The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-09-04
THE WABASH TROUBLES.
NO ADJUSTMENT SECURED YET.
Conferences In St Louis Between Man
Aser Taimage and Knights of Labor
Leaders--The Railroad Prspr-
sttion Rejected - what
Tsey Demand To-day.
Th. Knight. of labor aaa the wabash.

Ths Kaights Of labor Asd the Wabash.
ST.. Louis, Sept. - Chairman Il. v.
Powderly and General Secretary
Frederick Turner, of tho national
executive board OF the Knights OF La
bor,. arrived here this morning to at
tend conference with Manager Tai
mage, OF the Wabash, this afternoon.
Mr.. Powderly is dumb upon tho sub
Ject or the meeting. but Secretary
Turner says that he does not appre- :
hend any difficulty ia settling tho DIFF
ierences between tho road and the
knights OF Labor, and that the in-
structions OF Jay Gould to his
subordinates practically compels
them to aocede to the
demands O., the national
board. as presented at ths meeting In
New York last week. He SAYS that
tue reinstatement of oil Knights OF
Labor suspended last June will bs
insisted upon. A list of these mon
has been prepared and will bs handed
10 MIR. TSlmage, with the request that
thay be putto work immediately. He
looks Tor brief and satisfactory con-
terence.
CONFERENCE HELD.
Messrs. II. V. Powderiy, grand mas
tor workman OF the Knights OF Labor
and chairman nf the national execu-
tue committee OF. that order, and
Frederick Turner. secretary
OF the latter body, held
two conferences with General
Manager Tslmage, of the Wahas.s
railway, this evening, with view to
a final settlement OF tho differences
| hat a
the road. Mr.. Talmage furnishes the
| Associated Press with the following
statement, as embodying all tho main
points Of the conference, and rs repre-
| senting his side OF the conferences:
l had very full and friendly dis.
cussion OF matters with Messrs. Pow
Derby and Turner. l showed them
that there had beon no dscrimi.
nation against the Knights
OF Laber. Both Messrs. Barnes
and Martin stated that when
they wero ready to opon tho shops on
tho 9th of June, which was 10 days
after closing them, they sent word 10
% per cent. Of the men who had for
merly been in the employ of the com.
pany that they were going to open
ou said day and would ike to have
them como back and go to work. OF
course they could not hnd employ
msnt for all Of them, as there was
more force than their pay roll allow
scs would admit OF. These men did
not SEQ fit to accept of this because
they were not all invited to come back
ana therefore Messrs. Martin and
Bsrnos had to employ other men. But
| find, ,sn lookiag over the pay rolls
for August, 1885, that we had on the
9th OF that month, out OF q total ei
2,495 mon In the service of the com.
pauy, 1884 were In our service before
tho shops closed on June l6. This ap-
plies to shopmen only, and does not
include engineers and dremen, and
shows. that over two-thirds OF the
men now in service In these depart.
ments were cid employees, and there
has been no lockout or Discrimination
ON my part or other officers OF tho com.
pany. proposed TO the chairman to-day
that would employ these men. They
desired mo TO employ as rapidly az
business and earnings would Justify
taking them In the following order:
First-Men who have families and
| homes OF their own Mt points where
they have beon working.
Sscond--Men with families residlpp
at points wher0 they are employed,
but who do not own homes.
Third Young mon who have nc
families, and married men who do not
live whore thoy have been at work,
and who are known ss floating ms
chinists and mechanics.
Our present force IL 575 less than ii
was In June. This shows we could
not have given employment to all
who asked for work.
TALMAaE's PROPOSITION REJECTED.
The conference continued moro than
an hour, aud all points of difference
were discussed. After receiving Colo
mel Talmage's proposition, Messrs.
Powderly and Turner returned to the
Planters house and held q
conference with the Wabash
committee, which resulted In
the rejection of the proposition
OF Colouel Talmage. Another confer
once will be held at the Wabash Office
to morrow, at which Thomas Tut, one
of the receivers of the Wabash road,
will be present, and at which Messrs.
Powdorly and Turner will formally
demand tho Withdrawal OF what
IL called the lookout order
of June 1G; tho reinstatement
OF tho mon and n return to tho agreo-
ment OF April %, under which = re-
duction OF the expenses of the road
can be accomplished In three ways
the chairman Of the district committee
to have the choice of these ways.
First--the reduction of mon ern.
plpyed.
Second-The hours of work.
Third--An entire suspension oi
verything except running repairs
and inspection.
What the result Of this will be nc
one can toretell, but certainly the dif
ficulty Is not yet settled. Mr.. Pow
derly will leave here tomorrow niKh
for the Southwest, but hO denies tina
no goes there to take part in the Toxa
strike, and says the strikers hay,
asked for no aid from him.