The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1886-04-01

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| lSigned1 Executive BOARD,
d. A. iOl, % and Il.
NEW YORK, March 29.-Mr. Goul,
this afternoon sent the following let
ter 10 Mr.. P0wderly, who makes Q
public rs q matter referred 10 IA an in
lerview with Mr. Gould. The lette
is marked personal"
NEW YORK, March -
/ T. Y .PowDERLY, ESQ, DEAR SIR =
! The papers this morning published
/ the following; Jay Gould has con.
sented 10 our proposition for arbltra-
ton and 30 autographed Vice Presi.
| dent Hoxie. Order the men 10 re.
sumo work az once"
lSignedl T.V. POwDERLY,
q. NJ. w.
They published an interview with
YOU which leads one 10 think that the
officers OF your rUad 10 ST. Louis. may
miscoBstrue your message into a c0u-
sent on the part OF this company 10
conform 10 the requirements con-
tanned in the letter from the secretary
Of your order, dated Philadelphla.
March 9th, which in my letter 10
you Of the same date / declined to
our conference Of Sunday ] said 20
you that the position Of this company
was unchanged in this respect, and
that the whole matter was left 10 the
hands Of the vice president and gem
eral manager, with the instructions
contained in my telegram 10 him,
which was written before my inter
view with you and read TO you at the
time. This telegram stated: I'VE
see no objection 10 arbitrate any diff
feTences between the employees and
the company, past or future" / feel
confident that your understanding OF
this matter is the same as my own. /
write this in order that there may BE-
no grounds for future misunder-
standings.
Very Respectfully Yours,
JAY GOULD, President.
When this Was received by Mr..
POwdeTly, he wrote down these notes, ]
which were taken to the conference
and read to Mr. Gould
DO 1 understand you from your |
personal letter Of this date that your 1
refuse arbitration ? aud |
must l so telegraph Martin Irons?n
When the committee arrived al Mr.. /
Iould's Office, he had gone out, bat
hey were received by second Vice
President Hopkins, who made this
answer to Mr.. POwderly:
You may say distinctly to him,
No, we do not. He Is not 50 70 uu-
ierstsnd that letter, he is simply re-
erred 10 Mr.. Gould's written COM
10 him, which he Is pre-
Jared 10 carry cut in every particu-
ar"
This evening Mr.. POwderly sent Mr.
iOuld letter, saying that ON receipt
Il the latter's fetter Of Sunday, say o.
ug I've see no objection TO arbitrat-
ng any differences between employees
nd the company, past or future"
he company took II as an acceptance
( arbitration.
Mr.. Pow DERBY now proposes a COM
mission Of either three, five or seven.
nj urges that some settlement be
cached.
The following dispatch was sent
laly, Iron aud HouX, al Sedalia, 81.
,Ouis aud Fl. Worth
New YORK, March -.
Complications have arisen since
Forming as to the manner Of arbijra-
on. Another conference will be
cid 10 morrow. 4. V. POwDERLY.
NEW YORK, Msreh 30,-Mr. HOGie
a. consented TO arbitration. fine de-
ais will be arranged with him Ina 81
lluls, whittier the executive board
.ili go tomorrow. The story OF to {
ay, as given 10y the board, is as fol- {
'ys: The whole discussion to-day .
etween Mr.. Gould and Mr.. Powder
: was on the subject Of arbitration
anerallY, and on which there was
Of opinions. Mr.. Gould q
SpTessed- himself very favurably, but q
, the matlero OF ad Indicating the DIFF
rences had been referred to Mr.
.OXie, the following telegram was
nj nc the request Of SIR. POwderly:
NEW YORK, March ~.
RI. NJ. HOxie, General Manager,
/. LOuis:-Will you meet the gener-
executive board Of Knights OF La
pr. or the COMMITTEES OF your EN-
Dyes from the Knights Of Labor. for u
le purpose Of hearing what their
use Of complaint was, aud for the 4
1rpose OF making a settlement Of the :
'esent difficulties. alike honorable to :
,th parties, either on the basis Of
bitratiOn or by mutual agreement, a
e same TO be binding on ali parties | .
CSignedl A. l.. HOPKINS I
n answer to which the following | h
as received, aud delivered TO Mr..
jwderly about six o'clock:
ST. Louis, March 80.
A. L. MISUNDERSTANDING to your
quiry Of this date, 1 have to say
al yesterday I received from MIR
Duld the following message: thsre
quoted the message beginning "In =
Stunning the movement Of trains. - | /
which / sent the following reply n
IS Could have your message IN
latiOn u your Interview with Mr.. A
lwdpTly and also the letter Of in n
aud will carry out the same D,
the best Of my ability. am There :,
re, willing 10 meet a committee Of
IT employees without discrimination,
no are actually at work In the ser
&c of the company at the time such
mmittee Is appointed TO adjudicate
Ith them any grievances that they
ay have.
lSignedl II. NJ. HCXIE. 7
Mr.. POwdlrly being 80 exhausted by q
:kness, returned to his home in
.rantOn al six o'clock tonight. Tie
hers of the board leave for st. Louis
morrow morning. The following
spatch was sent to Mr.. Irons to- 2.
ght: i
NEW YORK, March 80. q
Martin Irons, st. LOuis.-Have been n.
conference all day with the result a
al Vice President Hoxie agrees TO =
e following: Here follows the Il
legFam Of Mr.. HOxie. conserving to o.
Have your executive coin- q
ittee order the men 10 work, aud 3
so select a special committee from
e employees Of the Missouri Pacific
wait on Mr.. HOxie to adjudieate
" grievances. DO this as quickly
possible. Board will leave for st.
luis tomorrow. =
Signed FRED X TURNER.
This ended the WORK OF the gene raj q
ecutiVe board i'm this city. y