St. Paul daily globe., 1886-03-29
Gould and POwderly Agree to Set the
Wheels Of Commerce Moving in
the Southwest,
And Allow a Settlement of Differences in
That Section by Board of
Arbitration.
aSecret Circular sent Out From
st. Louis.
A Hint at the Contents OF Congress
man O'Neill's Bill for National
Arbitration.
To be set,Ied by Arbitration.

NEW YORK, March 2S.-This morning at
IL o'clock T. V. Powderly and w. B.
Mcdowell called upon Jay Gould at the
latter'S residence. There they met Messrs.
Gould, Hopkins and George Gould. There
was a general discussion of the situation in
the Southwest by both sides, and better
understanding was arrived at than had been
had by either party hitherto. After talking
until l o'clock p. IN, the conference was
adjourned until evening. At Z O'Clock to-
night they met again. AT $50 D. IN. Mr..
POwderly had TO leave TO keep an engage
ment with Congressman John ONeill OF
ST. Louis, chairman of the house committee
on labor, who came from Washington TO
render assistance, if possible. in settling the
strike, Mr.. Mcdowell, however, remained
with Mr. Gould and his party, and Mr..
Gould finally handed TO Mcdowell the fol-
lowing communication:
Presidents Office, Missouri Pacific Railroad,
March rs:
II. V. Powderly, G. NJ. w. Dear Sir: Re
plying 10 your letter of the 9th inst, write
TO say that / will tomorrow morning send the
following telegraphic instructions 10 Mr..
HoXie, general manager of the Missouri Pa
cihc railroad at st. Louis: "In resuming the
movement of trains OH the Missouri Pacific
and on the employing of laborers in the sew
eral departments of this company, give pref
erence TO our late employees, whether they are
Knight Of Labor or not, except that you will
not employ any person who has injured the
companys S property during the late strike,
nor will we discharge any person who has
taken service with the company during said
strike" We see no objection to arbitrating
any differences between the employees and le
company, past or future. Hoping the above
will be satisfactory, remain, yours very
truly, JAY GOULD, President.
WORK ORDERED RESUMED.
The executive board of the Knights of
Labor have sent out the following tele-
gram:
Martin Irons. Chairman Executive Board,
District Assembly No. 1Ol. 81. Louis: PreSi-
dent Jay Gould has consented 10 our propo-
sition for arbitration and SO telegraphs Vice
President HoXie. Order men TO resume work
at once. By order executive board,
I. V. PowDERLY,
Grand Master Workman.
The executive board also sent out the fol-
lowing:
To the knights of Labor now on strike in
the Southwest: President Jay Gould has con-
sented to our proposition for arbitration and
so telegraphs Vice President Hoxie. Pursu-
ant to telegraphic instructions sent TO the
chairman of the executive board, District
Assembly No. 10l, you are directed to resume
work at once. Per order executive board,
t. V. PowDERLY.
Grand Master Workman.
Congressman O'Neill arrived from Wash
ington just in time TO get the news. He
sent the following congratulatory telegram
at once:
To the Missouri Republican: Settlement
affected. Gould consents to arbitrate. Ex-
ecut We committee of Knights of Labor or
dered m IN 10 resume work. Congratulate
our people on results. JOHN ]. O'NEILL.
Congressman O'Neill said that the labor
committee had prepared a bill which he
would present to the house tomorrow, in
which, he thought were provisions which
would prevent future trouble like this. He
said that some 1900 or 10, 900 peonle had
been directly affected by the strike and that
unnumbered thousands had indirectly been
affected. He expressed great pleasure that
the end came so peaceably. He returned
to Washington at midnight. Messrs. Pow
derly and Mcdowell will meet Mr.. Gould
tomorrow morning at $3.50 by appoint
ment.
WAITING ON IRONS.
ST. LOUIS. March 2s.-A most diligent
search tonight resulted at a late hour in
the finding of but two members of the ex-
ecutive board of the Knights of Labor
These gentlemen when told of the result
of the conference between Messrs.
Gould and POwderly to-day expressed
satisfaction at the outcome. but stated
that the men would not return TO work un-
til they receive a cipher dispatch from
Chairman Irons giving them instructions
Mr.. Irons left here this morning for Sedalia.
He received nothing. from Mr.. Powderly
before his departure, and nothing
had come here for him up TO 2 o'clock
tonight. The committeeman who were
seen were quite reticent, but had no hesita-
ton in saying that the action of to-day set
ties the strikes, and that there will be a re-
sumption of work very soon. So far as
could be learned the railroad officials have
received no orders from New York. but no
doubt they will get orders tomorrow.