The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-04-01
LATER NEWS ITEMS.

Conferences between Jay Gould and
I. V. Powderly at New York, ON Sunday and
Sunday evening, March %. resulted in orders
from each of them to the parties to the South
western strike. directing immediate resump-
ton of work and traffic pending arbitration.
New York dispatch of Monday says: The
great strike on the Gould system of railroads
is ended, and work has been resumed
on its $50 miles of road In response TO an
invitation from Jay Gould, Mr. Pow
derly, Master Workman of thu knights of
labor went to the railroad magnate's resi-
deace yesterday morning. Mr.. Gould and
Mr.. Powderly discussed the strike from its
very beginning The conference lasted until
one O'Clock and was again renewed in the
evening During the conference the railroad
king intimated that he was tired of strikes,
and hopel for another method of settling
labor troubles. Mr.. Powderly told him that
the knights of Labor had long since
discovered method in the shape
Of arbitration Mr.. Gould finally consented to
arbitra:e the present difficulties aud abide the
decision of the arbitrators. He also said that
in future this would be the method employed
to settle all disputes between his company and
its employees. AT the close of the evening talk,
Mr.. Powderly called meeting of the Executive
Board of the Knights j. w. Hayes, of New
Jersey, and w. H. Bailey were present The
session was brief, and at the conclusion OF it
the following dispatch was sent.
Martin j. Irons, of st. Louis. Chairman OF Ex-
ecutivc Board District Assembly lOl, Knights
of Labor
President Jay Goull has consented to our
proposition for arbitration and so telegraphs
Manager VI. NJ. Hoxie Order men to res ane
work at once. BY order of the Executive Board
Knights OF Labor. IT, V. PowDERLY,
General Master Workman.
Mr.. Powderly also sent the following order
to the strikers:
To the knights of Labor now on strike in the
Southwest
President Jay Gould has consented to our
proposition for arbitration and has tele-
graphed to Vice President Hoxie. Pursuant TO
telegraphic instructions To Martin Irons, Chair
man of the Executive Board of District Assem-
bly, No. 1Ol, you are directed TO resume work at
once. BY order of the Executive Board, Knights
of Labor. Il. V. PowDERLY,
General Master Workman.
Jay Gould wired the following message to
Vice President Hoxie, of the Missouri Pacific
Railroad, at st Louis:
In resuming the movement Of trains Oh the
Missouri Paciic, and IN the EMPLOYING OF labor
ers in the several departments OF this company.
give preference to our late employees, whether
they are Knights of Labor or not except that
you Will not employ any person who has in
Jured the companys property during the late
strike.
Nor will we discharge any person who has
taken service with the company during said
strike. We no objection to arbit rating any
differences between the employees and the COM
pany, past on future. JAY GOULD President.
1t is alleged by Portland newspaper
that an association at San Francisco is nego-
tiating to place six thousand Cinnamon in
Maine at 81 per week for wages and board, the
employers to build hunks and furnish blankets
Louis FELTON,, engaged in mining in
Mexico, and at one time prominent citizen of
Chicago, was recently assassinated by Mexi-
can outlaws in the state of Durango.
l.. ID. Munger, of Detroit, Mich,
lowered the worlds twenty-five mile bicycle
road record at New Orleans. He made the dis
lance in hour "A minutes 40 3-5 seconds, which
beats the lowest record by about nine minutes
A decree has been issued at Panama
by General Santo Domingo Villa, suspending
for sixty days the American newspaper the
Star and Herald, because a sub-esitor declined
to publish certain correspondence submitted
by the authorities.
1t is now thought that the steamship
Oregon was run down by the schooner Charles
II. Morse, of Boston, from which nothing has
been heard
Gold importation into France con-
tinues, chiefly from America
Queen Victoria has accepted the
designations of Joseph Chamberlain and G., o.
Trevelyan, of Gladstone's Cabinet, and the
Office of Secretary for Scotland will be tender
ed to the Earl of Dalhousie.