Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-05-15
AT LAST OFF.
The Great Railroad Strike Of 1886
Discontinued.
Strong Probability that a Majority
OF the Strikers VIII be Taken Back.

Strong Probability that a Majority
OF the Strikers VIII be Taken Back.
St Louis, May 4. The strike on the
Southwt stern railway system is ended. Inc
general executive board of the Knights OF
Labor last night issued the order closing
the strike and instructing the Knights of
Labor to make application to the railway
company for reinstatement. This order
takes formal effect this morning.
Committeeman Hayes and Bailey will re-
main in st. Louis for some days, dispOsing
of the business connected with the strike.
The members of the three executive boards
who have become prominent in the strike
will return to their homes.
HOW THE END CANE.
| The Knights of Labor attribute the order
of the general executive board calling the
strike off to the effort made by the citizens
committee and the Curtin committee while
here. The citizens committee wrote to the
executive board asking that the strike
should be ended, and their letter was still
under consideration when the Curtin in
yestigating committee arrived in st. Louis.
The rirst days session of the Congressional
committee was followed by letter to the
general board of the Knights of Labor from
them, asking them to end the strike and
giving about the same reasons for their re-
quest as those urged by hec;tizens' commit
tee. The correspondence and the order
follow:
THE CITIZENS AT WORK.
ST. Louis, Mo-, April y, 1886. Mr.. JnO.
w. HAYES, Executive Board, Noble Order
of the Knights of Labor: SIR-The com
mittee of arrangements upon the part OF the
citizens of st. Louis and in behalf of the
local and interstate commerce have contin
| ued the effort to secure an amicable under
+ standing and ending of the disturbance and
wide spread suffering resulting from the In
= ability of the railways OF the Missouri Pa
ciie and st. Louis, Iron Mountain anC
> Southern for several weeks, and now, t
, fully meet the demands of the public, ant
. TO execute their duty to the public as com
:, mon carriers, we have taken the matter VI
where the citizens COMMITTEES left off aftel
falling to secure from the railways the ap
d pointment of their share of the proper arol
n tration committee. We find in the files o
N the correspondence this letter:
: READY To ARBITRATE.
n Noble Order of the Knights of Labor q
IS America, Office of the Executive Board, >
q Louis. No.. April 15, 1SS6.-rhOs. Morri:
20 Esq. Secretary of Citizens Meeting: DEA
SIR-Yours with preamble and reSoluto
n n received. In reply, will say we VIII eompl
~ with the sentiment therein expressed, al
pojnt committee of three and agree
IN IN abide by any decision that may be reache'
le Very truly yours, JOHN w. HAYES
ID Genera! Executive Board, Knights of LatO
ce THE CITIZENS REQUEST.
T' a' We must say that this letter gave o.
nd committee much encouragement. 1t shove
Sc no fear of the full and complete presents
* ,S ton of the facts, and Of the merits and
is, merits of the whole question.at issue, we
in they many, few or but one. Theletter wa
re re too, in accord with the spirit manifested
tx the interview of Grand Master WOrkm'
mt Powderly with President Gould, and also
accord with the same spirit Of conciliati
m. and purpose to do right of the grand mast
in workman's order directing the strike
ng With the continued purpose Of the orie
and the interest of the citizens Organizati
and meeting, we shall continue our EMO
100 in behalf of the public interests, and pu
our work to the end that an amicable
- iustment may be secured 10 the furtDer {
that future troubles may be avoided.
seek no surrender of any right or primer
hitherto and now maintained. we
however. seek, and as mediatOrs in 6eh
TX of the long-suffering public anu from IN
% who have heretofore responded TO our
0 -tbe Knights of Labor as above show
40 that they. in the spirit hitherto manlfes
" in this committee, and of the citizens mi
70 meeting, that they go one step further,
80 this. in view of the arrival tomorrow OF
Curtin comm ittee, which can secure thro
the mower of Congress and its official inv
90 tigation. for which latter the Curtin
% mittee visit st. Louis, the full and comp
* statement of facts, that both Congress
20 the public can Judge Of and act intellige
on upOn the same. lucIciOIc, wieh ho PeA
20 m abate our works and that the public
" " have the continued evidence and proc
"a the Knights of Labor fairness and disE
ID tion 10 relieve the public Inconvenience
"a 70 relv upon the facts and future works
- LEGISLATION. we do submit to you and at
IN same time respectfully ask you TO cons
10 the propriety of an immediate execu
order to declare the strike at an end an
8 rect or request that Knights do retul
- their work as though no strike had
"A curred. and this for the public interest
TO relieve as we'll the individual emoar
ment resulting therefrom to innocent
Is farers of all classes. Very respectfully
90 THOMAS O'REiLLY, Charms
90 THos. NORRIS, Secretary.
THE CoNGREssMEy INTERcEDE.
q St Louis. NO., May l. To the Ge
q Executive Board, Knights of Laoc
n Sn America: The testimony taken to-d'
the Congressional investigating CONN
shows conclusively that very serious
4J 10 the commercial, agricultural and
20 interests of the entire country have res
9 90 from the labor troubles upon the III
] % railroads belonging to the Soutnwe
in system and other railroads in the sta
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