Show BY TELEGRAPH pall WESTERN UNION LINK N I 1 ST louis II 11 it is understood that vice president roxie hoxie has teen been jq iq communication with jay gould during most of the week the latter being in havana and the cable between cuba cabs and this country has been kept pretty busy carrying dispatches bet between veeh these officials judge portis fords general attorney of the missouri pacific says j the formal discharge pf af the striking men wipes out all ex istine a agreements between the comp company ajay and tle the knights ot of labor and that if soy any of the litter latter are re employed irwill t aiu be under entirely new conditions or gir no conditions or obligations at all the general e expectation pec tation that we ithe missouri pacific would attempt to indge blockaded freight irom from their i ards in this city last night was unfulfilled unfulfilled as a visit to the yards this morning falleo failed to dis cover any such movements and at thail th this time everything gis is quiet in thai vicinity i i THE 1144 BEKK QUIETLY IRINO WEW NEW MEN BIRN ever since T tuesday nl night ht and it is in anticipated that tbt they will wil today to day fill the places of the striking knights ats and alid that the movement of freight will begin several parties of these new meri men wae were being conducted to the yards last night to receive their instructions when they were met by a delegation deba gation pj 91 strikers who persuaded them to desist from their purpose the knights ate are ret reticent igent when questioned about the probable result of df an n attempt by the railway company to move their freight trains today to day but the general opinion is athey they will resolutely resist kekst any such butch attempt the however are said salil to have finally anally decided upon such a course add if any resistance is offer offered ed bythe strikers they will call for municipal sad andi it if necessary state stat 19 protection dallas 11 U S marsiat Jap kinan te telegraphs io to ilece receiver aver brown from big springs that everything is quiet therle there slid and that traffic is open twenty live five mechanics brought fromnes from new orleans were sent to big springs las as night to pe take tho placeS of the strikers the Thel ans are now moving receiver brown received a letter last night from engineers on e T C 11 division of the texas that mhd they y desired to correct the report that mhd they had add refused to go coutou their engines aud declaring dat that thy hel held in readi to respond to the or orders ers of ive the receive yand were not supporting the strikers T to this leq message receiver brown replied unive saying 1 I was prepared to receive lust just such a manly and ana frank tel telegram ram for I 1 have regarded you all thie the time a as entirely faithful to your duties to the railway you will not be compelled to relinquish your posts you shall have ample protection from the united states court through the marshals and deputy marsh alsand through more potent influence if it becomes necessary ST T louis 11 ll tho trades assembly beof of this 91 city copi composed posed ol oj regularly delegates I 1 axom I 1 att if to ftfe trades unions have held a mee meeting t ngan ana n adopted resolutions recognizing the railroad strike as a struggle gle for the rights of the working men and recognize the position taken by the railroad managers as inimical to the rights ats of the emen and lie good declaring they should be denounced and expressing hearty sympathy with the strikers preliminary na y stood have been taken by various business men with a view to holdi tig public public meetings of merchants and mechanics exchange and other organizations izat ions to devise some means to bring abeldt a settlement of tile the strike an and restore business to its normal condition f ST louis 11 martin ma rtin lr oril chairman of the executive board of the knights 11 ts of I 1 labor a bot ha has prepared a statement ta of tah the t e grievances and de mandl manisof of the s strikers and employed emp loyes of theo ato ooM southwest west system and has bas sent it to hoble Hix 16 general manager of the missouri pacific in substance as follows lol lows first that all unskilled labor including section laborers truc kmen and crossing switchmen be paid per day second the abolishment of convict labor third that all bridgemen be baid aid at the rate of 2 to accord tog rig to the nature of the work performed by them th em special demands are made in behalf of bridgemen allowing them to return ho home me every two weeks on passes passe sand and when compelled to work in the water to be allowed double time the remaining propositions provide that no knight of labor discharged be until he has been proven amet cuilty on a spec inc charge ot miscon biscon act by three arbitrators and that aba all the dpn unjustly discharger disc hargea be rein bated ot of the strike s a ll 11 tae bima dime Savi baa orthis chiv win trouble T F ore e bofto ra closed this morn lag inc by order bouhe ota le Sec secretary y lofstate of state the r estors the bank are naw now in ws session iori They ruse to jive adv vin information as ap to 0 what the tae is ip arthur arthura 4 0 igil ogilbe pg ilbe ble secretary ano and are treasurer lrea asure surer it is I 1 short igals 14 is