The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-04-06
Terms of Settlement.

st. Louis, April 3.-Frederick Turner,
secretary of the general executive board OF
Knights of Labor, and VIM. b Bailey,
member of the same committee, arrived In
this city from Cincinnati this morning, and
proceeded to the rooms of the local execu
tive committee, where they are now con-
sidering the strike situation. After this
conference shall be finished and some
definite line of action decided upon Mr..
Turner will attempt TO see Hoxie and get
the plan he intends to follow in employ
ing striking Knights of Labor. A confer
ence will then be held with the local COM
mittee and an agreement formulated which
will be presented to Hoxie for his sigma
ture. Turner in an interview this morning
stated that the plan is that all positions not
not now filled by new men who have been
EMPLOYED since the Inauguration of the
strike shall be open 10 application from the
Knights; that those who apply shall be
ernployed and from them shall be selected
the arbitration committee, which will at
tempt TO arrive at some amicable under
standing concerning the grievances OF the
Missouri Pacific Knights.
Mr.. Turner, IN reply to an inquiry il he
should request that all the striking
Knights be re-employed, replied: "No,
such has never been the case heretofore,
even when we have been most victorious in
our struggles with capital, and we can
hardly expect such a course TO be pursued
by the railroad companies. If they had
rather discharge competent men, who have
been employed during the strike, we shall
make no such demand. All we ask Is the
places vacant now to be filled by knights
of Labor who may make application Tor
them and that from them shall be chosen
an arbitration committee TO treat with
Hoxie. Neither shall we demand that
those who have committed depredations
upon the company's property be taken
back. Such q demand would be incon-
sistent with the principles laid down in
our constitution. You know We are ad-
verse to violence in all cases and to be &C
corded the loss of his position by knigh,
who destroys his employers property, Is
lust punishment.
MI. Bailey hoped for a speedy settlement
of the strike He had no doubt but thai
there would soon be one, provided Hoxis
would consent 70 confer with them.
Messrs. Turner and Bailey had a briei
interview with Vice-President Hoxie thu
evening, to ascertain, if possible, Why hs
had refused TO take back. men who express
ed q willingness and desire to return q
work Internationally. This, he had been In
formed, was the case and he was anxious Il
learn direct from Mr.. Hoxie whether such
was the case.
|, Mr.. Turner was seen at his hotel to-nigh
and gave the following account of the in
terview:
ave called on MIR. Hoxie this afternoon
Mr.. Hoxie was very cool he did not ask u
to be seated. began by asking han
if the statement was true tina
he refused to take back any Of the strikers
He said no; that he would consider per
. sonal applications, but use his own pleas
ure entirely on acting upon them. III
went on to say that he now needed abou
/ fifty per cent. of the number o
r men who struck, but was careful not TO sa
that he would employ Fl ON the body Of tn
strikers. said Mr.. Gould had given u
/ to understand that all excep
those who had actually com
) mitted acts of violence would be takel
) back. He said that neither those tia
| committed such acts nor those who advise
| them would be accepted. He continue
that the road had too many employees b
; fore and preferred cutting down the fore
!. to =. cutting down the hours. A
s this point Mr. Bailey in;errupte
1 him by saying that that was probably q
; reason why the company forced the strih
s to cut down the number Of employe