The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1895-01-12

of labor and their workmen. These
controversies have related usually to
hours Of work or wages paid, or to
both; and Il not unfrequeutly hap
pened that - struggle, which was
purely local 1t its inception. widened,
from one exciting causssor snolher nm
I'll the industries, and even the good
order. of . half-dozen or more staten
BECAME involved. Of this latter kind
there were three conspicuous instances,
namely, the so-calied Coxey wovement.
the great coal miners strike, 90 ~
Tsti1l groaters rai|rDed strike iod by
the. American Railway union.s Dux~
ing the progress of these strtBgles
the states round about us in every d.
rection were involved in fierce and RI
otous tumults by the warning forces.
In Peupsylvsnia. Ohio, Indiana, ILL.,
uoix. Iowa, Kansas, Colorado, Alabama
and other states the military power
was invoked by public authority, and
In nearly all these states there were
bloody and fstal.oenflicts between the
strikers and the soldiery. ~
Throughout these trying ordeals
Missouri bore herself with : dignity 20
conspicuous that Il cannot but cmpha-
sire the splendid character Ut our poo
pie. As of necessity, the state was.
J more or less affected by the storms
raging around us Missouri IL one OF
the frat states Of the union. Upon its
soil IL one Of the largest cities In the
lrepublic. beside other great ceuters of
population. Winding over its, hills
and along its plains and valleys
are 6,5s5 miles Of railroad, to OPP
ierate which about $4,000 men are em-
lployed. This ia also one of the princi-
pal coal mining states, there being over
l00oo men employed In that industry.
The general situation here was sub
istsutially the same ~ that In the other
large states Several divisions Of the
s.Coxey army" came into the state, but
they were % managed that they passed
through and disappeared. almost with
out attracting public attention TO their
presence. The movement did not md
support with our people. The efforts
made BY half-doxen visionary agits.
tors in our large cities to interest work.
| ing men in the crusade were unsuc-
cessful. The motley and incongruouz
hordes of Coxeyites who swarmed over
tne couusEy ~A s"s'' "eS w
ton had smong tnem no cons'nRen'
from Missouri.
in obedience TO . call made BY the
national onicers OF the miners union
the coal miners Of this state aban'
Idoned their shafts and pits hut while
: the miners and the militia In Pennsyl
: vania, West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana
: Illinois, Kansas and Alabama were en-
! Gsged In open war, and the. authority
!, Of those states WAS being strained 4
: the utmost, the miners OF missouri
z under exciting and exasperatinE con
( ditions, remained passive and main
{ tanned their reputation "a patriots
= and law-sbing citixsnA During tn
. railroad war. while both the miltti
n and the regular army were gsiiopinl
. over many OF our neighooring stass'
r while battles were being foneht' prof.
l. erty destroyed and men slain; whi'
;. passion was high, excitement intens
o and tumult universal, no instance 9
b disorder occurred In this state OF sum
cient magnitude TO attract more than
passing notice. Many thousands Of me
T. abandoned their posts. and Tor fe'
n days several railroads were more 9
less embarrassed because OF these loc'
d conditions; but II In well known fss
'e that the rsirosds OF missouri We're u
more shected by what occurred VIII
IL out than within the state. Inc peas
OF isRrcat state was scarcely broken
he The governor, after saying thst M
souri, had suffered as little IRON u
e panic as any western state ana I'M
n its farmers had Oeen blessed WI,