Morning journal and courier., 1886-04-13
News by Telegraph
 FROM ALL QUARTERS. THE SYSTEM FULLY OPEN. Trains Running On All
 The Roads. STRIKERS GOING TO WORKS Quiet Enforced by the Militia Companies. THE DEBATE ON HOME RULE. New Britain Carried by
 the Democrats.
THE SITUATION AT ST. LOUIS.

THE SITUATION AT ST. LOUIS. Trains Again Running and Some of the Strikers Returning to Work The Military Still on Duty and Peace Enforced by Their Presence.
 ST. LOUIS, April 12.-The general execu-
 tive board and the joint executive commit
 tee of districts 101, 92 and F were in session
 to-day, but took no official action other than
 to receive reports from different points on
 the Gould system and to transact routine
 business. General Committeeman Hayes stated that the statements attributed to Jay
 Gould in an interview in which he says Mr. Powder1y at one of the New York confer ences referred to the members of district 101 as ''outlaws" and said they djsobeyed the laws of the order was false in every particu- lar and wholly without foundation. He characterized it as Zone of Jay Goulds lies" for the purpose of misrepresenting the Knights of Labor and destroying public faith in the order" "What MT. Powderly did say" said Mir. Hayes, "was that the local committees had taken action upon inn portant matters concerning very large ex- tent of territory without first consulting the general officers Other than that he made no remarks of the character attributed to him by Mr. Gould" ''Were you present. at the interview referred to between MT. Powderly and Goulds' "Yes, I was, and 1 have very distinct recollection of what occurred" "You are quite certain then that Mr. Powderly did not make the statements which MT. Gould says M J nothing of the kind and Mir Gould is re- beating his old tactics of lying about and misrepresenting us. What MT. Gould says about our refusal of the proposition to include in the matters to be arbitrated questions dealing with the damages to the road by the strike is true.''
 Grand Master Sargent of the locomotive firemen was in consultation all morning with the local grievance committee of the fremen upon the discharge of members of the order by the Missouri Pacific road. The confer ence broke up about noon. It is learned that it was decided by MT. Sargent to issue a general call for meeting of the local grievance committees of the different lodges on the 20th inst. MT. Sargent when approached upon the subject stated that there had been no attempt at ar bitration of the cases of discharged tiremen. q do not anticipate any difficulty in arriv- ing at settlement of our grievances" said he. "We will give and receive justice, and that is all anyone can expect" Mir. Sargent will remain here for several days in confer ence with committees from different lodges on the Gould system. There is no change in the situation in the yards on this side of the river.
 The Missouri Pacific and Iron Mountain are daily sending out four or five trains each and the Wabash are keeping things moving in the north St. Louis yard with a new force. In East St. Louis the roads are generally re- stunning business under the protection of the militia and no attempt at interference was reported to-day. The saloons are all closed by order of the Mayor The Louisville and Nashville are doing little, but are still short handed and the other roads similarly situated. By tomorrow it is thought they will have fully resumed. The militiamen are perform ing their duty in good natured manner and are respected by the crowds. This is ill marked contrast with the state of affairs that existed when the hired bullies of the railroad companies were in authority with the title of "deputy sheriffs."