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Show The Texas Ac Pacific Strike. St. Louis, March 8. The strikers here were all quiet yesterday. Most of . them attended at-tended seoreC meetings at their- headquarters. headquar-ters. Nothing is known of their proceedings, proceed-ings, and their leaders will not talk, beyond saying that they are out to stay until C. A. Hall is reinstated at Marshall, Texas. Affairs Af-fairs in the Missouri Paoifio yards have been at a stand-still. JNo attempt has been made to move freight, and as all the yard men are out, much difficulty has attended the making mak-ing up of passenger trains. The train which left for the west last night had to be made up by the officials of the road. Galveston, March 8. The labor troubles throughout Texas remain in statu quo. There are assurances that both sides will probably attempt a coup d'etat to-day at this point. Twelve local assemblies of the Knights of Labor held prolonged meetings yesterday. Sherman advioes say orders have been received re-ceived from the Texas & Pacific management manage-ment to hire all the unemployed laborers obtainable who are not members of the Knights of Labor, and to furnish them transportation to other points. At Denison the strikers held a long secret session and show no-signs of weakening. on the missoubi pacific. St. Louis, Mo., March 8. It was with the greatest difficulty that any Missouri Paoifio trains could be moved this morning fron the Union depot, as officials of the road could persuade none of the strikers to assist in making them up. . Assistant Superintendent Superin-tendent Stillwell, of the Union depot, assisted by three of the yardmasters, however, how-ever, suooeeded in starting all passenger trains on time. The strikers offered no resistance re-sistance to their efforts. Not a freight car on the Missouri Pacific has been moved from this city since Saturday night, and the probabilities are none can be until the present difficulties are settled, or unless the railroad company fill the plaoes of the strik-. ing Knights by non-members of that organization. organ-ization. Members of the Board of Directors of the road have arrived in this city, but whether they oame to assist in settling the strike, or simply to attend the regular annual meeting of the board, set for next Wednesday, is not known. THE BBAKEMEN'S BBOTHEBHOOD Met yesterday afternoon. As near as could be learned, their grievance is that their wages are too small. They receive $60 per month, but want $70, or Chicago prices, together to-gether with extra pay for extra work. A committee of the Knights of Labor called on the brakemen yesterday and conferred with their oommittee, but no results were obtained, and the meeting adjourned until' last night, when another conference was held. The outcome of it seems to be that a committee of brakemen will call upon A. A. Dickinson this afternoon, and notify him that after 5 o'clock no Missouri Pacific or Bridge and Tunnel company cars wijl be handled until the present strike is over. St. Louis, March 8. Alarming rumors are abroad this morning regarding contemplated action by the Knights of Labor to force the railroads of the Gould southwest system to accede to their demands. It is stated that at 12 o'clock all the Knights employed by the St. Louis Bridge Company will strike to support their already striking brethren. This will cause a total stoppage of all batlboad connection Between the union depot in this city and the relay depot in East St.'. Louis, and no passengers pas-sengers nor freight can be transferred by rail across the river. To avoid the possibility possibil-ity of the railroad using the ferries for transportation purposes, the central committee com-mittee has, it is stated, ordered out all the men engaged by these companies, and this will sever all connection with the east side of the river. , , , The Knights are dumb when questioned about these rumors, and refuse to either deny or affirm them. Officials of the railroads, rail-roads, the Bridge company and the ferries are equally dumb, and nothing can be posi tively known in regard to the future i policies of either side. The strike upon the Missouri I Pacific road has had the effect of rendering it impossible for the StcLouis fc San Francisco railroad to handle any freight delivered at the union depot, as the latter company uses the tracks of the former from the depot to Grand Avenue, a distance of about two miles and no men can be found to assist in making up the freight trains intended to pass over these tracks. The strikers sidetracked side-tracked all - freight locomotives and let the water out of them. There seems no disposition on the part of the company to resist any move made by the strikers. The accommodation train from Pleasant Hill, due at 9:40 o'clock, a. m., did not arrive on account of the impossibility of procuring an engine to pull the train. SUSPENDED ON THE MISSOUBI PACIFIC. Sedalia, March 8. The central committee of the Knights of Labor will order that after to-day all members of that organization organiza-tion employed upon the passenger trains on the Missouri Pacific railroad shall cease to work, but that mail, cars must not .be interfered with. Notice was posted at the Missouri Pacific Railway depot this morning, announcing the suspension of all brakemen -and conductors on the St. Louis &, Kansas and Lawrence & Kansas branches of that road. The brakemen are now holding hold-ing a meeting, at whioh their future course will be determined. .Their discussions are held in strict secrecy. . , - i Galveston, March 8. Up to noon to-day no general strike of the Knights of Labor had taken place here. - The Knights admit that a general strike has been ordered by the executive committee. Work on Mallory ! wharf and about the railroads is progressing aa usual. .li-' . . -. - |