Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-04-17
THE SITUATION.
The Executive Board Say, let The
Strike Go On,
How the Local Committee Look at
1.-THE Situation at Fort Worth
Gov. Oglesby Puzzled.

Gould Southwest system and obtain Infor.
nation concerning the strike, the strikers
and the condition of the railways by person.
al investigation for the use of the general
executive board OF the Knights of Labor.
Committeeman w. Ii. Bailey and John w.
hayes and Knight of Labor T. B. Brown
Will remain in the city until his return and
conduct the campaign which they are carry
ing on against the railway company of Mr..
Gould and Mr.. Hoxie. The memb ers of the
board, before Secretary Turner's departure.
expressed the unanimous determi nation 10
continue the present strike until an arrange
ment can be entered into with Nir. Hoxie
restoring all the strikers to their former Do
sitions, with the exception only of those
who had participated in
ACTS OF VIOLENCE
and destruction of property since the strike
began. This is an advance from the posi-.
tiOn they held Saturday, before the confer
ence with Mr.. Hoxie, and which they took
during the conference. They werc then
willing TO assent to an agreem ent which
would restore the mere majority OF the
strikers to their places, and Mr.. HOxie's re-
tusal to accept even these terms deprived
them of the last hopes they entertained of
reconciling the Knights of Labor and the
company under the present circumstances,
and they issued their order yesterday morn
ing declaring the strike still on, assef ting its
justice and pledging the striking Knights of
Labor the support of the order as a national
body.
I'VE did not decide to recall our order de-
claring the strike off and issue another di-
recting the Knights to continue it until we
had fully examined the situation and con.
suited with the local committees" said Sec
retary Turner yesterday. The members of
the committee, with knight of Labor Brown
were examining kilograms in their rooms in
Hurst's hotel and the secretary was answer
ing question of Republican reporter as to
the committees plans. I'VE thought over
the matter all of Saturday and Sunday. after
seeing Mr. Hoxie, and when Mr.. Hayes
came We laid the whole situation before him
and discussed it again. Wefinally concluded,
it was not question OF what was our best
policy even. We had only one thing to do.
We had done all we could to bring about
settlement o. the strike had
HUMILIATED OURSELVES
in our efforts to end it, and had been given
to understand very plainly by Mr.. Hoxie
that he wanted no Knights of Labor on his
roads. The only thing left us was to say:
Let the strike 90 on until we obtain justice,
and think public opinion will say we were
right. Public opinion is generally correct,
and L believe in having it with us i'm this
strike"
Upon what do you depend for the success
of the strike?'
Upon the fact that the trains cannot run,
the roads cannot be operated without the
Knights of Labor. Skilled and unskilled
labor in the United States is controlled by
our organization, and the company of Mr..
Gould can supply itself with neither railroad
men nor mechanics, nor laboring men if we
attempt to prevent it. If they get any they
will leave again after being at work little
while. Laboring men even who are not
Knights of Labor are in sympathy with us,
each other at times like this. The company
will not be able to get the men to carry on
its business and there will be
NO VIOLENCE USED,
and no trains will be stopped. If the trains
can be run without the Knights, they must
be allowed to run."
"The company says it is carrying on busi-
ness nOw."
THAT is not so. 1t hasn't the men, and it
can't get them. Ii hasn't the men in the
shops, the men IN the yards or the train
men. The reports sent out that the roads
are running so many freight trains day
are misleading. These are not trains as our
local Knights of Labor report to us. Some
of them are half-trains, some of them carry
less than that number of cars, and some Of
them are empty cars, sent out to make a
show. The company is not now transacting
its business and carrying freight IS it claims
itis.'
What injury to the road do you expect
the strike to accomplish
at will prevent the road from making
cent of money until 1t ends. We can make
il do that, and that is as far as we intend to
get at present"
THE LOCAL JOINT COMMITTEE.
Chairman McKeon and his joint committee
of districts I01. IL aud 93 sat all of yesterday
il LightstOne's hall receiving kilograms
from the principal points along the Gould
lines where the order Of the Executive
Board went yesterday morning reporting Its
effect. Last night after the departure Of
Secretary Turner. the chairmen of the three
committees and number of the committee
men called upon Committeeman Bailey and
Hayes and Knight of Labor Brown in their
rooms at Hurst's hotel and after reporting
the news they had received during the day
remained N consultation with their leaders
until early this morning. When Republi-
can reporter entered thereon near midnight
Committeeman Bailey and Knight of Labor
Brown were talking with some rather cheer
ful-looking Knights of Labor, among them
Chairmen McKeon and Irons and Casper
Heep. Chairmen Sullivan and Caughlin
had been there. but had gone home and
Committeeman Hayes had gone out with
some old friends to visit local assembly.
The table in the centre of the room was
heaped
HIGH WITH TELEGRAMs
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