accounts the amount ot of ab shortage is oe be W 6 IT T elquis 1130 am LV to t 0 this hour no attempt has bean maffe aff by the rail railroad rodd company cod pany to move any of 61 their freight the foremen and engineers nee ais bate are holding hold 14 9 a be 0 rel 4 meetie meeting this tais morning but it itte 15 action if any is contemplated by them los ANGELES 11 11 the trades council has issued a circular calling on all citizens to aid in peacefully removing the chinese A large number of employers are in consequence discharging chinese Chi oese about nave have arrived here from surround inz since the agitation began sacramento II 11 the state anti chinese convention now in session adopted the following resolution that no man now directly empl employing g or patronizing the chinese ole be fi placed 1 a c ed on the committee on resolutions I 1 I 1 n S the stringency ot of this resolution pearly nearly created a difficulty as owing to the e absence of white labor all the employers in california have been dependent on chinese labor the good sense of the prevented trouble and alid all the members embers in of the committee representing the best and most influential interests of the pacific coast were accepted I 1 A committee was appointed to prepare are a memorial to congress forth forth the evils from which the pacific coast was waa suffering by reason of chinese laborers the memorial was presented this evening it is a ions ion document embracing about ten thousand words and is a review of the whole chinese ques question tiou from its earliest incipiency to the present moment Ast aster erthe the adoption of the ifie memorial morial resolutions were offered and adopted they opposed violence advocated an uncompromising boycott requested the appointment of a committee to solicit subscriptions to hire ships to deport the chinese requested all congressmen to dischar discharge gf chinese demanded that the chinese be cut off from the privileges enjoyed by citizens requested congress to db abrogate rogate the hawaiian treaty and deman demanded deit the removal of tile the chinese six companies several other resolutions ot of a similar tenor were offered luyi B ROCK ll ahe foreman of the iron mountain railroad company succeeded this morning in sending on out a freight train with perishable locz local freight bound south A large crowd of strikers assembled and on the first attempt took possession of the engine and ran it on to a aade track three miles south ot of this city and killed it bat another engine was waa found which took the train out protected by the sheriff and posse and accompanied by supt bupt whedon land master mechanic IN richardson chardson no N personal violence was offered ard and at lo 10 1 clock all is quiet ST louis DOUIS II 11 it la Is now stated by officials of the road that a train will ddll be started from the union depot in this city for the west at pm the firemen and engineers have determined they will cavry carry out all orders ordera issued to them but whether the strikers will allow the train to start and proceed remains to be seen A freight train was quietly made up in this city this morning it started in the direction of caron dele on the iron fountain road with the engine under a full head of steam and passed through that city at express train speed this action by the railway company seemed to take the strikers unawares for no opposition was attempted at any point until the train reached de soto anere a delegation of knights boarded the train side tracked it and afterwards killed the engine no opposition was offered by the crew to the knights and no conflict occurred everything is quiet at p in and no further attempt so far as known will be made to start trains A special from atchison kansas davs the railroad at this point are employing good mn nr m n as they apply A train went out oat on the central branch last evening and another will go out oat today to day no resistance has been made the men have left the shops and grounds in obedience to the companas comp anys orders merchants are growing restless and impatient for the resumption ot of traffic THI philadelphia LADELPHIA I 1 11 referring to the strike on the gould system grand master workman powderly of the knights of labor said this evening district assembly no of texas has not appealed to the general executive board of the knights of labor for advice or assistance and the matter is in their hands as yet we have had bad tile the question before us ns several days we telegraphed the executive co committee in of district assembly no for information in formati 0 n and the reply we received differs b but u t little from the alie pu published blushed reports thinking that we might be in a settlement the following telegram watt wast sent out last night to the receiver of the texas pacific railroad philadelphia march 11 to john joan G J brown of texas pacific railway dallas texas will you meet with a committee selected by the general executive board of the knights of labor to arbitrate for a settlement of the difficulties with the texas pacific employed emp loyes sighed T V POWDERLY later tonight to night I 1 received the following lr reply LALLAS DALLAS texas 11 T V powderly your message received asked me it if I 1 will meet with a committee selected bv the