The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-04-20

such appointment l. quite agreeable To me,
but until such an election Is made IL will
naturally occur 10 YOU that any interior
ence on your part in my personal affairs is,
to say the least, quite gratuitiOus- Since ]
was 10 years of age | have been in the
habit o: employing, in my various enter
prises, large numbers of persons, probably
at times s. high a. $4,000, distributing
often three or four million dollars per
month To different pay rolls. Ii would
seem little strange that during all these
years the difficulty with the Knights of
Labor should be- nv first. Any attemp.
To connect me, personally,
WITH THE LATE STRIKE
on the Southwestern roads, or any response
bility therefor, is equally gratuitiOuS, a.
you well know. 1t Is true ] am the pre>i-
dent of the Missouri Pacific, but when this
strike occurred ! was far away OH the
ocean, and beyond the reach OF kilograms
j went away, relying on your promise
made To me last August that there should
be no strike on that road, and that ii any
difficulties should arise, YOU would come
| frankly to me with them. Mr. Hopkins,
| the viee-president OF this company, who
was present and cognizant of this arrange
ment with YOU, in my absence, sent you
promptly, when the present strike broke
out, the following kilograms
NEW YORK, March d.
4. J.. Fo'cdcgIs, Scyntoa, Pa.
Mr. Hoxie telegraph> that the Knights
OF Labor on our road have struck and re-
| fuse tn allow any freight trains to run,
saving they have no grievances, but are
4 Il.
there i anv grievance we would like To
talk ii over with YOU. We understand
you promised that NO strike would he or
dered without consultation.
Signed y. J.. lloPRIN>
PHILADELPHIA, March :, 1856.
4. l.. Hopkins, Secretary Missouri R,ci6c
Rdd,rdy, N,E York.
Have telcgraphed west for particulars
The papers saw the strike was caused bv
the discharge Of man named Hall. Can
he be reinstated peEding investigation -
Signed Il Y. POwDERIN.
NEW YORK, March ), lSS6.
IL 4. T. Pa'rie.iy.
Thanks for your messages and suggeS-
tionS. Hall was employed by the Texas u
Pacific, and not by IT.. That property i
in the hands of the United States court,
and we have NO control whatever over TIE
receivers or over employees. We have car
ried out the agreements made last spring in
every respect, and the present strike i un-
just Ia III and unwise Tor you. IL l. report
Ell here that this movement is the result OF
Wall street influence on the part OF those
short of the securities likely To he offered.
[Signedl \. l.. HOPKINS.
This dispatch YOU never answered. This
correspondence places the continuance of
this strike ON YOUR shoulders. You sat
still, was silent after Mr.. Hopkins urgent
appeal and allowed the strike Ia 20 on,
allowed the company'S property to he forci-
bly, seized, and the citizens of four states
and one territory to be deprived Of their
RIGHTFUL RAILWAY FACILITIES.
Thus forced, the board Of directors,
prio To my return, placed the matter in
NJ. HoXie'S hands by formal resolution,
and that disposition of it has never been
changed. You knew this we'll, because
you had correspondence with him ON
this subject. Hence il was that when Mr..
Turner, secretary of your order, wrote To
me on the subject, ] fully advised him in
my letter Of March % that the matter had
been placed by the board in the hands of
Mr.. Hoxie, and that must refer Won To
him as Its continuing representative
At the same time | reminded you that a
standing advertisement of this company
was at that moment inviting IT. former
employees To return To- their accustomed
posts; and that regardless of their being
or not being members OF your order, and
regardless, also, of their individual partici-
patton in the strike which your order had
recently inaugurated, when, in spite of all
this you desired to see me personally cor
daily met you and having put myself in
communication with Mr.. hOxie, arranged
with him for Won the following, which was
widely published By you at the time:
NEW YORK, March 80, 1886
To Martin Irons, 81 LOuis:
Have been in conference all day, with
the result that Vice President HOxie agrees
to the following: Willing To meet a CON-
mitiee oil our employees without diScrimina-
ton, who are actually Mt work i'm the Serv-
Ice of the company az the time such COM
mittee Is APP Ointed, tO. adjudicate with
them any grievances that they NAV have.
Have your executive committee order the
men To return To work, and also select a
special committee from the employees OF the
Missouri Pacific To wait on Mr.. HOxie to
adult differences. Do this rs quickly as
possible. The board will leave for St
Louis tomorrow
Signed FREDERICK TURNER,
Secretary.
Ever since then Mr.. liOxie has stood
ready 70 receive any and all persons in the
actual employ of the company, a. a COM
mittee or otherwise, and confer upon or
srbitrate any matter of difference or COM
plant, either between the company and
themselves, or between the company and
Its late employees, and for that matter be-
tween the company and anybody else.
No such committee or individual en-
ploye has, 80 far as known to me, ever made |
any such application.
I'm this connection, il will be remem- |