Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-23
8HALL W18pOM RULE2

The strike may be or may not 'De set
tied by the time this paper is printed, for
the responsibility Of its continuance, at
least on the Missouri Pacific, rests now in
the hands of the Knights OF Labor The
governors OF two states consented 70 act
as ENJOYS of arbitration and settlement
and they went with formulated basis Of
settlement that had been, according to
Associated Press kilograms, "approved
by the knights of Labor committee
In tbeir conference with Mr.. Hoxie, these
gubernatorial mediators felt impeled to
declare that
Aftor careful Investigation VIC were unable
| to nnd wherein the Missouri Pacific Railway
company had violated the terms aud conditions
OF the agreement made on the 18th of March.
1850 touching its employees In their respective
atatos. No complaint has over been made 10
the governor OF Missouri based on an alleged
| violation of said agreement, and but one has
ever been made to the governor of Kansas, and
that, on Investigation, proved to be without
foundation, ana vas With rHwn by the party
makmgi It. We are therefore forced to the con
cluson that the strike of March G. 1855, could
not nave been and was not based on any viola
ton OF tho terms OF the agreement OF March 10,
| 1880, by the management of the Missouri Pacilc
halfway company and Its denlings with its en-
ployes In Missouri aud Kansas. We recognize
the fact that the Missouri Pacific Railway com.
pHny may justly claim that the strike OF March
0, 1856, relieves Il OF the obligations Il assumed
In tho circular of March l5 1885
The effect Of this declaration on the
public mind may be easily imagined; re-
duced to its simplest form the declara-
lions of Governors Marmaduke and Mar
tin Is that the strike on the Missouri Pa
ci1c was without cause, and that all the
ensuing loss to railroads, railroad em.
ployes and people is attributable alone to
causeless action Of the Knights OF La.
bor The public has naught to do with
the jurisdiction OF labor assemblies, As
+ The GAZETTE stated some days since, al
: that the public knows is that the dis
] charge OF ono man at Marshall provoked
I strike on the Texas Pacific, and that tn,
4 men on the Missouri raclhc struck be
cause OF that strike on the Texas Pacific
and this is now emphasized by the nc
: acknowledgement OF the gubernatorial en-
! voys.
7 The reply OF Mr.. Hoxie was giyeI
in full in yesterdays GAZETTE. In sub
! stance tits that the Missouri Pacific ha
not violated the sgreement made in 1873
land will continue to live up to It; tina
4 striking employees viii be re-employed, a
Z far as places can be found, the preference,
being given to men Of families and thos,
4 having homes along the line OF the road
that no man will be employed who has dc
a stroyed or advised the destruction OF III,
company's property; that no man en-
ployed since the strike will be discharge,
n TO make place for a striker, and that tn
i. strike has caused a loss OF traffic whicl
Il win make 1t necessary to reduce the mum
: Der Of men working in the shops at tn
|, time OF the strike.
4 This reply was transmitted TO tn
y Knights of Labor by the two governors
S both making speeches In favor of It's &C
ceptance. The executive committee o