The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-25
RIGHT TO THE POINT.
WHAT THE KNIGHTS or LABOR L..
MANo OF THE UNION PACIFIC,
ana How the Railway Answers the sa,,.
he Chinese Must Go, Say the
knights The Cleveland Strike
Ended at Last.

OMAHA, Sept IS. The Knights of Labor
sent communication to the Union Pacific
meunesday, In which they demanded the
romoVai OF the Chinese from the system.
anu 'ne removal of Beckwitn. Quinn &
20 and d. o. Clark from authority
II required. Nothing less, we be-
lieve, will suffice to prevent repetition ot
the treatment or beget that feeling which
we believe to be essentially necessary t.
snoslst between the company anI emploveS
further, II this reque t he compiled with
We VIII help and assist the company 10 yet
g"od, reliable whIte men to fiji the pIac,,s az
tne Chinese, and do everything that ia inst
TO help the 'mpany."
They add a list If charges against the
managers OF tie ntties, in which thu griry-
ances Oh the miners ara laid out as follow
Iney have been Robbed Of their right
ny being turned out OF cher places ia tu,,
mines ahd Chinese put III y the same
Ihey have been made 10 work where
the Chine q would not work.
D. Their places have been bought by the
Chihese glyug a, much rs 500 TO mine
bosses for the same
t. Ihey have been robbed by false
weighs BEN used to wei h their coal.
D They have been discharged hecau, G
they retuA to vote for Mrs IiAteI fo,
school superintendent
o. They have been compelled tubuy their
goois OF Beckwth, Quinn X Co. when thew
could have procured them cheaper else
whore.
10 tell all that the white miners have beer
subjected to by the parties namei in on,
letter would take up too much Of your Tins
10 read, and knowing that you will ge,
evidence from ether quarter we can only
add that we trust you viii give 1t YOU
most earnest attention
To the above Mr. Galloway general man
ager OF tho Union Pacific, replies.
You lay that since the introi uction OF
Chinese labor great discomfort has prevailed
among all classes of your [ourl employees
gu seem to forget that during our numar
Gus conferences no disSntls faction was evel
expressed on th|- account, AMI that at tn,
last meeting with your chairman ant som,
memhoS OF the Omsh a committee held
IN my office hut a few DAYS prior 10 the re
cent outbreak, gratlfiraticn Was expre 50
by them at the ais nee of any calse fn
complaint and at tina general harmony pre-
sail,n between thn manager aal otuer en-
ployeS of the company. / beg ais to r..
,drid You that the Chinese were employed
long before labor dlfli;u lt,es al any kim
were known upon tre Union Plo'ifc, an.
that their employment wa, resnrtel I,
| originally not from cHnIra nut rs an abst,
Lutte nuceS ity in maintaining thu road -bet
| and keeping the coal m,ue, in 0pers ion. Tn
labor difficulties experienced by til, UniouPa
cifc company yrlor tl the r ,o0nt outbreak
| have had no cenneCtien with or re alton Il
the Chinese question so var as knewn to me
| You prefer certain charges against Beck
| with & Quinn and d. o. Clark. genera
superintendent of The coal Department., am
demand their removal. Ii Is the policy an
| to give Garnet and patient investi
| CATION and consideration to speciii
charges made against any OF its officers O
| employees, but is will demand proof and in
sst upon any party so accused having fsi
opportunity to de end himself In thi
| particular case it might he wen to bear il
| mind that thee charges have besi
preferred be the men at Rock Spring
who are attempting to justify {
the American people the most atrociou
| massacre aud wanton destruction G
property. You also demand the rsmovs
of the Chinese frnm the serviea When tn
company can be assured against strike, an
other outbreaks at the hands at parsons VIII
deny its owners the right to manage thei
property, it NAV consider the expedienc
Of aband oning Chinese labor, but under a
circumstances, and at any cost and hazard
it will assert its right to employ whom
pleases and refuse to ostraciza any on
class OF its employees at the dictation
| another