New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-04-15

IN, surrender our right to these mon IS members
nave said that the Order Of the Knishw Of Labor
tie chief Ocer lay everything connected win o
world You w ON s, ns S;n sS erSS
SSu G SsSe 20 psS I which
Nv tribunal q public opinion =" pas IN bo soa
accept the chnllengei 100000,
axsnst every man connected the knights o. Labor
for the sustained since the strike began, W..
gin a, in every Sou, ; nna
whose jurisdiction Knight e1sis Proceed az once 40
the law viii you in it Let tn: majesty 81 the he
Law w. wns to sSs y %%a n
fight you with no other weapon r0f e w enter suit
You do understand tina, 70 we we the ~s am
e En si nsSs
your dealings. IN tho methods by wn'cs You hs the
with which are aS snsrssa sSSaa
refoed You have ,Srng the state We will be your
avengers II been wroneed we win lot 1t be
ef "ss ss And let me say here tha, money
viii buy verdict at the hands Of these courts ~.
There are people who that this struggle is the Do
ginning of the war between capital and LABOR Thas
false This certainly oas ana
honest labor the hand. and legitilnate wealth
Surs nyesiICation of our acts DO you dare do the
same THIS means no further strike no snedumS
OF SSoa N man every I
worSingman will be Invited to enlist IL
upon which viii be fought will be before the two
OF law and that which makes law p%pG
any mans opinion No converts will be made by rhys
"p ~ the bidding of mob dsgraces both victor and
victim and under such flag as that We VIII not waee
moody NAV as well be fought ten years from
now what ed so eminently proper In wn,en ="
laws we're made be obeyed not and II they were
not framed then the people must make laws Una, w b
Uhefh he n.
De Of the poor shall in fnpre peb dnS the
courts II that the laws were obeyed ,hat in
order of the Knights OF Labor was founded ara II
do tAis letter to you either In the splr't OF
revenge For you personay nave in
this matter you would have had the srlRe enneu eic
this Those who advise you DO not mnge WIN .ne e e
pie, they do not care for the peope You nav -,
that nfc Is in danger ray no attnaU y,
ss ss2 %SIa g barm hair Of Your head But system
which reaches out all sides gathering In the mos
Ultimate channels OF trade and commerce must dle ana
the whose money Is Invested III tne en.e1 ,n"r
which stock gambling has throttle must make common
cause with those have been denied the right ts ar
enough provide the merest pecesss r ou 's e o,
YOU In the do not speak rashly or
taken counsel from the best d Legal ro mng
and now await your action ~ me mater.
.esag to- pay out the last far,ns in
Gsr in ' 7cn TIC make Of men by
acting part OF the by taking this matter ID your
own hands VIII do so. anu end THIS erlle III 'ne
interest Of humanity and our common country II Is
nty to brush aside every seo
grievance restore every man 10 ms paer f nronepIy
or who have broken the laws viii you tnsl You
can then rules and agreements with your men
which VIII forever preclude the possibility or anolher
such disastrous conflict this one has proved Itself 10
'e' '''"''" r. v PowDER1Y, G. NJ. W. K. of L.
THE REPLY OF MR.. GOULD.
NJ COnld includes OF previous cor
respondence. Ii is as follows:
NEw-YoRK, April Il. 1856.
T. " PowDEBLY. Esq, @. d. w., h. Of H.
DEAR SIR: At IL O'Clock to-day received from MI
william o. Mcdowell, whom you brought with you to
our recent conferences. letter in which he says:
Nv Yesterdays mail received letter written by MT
dssSed 70 me With this hand TO you the letter ad
dressed you by Mr. Powdery. and copy oil MI row"
dery's letter to me inclosing the same
The following is acopy OF the letter MT hcDo"eh
sent me as coming from you
GENERAL ASSEMBLY, ORDER OF kNIGHIs OF LABOR
AMERICA OFFICE OF GEN aLr MAs3kf s w1hN'
MY DEAR MIR Mcdowell: inclose you letter
Il is Intended 40 rot care whether deliver 1t In
person through the medium OF ahother: o'y an
tbat II be placed in hands If you have succ eded In
erecng settlement with him. do not give 1t TO MN.
you think there Is prospect OF an %
want II laced in his hands. Allow him to either con
make reply II ne consent. 10 an ,h ,oht Of
day but If does not act then 1t Will De puosheu
to n wore w Sna iron Continue to wage the battle
him His wealth cannot save him II TINS hghL -
after o'clock OF the day you deliver IT.; then ne MAKES
no reply let to the world Let him know tne lme
Of time allowed sincerely hope that there VIII be no
necessity for it, publication Hoping for the best re-
main. very truly yours. l. v i'""|'i'
have received your letter TO me dated scranton
Penn. Aprn IL. 1886" at the came time and by the
same agency that received your foregoing letter OF in
structions to Mr.. Mcdowell. The animus and purpose
OF your letter cannot be fully understood WITHOUT
knowing the contents of that one. was peremptorAy
notified at the same that must answer your letter
by o'clock to-day, and was gracousy gwen uhui
that bour TO respond Your letter 10 me embraces TWO
subjects one relating personally and the olLer 10
the relation Of the knights OF Labor to railroad COM
pany OF which the president, and In some degree
the representative Of It's pubic and private duties
shall refer to first subject very briefly The circun-
stapces above given under which your letter was de-
nvered as well its tenor and spirit place the purpose
IN writing it beyond any fair doubt IL wouid seem
70 be an official declaration that the hnen'T
of Labor had determined to pursue me personally unless
the Missouri Pacinc Company should yield 10 us CO
mands in what you call the strike on that ROAD.
In answer to these threats. beg to say that
/ am yet a American citizen am past ior'S-hin'
years OF age. born at Roxbury, Delaware County
IN this state began life in a Owy way and by indus
try temperance and attention TO my own business nave
been successful perhaps beyond the measure OF 10y d
serts IT, as you saw am now TO be destroyed by the
knights Labor. unless will sink my MANHOOD 30 De
it. Fortunately retained my early habits OF In
dusry My friends neighboTs and business associste'
know ne well. and quite content to leave my per
sonal record In their hands IL OF them have augh
TO complain Of will be only too glad to submit TO any
arbitration II such parties or any OF them Wish 70
appoint the Knights Of Labor you as their attorney
such appointment quite agreeable to me- but until sucn
an election is made IL will naturally occur 70 you tha
ANY interference on your part IN my personal affairs
4. tn say tho least, quite gratuitous. Since
Twas nineteen years OF age have been in the habit OF
employing in my various enterprises large numbers OF
persons probably at times as high as 10000 dstriout
ipg three or four million dollars per month to different
oils II would seem little strange that during al
these wears the difficulty with the Knights OF Labor