The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-04-13

Hoxie's Reported Stubbornncss-Aff A fairs
at the Big Bridge All ouiet-The Dep
uties Released and Rearrested - The
Military Masters of the Situation.
New YORK, April l3,-Jay Goull was in
terviowed Sunday in regard to the strike in
the southwest Referri * to the warning
sent out to the travelling public by the
knights of Labor, saying that tie pr, sent
employees Of the Missouri Pacific are not
competent mechanics, Mr. Goull said that
the charge was wi hlut foun laton; that
the road was in superior condition, laid
with steel rails and iaasted with stones; il
has bridges mostly OF iron and steel, and
with rolling stock in excellent condition,
only per cent of its locomotives and
about 81 per cent of its cars await
ing repairs As 10 the men EN-
ployed, of the l4,300 on the pay rolls
only 3, 100 were knights of Labor, whose
strike during its pendency forced idleness
upon the others; the traffic being resumed,
the men who are not knights have eturned
TO work, and that the services 5 Of the knights
can easily be dispen ed with, becatEe the
number of the emp.o, es before The strike
was bop MI 'foutti " dS tuth hNhcI
about the open disp tea sent to him Satur-
day from st LOUIS by the executive board
of the Knights o Labor charging MIR.
Gould with responsibility for all tie riotous
acts OF Friday night
Yes, | recei, ed the dispatch, said Mr..
Gould with grim smile. "As long As the
regular rate, are prepaid-as they We're in
this case-l have no Objections to their send
ing all the dispatches they choose to send
over the Western Union wires But, seri
ously, the dispatch is extremely silly. !
don't own dollars worth of stock in the
| ouisNi le X Nashville, and have absolutely
no control over the road | never knew
that the obnoxious advertisement had been
sent out
what do you think OF Mr. Powdery's
stat meat as reported in the morning pa
pers, that a recourse TO arbitration would
bring the strike to speedy close, asked
the reporter.
The question of arbitration said Mr.
Gould, has two sides When Mr. Powderly
and | were talking these things over, |
asked him whether he would consent to a
scheme of arbitration which would include
our grievan es against the strikers as well
as the grievances of the strikers against us,
and whether he would guarantee the pay
ment of AN award il We should o. tain one
against the order This proposition did not
meet with much favor ia Mr. Powderly's
eyes, and he said the rules of the order pro
vided no methods for the collection of money
for such purposes. Mr.. Hopkins was present
at this interview, and heard what | am
going to tell you. In speaking of distri
assembly No. l0l, Mr. Powderly said; Why,
they are outlaws They are one of the
worst set of men ever saw When | was
out there among them was really afraid
for my life They have broken the laws OF
the or,.er; they have begun the strike with
out authority, and | intend 10 issue a cir
cuar righting mysef, and placing these
men in their true light"
Mr.. Could added: "If Mr. Powderiy
would only stick t. the sentiments which he
expressed in his secret circular there would
be no trouble about arbitration; but
while the head OF the order puts
these a'or troubles in 5, nsible light, his
executive board sides with the riotous ele
ments among tn, strikers The executive
board first ordered the knights to go to
work, but, finding the men would not obey
them, they turned right face about and or
What will be the outcome OF the south
western strikes
They viii break down through their
own weight These organi. ations, through
their boycotts and their striker, will make
themselves So unpopular that public opinion
viii no lohg support them, and thei,
iluwer viii !e pon'.'
W hen asked Mon.Iay about an article
published in ming paper to the elect
that he Vie President iIoxie, and hr
Mel Dwell We're n,Soti Ting for a settlement
of the trouble ictw. en- tile railroads ant
men MIR. Gould said he.e is hot "A word
Of truth in the statement No conference
has heen requested of any ollic,r OF this
company in regard to the strike,
and the aiticls referred to is
simply ridiculous You can say" added
MIR. Gouid, that the company will have
nothing further to do either with Mr.
Powderly or any other member of his com
mittee. We have been deceived enough by
them, and we do not propose to have any
thing of that kind occur again. They can
not get the Knights of Labor to obey them
They are simply kings with barren scepters
in their grasp and have no rowero
1t was reported i'll the Western Union
building that Grand Master Workman Pow
erly had written IA letter to gentleman
well known as Knight of Labor in this
city, that q genera! ASSESSMENT had been or
deed oil AL members of tine order for the
benefit of the striker Mr. Powderly, it
was elaine al.o wro;e that he had not
Lem properly treated by Jay Gould and
that he iPowdeFly wont not again consent
to See Gou!l
In the meantime Iioxie rIorts daily that
there are more [. aims moving on the
Missouri Pacific system now than there wore
last year at this time.