Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-04-02
AWAITING THE VERDICT.
GOULD AND MASTER WORKMAN
POWDERLY CONRERRING.

But no Order Yet Issued for the
knights Of Labor to Resume Work
--Traffic Resumed on Some Of the
Roads.
NEW YORK, March 2o-lO:30 am
Mr.. Gould isin his Office this morning,
ready to meet the committee Of the
Knights of Labor, but notwithstand-
ing the fact that Mr.. Powderly last
night asked for a conference, this
morning at 10 o'clock no members Of
the committee have as yet appeared,
nor have they sent any communication.
1t is thought that Mr.. Powderly's i'll
ness has caused the delay and that the
committee Of Knights will be on hand
some time this morning. Mr.. Gould
expresses himself as perfectly willing
to do all he consistently can to bring
about satisfactory agreement with
Mr.. Powderly.
NEW YORK, March 80, IL a.m.--At
this hour Mr.. Powderly, accompanied
by Messrs. Turner, Bailey, Hays and
Mcdowell, walked from their hotel to
Mr., Gould's Office, where they met Mr..
Jay Gould. George Gould and Vice
President Hopkins. They are now in
conference.
EAST ST. LOUIS March 30,9 am
The railroad yards here are filled with
crowds of strikers and spectators, but
no trouble of any kind has as yet been
reported. The roads are not making
any effort to run trains except the
Wabash, which is guarded by United
States marshals. No trains have been
made up on that road up to this hour
this morning.
The situation in East st. Louis this
morning, so far as the strike Of the
switchmen and yardmen is concerned,
remains unchanged. The crowds con-
gregrated around the depot are not so
large and no serious disturbance
in that quarter has occurred,
owing no doubt to the fact
that none Of the companies have at
tempted as yet to start out freight
trains, for the strikers insist that such
attempts will be strongly resisted by
them. They say that they will not re-
turn to work until the preliminary
negotiations looking toward settle-
ment of the strike by arbitration shall
haye been satisfactorily arranged and
they ordered by their local executive
committee to resume their duties.
ST. LOUIS, March 30.-On this side
Of the river no freight trains have as
yet been started out, but it is au-
nounced that the Missouri Pacific
officials will make their attempts in
that direction to-day as usual. The
large Missouri Pacific freight depot at
the corner of Seventh and Poplar
streets this morning presents an ap-
pearance of greater activity than at any
time since the inauguration Of the
strike. Heavily laden trains of
wagons are arriving and depositing
their goodsthere for shipment, and it
looks as if the company were about to
resume freight traffic, despite the hitch
in the negotiations for settlement of
the strike.
Application to the Missouri Pacific
headquarters, by an associated press
reporter, this afternoon, elected the
following bit OF information. Further
than this Mr.. Hoxie would not talk.
MIR. Hoxie having been named by the
board Of directors of Missouri Pacific
road as its continuing representative
in dealing with the strike on its lines,
will adopt no course of action that
will be inconsistent with the position
that he has heretofore taken.
ST. LOUIS, March 30.-Under the
protection of United States marshals,
at the Wabash railroad yards in North
ST. Louis, the regular passenger and
freight trains are arriving on time
without any trouble. No crowds Of
strikers have offered any resistance to
the regular business of the road at that
point, and none is expected.
This afternoon the Chicago, Bulling-
ton & Quincy started freight train Of
seventeen cars out Of the railroad yards
in East st. Louis, and each proceeded
safely short distance beyond the Re
lay depot. Here number Of strikers
boarded the train and succeeded in de-
taching the seven rear cars. The en-
CINE, with the remaining cars, escaped,
having succeeded in running the block
ade.
\ A cypher message Of considerable
length was sent by Chairman Irons to
Mr.. Powderly to-day, but its contents
could not be learned. Mr.. Irons said
nothing would be done here until the
result Of the conference in New York
was known. He gave It as has opin-
ion that an amicable adjustment Of
existing troubles would be effected
within two or three days.
The officials Of the Missouri Pacific
and Iron Mountain railroads to-day
made the formal announcement that
It's agent would receive freight for
shipment to all points on their respec-
tive roads as before the strike.
General Superintendent Korrigan,
Of the Missouri Pacific railroad,
said this morning that busi-
ness was progressing favorably upon
the whole system. Full traffic was
not resumed Of course, but every day
showed an improvement. Fully one
hundred and fifty trains had been
moved today on all the lines and