The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-03-19

W4@14W - -
nrne = ~ ronns r.elns Trsnnas.
-. LoUns. March : between tsn "a
eleven O'Clock yesterday morning ne
xnlxhts a. Labor began the general strike
oloug the I've lines a the Gould systen
q railroads, which they claim win end
only n ne granting q their demands b.
railroad o(AclAls, or the suspension q
work BY $4,000 men and the stoppa&e q
every wheel on the Southwestern system
q rullwnys within four days. Five thou
oand 81 ne railway employees are now
ouA 1000 more win Be called ont Monday
q ne companies involved make no pro-
position By that time 70 The knights tor
. adjustment Of their grievances, and The
1000 remaining employees Of the roads
who are directly concerned - their
mechanical operation, but who are not
Knights Of Labor, viii be forced to join
he strike, Il u expected. by the force Of
Ne tremendous pressure brought upon
them By their organized brethren. This
Appearance Of The situation can Be
changed In . day BY ex-0overnors
J. G. Brown and Lionel A. Shell
don, receivers of the Texas Pacific,
with an order relnstating In his former
position c. A. Hall. late foreman Of the
wood-workers in the Texas Pacific car
shops q Marshall. whose discharge Tor
attending . knights Of Labor meeting
caused the strike, and in whose case Me
Knights intend TO make second test Of
theiI strength on the Gould lines. The
strike on the four roads connected with
he Texas Pacific was ordered yesterday
by Chairman Martin Irons and his execu-
tive committee IN session In Marshall, and
was intended TO bring out only the shop
men and local switchmen. Fifteen hum
drcd Of these received the order before
noon and left their work. St. Louis, Sc
dalia. Little Rock and DeSoto turning out
the largest bodies Of men, All OF them
left their stations quietly and have been
employed since principally In holding
meetings and initiating new members.
Nv. Powderiy. Grand Master Work
man Of the knights Of Labor, Is on his way
% st. Louis from Scranton, Pa, and a. A.
Talmage, general manager Of the Wabash,
Sc. Louis Z Pacific, who has been away
from the city on . vacation, 10 expected
20 return tomorrow.
THE strike IN 81. LOUIS.
ne programme the knights Of Labor
have determined upon has been COM
municated TO only . few Of the most
prominent members Of the order In 81.
Louis, the remainder knowing generally
that it IL 70 ssstop every wheel on the
Gould system II c. A. Hall IL not given
back his position ia the car shops At Mar
shall. The details Of the plan OF the ex-
ecutive committee were given to . re-
porter last evening by one Of the Euterpe
Hall speakers "The executive commit
Tee" said he, lis pretty certain that
Governor Brown will yield when he sees
that the knights are determined, and will
call upon them for conference BY Monday.
There are now 5000 men out altogether,
but the committee has not ordered out
it, switchmen, yarlmen or brakemen.
who number about four thousand. II
nothing u heard from Governor Brown
Monday these will be ordered out. Then
will come the engineers, fremen and con-
ductors. They don't belong to rs, but
Ne can bring them out. But we think
that the strike has gone far enough now
10 show the Texas Pacific receivers what
they have 20 deal with, and II IL likely
that they will be asked BY four other
roads in the system, which are inconveni-
enced b. the strike, to confer with the
committee g soon as possible and arrange
tie diflculty."
aWhere would this conference b
held?"
"At Dallas, probably"
"How would the strike be declared q
an end?"
"Just q II was declared begun. II the
executive committee receives satisfacto-
~ proposition from Governor Brown and
accedes to Il, an order will be issued an
nouncing 70 the men that the Knights Of
Labor have won another victory, and that
the strike Il on. This will be followed
BY : resumption Of work al along tht
lines"
The Knights Of Labor have made It I
point Of honor that during one Of thet
strikes property, both private and corpo
ration. shall be protected. Yesterda!
afternoon committee from the strikers
lust after the men had abandoned work .
the shops, waited upon Master Mechanic
Bartlett and Master Carpenter Hodge AM
offered to station watchmen over the rail
road property in the yards and shops dur
ing the continuance Of the strike. tn
o6er Was accepted, and the Knights place.
nine men on guard over each Of the Nv
departments Of the shops, who will kee
alternate watches Of eight hours, wit
three men il watch, until the strike
over. These men will Be paid from IN
District Assembly treasury.
Although the Gould lines may not o
alae 70 carry . pound Of freight owe
their rails II the strike II made compre
hensive, the United States mails will no
be delayed. and the trains carrying ther
win not only be allowed to run, but WI
be operated with the strikers assistance
ave are making no war on the people
and We know too much 70 interfere wit
the maIls," said striking knight yestel
day. III the strike stops the trains '
viii either have knights detached 70 r.
the mail trains or hire other men-I don
know which the executive committe
considers the better plan. We're sorI
Tor the merchants whose freight II bein
delayed, but We can't help that. Bein
put 70 trouble and expense BY the STRIKE
they become our allies snd hope 20 zee I
Get what we ask"
The Knights At eedalIa, Hannibal, k
60 City, De8ots and other points in ~
sour, st Argenta, Ark, Dallas, and Pale
tine, Tex, were also ordered out q
promptly responded, in every instan
In q orderly and quiet manner, but
expressing determination 70 remain 0
.-xtt V~~~a ID. &p<xssIx1n Il aoffIn