Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-03-25
MILITIA UNDER ARMS.
Ready to Aid the st. Louis Police i'm
Starting Trains A Proclamation
From Gov. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Extension Of the Strike.

ST. LOUIS, March 25.'iov. Marmaduke OF
Missouri, issued at late hour last night a
proclamation relative 10 the railroad strike 50
far as it affects the commerce of the state
After defining the respective duties of the rail-
road company and their employees, the procla-
nation continues: Wherefore, /, John :. Mar
maduke, governor of the state of Missouri, by
| virtue of the authority in me vested do hereby
| call upon the Missouri Pacific railway company
and upon its officers and agents and its EN- ioyeS
efevery grade. each in their several capacities to
assist in resuming traffic OF all kinds in the
| usual way on all the railroad lines operated by
| said company in Missouri and warn all per-
sons, whether they be employees or not, against
! interposIng any obstacle whatever in the way
OF said resumption, and with n firm reliance
| upon the courage, good sense and iaw-abiding
spirit of the public, hereby cali upon an good
citizens to assist in carrying out the purposes of
| this proclamation. L also pledge the whole
| power of the state, SO far as IL may be lawfully
welded by its chief executive officer, to sustain
| said company and its servants in resumpi ion,
and to restrain and punish all that may OPP
pose it,
Militia Under Arms Mt ST. Louis.
9AM-The Rainwater Rifles and CoG, Branch
Guards, are under arms at the armory ready
| to render immediate assistance to the police at
a moments notice. All militia forces OF the
city under orders to be ready for action.
MORE MEN To GO OUT TODAY.
A member of the executive committee of Dis
trict Assembly, No. lOl, of the Knights OF
Labor, was seen by reporter early this morn
! ing and in reply to the question whether or no.
the men employed in the railroad yards in
Las ~. C.,
result of the later changes in thestuation, said:
THE East st. Louis yard men will go out this
afternoon at O'Clock. You know they have
time, but we have been holding them back
Yesterday they sent a committee to the eXecii-
| tive of Assembly No. 1850, and they sent them
| to us. They said they wanted to go out irnme-
| diate1y, and We decided to fix the time at B
O'Clock this afternoon. They will all stop work
at that time unless the Missouri Pacific officials
| show "a disposition to treat with u.s.
FEELING RUNNING HIGH AT sEDALIA.
SEDALIA, NO., March 25.-Men were arrested
| yesterday charged with wrecking the freight
train Tuesday and injuring four men. The ac-
cused We're admitted to bail The Law and
Order league last night issued an address which
demands that the strikers obey the law permit
| the railroad to operate their road, or take the
consequences of their violation of the law like
thoroughly aroused and they openly endorsed
Mr.. HoXies course. The Knights OF Labor here
| are divided. and it is expected something will
| take place to-day to see which leader they will
| follow, Powderiy or Irons, inasmuch as Irons
says it is right. Stirring events may shortly
be expected.
| CHICAGO March 25-1he news of the termi-
| nation OF the strike at Kansas City has Infused
! considerable confidence in the minds OF the
| railroad officials in Chicago. Freight of all
| kinds is now accepted by all the roads for Kan
sas City and points beyond.
| SUFFERING CAUSED BY THE STRIKE
ATCHIsoN, KAs., March 25.-Everything was
quiet in the strike district yesterday. The
| strikers seized the switch engine at Pam and
killed it, but the company, after some trouble,
| fired up another. The Central Branch is now
open at all points except Atchison, where the
strike seems to be concentrated. The towns i'm
the interior are suffering for the necessities OF
life, and unless traffic is resumed shortly there
/ will be gigantic strike against the strike. Al
Stockton, two hundred and fifty miles west, the
| people have sent TO the Kansas Pacific road,
forty-fiye miles distant, for supplies OF provis-
ions. There is at present In that place less than
| two cars ofcoal and single barrel Of kerosene
| to supply population of ,200 people with fuel
and light At other points equally remote from
timber and coal, the supplies have given out
entirely.