The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-04-08


derby:
To II. NJ Hoxfe. General Manager. ST Icais:
VIII You meet the General Executive Board of
the Knights OF Labor, or the committee OF your
employees from the knights 81 Labor. for the
culties alike honorable to both parties, either ON
the basis of arbitration or by mutual agreement.
the same to be binding on all partesY
In answer to this Mr.. Hoxie telegraphed tho
following from ST Louis:
A. Il. Hopkins
Replying 20 your inquiry Of this date, I have
10 say that Yesterday r cSiyed from Mr. Gould
tho following message here is quoted the mes.
sage beginning lin resuming the movement Of
trains. etc.l. to which sent the following re-
jay Could:
have your message I'm relation to your inter-
view with Mr.. Powderiy, and also the letter
same TO the best OF my ability. am, there
fore. willing to meet committee of our EN-
ployes without discrimination. who are actually
at work In the service OF the company nc the
time such committee Is appointed, to adjudicate
with them any grievance that they may have.
H. M. HoxIE.
Tho Executive Committee OF the Kngh of
Labor thereupon autographed to Martin Irons,
at st Louis, as follows:
Have your executive committee order the men
to return to work, and also select special COM
mittee from the employees of the Missouri Pa
cihc TO wait on Mr.. Hoxie TO adiudieate any
grievances. DO this rs quickly as possible.
"a serious hitch exists between the
Executive Committee of the Knights of Labor
and the railroad officials regarding the terms
on which the knights are TO be taken back,
and from present appearances the strike is as
far from settlement ns ever, says St Louis
telegram of the ID inst A committee Of
Knights waited upon Master Mechanic Bartlett
at the Missouri Pacific shops and rendered him
the services of the old shop employees A list
of ffty-two names was handed TO Mr.. Bartlett.
who, after scanning it, checked of seventeen
Of them AZ the names of the men whom he
would employ. The others, he said, could not
be taken back Attempts of a similar nature
were made by committees of the strikers at
prominent points all over the Gould system
In every instance, the Executive Board claims.
the committees received the same reply to
their offers. Reports of the committees, re-
ceived by telegraph determined the Executive
Board to issue an address to the public, and
to continue the strike until the roads consent
to take back all the strikers. The address is
as follows:
To the Public:
As showing the sincerity OF the railroad man.
ayers in their treatment of the Knights Of La
Dor, We respectfully state that pursuant to the
order OF general executive board we this
day sent II committee TO the managers Of the
several railroads, Offering to return the men
10 work. and in no instance would they bo re-
ceived or treated with, each offc al IN turn o. Their
refusing them hearing or eyading them With
specious subterfuges for direct answers, or re-
fusing them employment Mr.. Hoxie has agreed
70 receive u committee OF employees TO ad-
Just any grievances which may exist.
lie refuses personally and through his
subordinates TO recognize any OF us as en-
poyes and refuses to receive any but such as he
calls employees. In short, after himself AMI Mr..
Gould have conveyed the impression To the
world that they are willing to settle, they refuse
TO settle. Now we appeal t. a candid and suf-
fering public, ON whom is falling all the weight
OF tn great conflict, IL we have not been de-
ceived enough? How much is long suffering
labor to bear? This great strike never would
have been had Mr.. Hoxie condescended months
ago To hear our complaints. We do not claim
to be more than human. 1t should not be ex-
pectsd OF us to be moro than human In
this country position makes no man king or
slave, and imperious refusal on the part OF one
citizen To confer with other citizens with whom
he may have business connections when such
refusal begets great business and social revo-
luton. is not only mistake but u crime against
the public Mr.. Gould is invoking the law
against little criminals who are made desperate
by his policy Of duplicity and oppression, and
yet n terrorized public does not invoke the law
against the arch-crIminal Of the land. IL we
cannO: be allowed to return to work the strike
must % on.
kilograms to Brddstreefs report q
less satisfactory condition of general trade,
due in large part to the continuation of strikes
at various centers, as well as to the Interrupt
ton of railway traffic in the Southwest Floods
in the Central Southern and Western States
have helped depress trade through the destruc-
ton o. bridges and OVERLOOKING of country
roads. At large Eastern cities tho volume of
merchandise moving is of only moderate pro-
portions. At Western centers the demands are
quite as much for nearby wants as they were
a week ago. In general, 1t may be stated that
the progress made thus far during 1856 has
been disappointing. There was gradual fall
ing of in the number of failures.
Mrs. Nathan Griffith, of West
minister, Ontario, whose reason was shattered
by religious excitement. cut her husbands
throat as he lay sleeping
The Pacific Mail Line has raised the
passenger rates for Chinese from s25 to $50
per head for the purpose of stopping the cx-
odus now in progress