St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-17
HOXIEON A HIGH HORSE
The Missouri Pacific Manager Declines
to Meet the Merchants
Committee,
But Sends Gratuitou$y Insulting Letter
Claiming That the Strike Is Ali
Over and No Necessity
Martin Irons and knights of Labor
Officials Arrested for Forgery
street Cars Held Up.
Southwestern strikers Resorting &c
Violence--School Boys Imitat-
ing Their Elders.
Declines to Meet the Commit tee.


ST. Louis. April 16.-The followin let
ter itself explanatory:
The Missouri Pacific Railroad company,
executive department-St Louis, Mo-, April
l6 1856 Dr. Thomas O'Reilly, chairman,
cts, ST. Louis: Dear Sir: l am in receipt of
letter of the 18th instant, incloSing copy or
preamble and resolutions adopted ut citl-
zens' meeting held in the city on the 18th inst
and requesting me to appoint committee or
three resident directors of the Southwestern
Railway system in conformity with said re $
oution and cause the names of the same 10
be Immediately reported to DIR. Thomas
O'Reilly, president of said meeting.
Mr. HoXie then quoted the resolution
adopted by the meeting, which provides Tor
the appointment of nine persons TO repre-
sent the three interests involved-the rail-
ways, the citizens and the unemployed rail-
road men-and then proceeds as follows:
The premises upon which the proposition
for the appointment of such committee
rests is the statement in the preamble TO the
resolution that the trade and commerce py tue
city of st. Louis and the interstate commerce
through ST. Louis, to and from all the trade
points of the Missouri Pacific and of the ST.
Louis Iron Mountain and Southern railways,
has been, for over month, ana is Stlll OBJ
structed, with no immediate sign OF said
roads complying with or being able TO COM
ply with their duty to the public as common
tenJion, and. through you, the attention OF
the citizens participating in the meeting of
which you were chairman, to the fact that
the railways constituting the southwesterly
system are now
IN FULL OPERATION,
and were in fact at the time the resolution
was presented by the managers OF that meet
ing for the approval of the citizens there
present. This fact can be attested 10y anyone
desiring to travel or forward freight, express
matter or mail over these railways. So far
as either the public or this company are con-
cerned. the need of a resumption of traffic
cannot be urged as a reason for the appoint
ment OF the committee suggested. The
action of such committee would
necessarily relate entirely to the
methods by which the ex-employes
might be restored TO the places they have
voluntarily abandoned. After the serious in
terruption which the business of 81. Loels has
already suffered, and at a time when through
the protection of the civil authorities and
through the extraordinary eXdrtions of pro-
curing suitable labor, this company has re-
opened its lines and fully established its traf-
fic, it is 10 me a matter of regret that any por-
ton of its citizens should send broadcast to
the
DETRIMENT OF THIS CITY
any statement in regard to the obstruction of
traffic over two of its principal roads, which L
am satisfied the great aody of the business
men of this city would decline to indorse.
Whatever may have been the difficulties for
the solution last month in relation to the re-
sumption of traffic, they do not exist to-day.
The railway companies, as one party, are eX-
pending their time, energies and money to
keep open the avenues of commerce for the
public benefit, and are succeeding in
so doing, and are solvent cit
liens amenable as such through the
courts of the state and to individuals. An
other party to be affected by the proposed
conference nVOWadlV SnendinQ
energy and money for the purpose of block
aiding the avenues of commerce and is not
legally constituted solvent citizens and cam
not be reached. / conclusion desire to call
your attention to the reply of the president
of this company to the communication of Mr..
Powderly published since the date of your
meeting which fully sets for the position of
this company and which no words of mine
could render more explicit. Very respect
fully, H. NJ. HoXIE.