| Show DOMESTIC I Gatling Guns and Militia for the Rioters FENIANS STILL AT WORK The Latest News About Gen Grant The Big Strike ATCHISON Ks March 9The situation of the Missouri Pacific strike is generally unchanged Sunday night the strikers took possession of several passenger trains and xefused to let more than the engine and mail car go through This programme was continued until noon today to-day when Superintendent Fagan took the bold stand that the company is not required under Federal law to carry mails on other than regular passenger trains with a full complement of coaches and gave positive orders that the mail car should not go out without the regular coaches attached Major John M Crowell postoffice inspector in-spector then appeared on the scene and warned the strikers that under such construction con-struction of the law the strikers would be liable for stopping mail matter This occasioned oc-casioned a hasty consultation and it was finally agreed to let all passenger trains go through hereafter and they are now running regularly This is regarded by some as weakness on the part of the men although there was a meeting this evening and resolutions were adopted to hold freight engines A railroad official says of the situation Many of the strikers have expressed a desire to return to work if the necessary protection is afforded them Railroad officials appealed ap-pealed to the city council and sheriff this evening for protection who stated that I i they were powerless and a telegram was sent to Governor Martin to that effect I The Mo Pacific passenger train arrived from Atchison tonight The strikers here took all the switch engines of the company tonight except one of which the police had taken control j ran them into the round house and put out the fires They refuse permit any freight trains to be removed ST Louis March 10 Governor Mar maduke has called upon the militia hereto here-to go to Sedalia Mo to aid in repressing I the trouble likely to arise there today out of the railroad strike About 150 officers and men left here this morning on a special train and will arrive at Sedalia at 2 p m PrrrsBURG March 10The coal miners strike is unchanged About 4000 men are on the strike and 2000 at work Three hundred men got an advance at the Birmingham Bir-mingham coal company in Birmingham this city and went to work today River and railroad men are nearly all idle All men are out in the fourth pool except at Neile which is the largest mine in the district Operators declare it will not pay the advance |
