The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-09-05
THE CHINESE MASSACRE.
About Thirty Of the Mongols
Thought to Be Killed.
OF LABOR
They Win the the Texas Strike.
The Wabash Not Yet
Ended.

PlrrsBURG, September "a McKeesport,
Pa, special says: The miners strike was
inaugurated to-day instead OF Saturday.
About 1 800 men OF the second pool quit
work and it is.expected that by tomorrow
evening 1000 men will be out.
GALVESTON, September 3.-The strike OF
the Knights of Labor against the Gull, Col
orado q Santa Fe Railroad Company ended
to-day with a mutual signing OF articles OF
agreement regulating the rates of wages and
guaranteeing immunity to all striking EN-.
ployes. The schedule of wages agreed upon
has not yet been made public.
THE WABASH STRIKE.
ST.. LOUIS, September 3.-Messrs. T. V.
PowderIy, Grand Master Workman OF the
Knights of Labor and chairman Of the
National Executive Committee ofthe order,
and Frederick Turner, secretary OF the lat
ter body, held two conferences with General
Manager Talmadge OF the Wabash this
afternoon with a view to the final settle
ment of the differences and troubles be-
tween their organization and the road
Talmadge furnished the Associated Press
with the following statement, as embody-
ing all the main points OF the conference
and as representing his side OF the confer
ence:
II had a very full and friendly discussion
of matters with Messrs. Pouderly and Tur-
ner. I showed them that there had been
no discrimination against the Knights OF
Labor. Both Messrs. Barnes and Martin
stated that when they were ready to open
the shops on the 9th OF June, which was
ten days after closing them, they sent word
to 80 per cent. OF the men who had former
ly been in the employ of the company that
they were going to open on said day, and
would like to have them come back and go
%o rur,.1> 0f co,1rco fhav n0nl1 mot find
employment for all OF them, as there was
more force thar their payroll allowance
would admit OF. These men did not see tit
to accept Of this because they were not all
permitted to come back, and therefore
Messrs. Martin and Barnes had to
employ other men, but | find Oh looking
over the pay rolls for 1885 that on the
9th OF that month, out OF a total OF
2,498 men in the service OF the company,
(this applies to shopmen only, and does
not include engineers and tremen) over
two-thirds OF the men now in the service in
these departments were old employees. l
proposed to the chairman to-day that L
would employ these men if they desired me
to employ them as rapidly as the business
and earnings would justify, taking
them in the following order: First
men who have families, and homes OF
their own at points where they have been
working. Second-Men with families resid-
ing at points where they are employed, but
do not own homes. Third-4oung men
who have no families and married men who
have families that do not live where they
ave been at work and who are known as
floating machinists and mechanics. Our
present force is 57S less than it was In
June. This shows that we could not have
given employment to all who asked fOr
work.
The conference continued more than an
hour, and all points OF difference were dis
cussed. After receiving Colonel T~almadge's
proposition Messrs. Powderly and Turner
returned to the Planters House and held
a conference with the Wabash Committee,
which resulted in the rejection OF the prop
ositton OF Colonel Talmadge. Anothercon-
ference will be held at the Wabash office to-
morrow. at which Thomas E. Tut,
one Of the receivers OF the Wabash Road
will be present, and at which Messrs. Pow
derby and Turner will formally demand the
withdrawal OF what is called the lock-
out order of June 18th, and the
reinstatement OF the men and a
return to the agreement OF April 25th,
uder which the reduction Of the expenses
of the road can be accomplished In three
ways, the chairman OF the district COM
mittee to have the choice Of these ways.
First-Reduction OF the men employed.
Second-Hours OF work. Third-An entire
suspension of everything except running
repairs and inspection. What the result OF
this will be no one can ~foretell, but GER
tainly the difficulty is not yet settled.
Powderly will leave here tomorrow night
for the Southwest, but he denies that he
goes there to take any part in the Texas
strike, and says that the strikers there
nave asked no aid from him.