New-York tribune., 1886-04-02
OBSTINATE STRIKERS.
ALL OR XoyEp The MOTTO IN ST. LOUIS
REFUSING TO ACCEPT WORN EXCEPT FOR hFh"'-
ONE-A LARGE NUMBER or fRfiGHT IhAiNs'
fry TELEGRAPH TO THE TriDUil

ST. LOUIS. April 1.-The trouble between lIic
Missouri Pac.ac Railway and ts employees Is apparently
a. ia. rs ever from settlement MONO ni ile hi' H"'
retarncd to work aal the feeling Q. animosy oe won
tho company aId it, emrloycs has bcon in're"s'' -
was the earnest belief tho strikers would return u"
work at 10 % m. to-day. but that hour i1"'eu a" e
yards AMI shops Sill hal the deserted appearances '"
has oboracte.zed them since the strike. At that ho
tho Knights In session In theii hail Ine s''o VI
the NEGOTIATIONS fo- settlement OF tne strRe was rc
ported and speeches made by mr'noers ol ''o
Assembly which s known as The Future "r"a' "
is composed OF switch and shop men IN te onlos
OF tie Missouri Pacific Thofe were about ooo r fh5n'S
present and their demonstrations Of approval wnen
speakers expressed the popular sentiments were ioud
enough TO be hclrd two blocks away.
The speakers talked o .ha resent uonolo ina'nS anu ~
Insisted tnat he a 4ot return 20 "o'h "ii''' q"
tie mon On tle sast rned u "orR' IN" t''o i
uutr The Missouri paas IL Igeed TO take back e'efy
man who struck not eon leIl@ that soue men were
nnder urrest charged with =. 'Oying the company
property with intimids on ana the Ike. resoi nuop
was passed. in which the assembly indorsod ths Pun
ana agreed not to return to wcrk until the requrod
pledge Is given IS the rOaj.
Tho Executive Committee OF tho Assembly ooihIo
OF Alexander Taylor. master wo kman' l. D. No'"", -
w. Williams and Timothy Maber were Instructed 10
visit Mastgr Mechanic Bartlett ana learn from hiln
whether Le .nten 'ed employ all tho men, or lnered
discriminate H-anst those who nave Deel eaue's AZ
the st,,ke Tho committee Immediately lett Eutorpe
Hall ami went 20 he Missouri Pacific shops west OF sum
mit-aye. to SEQ Mr. Bartlett He was not In anu INC
committee then walked down the tracks to the Union
aenot IN confer with the master car builder, Mr.,
Hodges lie also WAS not IN when tl.oy reached his
office After waiting some time, the committee retrhoo
TO Mr. BaItett's Office bat the master mechanic was
still absent aud his cork could not tell where ne was OF
when he would return After some conference Among
themselves the committee agreed 20 return to the ha
4 1,,,- -4.,n And tIe ma Ia
master builder.
ueanwhIle the executive boards OF tho
three assemblies were also in session Ihe
three Charmen, Martin Irons A. T. Congahh
aud NJ A. Sullg gan arrived al the nail early Ihero were
a nu Der OF delegates from he local ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
and IL WAS supposed that tne Board would TX the hou1
70 return t. work before it adjourned. few minutes
before o'clock ad,ournmeat was taken until even
Ing and instead of naming the hour the following al
dress to the public was given out by Mr. Coughlln
To he PaJfc. - T.,
thar nj OF the KNIGHTS OF Labor respectfully
state that pursuant TO the order o. our Gener hhee
tive Board we this day committees to the man
ags,s of the several railroads Offering 10 return the men
to work. In instance would they Do rccelVeu vi
,reated wilh each oical IN turn refusing tnem near
nT or evadg them with specious for direct
answers, refusing them employment Mr. hoAs mas mas
agreed receive committee of employees 20 alst any
grievances whice may exist lie refuses personally ana
throu AIS suborGinates to recognize any "l US s
royes and refuses 10 receive any pa. Sush ~ lt na
called employees In short, after himself ana Ar Goul
conveyed the impression to the wor tnat tey ar
wiling TO settle They refuse tp settle .'ow We .ppeM III
to a candid and suffering public on whom IS tsllihs al
the weight OF this great sSnc ~ We aSop 70
hearl This great strike never would .ve been had Mr.
