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Show RIOT IN EAST ST. LOUIS. The Knights . Visit Several Railway Yards in Strong Force. Met by Deputy Marshals With Winchesters, Winches-ters, Bat No Blood Spilled. No Signs of the Termination of the Strike, and the Engineers About to Take a Hand. The Knights Raid the Kallroad Yards in East St. Louis. St. Louis, April 7. The quiet state of affairs which has existed in East St. Louis for the past week was suddenly broken today to-day by a riot. A large crowd of strikers, j numbering over 1,000, formed about noon at the railway depot and, headed by the leaders lead-ers of the strike in that city, marohed to the Ohio & Mississippi depot, where, a number of platform men were at wbrki" "No guard 1 of police or deputy sheriffs had been stationed sta-tioned there and the employes were easily forced from their position. Thence the mob advanced upon the Vandalia yards. Here a few deputies were on duty, who ordered the men back. They refused and made a rush, bearing down the officers, and swarmed through the gates into the yards and forced all the employes at work out of the yards. From this place they marched to the Burlington yard, where a similar scene was enacted and all the employes forced out. The men then rushed on to the Chicago & Alton yards, and upon arriving there were met by a strong force of deputy marshals, armed with Winchester Win-chester repeatmg rifles. They ordered the mob back and called upon them to disperse. This the crowd refused to do, and upon attempting at-tempting to rush through the gates the Deputy Marshals brought their rifles to their . shoulders and threatened to fire if &e crowd advanced. . This cooled their ardor somewhat, and they turned back, none the less determined, however, that there should be no work done in that city while the Knights of Labor are still on their strike. The deputies remained on guard at the Alton yards, fearing a second attack upon that point, while the strikers proceeded pro-ceeded to the Cairo Short Line yards, -whither they are now (12:30 p. m.) marching. march-ing. 2 p. m. Upon arriving at the Cairo Short Line yards the mob found their way- obstructed, ob-structed, and by the same means employed at other yards forced the men at work there to leave their positions. The mob then dispersed;' dis-persed;' having accomplished their object, but not before calling a meeting of all the strikers to take place at Flannigan's Hall, where resolutions will be adopted declaring that no one will be allowed to fill the places of strikers. St. Louts, April 7. The Executive Board of the Brotherhood of Engineers are holding a meeting in East St, Louis to-day, Chief Arthur being present, and are considering the questson whether or not it will be advisable to strike in support of the Knights of Labor. Adjutant-General Vance was a spectator of the action of the mob in forcing the men employed in the East St. Louis railroad yards to quit work, and he has telegraphed the situation to the Governor. Twenty of the firemen employed upon engines en-gines of the Bridge and Tunnel Company, struck to-day in. support of the Knights of Labor. This, unless others can be found to fill their positions, will stop transfer of all freight and passenger trains over the bridge. THE ENQINEEBS WILL GO OUT. Sr. Louis, April 7. The engineers erIP ployed upon the railroads centering in East St. Louis decline to state the cause of Chief Arthur's presence in this city, or its probable effect upon the extension of the strike to either departments of the roads than those now involved. A prominent member of the Knights of Labor, however, when questioned as to whether the engineers would support the strikers, said: ''That is just what they are going to do; you can depend upon it. Arthur, to be sure, is opposed to strikes, but such a pressure will ba brought to bear that he cannot resist. It is declared that the engineers en-gineers on all the roads centering in East St. Louis, except those on coal and passenger passen-ger trains, will go out to aid the Knights in their fight." AT IBON MOUNTAIN. St. Louis, April 7. At the Iron Mountain yards to-day all was quiet and orderly. Five switch engines ara at work with crews selected from the road. . A force of brake- men and twenty of ihe switchmen employed in these yard" fnmed to work yesterday, but went out again when requested to do so by a oommi tee from the Knights. The yardmaster bent ta Desoto for new men, twenty of whom arrived this morning and are now at work. New Yobk, April 7. Interest in the Southwestern South-western strikes among union men in this city continues to grow. The action of the general executive board in recalling the order to resume work and in pledging the support of the entire organization to the strike, meets with the approval of . the majority of Knights in this region. From a large number of local and district assemblies assem-blies resolutions favoring this course, and pledging themselves to furnish their quota of necessary funds, were sent to Secretary Turner. |