ais train south was
captured at the round house by masked
strikers ana sent after the freight tram.
The freight train WAS overtsken at Ban
ton aud disabled, aud the strikers start
ed back toward l. tile Rock with the
passenger engine. At Msblevale. ten
miles south of this city. they waited on
\ side track for q passenger train 10 go
by. Tue train ca1e along aad when
the last ear had passed, they threw the
switch OPEN end dashed ons in the
direction OF Little Rock.
United States mar sRal Fletcher and
several deputies were on the passenger
" 10. accompanied by Superintendent
Wheeling. he track was cleared for
she switch engine, and tse officers got
aboard aud pursued the strikers, Both
reached and dashed past the depot IN
Her full headsaY. While crossing a
bridge s pursuing engine caught and
was fsst TO tbs strikers engine,
and the Uiilsess began climbing aboard.
telling the strikers to stop. They re-
fused aud on reaching the north side
OF Us bridge several strikers jumped
sh and tue officers began firing. About
h'ty ssets were fired, and one striker,
name Suliivan, WAS shot in the leg and
severely wounded. lie, with seven
Others, was captured, aad ths otfise
are in pursuit OF the fugitisss. about
eighteen IN number.
The captured strikers we're released
on bond tonight. Everything IL qai.t,
although ooBsid sEable exc tsmsat pre-
yais.
REcEITrSo FRxioHr-
Nav YoRz, March l2.--w. T. Tcwne.
General Eastern Agent of the Missouri
Pacific system of railroads. received
the following telegram from Dallas THIS
morning.
"we have instructed OR agents this
afternoon 30 take all classes of business
exsspt petishabie freight and live stock
for points on the Texss & Pacific. This
opens Ii Paso and all country west.
THIS indicates that We anticipate no
trouble on our lines TO points reached
by II Pasa. W. W. FIsLRr.n
EuMoRxD NEGOTIATIONS.
CHICAGO. March -. - The later
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