Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 April 1886 — GENERAL. [ARTICLE]

GENERAL.

At the inquests at St. Louis and East St. Louis aver the bodies of Thompson and other men shot by deputies, the juries returned verdicts that the shooting was not justified aqd holding certain persons (deputies) mentioned responsible for their death. ... .A freight train on the Cairo Short-line Road was cut in two at Belleville, strikers, and Conductor Whelan was severely beaten. A rioter' who was arrested was promptly set free by the mob... .At a mass meeting of the business men of St. Louis resolutions were adopted urging the settlement of the strike by arbitration. The authorities of Moutreal have begun a crusade against the tnule in art. Action is to be taken against one of the wealthiest gentlemen in the city for keeping in his house copies of the “Venus of Milo,” the “Venus di Medici,” Gabovas’ “Venus,” Powers' "Giuck Slave.” the “Ladcoou,” and other works. J. W. .Walters. -Company F. Eighth Regiment, Illinois Nation# Gnurd.'whilepatrolling the Yandalia yards at East St. Lcfuis. was tired upon by an unknown man. who immediately afterward ran. Walters tired' after him. but he escaped. A second shot-raised another man, who also escaped. Ordeis were immediately issued to patrol all the yards, in the hope of capturing the men. but the search proved futile.. In the Criminal.Coutt at St. Louis, Judge Noonan discharged J, J. McGarry and other Wi---.»ri ctrilrm'«lin hiCt been charged with obstructing traffic; basing his decision on the ground that a coupling-piu is wot pair ot a railroad... .The fuTmtore factory- of F. Mayer A Co., in Chieago.employing nearly three hundred men, has been closed because of a demand for 20 per cent; advance in wages and an eight-hour day. General Master Workman Powpeßli; of the Knights of Labor has addressed the following, circular to members of the order: -Noble Order ot the Kuights ot Labor of America : -To the order, wherever sot nd, greeting: You have all read of the great strike on the Gould lines of railway in the Southwest; its history is being written day by day. It makes .but little difference now whether the men of the Souths west acted wisely or not.; Let us pass that part of the affair o\er. for it. too. has passed intar bjsfewy-. Yiiifl ■ffl-nf 1 . fa.l Klsc ttti yft IkMUti of order attempted to settle the t-r.>uhie and restore harmony. Agreements were made with them by Jay Gould. Eso., but when the board reached St. Louis Mr. Hoxie would not treat with them : not that alone, but ha positively refused to em» ploy Knights of Labor, whether they had been active in the strike or not. •It now beeomes the part ofneverv man and woman in the country to take up the fight of the men of the Southwest, aDd assist theuito the full extent of their means. They have been idle for nearly two months. They have had a most trying ordeal to gq through, and arc in need of funds. It requires no eloquence dr rhetoric to

plead the cause of these suffering people. They . fluty, to oxtonA that aid as quirkTy as possible for tisto <!o ho; Send every dollar you van spare to the general Secretary-Treasurer, who will at once forward 1t to t)ie iricihaS St. Louis for distribution. Kouieml er the out there do notask for charity ; they do not ask at all. It IS your Executive Board th at. makes the appeal in their behalf. He who givtw quickly gives doubly. Act at . one®. _i._. r -“Another Rpis-al may bo sent to you,' and we ask of you to prepare for it new. Wo must be judged by out actions in this matter. Do not pass resolutions c/ndeiuning capital. Iw.wey not lighting capital Do not antigouito the contest we have before,®*. LcJjjs make a friend of j every ihan who has guttered* through monopoly. I Tills battle against tho man who represents monopoly must be fought out manfully. Watch his w-tiorm -eTrrrWheris:-- Keep--an eye on -tho dofngs of Congress. Urge the committee .that has been np;>oiiitcd ti do its duty fearlessly ; strengthen their hands ; give them every aid. "In conclusion, let us again ask that you send at once every dollar you can at present raise to -Uphold the men who are now out along the lines of the (Southwestern system of Gould’s railways. Do not delay, and at the same time, make ready to bring the w hole power of the order to l»ear upon tho man who wrecks railroads, homes, fortunes, and lives in his greed for gold. Lfet us determine to have it go into history that the men of 1886 struck as grandly for liberty as the, men of 177(1. The men of 1776 broke the i>ower of monarchy and dethroned the king. Tho power which they wrested from tho hands of a king was not so great as that which is now held by one man, who through the corrupt use of money, has brought,'manufacturer ants workluan to ruin- The power of the king has passed away, and it must now be determined whether nikn shall rule or whether illegitimate wealth shull rule. T. V. Powdehly, “General Master Workman." Vioe-Pbesident HoxiEof the Missouri Pacific Railroad, sent a written reply to the request of the St. Louis Citizens’ Committee that he appoint three Southwestern directors to arbitrate on the strike. He says there is no trouble on the roads; that traffic has been resumed and that there is nothing' to arbitrate. A threatened strike of iron-molders at Quincy, 111., has been averted by the manufacturers conceding an advance of It) per cent. The convention of local iron-workers, which dosed a session in Philadelphia last week, decided before adjourning to give $1, (ICO to support strikers on : the Gould system of railroads. A resolution indorsing Powderly’s course was adopted. A strike was inaugurated on the-Tliird Avenue Street Bailro ia.m New York- The managers of the road refused to discharge nonunion men at the request of the Empire Protective Association. A meeting of the Millers’ National Association is called for May 12 and 13 at Nlil waukee.'NVis. . ..A laTgely attended public meeting was held in Montreal, Canada, at which.resolutions were passed indorsing Mr. Gladstone and his Home Rule bili. The Mayor and city officials-took part in the demonstration. The St. Louis .Grand Jury has indicted a number of persons who had been connected with the Gould railroad strike. • Some of the indictments are for turning switches and others for assault, and the indicted were arrested and gave bail. Following this the Missouri Pacific authorities issued a circular forbidding the employment of any Knights of Labor along the road as section foremen, which would seem to indicate that the fight was stilbon. A scheme is said to be on foot to boycott the Gould railroads through Eastern manufacturers. It, is said, the .cotton, workers of District Assembly 30, Knights of Labor, with headquarters at Boston, will notify manufacturers for whom they- work to stop shipping their goods over those roads. . . . Switchmen employed by the Lake Shore Road iu Chicago and vicinity, to the number of seventy-four, struck because the company refused to yield to their demands. It is now pretty certain that the schooner Charles 11. Morse sunk the steamship Oregon. The schooner was a coaster of 535 tons, and was built at Bath iu 1880. She was loaded in Baltimore with coal, and it was known that she was off Fire Island the night of the disaster, since which time ’ she has' not been heard of. There was a crew of nine-men on board, every one of whom, it is presumed, went down with her. The whole aieu of Montreal along the river front, m some places for half a mile broad, was inundated from three to eight feet deep by the ice breaking up and floating down the St. Lawrence in great masses, and thereby blocking the channel opposite the city for four miles. The tlood was the greatest since 1861, and was very destructive to property.