The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-04-16
GOULD's ANsWEH

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To POwdsrly's LSttSF-Hssays the Knight
are Pursuing Him Personally.
NV YoRx, April l4.-The following Il
the full text OF Mr., Gould's reply to Gen
sral Master Workman Powdsrly's letter
z. Y. POpderly, Esq, q. A. W, K. oil
DEAR sIR:-At - o'clock to-day / re
Ceiyed from Mr.. Wm.0 Q. Mcdowell, whom
you brought with you to our recent con
ference, o letter in which he says; "BJ
yesterdays mail l received aletter writer
by Mr.. Powderly addressed to you, en-
closed in u letter address to me with
this. hand you'the letter addressed tC
you by Mr.. Powdsrly and q copy OF MIR
PoWderly's letter to me enclosing the
same" The following Is q copy oil the
latter which MI, Mcdowell sent me al
coming from you;
GENERAL ASSEMBLY, ORDER OF X, OF L., !
or AMERICA, OFFICE OF Il. NJ, W. !
SCRANTON, April Is, J
Ny Dear Mr.. McDOweR;
l enclose you q letter which you are Ia
read and deliver to the man for whom II
lA intended, l do not care whether you
deliver in person or through the medium
Of another, / only ask that it be placed
in his hands, lfyou have succeeded in
etfecsiAg q settlement with him do not
give 1t TO him, II you think there Is a
prospect Of an immediate settlement do
not give 1t to him, but II such is not the
case then l want 1t placed In his hands.
ALLOW him to either consent or make a
reply,
II he consents to an honorable settle.
ment then the letter will never see the
light Of day, but II he does not act then
It will be published to the world, and
from the time he opens upthe ball in a
legal way, we will continue to wage the
battle with him. His wealth cannot save
him II this fight is begun. Let no one
know OF the existence Of this letter until
after 8 o'clock OF the day you deliver II.
Then, II he makes no reply, let 1t go to
the world, Let lin know the limit OF
time allowed.
/ sincerely hope that there will DO NO
necessity for its publication. Hoping ioI
the best, | remain very truly yours,
I. v. PowDERLY,
To W. y. McDOIOsM, Esq, Ne0 York.
received your letter 10 me, dated scran.
ton, Pa, April II, 1885, at the same time,
and by the same agency that | received
your foregoing letter Of Instructions to Mr.,
Mcdowell.
The animus and purpose OF your letter
TO me cannot BIO fully understood without
knowing the contents Of that one. / wGs
p~eremptorily notified at the same time
that | must answer your letter by 5 O'Clock
to-day, and was graCiously given until
that hour 10 respond,
TWO sumEcrs TO 4 c~oNs1DERED.
Your letter to me embraces two subjects,
one relating to me personally and the
other to the relation Of the Knights oil
Labor to the railroad company ofwhiCh
| am President, AID in some degree the
representative OF It's public and private
duties. | shall refer to the subject very
briefly. The circumstances above given,
under which your letter was delivered, as
well as its tenor and spirit, place the pur.
pose in writing II beyond any fair doubt.
II would seem To be an official declaration
that the Knights OF Labor had determin.
cd to pursue me personally unless the
Missouri Pacific Company should yield TO
It's demands in what you call the strike on
that road.
In answer to these personal threats, /
beg 10 say that l am as yet a full Ameri.
can citizen. l am past ~ years OF age, and
was born ut Roxbury, Delaware Couuty,in
this State, l began life in a lowly way,
and by industry, temperance and atten.
ton to my own business have been sue.
Cessful, perhaps beyond the measure oil
my deserts. II, as you say, l am now to
be destroyed by the Knights OF Labor I'M
less | sink my manhood, so be II. FoTtu-
nately | have retained my early habits OF
industry. My friends, neighbors and bus.
mess associates. know me well, and l am
quite content to leave my personal record
in their hands. 1fany ofthem have auGht
TO complain Of, l will be only too glad to
submit to any arbitration. II such parties
or any Of them wish to appoint the
Knights OF Labor oryou as their attorney,
such appointment Is quite agreeable 10
me, but until euCh an election Is made II
will naturally occur to you that any inter.
ference on your part in my personal al.
fairs is, to say the least, quite gratuitousD
NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE STRIKE.
Since l was 10 years Of age l have been
in the habit Of employing la my
enterprises large numbers Of persons,
probably at times as high as $4,000, dis.
tributing often $9,000,0OO or $4,000 0 pei
month TO different pay rolls. 1t would
seem'a little strange that during all these
years the difficulty with the knights Of
Labor should be my first. Any attempt
TO connect me personally with the late
strike on the Southwestern roads, or any
responsibility therefor, is equally gratui'
tons, az you well know. II Is true | an
President OF the Missouri Pacific, but
when the strike occurred l was far away
on the ocean and beyond the reach o.
kilograms. l went away relying on YOU
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