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Show The Strike Wages RUtcr. St. Louts, Maroh 10. The situation remains re-mains unchanged in East St. Louis this morning. The Knights of Labor there have not struck yet, but a large number of that organization from this city are there attempting, at-tempting, it is supposed, to persuade them to join the movement. The effect of the strike in St. Louis upon the cattle trade is especially severe. No stock cars can cross the bridge, and therefore receipts are materially lessened as xhe strike proceeds. General Superintendent Kerrigan, of the Missouri Pacific, this morning issued an order expelling from the Missouri Pacific yards all Knights of Labor. This order includes in-cludes the delegation of men appointed by the Knights to guard the oompany's property. prop-erty. The circular issued to the strikers ordering them off the company's premises is as follows: fol-lows: You are hereby notified that your action in withdrawing from the employment of the Missouri Pacifio Railway Company was a voluntary abandonment of the service of the company, and that you are no longer in its employment, and that your names have been stricken from its rolls. All suoh who are now about the company's premises are hereby notified that they must immediately leave the same, to the end that this company com-pany may resume traffic. (Signed) Wm. Kebbigan. Although the officials will make no statement state-ment concerning the affair, it is generally believed that they are now employing new men to take the place of the strikers, and that a movement of freight trains will be attempted to-night. Should this prove true, the Knights of Labor will undoubtedly offer resistance. |