Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-03
DOWN-TRODDBN LABOR.
Officers of the Roads Order the Msn,
but They Refuse, 10 Handle
Burlington Freight.
The Reek Island Refuses Positively and
Emphssically to Handle ANY Bur.
lipgten Cars or Freight.
The Strike Affects the Grain rrade-striking
Painters Ia Oincinnati-a Difficulty
In q Largs Pipe Mill.
500 STRIKERS AT ST. JOSEPH.

500 STRIKERS AT ST. JOSEPH.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo April Am freight
brskt men sn the Kansas City, St. Joseph
and Council Bluffs Road struck last night
st IL O'Clock. They assign as reason
the danger to their lives In working with
scsb engineers. This makes 500 strikers
now in the city. There have been no
outbreaks, though the yards OF tns Bur-
liugton are yet pstroled by Piakerton's
men.
A GENERAL STRIKE WEDNESDAY.
CHICAGO, ILL April 2-JudgiDg from
Appearances and from the talk INDUCED
In BY railroad men, Wednesday will see
the commencement of strike that can
result only in injury to the city.
It Is admitted by the railroad men that
the only preventive Of the strike for Chi
C. goans and suburbarites to-day Is the
neerness OF the sldermauic election, but
Wednesday, when the political battle Is
over, the railroad war will bloom In all
its vigor In the Burlington vision of
the yards Yesterday all was quiet. The
Town OF Like police as usual were on the
ground, but they were not needed. In
The big round house at Fifty fifth street
were twenty engines 1reless, and several
Town of Like police Ulcers hung about,
bat there WAS absolutely nothing for them
| to do.
ASSAULTED BY STRIKERS.
CHICAGO, ILL April "A west bound
Chicago, Milwaukee and ST. Psul train
was derniled between Western and Oakley
avenues shortly before midnight. The
wreck is believed to have been caused by
the strikers. Fortunately no one was in
jured.
The police slso report the finding OF a
broken rail st Kirzie and r bic streets
last evening.
A special policeman patrolling his best
st the Wood street crossing of the Bur-
lington tracks was assaulted by
three men who he says were
strikers. His club and revolver
were taken from him. He was severely
beaten He WAS taken to his home in 8
serious condition.
A Bohemian laborer while crossing the
Burlington tracks st Uoion street was as
saulted with a coupling pin by man
said to be an Alton employe. The man
dropped to the ground when his assail-
ant was Joined by half q dozen others
who Jumped upon the PROSTATE victim
ir jurlng him severely. he was taken to
The hospital.
THE BOYCOTT IN EFFECT.
KANSAS CITY, April 2.-The boycott on
Burlington freight went into "a; ct In the
yards here promptly at noon. The TT.
SEQ switch engine had just backed upto
tome Burlington cars, but when IL O'Clock
struck the men left the cars snd refused
to haul it. The engine Was soon IN.
coupled and the freight was left standing.
The Burlington switchmen are still ct
work.
ON THE FORT SCOTT ROAD.
KANSAS CITY, Mo, April 2-Orders
were issued by The Fort Scott road this
afternoon that Burlington freight must
be treated the same as any other freight.
This will probably precipitate strike Of
switch engineers and frenen and switch
men on that road in pursuance Of the pol
icy laid out by tbs general meeting Sat-
urday nigat.
SET UPON By STRIKERS.
CHICAGO. ILL, April 2-Cnarles Green
arrived In Chicago yesterday with twenty
four new switcbmen for the Burlington
and told graphic story Of the perils he
encountered on the way. Mr.. Green left
Dayton, Ohio, about o'clock Sunday
night with 8 contigent Of more than forty
sWitchmen The sW,tchmen had to
change cars at Lima an 4 while so doing
were set upon bodily BY strikers. Several
of the men were detained by physical
force and others only escaped after rough
banding. The conductor pulled out four
minutes ahead of time through fear OF
further violence, and OF Mr.. GREEN'S
force he had only twenty-foar men left.
The contingent showed up at Chicago in
pretty bad shape, some Of the men having
their eyes blacked and Mr.. Green's
knuckles showing the effects Of hard
usuage. The men were sent on to Ne
braska y Ste rdsy noon.
. PAINTERS STRIKE
CIN sINNAII, OHIO, April 2.-The house
painters # this cit numbering over s0Os
struck day for an advance In wages
and decrease In hours. They have been
Re ceiving rs cents an hour for ten hours,
and now want 30 cents and nine hours for
q days work. Tney also want 46 cents
an hour for ezra hours, 80 cents for Sun
day work and the adjustment Of some
rules that are ohDt xious.
AFFECTING THE GRAIN TRADE.
CHICAGO, Ill, April The strike on
| the railroads is having noticeable effect
on the grain trade according to the re-
port Of tn State 9rein Inspector. Not
COZ VI SEblu WAb uiOusub III oatukuny
over the Chicago, Burlington and Quiscy,
Chicago, Milwaukee and S.. Paul, We
bash, CT Chicsgo and Eastern Illinois
Roads, and only two cars of grain came
in over the Alton and one By the Santa
Pc. The Kansas CITY division Of the ST.
Paul brought in three cars. Shippers
and receivers are beginning to complsin
st the existing order OF things. Tse head
Ct one receiving firm said he had bills of
lsding of grain loaded st Iowa points on
March r. which bsd not yet arrived, and
a. resent he had no intimstion sas to
when IL would arrive.
TROUBLE IN MILL.
PITTsBURG, PA, April "A general
strike was iaaugursted st SpraDg, Chsl-
FAINT & Co.'s pipe mill st Etns this morn
ing. Six hundred men refused to go to
work and before the trouble is settled
there are apprehensions that the entire
works of the firm will be directly con-