St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-12
JAY GOULD TALKS.
He Thinks Public Opinion will Not
SuppOrI The SIrikerS.

New YORK, April 1.-THE Tribune will
tomorrow publish an interview with Jay
Gould in regard 10 the strike IN the South
west. In regard to the warning sent out TO
the travelling public by the Knights OF La
Dor. saying that the present employees of
the Missouri Pacific are not competent me-
chanics. Mr.. Gould said:
The charge was without foundation; that
the road was in superior condition, laid with
steel rails and ballasTed with stone, has
bridges mostly of iron and steel and with roll
ing stock in excellent condition, only per
cent. of its locomotives and about 81 per
cent. of its cars awaiting repairs. As to the
men, who, of the II, 800 on the payroll, only
3, 200 were Knights of Labor whose strike
during its pendence forced idleness upon the
others: that traffic being res umed. the men
who are not knights have returned TO work
and that the services of the Knights can
easily be dispensed with because the number
of employees before the strike was too large.
Mr. Gould was then asked tor an eXpla-
nation of the open dispatch sent to him
yesterday from st. Louis by the executive
board of the Knights of Labor. This dis
patch quotes the advertisement which was
published by the Louisville & Nashville
railway, in order TO obtain ''men who have
plenty of grit and mean business" TO act as
deputy marshals at East ST. Louis. and
then charges Mr.. Gould with responsibility
for all the riotous acts of Friday night.
GoULD's GRIM SMILE.
"Yes, i received the DISPATCH" said Mr..
Gould with a grim smile. las long as the
regular rates are prepaid-as they were ia
this case-I have no objection 10 their send
ing all the dispatches they choose TO send
over the Western Union wires. But, serious
ly, the dispatch is very silly. l uon't own a
dollars worth of stock in the Louisville g.
Nashville. and have absolutely no control
over the road. / never knew that an obnox-
ious advertisement had been sent out"
What do you think of Mr. Powderly's S
statement as reported in this mornings s
papers. that a recourse to arbitration would
bring the strike TO a speedy closer" asked the
reporter.
The question of arbitration, said Mr.
Gould, has two sides. When Mr.. Powderly
aud l were talking these matters over asked
him if he would consent to a scheme Of ar
Ditration which should include our griey-
ances against the strikers as well as the mer-
chants and the strikers against US and
whether he would guarantee the payment Of
our award, if we should obtain one against
the order. This proposition did not meet
with much favor in Mr.. Powperlys eyes, and
he said that the rules of the order pro-
vided no methods for the collecuon OF
money for such purposes. Mr.. Hopkins
was present at this Interview, and heard what
am going 10 tell you. In speaking OF Dis
lflcL Assembly NO. lDl, Mr.. PON0erly sad:
''Why, they are outlaws. They are one of
the worst set OF men l ever saw. Whenl was
out there among them, was really
AFRAID FOR MY LIFE.
They have brokn the laws of the order: they
have begun the strike without authority, aud
tomorrow l intend TO issue a circular right
ing myself and placing these men ia their
true light" Mr.. Gould then said that in re-
sponse to this staten Mt and not IS a couces-
sion. he read TO Mr. Powder,y the notable
telegram to Mr.. HoXie, on the strength OF
which Mr.. Powderly ordered the strike
ended, and added that il was a great
surprise 10 him when he saw
the papers next morning that the Knights
were claiming a victory. IL Mr.. Powderly
would only stick TO the sentiments, which he
expresses in his secret circular, there would
be no trouble about arbitration, but while
the head OF the order puts these laoor troubles
IN q sensible light. his executive board sides
with the riotOus elements among
the strikers. The executive board first
orders the Knights of Labor TO 20 to work.
but finding that the men would not obey
them they turned right face about and or
dered the strike 10 be continued"
what will be the outcome OF the South
western striker
They will break down through their own
weight. These organizations through their
| boycotts and their strikes, viii make them
selves so unpopular that public opinion viii
no longer support them, and their power Will
be gone"