The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-08

had gone to work in the yards
of the Missouri Pacific. the Bridge
and Tunnel and Union Depot companies
quit again in the last few days. and this morn
ing scarcely anybody was at work in these
yards. There are four crews, all told. working
In the Bridge and Tunnel yards. 1t Is the in
tention of the Bridge and Tunnel and Union
Depot companies to put more men to work, how
ever, and a number of the old hands have agreed
to go back. One of the officers of
the road says he will employ al, the new hands
he can secure and set them to work as soon as
possible. The old hands who are going back are
not members of the Knights of Labor, the men
of that organization all remaining firm.
LATER-Reports have been in circulation here
today and tonight that Chief-engineer Arthur
has been in consultation with engineers. both IL
this city and in East ST. Louis; that the engi-
neers on both sides of the river are dissatisfied
/. With the situation, and that they de.
sire to go out In sympathy with
the Knights of Labor. but up to a
late hour tonight, none of these nor a half dozen
other rumors have been verified. 1t is not even
definitely known that Mr.. Arthur has been in
the city to-day, nor can it be learned that the
engineers have held any meetings to discuss
their relations to the strike. 1t may be stated
with reasonable safety that they have taken no
recent action, and that their position is
now the same AS it has been throughout the
trouble. A report gained circulation tonight
that Mr.. Arthur has been in secret conference
With some high railroad officials, and thatshe
has left town, but it can be traced to no reliable
source, and little credence is given it.
1t was reported early in the day that twenty
fremen of the Bridge and Tunnel Company had
struck, but the report is now denied, and the
fact that bridge traffic was not interrupted to-day
gives a strong color of fact to the denial.
At the Iron Mountain yards, to-day, all is quiet
and orderly. Five switch engines are
at work with crews selected from
the road force of brakemen. They
are somewhat awkward in their new positions,
but no serious difficulty is experienced in getting
the freight rrains out. Twenty of the switch
men. employed in these yards returned to work
yesterday, but went out again when requested
to do so by a committee from the Knights of
Labor. The yardmaster sent to DaSoto for new
men, twenty of whom arrived this morning and
are now at work.
An official statement of the Freight ~trafic-of
tho Missouri Pacific railroad system, yesterday,
is asfollows:
Two hundred and seventy eight trains were
moved over the system, comprising ASH
loads, an increase of twenty-four trains
and 882 = loads over the same day
last year. This is the largest movement of
loads of any day since the strike began, and
more than equal to the business, prior to that
time" Of the whole traffic, the actual business
done in the yards of this city is as follows:
Missouri Pacific. five trains sent out, with sew
enty-two loads, and sixty-two cars were loaded;
Iron mountain yards, seven trains sent out, with
ninety five loads, and 102 cars were loaded. Mr..
Hoxie says there is no truth in the report that
our engineers are dissatisfied and arelikely to
strike