Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-04-03
THE RAILROAD STRIKE.
THE ORDER FOR RESUMPTION.
Jay Gould, After Refusing, Finally
Consents to Arbitration.


When Mr.. William o. Mcdowell took Cen
eral Master Workmen Powderly's letter to
Mr.. Jay Gould on Saturday night he got a
promise from Mr.. Gould that it should be sub,
mitted to the Board of Directors OF the Mis-
souri, Pacific road. He also obtained for Mr..
Powder)y an appointment with Mr.. Gould
for Sunday morning. At II o'clock, there's
fore. Mr. Powderly and Mr.. Mcdowell went
up to Mr.. Gould's house, on Fifth avenue. In
ihe library awaiting them were Mr. Gould,
Nice President A. L. Hopkins and Director
George Gould. Mr.. Gould greeted Mr.. Pow
derby pleasantly and the lea iers of the oppo~
sing sides at once began the conference. Mr..
Powderly did the talking for the Knights Of
Labor and Mr.. Gould was the principal
spokesman for the ruilroad company. The
strike was discussed from its very begin
ming, and at 10 o'clock the leaders were not
half through the subject. 1t was agreed.
however, that the coLfererc, should be re-
snmed at Z o'clock, and, with that UNDER
standing, Mr.. Powderly and Mr.. Med DWELL
left the house.
They returned at o'clock and continued
the discussion of the strike until 9. At that
hour Mr.. Powderly had to leave, to keep an
engagement with Congressman O'Neil, Of
s.. Louis, Chairman of the House Committee
on Libor, who had come on from Washing>
ton to see if he could help arrange m ,tters
At that time, however, it only remained for
Mr.. Gould to put in writing the results
reached by Mr. Powderly and himself, AMI
al $3.50 o'clock Mr.. DcDowel followed the
General Master Workma to thu Aston house,
with thu following letter from Mr. Gould:
"fREsIDENT's OFFICE, MISSOURI PACIFIC
r. r. march %. 1856. (
ct. V. Powderly, G. NJ. W.
DEAR SIR-Replying to your letter of the
eth inst, wrote to saying that will, to-
morrow morning, send the following teles
graph Instructions to Mr.. Hoxie, General
Manager Of the the Missouri Pacific railroad
at st Louis:-
In resuming thu movement of trains on
the Mise uri and Pacific, and in the employ
ing of laborers in the several departments of
This company, give preference to our late
employees, whether they are Knights of In
Dor or rot except that you will not employ
any person who has injured the mpany's
property during the late strike. Nor will we
discharge asy person who has taken service
with tho company during said strike. We
see no obj ction to arbiirating any differ.
ences between the employees and the company.
past or FUTURE
Hoping the above will be satisfactory, l
remain, Yours very truly,
"JAY GOULD Presiden.."
THE DECIDED ORDER
The ex ,cutive Board of the knights La
Dor bave sent cut the following telegram:-
Martin 1roas Cnairmlr ESecut ve Board,
ID. A. 101, st. Louis:-
president Jay Gould has consented to our
proposition for arbitration and 80 telegraphs
Vice President Hoxie. Order men to resume
work at once.
"By order Executive, Board,
ct. V. PowDERLY, G. NJ W."
The freight block ,dc at Texark ina, Ark,
Was broken and freight train was sent
north with freight for s., Louis under a
strong guard of mlllti,. Great excitement
prevailed and 4 10 strikers were assemble in
the Mi 8 ouri Pacific yards The militia
overawel them, however, and the train left
without opposition. At Vaudeville, ten
miles north of Texarkana, a crowd of strikers
tried to side-track and wreck the train. The
militia scattered them and cap ured twelve of
The strikers, who were brought back to Tex
arkaua and put in ,il The running of this
train regarded by the people of Texarkana as
breaking the backbone of the strike at that
point.