general executive board of the knights of labor for a settlement of the difficulties with the bezas pacific employees I 1 beg to say that we have no difficulties with the em elot aloyes ot of the texas pacific railway and should any arise we are ast wl 11 ing as in the past to confer with and right any grievance by them to exist the only issue between the former employed emp loyes who are now strikers and not now in our service and ourselves is that they chev have committed depredations upon property in our oar possession by disabling and interfering by intimidation and otherwise with meritorious and honest men in our service desiring to perform duties abandoned by the strikers this matter we have remitted to the united states court and the united states marshals under a writ of assistance from the court are settling the t auble for us so that I 1 cannot see any good that arbitrating with a committee of the knights of labor could accod signed JOHN C brow BBOWN f TORONTO II 11 yesterday afternoon the street railway company was compelled p belled to stop the running or of cars altogether ether some of the cars were stopped hy lythe the strikers the horses were unhitched and the cars turned sideways on the track several carters backed their carts on the track and aided the strikers in ia their work A tremendous crowd gathered and the police vainly endeavored to prevent the strikers roni from f carrying out their designs washington it 11 the senate in executive session confirmed the nomination ot of mr demerit dement to be surveyor general of utah by a vote of 25 to 22 general logan favored his confirmation and six republicans voted with him NEW ORLEANS 12 at am today when the keeper went to call ford and murphy murph who were to hang ban todar to dar dav for the murder of capt murphy committed coma dec 1st ast 1884 he could not dot rouse them physicians were hastily called who pronounced the men under the influence of belladonna and every evely c effort affo rt was made to restore them to cc ns at 10 murphy hau ban ollied a little but ford is still unconscious the crime for which ford and murphy were to is without parallel in the history of the high position po sitton of the accused and those associated with him the boldness and audacity of afie he crime itself and the social political and financial influences brought to bar to retard and divert justice made the trial a duel between the state and the defendants the central figure inthe in the tragedy was judge thos thosa J ford late Reco maer of the city of new orleans and now serving 20 years cars sentence in the penitentiary for ane part he played in the murder ford the condemned roan man ig 1 a brother of the jurige and was an court the trial showed that judge ford his bis brother and five off officers leers of his bis courture cour court were tere implicated in the murder baton rouge bouge IJ the governor Gover cor this morning received a telegram from sheriff butler of orleans parish saying in that ford and mulphy had attempted suicide this thid morning morn in by poison they were in a boms comatose condition the doctors believed the attempt a failure fallu rebut but could not say ho how long it would take to restore them to consciousness and asking should they not revive before the hoar ho ar fixed whether he should execute tile the warrants notwithstanding the governor replied yes go on with the executions carry out the warrants new orleans 12 ford and murphy were hanged here today to day at 1251 12 al 51 DALLAS DALIAS texas IL 13 news arrived late last night that three strikers had been arr arrested armisted isted at big 8 springs as by virtue of warrants issued by byle the U S circuit court the men are charged with wit h interference with property in the hands bands of the court sacramento 12 the discussion over the boycott clause in the platform presented to the anti chinese convention continued up to 1 ol elock when amid tremendous cheering the platform as presented was adopted ST LOUIS 12 the st louis S F trains train sare are today to day running over the mo pacific track with opposition the mo pacific is advertising for men without regard to relations to the organizations offering the same wages as last year they will move freight today to day TORONTO ont 12 10 the street railway troubles assumed a serious aspect today to day according to the instructions of the president of the company the running of c cars ars was left in tile the hands ol of the city commissioners and late this morning a car manned with a force of police left the stables stabled and started out over the front street route the mob imme immediately diatel y appo appeared sred and started obstructive tactics and before the car very cry many blocks the street was completely blocked by coal carts express wagons etc the police were powerless to attempt to get the car through the abandoned car was then turned toward the stables bles where the mob attacked and completely wrecked it the driver and conductor were se seized i zed by the rioters and severely injured before they were rescue rescued d by the police A squad of mounted police po lice here came upon the see scene ne and char charged ed tile the mob using their batons freely freay several of the mob were struck strack by stones and injured while a policeman |