The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-09-05
fHE WORRISOME WABASH
NO CHANGE IN ITS wRANoLE.
knights of labor Leaders and Manager
Talaage Consume Another Dav
and mskero rrogress--A Lack
of Money aud Trafae-No
Break expected Soon,

ST. LOUIS, Sept. AT II o'clock this
morning Chairman 4. v. Powderly
aud Secretary Frank Turner, OF the
general executive beard of the Knights
OF Labor, called at the Office Of General
Manager Talmage and submitted thu
following IA their ultimatum in tn
matter OF the Wabash trouble:
The general executive board of the
Knights of Labor asks:
First--That y general order be issued
along the Wabash lines instructing
master mechanics and forsmen that
no discrimination must be made in
ths employing OF men on account of
beirg members of the Knights of La
bor.
Secons-That all employees who
have in any manner taken an active
part since the l6.h OF June In the set
tlement of the trouble be given their
positions held prior to said 10th of
June at once.
Third--That all other employees who
We're locked out on June 10th be rein-
stated on or before October !, 1885.
sFourth-That all who have come out
since then In support OF those locked
out on that date bo also relnstated on
or before October l, 1855.
| (Signad) FREDERIcK TURNER.
Mr.. Powderly also showed a tele-
gram from Sedalia, signed X. w.
Drew, chairman of the niath South.
western committee. saying that II the
matter was not settled to-day he could
not hold of the Southwestern system
any longer.
In the above demand Genera! MAN.
| nf Nat
to Powderly and Turner that the Wa
bash was Ia the hands of q receiver,
ana that the court was
always asking the MANAGE
ment to cus down EXPENSES;
consequently he could not put the
mea to work now, as he had neither
tho work nor tho money to pay them.
In regard to the demands mado ia re-
gard to October ], he declared that he
could say nothing now, ~ he did not
know whet the demands Tor labor or
the financial condition OF tho road
would be &C that date.
Mossre. Powderly and Turner retired
on receiving Mr.. Tslmage's reply and
held q secret conference with the
wabash district committee at the
Planters house, lasting several holrs.
AT y. IN. they were not r0ady 10 say
what action they would take.
Tho conference continued most OF
tho afternoon and further considera.
ton Of the situation was had this
evening. In conversation with Seq
retary Turner tonight, that gentle
man stated thai no definite
conclusion had been reached by
the committees; that 10 line
OF action had been decided
upon, and that he really had nothing
new 20 give TO the public. lie said that
30 lar AZ ho could soc, the situation Is
practically tho sumo that 1t was before
the executive committee went to New
York. AS to whether n direct issue
would be msdv with Mr.. Talmage
he could mt ssy, but no thought th,
, probabilities were he would bn aiven
/, reasonable timo TO comply with thel
demands; in fact they had ALREADY
, given him until thu lst of October TO d,
,, 80. Messrs, Powierly, Yurner, Cough
!, ,, in and TIevilick, or Detroit, will II,
10 Sedalia tomorrow to loOl
over the ground there and confer with
u. w. Drew, the chairman Of the
! Southwestern committees, respecting
! tho situation on tho Gould roads
From Sodalla Powderly and Turnol
viii 10 to Cincinnati, and from thence
: Mr.. Powderiy win go TO the South
| west,