Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-03-22
eaNNOT RE-EMPLOY ALL
Id win Not Rs-smpIOy The Act
i've Strikers,
VICE PRESIDENT HoXIE's REPLY
the Governors Marmaduke and Martin
at the Confer
ence.

IN afternoon, at which the proposition
~ was submitted yesterday by the Gov,
spor was again discussed and 3 formal
- on the part OF the railway officials,
rss made.
The following correspondence, including
a Two documents mentioned, and is both
Al substance and the sun of the three
soptsrences;
ST. LOUIS, March 20, 1883.
n Horis. Esq, Vice President Ms
ygrt Parifo Rail.cay Company:
ps,R SrR-On the 18Th instant, the IN
&rsigned met a. Kansas City to discuss
\ very serious condition of affairs in the
s,s,ss Of Kansas aud Missouri, growing
Al, Of the late strike on the lines of the
Rssolri Pacific railway. and the result
ia obstruction ci the commerce Of the
10 States.
TWplls AZ Kansas City we were visited by
edels,a.ion Of your la.e employees, and al
a. discussing wi them the various phases
al the strike. We consented 10 visit you and
nc continuation OF the agreement made
Iii the management OF your road on the
B. of March, 1885, and, It deemed sdvis-
abIs recommend such notifications OF said
nsrssmenr as might De thought Just to all
ppcsrned Ca the 10Th OF March, 1885,
"a Undersigned, with other State officers
a Missouri and Kansas, presented to Capt
Bsyes. the First Vice President Of the
H,;souri Pacific RsilWay Company, the
fellOsiug suggestions
SUGGESTIONS TO HAYES.
Clptlir Il D. Hayes. First Jics.
4 P.ssiIsai uEG chef Ers"Uties Officer
s,tis Missouri Ptcifc Railroad Com
6lyty Gad issyrigted Roads
WHEREAs, On account OF the strike
,oopy certain Of the employees OF the Mis-
MI Pacific Railway Company, in the
as,s of Missouri and Kansas resulting IN
4 sroopags and cessation OF sii freight
6r over said lines in said States 10 the
- detriment of the business IN
-, and rights of the people OF
- S.ste5 and the Continuance Of
1bich endange.s the public peace and the
afsty of the compaDys property; and
-bsrsss the undersigned representing the
40 States named sooVe respectively,
anxious 10 restore harmonious relstlons
tween the said company and its said en-
L. and 10 restore 10 the public the OBJ
&t,f.I .ss a. said lines oi railroad, do
= Ryommend anI request said company TO
restors 10 its striking employees IN Missouri
- Kansas the same wages paid to them
ii Sep.euosr 1854, including one and one
kalf per cent for extra time worked, and
% restore eli striking employees 70 taeiF
esysral empoyments wilGOu. prejudice TO
tAem on account Of said strike
Believing that the foregoing will eonsr'
ets a lust and tair settlement. We recon-
mend their acceptance By the striking em-
L. as well as By the Missouri Pacific
Cbupany.
Dated St. Lou,a March u, 1885.
feignedI john A MARTIN,
Governor OF Kansas.
john ). &s8MADUSE,
Governor OF Missouri.
JURSER ALENERINs,
Inn 1T JAMES HUMPHREY,
RaiIroan Conan; i;,,ioners Of Kansas.
Csc. I HRAIT
JANES uAEDiaG,
W. G UOwNISG.
Railroad Commissioners OF Missouri.
BLY, BOESE,
Attorney General OF Missouri.
J. c. JAMAIsaS,
Adiutant General
OSCAR koEJTIEsrr,
Commissioner Of Labor statistics and In
sTecuOC.
HAYES REPLY.
Captain Hsyes on the same date issued
acircuar emoodying the suggestion thus
made and giving notice that the rates oi
Bges sad terms above specified would go
bio effect on the morning Of the 10Th OF
Narcd, l>SJ, aad De 10 eject from after
Aat date; aud iuIther that SAID rates
Noali no. therefore be changed except
kter thirty DAYS notice thereof given IN the
.usual manner. Il viii be observed the
Recommendation Of the officers OF Kansas
and Missouri embod ed only two PROPOSE
4Ons, viz
Flrst-That the company restore to
arikiug employees in Missouri aud kansas
De same wages paid then in September,
lSo4. including one and onehslf per cent
br extra time worked.
Secoud-To resto-e ell said striking
employees to their several employments
PitSOut prejudice to them on account Of
Did strikers
To these conditions Capt. Hayes added q
hird viz
Tba, thereafter said rates wo1ld not be
ehsuged eXeep: after thirty day 3 nouee
1heTeot
After CAREFUL investigation We are un'
Aole 20 tad wherein the Missouri and Pa
eidc Railroad Company has violated the
tsrms and conditions Of the agreement,
hsie on the 18th Of March, 1885, touch
NJ its employees in our respective States.
No complaint has ever been made to the
Rovsrnor of Missouri based on an alleged
FiolsIOu OF said agreement, and but one
pas ever bsen made to the Governor oi
hansss, aUd that, on investigation, proved
p be without foundation and Uss Wiz
fraTn by the party making it.
We arethsrsfore forcsdto the conclusion
fha' the s.riks" Of March 9th, 1886, could
POI have been and was
NOT BASED on A VIOLATION
toe terms Of he agreement OF March
lth, ls>j bY the management OF the Mis-
eouEi Pacific Railroad Company in Its dssl,
engs with its employees IN Missouri and
hansas.
We recognize the fact that toe Missouri
ACME Compsnyimay justly clam that the
f,r'ke o. March 9TH, 1856, relieves i Of the
cohgauOn it assumed ia Toe circular o.
AArch l5,h, lS-5, but nevertheless
anxious that smicabls relations bt
fes'ored by the Missouri Pacific Com
Any and its employees and especially
nat the far more important interests IN
vowed IN the mighty commerce OF thu
otates OF Missouri and Kansas should no
eonunue to suffer. and that the great high
way OF business and travel should be q
once rsoPened 10 the public, we would re
specially out earnestly suggest and recon-
mend that the agreement embodied in tht