Ioxie condesconde1 months ago TO hear Our COMPLAINT
We do claim to be moro than buinsn Al tnis soai
try position makes no man King OF siaho 'i,i
confer .ou with other citizeps with whom ne may
have business connoctlons when suen reiusaa a.
NOT only a mistake buta crime against the pnb1c Nj.
Gould IS invoking the law against .'te az, % ~
preston, Jet terrorlzed public docs not Invoke the
law against he arch ermina OF tae snd s ~e o ho
BY order OF ExecutiTe Boards, District Assemblies
10l, l3 and II.
circular and said
IN. boys will not go back work until they arc as
sured all VIII be taken back Those OF us who are are
not expect to back until the charges against US
had been passed upon in court, but av tie
T6sy say ali or robody The boys
ou the side the river who came ont from gym
patty, have got TO be protected also
IL was suggested that. perhaps, tho Missouri Pacific
could not lind employmsnt Tor all. Said he
Yes have heard hat. Before came out there
enough men 10 do the work In The SHOPS ana
siuce the amount of work has Increased %
per cent they really cannot employ all OF u.s. we are
Wiling to reduce hours OF labor to eight hours ana
take isnt hours pHy. That's the way 10 reduce e1
ponses.
1t appears that committee representing the cxecu'
tive boards called Master Mechanic Bartlett just BE-
noon ana pfcScullnS Ss VI "'A'" '-AA
If he was willing take all the mon back The men were
ready to work, but desired to know If they woad be
taken Mr. Bartlett looked over the names ana
then carefully took out pencil and checked on seven
teen OF them the names OF the Len whom ne Woud
employ The others, he said, he would not
take back Attempts OF similar nature were made by
committees of the strikers st prominent points all over
the Gould system. In every instance the Executive
Board claims that the committees received the same
replies to their offers the part Of the strikers 10
return TO work. The railroad officials stated. II Is
claimed that they did not require the services OF all
their old employees; that thew would not take them all
back and would use their discretion in selecting
the men that they wanted The ratio OF
the men whom the roads willing to take back and
the number who on d strike was, the EXECUTIVE
Board say about the same all over the system seven
teen out fifty Reports OF these committees received
mostly by telegraph determined the Executive Board to
continue until the roads consented to take
back all OF tho strikers. The members OF the
boards want II distinctly understood that tho Knights
of Labor win all hang toge'ner mat one VIII not return
out through sympathy with tho memhers OF Distrlct
Assembly iol gs 90 ,npRopIEu pnt vii 70 se
Element.
The littls Napoleon, Martin Irons is called is break
ing down rapidly. He is hity-two years old, wicoweE
the father OF two living children. boy Of nine and gir
OF SEVEN lie was born in Dundse Scotland, and when
eight years old panied his parents to NewYork
where they settled. and where the family have since
lived He was given by his father common school edu
cation, and began work apprentice In machine shop
when he las years OLD. When he was eighteen
he left his home and TO NewOrleans where he re-
NAMED until 1856 when ne moved TO Hannibal. Mo.
He was married ten years ago. and shortly afterward
moved to sedaa whore he joined the knights OF Labor
by the order elevated to the rank lie now holds
District Master Workman OF Assembly No. 10l. which
includes between 5000 and 10000 members His wife
died Sill 20 the strike began.
ST. Louis coal do aer, relying the promise OF the
strikers that efforts by teansters TO raise tho coal block
I'D l. tint
men with their teams transfer fuel from this side Of
the river TO East st. Louis Several strikers. however,
made an attack upOn the men to prevent Them from
loading the wagons, tho eamsers resisting ani sen-
.ral A gtt ensued Knive- drawn and II looked as
II serious results would follow, bat a the appearance OF
several United States deputy marshals the strikers He'd
without having received ini.cted any severe injury.
The tcamsters returned 10 ST. LOUIS without their coal
fearing further violence from the strikers
Despite tb continuance OF the strike considerable
number OF new switchmen and yartmen have been tm
poycd to places made vacant by the strikers IN
East Louis. and AL appearances to-day Indicate