Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-04-16

stood By aud let the newspapers say ths
we had eaten humble pie and that we hs
been defeated.
JAY GOULD WAS DEFEATED,
and now he Gays, when you are in tn
wrong you ought to take the consequence
this time, showing exactly the view W
took. Am / not right2
Mr.. Hopkins-And Mr. Mcdowell salt
these men were rebels, that they were re
bslling against the order.
Mr.. PoWderly-I didn't admit that wa
in the wrong at all. .
Mr.. Hopkins-No, sir; / didn't admi
that you were, either.
Mr.. Gould Ito Mr.. Hopkins)-Shsli
read that letter. (referring to q letter on
the table.
Mr.. Hopkins-It shows how those peo
ule feel in regard to it. There is no use
Of reading the name that is signed to the
letter. 1t simply shows the way they feel
Mr.. Gould-Suppose you read it.
Mr.. Hopkins read the letter from Oma,
hs, speaking of the condition Of thirgs on
the Union Pacific.
Mr.. Hopkins read the letter. The Exc
cutiye Committee of the Knights OF Labor
of the Union Pacific, their headquarters
being at Denver, went down to Kansas
CITY the other day on the war path.
They we're preparing for q strike every
where. They got back TO Denver on the 3Otb.
Nv informant writes me that their whole
temper had changed. In conversation
among themselves they
BITTERLY DENOUNCED THE KIGHTs
of Labor of Missouri and Kansas as being
without organization, discipline, sense or
decency." They add that the Kansas City
and Missouri Pacific strikes were without
valid reason, in violation OF the rules o.
the order sud in violation
oi all known suisa of decency.
Powderly," they say, was right in going
home that he could not defend the action
Of the men: that their going out Wss
violation of the laws OF the order; that
their demands were Outrsgeously unjust,
and that they were tyrsnnical and sggres-
,iye their whole proceedings were IN reck-
less disregard of the rules and laws ot the
order, consequently the strike was only a
oullhesded piece Of Jolly, ruinous TO the
men and to the c:ier under which they
we're pretending to az
Mr.. Powderly-There is
NOT ONE WORD OF TRUTH
n that thing from beginning TO end; not
,ne OF those men that were there at that
raa ing ever had the idea that there was
str;ks they didn't 90 OF the warpath,
lor did they have HlOod in thei' eye. =,
Mr.. HoPkius-They <-nt away yoaI WIN
,retty nearly the idea that you E" "'s'S'O
o us.
Mr.. Powderly-TheY were Of the idea
hat they were not to mako any further
rouble. They went back with the same
mind.
Mr.. Hopkins-This is q simple opinion
hat he Expresses about What they had IN
heir minds when they went there. That
) in quotation marks where they refer to
he condition of things on oar road.
Mr.. Powderly-Those things come sec
,ndhanded and sometimes ge. devishly
visited. That msu that you spoke of that
recognized in the Office, speaking OF g:
1. W., one of those reporters spoke OF
hat. He said Are those your initials?
said: Yes" He patched sll that stntl
N himself
Mr.. Could don't see any impropriety
address you. in addressing you By your
title. Everybody knows that you are the
President of that order; think you are
THE RIGHT NAN IN THE Right PLACE,
hat is what think. !
Mr. Powderly-Thst is the filling IN oil
he reporter.
Mr. Gould-But exsc,i7 what | did say,
thought was so plain that it wGs not mis-.
either by you or me. No"
viii read this
H. w. Horie, Gsa.,ol -NaHaysr, ST.
Louis.
In resuming the movement of trains on
he Missouri Pacific, and in the employ
nent of labor in the several departments
+ this company, you will give preference
O our late employees, whether they are
Knights Of Lsbor or not, except that You
gill not employ any person VINO has IN
ured the compsny's property during the
ate strike, nor will We discharge persons
yho hsye taken service with the company
Iuriny the said strike. We see no oblsc-
ION to arbitrating any differences between
be employees and the company, past or
uture
Mr.. Powderly-