The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-02
PARKER'S CONNECTION
WITH RAILROAD STRIKE

John j. McGarry. who was judge auVo-
cate of the knights of Labor IN the rail
road strike OF lSs6, retutes The statement
that George w. Parker. the RepuDncah
candidate lor Mayor. Is the trleno o1 ispoF
and reviews the strike and Mr.. Parker
connection With II i'll the following state
ment:
lne strike upon the Gould Southwest SYSTEM
SsSan Sssn ,he ba isn IL was decided ~ la out tne
in the eInpioy VI tne foaus et"tolihs anu
agreed upon ana the men were notiiieo that
wnen THAI sisnu was given they s"ouid Val"
OUT Al c.ock in Ine AFTERNOON oi Aatch u,
4 ciimUed upon an engine III yards IN East
st. LOUIS sounded tne whistle signal agreed
upon =.
me strike the East Side was then on IN
earnest 1 notice that Mr. george W Parker,
eral manager OF the Iairo short Line and VINO
Is now . candidate for Mayor Of St LOUIS. Is
being held ny To the gaze of the woinlnsmeh
~ Que VINO always been u iriehu to labor.
and have heard the statement made many times
that although he was ior inanS years tfe eAsvu ,
i've orncer OF Oi the steam raiiroads ami
held that position during times when there was
= strike upon the otner roaas ne never mai an.
trouble with his employees. and tnat when the
employees OF neignporing roads We're out on
sIrlke tnat his nen worked.
/ wish to state that TINS statement Is false,
and Mr.. Parker cannot contradict wnat Will
mere assert.
When l sounded the strike signal in East ST
aSSas M m tsse nen Mernx IN % ss snops atoS
nfteen in the yards and foreman or t.ie
ing OF the whistle. And during the whole str,Ae
Mr. ParKers striking employees took the iead
made our principal night upon on the East sioe
Immediately after tine strike took place in
Of ali roads centerinE and terminating IN East
st. Louis met In Mr.. farker's office and from
tneir a @ meeting | place. ace Mr. Parker was the leader
uf the managers and he their spokesman.
as head 10 break the
| strike, And We knew it to be fact that his
roads over there took any action We knew that
fhair AaaiI I.4l OF ft. rNGs1f
ings held in Mr. Parker's office.
When the letter to Mayor Joyce and the City
which the statement was made that our boys
se q fS ana
wickedly injuring the business OF the roads. and
Mayor and Council live We're al asked I to II furnish police
to protect the scab employees from the strikers
obey e
dates Of the officials OF the roads. and they
Al q public meeting held at FlanniEen's Hail
@iffiitamen into to- East st Louis @ ' as he he @ eona
a s0S& SEM e IL ans
a at ags all eus as the
shoot them" After nesting Of e Managers manager 'ta IL
ia. M a s she a sad Ap M = Parker srS
any Of the strikers who had interfered in any
individuals or as <, Of L.. he said: There is
us: we will treat with the them % as % individuas.' '!
turned from Springfield. ill., where ie had fI gone
Or xrS NJ Parker met soysrnor as oEssSy 5s|.ss;
demand that he call out the militia.
In running several trains. the Cairo Short Lines
M, men n, fatty G refused e work and their engineers
On April the Louisvilie and Nashville Off
ten Deputy sherifrs. and would pay them S pei per
and mean business. 1t was the men who an
swered this advertisement and were hired who
murdered the innocent people at Cahokia Creek
na"e T posted ste MIR Parker Was ee.9 seen ahni and
when asked about the strike safd TT looks
see. s ns Saa nnsnr ns At e
no reason TO believe that those men over there
Will take sides against each other. The only
side This Was just after meeting G OF Of man.
ayers in Parker's office. and It was very cvi-
dent that Il was agreed to import deputies as
few hours later.
Afterwards the deputies who had been put to
work for the Cairo short Line kicked because
another dollar per day. and when It was re-
fused they went out on strike themselves.
jury that the killing at Cahokia Creek was cold
blooded murder. and the jury brought In YER
diet holding the deputies imported by the rail-
II was such men these who were employed
by the railroad managers who met in Mr. Par
ker's office and agreed upon their plan OF action
before any were made. And Mr.. Parker
throughout the strike stated that the managers
were acting In unison.
Mr. Parker stated on April that the manag-
ers had met and employed legal talent and they
might d on, hoy far rds ahsr gi as how wen. Far IN they
pernts men 1he Sa have to be in