| Show = MORNING REPORT I Further Victories in China by the French GLADSTONE SPEAKS OUT The Strikers Are Beginning to Weaken CEr GRANTS CONDITION The Strike ST Louis March 12United States Marshal Couzins of this city reached Hannibal Mo this morning with a strong force of deputies to protect the Wabash railroad property Traiii Master Ritchie also arrived bringing four engines I en-gines from Springfield to move about a hundred loaded freight cars held by the j strikers They were met by the strikers j who refused to allow the engines to go to I I the Missouri Kansas Texts yards for I cars Two of the leaders were arrested i The locomotives were then permitted to I pass but the engineers refused to run I their engines without permission of the strikers Policeman Ledford who is about half an engineer then boarded one of the locomotives ran to the yards and got out one train which started East this afternoon The regular engineers finally concluded to run their engines and the work progressed The strikers are very indignant at Policeman Ledford AUSTIN March 12Vice President Hoxie of the Gould system requested Governor Ireland to order the State Rangers j Ran-gers to Texas points where strikes exist offering to pay the expense of transportation I transpor-tation The Governor refused to comply on the ground that no serious disturbance I exists and that the local officers are protecting pro-tecting railroad property |
