Daily Republican., 1886-04-07
me Great strike.

ST. LOUIS, April 6.-After the depar.
ture lass night Of Secretary Turner, OF
the General Executive Board Of the
KuiRhts sof Labor, for the principal
strike centres on the Gould South !
western system, the remaining mem
hers OF the COMMITTEES announced the
ananimous determination Of the Board
TO continue the present stfike until an
arrangement had been entered into
with Mr.. Hoxie restoring all the
strikers 10 their former positions, with
the exception only Of those who par
ticipAted In acts OF violence and de-
struction OF property since the strike be-
gan. This 10 o decided advance from the
position they held Saturday before the
conference with Mr.. Hoxie. They were
then willing 70 assent TO an agreement
which would restore the strikers 70
those positions which were not then
occupied by new men. but Mr.. Hoxie's
refusal TO accept the agreement de
prived them, they say, OF the last hope
Of . reconciliation under the present
circumstances.
The railway officials claim that the
Icontinusnce OF their regular business,
| " hich they say has now been fully re-
sumed, depends not In the least upon
the actions Of any labor organize alton
and that the freight blockade has beer
permanently raised. They also claim
that they have employed sufficient
number Of men to render them entirely
Independent OF the Knights of Labol
and that the strike will come 70 naught
The members Of the General Executive
Board, however, state they are conf
dent Of the success of the strike, "for,
says Mr.. Turner, "the roads cannot b
operated without the Knights Of Labor
Skilled and unskilled labor In thu
United States is controlled by our or
ganizatien, and the company OF Mr.
Gould has not and could not suppl!
itself with railroad men or mechanics
or even laboring men, II we should At
tempt to prevent 1t. II they emplo.
any, they will leave again after besn
AT work little while. The lsborin
men, too. who are not Knights G
Labor, are In sympathy with us, and
think will ultimately support us. tn
statement that the company is NOS
carrying on Its business is not true, an
the reports that they are sending out 8
many trains q day are misleading
These are not trains. Some OF tber
Iare half trains, some even composed {
less than that number of cars. an
some are empty cars sent out to mako
show"
. ST LOUIS, April 8 The General e,
ecutive Board yesterday sent the 70
lowing telegram to Congressman A. c
3 Curtin, at Washington:
: sT LOUIS, April 5.-Ho1. A. g. Gu
t tin, Washington: The resolution intr'
3 !duced by you in the House Of Repr
l sentAtives to refer the present difficu
ties existing on the Gould Sou shwester
system of railways to q special con
: mittee to be appointed by the House 4
o Immediate investigation, meets wit
r the hearty approval Of this General Il
ecutive Board, and we ask for Its pa
lsage ut once; and the committee
, quested to come to St. Louis
quickly as possible, as we believe tn
such committee would. gain sufficie
knowledge Of the case to enable 20
body TO legislate intelligently and tn
d to settle the trouble.
% FREDERICK TURNER, Secretary.
= II. BAILEY, j. w. HAYES, for the Ge
,r eral Executive Board Of the knights
10 Labor.