Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-04-22
LOOKS LIKE WAR.
Does It Portend the Armageddon
Of Capital and Labor?
General Master Workman Powderly's Last
Appeal to and Open Defiance of Jay
Gould--The Man of Millions
Says Come On.

SCRANTON, Pa, April 15.-The follow
ing manifesto was written by General
Master Workman Powderlv on the 1lth
inst.
2 O'Clock A. NJ.
To 1ay Could Esq. President Missouri Pacific
Railroad. Nstc York:
near s1R-The events of the past forty
eight hours must have demonstrated to you
the absolute necess ty of bringing this ter
rible struggle in the southwest 60 SPEEDY
termination .n You anse to bring this striKe
TO an end l have done eS tnf rh IN
my power to snd s With strike me on
General executive board of the knights of
c@nsIstent with honor and manhood has
been done in the interest of peace. NO
false notion of pride or dignity has swayed
MS in our dealings with you or the gentle
men associated with you: In that confer
ence with you on sunday, March es under
Stood Won to me an that arb itration would be
agreed TO. The only method of arhitrat on
that was discussed was in line With that
suogested in the letter which L sent TO yop
in the name of our board the day
previous There was nothing particularly
ssid that in arbitrating the matter the dam
ages sustained by the company during the
ssTK 70 0oH that i. would not be the part of
element of the strike. When called on you
r9ain that evening you had prepared as the
result of your understanding of the morning
snteryiew letter which you Intended TO
Be ' sent to Mr.. Hoxle. and in that tele-
gram you said that the damages sus-
proper subject for the arbitration board to
discuss. This latter part OF the letter or tel
egram you agreed to strike off After we
as as @. yeS
afterwara placed in the hands of Mr.. Nc
Doweil TO be gwen to me; for had to leave
at that time in order to keep an appoint
statement which You have since then made
to the effect that YOU had prepared that
letter before called. is not quite correct.
it after We had talked the matter over for
some time This. believe, you will admit
TO be true. In the conference held between
the members of our executive board and the
directors of the Missouri Pacific Company
shat YOU understood me to say that the men
along your lines would be ordered back
lated work The at rules nce of xo
then reiterated the statement which Imade
60 you and now repeat it: "The men out
dered back to work. but if they are given to
understand that they are deserted, that we
any way mend matters On the contrary, it
will ma Ike things worse. There are all along
have no regard for organization or law, IN en-
Of hardy spirit; energy ami daring such
heir homes out in a wild country, such
. that is. They will not submit as
Qietly as the men they have left behind in
ne East They are apt to do rasher things
tan they would do elsewhere. and I have
nsdoubt we have some of them in our or
Aei: in fact my experience with the men of
tbs vast section leads me to think that the
ma on both sides out there are more dare
assish than they are In the East Even
Ban you and Mr.. Hopkins heard me make
that statement, and L believe the latter
agreed that that his experience. The
danfg of the strike spreading was also dis
sprea; that an effort had been made to have
the thu, ma mao of the Union Pacific part In it,
was 70 be no trouble or strike
not theaentiI the court of last resort had
been reaened. When made that statement
Mr.. Hopkins remarked that they had better
strike then, for If they did not the Union Pa
'cifc would not much longer have sufficient
Riease1 tosee strike take place on the
onion Pacihc. This, L believe covers the
cniet points of discussion.
did not hear either you Mr.. Hopkins
say that the present trouble out along your
roads would not be arbitrated with the
men who were not at work It was my
nrm belief, when L left you that night,
that YOU meant to have the entire affair
submitted to arbitration at the first posi-
Ole moment. That belief is shared in by
Mr Mcdowell, who was present during the
gram to Mr. Hoxie you sent it as presi-
dent OF the Missouri Pacific. Rail.
Chief Senpa sssa. You his s message 70
an interior oficer. and it meant as much
TO a sensible man as the most imperative
e 81 hs Kn mSsa Of haSor
inf sage such as that. 1t is understood to be
and a9ss are
are seat 1t is not his place to put a differ ers
on them aa ana give then them ms
spirit of the instructions. The man in pow
ned not be an a9tosTas o I'm SfdH n 90 have
It DONE comes with great force from
done"
That was the idea that enterrtained wh,n
left your house that night ai soc I'd
to You at your house that IN, ns strike had no
violated any law of the order In SOD SO doing
so that, while thought INV wv grievanees 'f he
fers thu 'ns sna naH is Executive board befor
striking. yet there was n said that
d ssspss then &c &c s DO
bore Dor; the same orreihaWhich am til
sffe s o;i;sar ,bas Of one the states
sns american Union , es states, and tha
while conId ;,terfere, il was under the isN
which ms iurisdietsnn s oSfr law eWs
furthermo,reeo ssxrnIained 70 you that the spir
o, our organization and its genius us. was vas oE
s @hs to Sor strikes and sonvenson neve
enacted any partessInsar leegisl.ant a o
also said that the occasion had never be
fore called for any ref terence from the ger
erai officers. but that this strlke would sho
the necessity for the paSsage saga AZ cur neA
subject of SPIKES upder the control of TIL
general exeeutiys hoard of the general OF
der. *
When. on Monday, March % you sent I
the letter mari '.personai" You at e
same time told a newspaper coIresponae
that you had done SO. What your motI
was in marking your letters "personat. al
at the same tine informing represe,ht Ia'
do not know psr DO question your mott
= |aIt IL TO To my duty to let the pun
SOC the letter when contained nothing o
narsnnal nature whatever. There are peol
De ,niaht be uncharitahle enough to
VIZ mi ention was to give out the impr
S;on chat there WAS something between
and me which which, nave eI had pear So ' snch de
puo,sh any man since this trouble beg
Inss ravious TO that time. am quite W
nor y. osnow the fullest light possible
ah1ne upon my e.s "ansaeuoh III
h"'n ..r settle this strike. Its longer c
iou esn rests with you, and you alo
tlnuan1e ction of violence, every drop
Every that may be shsd from this time, m
ba lid at you door n,.
The M nr ai,ieid wrong doing, and to
promoder of the Knights of Labor stand
the o.% Nour property and ruin
We are willing 70 aosoiye the men al
YOUR railway we leave ,ns aiegianesS &c,
our ordsrw We win not allow w
selves which the order may have
claims 20 stand between them and Il
liberation to the their soi OF positions.
order of the ,n = member MS9i : asks 81 Q,
man 90 20 do So You may deal With Il
an ATHENS IL you m m "s viii surren