St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-14
The Business Men of st. Louis Meet to Dis
ouSs the Great Southwestern
Strike,
And Resolve That the Settlement of ths
Trouble Should Be Entrusted to
Committee of Nine,
Three From the Strikers, Three From
the Railways and Three From
the Business Community.
a story Ahoat That Gould and Hoxie
Are Being Boycotted--GeneraI
Strike News.
Mediation Offered.

ST. LOUIS, April 13.-A mass meeting.
called by several well-known citizens. was
held in the rotunda of the court house to.
nlgnt TO devise means. if possible, to speed
lIy ana amlcably settle the strike now ex-
lStlng on the Gould system of railroads.
Inc meeting was fairly well attended. but
tnose present were very largely of the Ia
boring class, very few representative business
OF professional men being in attendance.
MI. Chauncy Filley called the meeting to
order, and DR.. Thomas O'Reilly was made
chairman, after which the names of twenty
nVe prominent citizens were read as vice
presidents n very long preamble and
resolution was then read and unanimously
adopted, the chief points of which, after
settlng forth the depressing effects of the
strike upon the commerce of the sonth-
west country and the business of the city.
are as follows:
whereas, 1t is time that some act11al and
satisfactory accommodation is due to the in
terestS OF the public as well as to the conflict
ing parIles, that may be immediate and final
in results, and
whereas, 1t is not necessary or expedient
10 raise any issue or question as to who NAV
nave oeen wrong or who may have been right
N tue past. but to meet the status of affairs
as Ihey now unhappily exist unless amicably
removed, and
Qlr6CtlV
with the dissatisfied employees has been q con-
uItIOn implied If not expressed, and
A REMEDY SUGGESTED.
whereas, To reach such expressed con-
dltions upon the part of the railway manage.
ment and to reach the desirable condition
precedent OF settlement, speedy. Just and
final, it is deemed by the citizens of ST. Louis
without regard to party in mass meeting as
sembled wise political and practical way to
reheve the conflicting parties of all embar-
rassment as to the surrendering any rights
hlInerto held and thus far maintained by
both parties. to proffer mediation through
and by the residents of the city of ST. Louis,
and thus remove all objections to or friction
from any nonresident agencies, whether
upon the part of capital or labor; and,
whereas, We believe that such mediation
would meet the views and purpose of q
speedy and final settlement as expressed by
General Master Workman Powderly and also
remove the barriers to conference as avowed
by the railway management, and would thus
give the opportunity for the hitherto en-
ployed laborerS of the roads, residents of this
city, to represent and come to an understand
ing and settlement of their grievances
Resolved, With view Of the mutual under
standing and settlement of the whole oues-
tlon at issue, that committee of the citizens
OF st. Louis three from the resident directors
of the railway interested, three from the
resident Iaborer interested, present or recent
employees of the railway, to be selected by
the unemployed and three discreet and recog-
niZed representatives of the mercantile,
manufacturing aud professional elements of
the city in no wise connected or interested
with the railway or labor organizations, who
shall be authorized by their respective inter.
eStS to
MEET, CONFER AND ARRANGE
with binding effect the existing troubles, and
for this purpose we hereby empower the
committee hereby authorized and appointed
by the meeting to act. with full power to
suggest. confer with and secure the appoint
ment from both the resident directors of the
railways and the resident laborers' confer
ring committee of three from each and 10
report their action and the results of an ad-
journed meeting to be called by the chairman
of this meeting for that purpose.
Briefspeeches were then made by Fred
NJ. Caunder, on behalf of the citizens. and
Mr.. Brown, the orator of the Knights, both
of whom very strongly urged carrying out
the resolutions, and advocated the use of
every proper and available means to bring
about settlement of the difficulty. Mr..
Brown spoke quite briefly but the tone of his
remarks was very conservative, and he said
the Knights would freely join any reason
able means which promised and equitable
settlement of the trouble. The following
gentlemen were appointed to represent the
citizens on the committee provided for by
the resolutions: Prof. G. NJ. Woodward Of
Washington university, James Banner
man, prominent merchant, and n. o.
Nelson, large manufacturer.