Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-04-23
JAY GOULD.


MY house on Sunday, the 2sth Of Marcel
AZ the time Of that interview the roa
was 10 full operation al oil points excep
az Fort Worth, Tex aud Parsons, Kan
met Mr.. rowderly and Mr. Mcdowell 3
my house on Sunday and had u frank tai
with them Mr. Powderly's secret circular
so called, had been issued, and my motiy
In seeing him was 70 brace him up, ot
cause the sentiments expressed In ina
circular were SO different from the acts 9
the association that thought he necde'
bracine M They brought up that ques
ton ~ Arbitration which had been GOV
cred by The correspondence, aud which
had very firmly declined. WAS neye
more positive in my life than was whei
1 made that declaration We talked vi
10 O'Clock, my dinner hour, an'
told MeSsrs. pOwderly aud McDowt
10 come back that night They cam
back al night and we resumed our talk
Mr. PoRderly said to me- These mel
out there / want to talk TO You frankly
are In rebellion 70 our order. Jnel
struck without cause, and | have II u
contemplation tomorrow 10 yindicat'
myself by Issuing 8n order taking aWal
their charter
81 said. 'Mr. Powderly you have beer
80 frank with me That viii
be equally frank with you
Now will read you d
dispatch which have prepared to send to
Mr.. Iioxle get down town tomorrow
morning Al $3.50 aud / will send IL thcn.'
took out If my pocket and lead 70 Tim
10Y dispatch TO MIR Hoxie, directing that
preference in employment be given to the
late employees, whether knights OF Labor
or not. NOW, do not know that IL can
be twisted 80 AS 70 make II
mean something different from what IL
says read It over 10 Mr.. Powderly just
rs distinctly as have read IL TO the COM
mittee Mr. Powderly said Il approve
OF that aud 1t will help me If you will give
me copy Of IT, / said Certainly,
VIII do that That brought our inter-
view to q close. went up stairs and
copied the dispatch ia note,
addressed to MIR Powderly, and
gave It 10 Mr. Mellow Il TO deliver to
him There was no right on the part Of
Mr. Mcdowell or Of Mr.. Powderly to
give the dispatch TO the public until had
put 1t into Mr. IIoxle's hands. They
went gu Of town aud changed the whole
prog ANNE. The next morning the news
papers came out publishing this
and saying on the part Of Mr..
POwderly: MIR. Gould has con-
sen'ed 70 our plan OF arbitration
That was published broadcast. 1t was
utterly untrue, utterly untrue. As for
the question Of arbitration, It has been
rather kind OF hobby OF mine, and
therefore | said In my dispatch to Mr.
Hoxie we see no objection to arbi.
tratlon'"
Mr.. Gould here read stenographic notes
oi the interview between HIM and Mr.
Powderly, and he continued. al be-
tiCye that In the investigation Yesterday
there was q reference To letter OF
Instructions. There was no letter sent
except the Powderly letter What Mr..
Hoxlo meant by a letter Of Instructions
was my letter addressed to MIR Powder
ly, which he saw In the newspapers that
morning OF course he referred to that
] want 20 say very distinctly that
there have been no Instructions issued
other than those embodied in that letter.
They have been lived up TO by the com
psny from that time to this"
MIR, Grain; "You say distinctly that
there were no secret instructlons?r
Mr. Gould There were no secret in
structions. On the contrary we have
lived right up t. my letter to Mr. Pow
derby, Notwithstanding all the provo
cation we have received" Mr..
Gould here read the various kilograms
and correspondence which have been al.
ready made public, including the procla-
nation OF March 29th, issued by the ex-
ecntlye board OF the district assemblies
at st. Louis, congratulating the knights
Of Labor on their ylctory, and on the
mauhood aud fortitude shown by them.
lie said: '1hat was the address
which was issued on the 10Th
% March when everything seemed to be
lovely The next address that was is
sued by them was the one Issued on the
18th Of April, and addressed to the work
ingmen OF the world.n
Mr.. Gould read the address in tone
Of sarcasm, but not without visible
emotion. II was the one in
which he is spoken OF as
ga giant Of corporated wealth,
every dollar OF which was built on blood,
injustice and outrage He said: "This
Is the response which the three assem-
hlies OF the Knights of Labor made to our
continuing the hand Of fellowship which
we hsdh,ld out TO them We commenced
operating our road. AS said when met
Mr. Powderly Sunday the whole system
was in operation except az Parsons
aud Fort Worth. Our earnings for the first
week OF April were equal TO those of the
same week OF Apnl last year, and the
earnings OF the second week in April were
$4,000 more than the corresponding
week last year. So that, as said at the
beginning Of my record, 1t seemed TO me
thar the resolution under which the com
mittee Is acting does not really apply to
tho Missouri Pacific railway
Mir Burnes; Shave you any other
documents that you wish to submItln
Mr. Gould al have received several
of this sort. only read this one because
II II an order emanatlng from the three
lodges that govern the Missouri Pacific
system"
The chairman awe VIII accept that
as specimen OF worklngmen's lltera-
ture.n
Mt Gould al have Just received a
telegram from Mr.. Hoxie stating that the
st Louis papers to-day published this
dispatch sent from here Yesterday
Push the strike. We have plenty Of
money 10 carry Il through,
Signed JoHN HAYES
"Mr, Hayes "a, beheye, one OF
the executive committee of the
Knights Of Labor, He is the same
man who addressed the dispateh q, ma