The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-03-22
HOXIE ON A HIGH HORSE.
HE WILL NOT MEET POWDERLY AS
A KNIGHT OF LABOR,

PioSts Return TO work without ln-
timidation Governors Marmaduke and
Martin Takilg a Hand in the Business.
ST. LOUIS, March % H. NJ. noxie, vice
president of the Nilsson Pacific road, in a
letter to I. Y. Powderly, declining to hold
a conference with Knights OF Labor argues
that the strike is devoid of a redressibe
grievance, and has resulted in the wanton
destruction of property and almost total
stoppage of business He asks that the
knights end the trouble by permitting en-
poye5 of the road to return to work with
out intimidation and leave the company
free to adjust grievances. He declares that
the men have violated the agreement made
last year, and have given the company no
end of trouble with demands for assistance
in forcing other roads to concede their de
mands. such as requiring the Missouri
Pacific to refuse freight for or from other
railways with which the workmen were
having trouble, and finally have stopped
business in half dozen states because one
ulan was discharged on line over which
the Missouri Pacific had no control, the said
line Icing in the hands of United States
,ourt
Judge Advocate McJiarry of District
Assembly No l0l Knights cf Labor, one of
the leaders in the strike was interviewed
saturday. He SAYS if the governors con
ference fails in results the strike will
certainly extend to the Wabash system
west of here, and TO the roads running from
East st. Louis to Chicago. He says the
men in East st Louis We're only awaiting
he end of the Kansas City conclave, but
are now settled in their determination 10
participate in the strike
KANSAS CITY, March - -(iovcrnor Mar
maduke, of Missouri, AMI Governor Martin,
Of Kansas have decided that publ interest
renders it necessary for tn IN to endeavor to
act as mediators in the present strike They
have prepared a proposition which, after
consideration, has b, en- accepted by the
strikers, and the two governors left Friday
nj sht for st Louis to lay it before the rail
road officials The men agree to return t.
work on the basis of thr settlement adopted
at the close of the strike a year ago that Is,
they will come back On the terms of the
agreement in force at the time they struck,
simply making a request that the que
tion of increasing the wages OF bridge and
track men be taken into account The
~ litti tii tut AtNttA
| and Pacific is not mentioned i'll the PROPOSE
tion. Mr. Powderly did not leave for st Louis
as he had intended, hut was in secret con
ference with the executive delegates Friday
evening and has not been interviewed since
| his receipt of Mr.. Hoxies reply to his re
quest for a meeting The general feeling
here is one of strong Eope that the intr
cesson of the state executives Will secure a
settlement between the officials and the men,
as it did year ago, and an early conclusion
| of the strike.
KANSAS CITY, Mo, March 20-The fol
/ lowing reply was sent to MIR HoXie from
| here Friday night by Mr.. Fowderly:
KANSAS CITY, Mo, March 10, lSSt. M.
| II. HONE, First Vice President st Louis
| Mo: Since you will not meet with me as
| general master workman of the Knights Of
| Labor, must decline to meet with you in
any other capacity, and the responsibility
| for the future continuance of the strike must
| not be charged to the Knights of Labor
| since the executive otiic r of that order viii
| not be permitted to meet and co operate with
| you in settling the strike 1t was my in
tntion, had you consented to meet with
| me, to endeavor to effect such settlement
as would prevent impositions being prac-
| ticed upon the employees of your company
| hy subordinate officials, and put an end to
strikes on your lines for the future
IT Y. PowDERLY.n
| ST. LOUIS, Mo-, March 22-Evcrything
was quiet here Saturday morning Though
rumors of peace were on everybody tongue.
there are grave fears that the negotiations
now in progress Will come to naught. ice
| President HOxie's blunt refusal to treat with
| General Master Workman Powierly has in
cen.ed the knights and impressed them with
| the idea Il at determined effort is being
made to ignore and smash their organi2a,
| ton. Ths only enCour aging sim ust now
| is that the governors Ot Kansas and Missouri
| have interested tn mselves in the matter,
AMI that perhaps the railway officials will
| deem it discreet to heed their suggestions.
ATCHIsoN Kan, March % = here is
every indication of n speedy settlement of
| the strike One of the Knights of Labor
who interviewed Grand Master owdnrly in
| Kansas City reports that he said the strike
here was wrong, AMI the men ought to re
| turn TO work This is ami always has been
| the feeling of citizens here, and about one
| half of the strikers now think the same The
movement was hasty, and never received
| tn sympathy the strike did last year, b.
cause it was impossible to discover just and
sufficient cause As time passes and busi-
ness grows worse the public discomfort
becomes more pronounced, while the strikers
theris Ives wish they could see "a way out of
it. 1t is believed that the men will soon t.
turn to work and local differences lie
ad uste1 ly arbitration, leaving questions
| outside of the state TO he sc. tied 10y those
Immediately concerned Superintendent
| Fagan has gone to Downs and Greanleaf, on
the Central Branch road, to adjust cues
tions arising out of the strike AMI secure
the arrest of persons alleged to have inter
fered with the operation of the road TIE
situation is more hopeful here now THAI
at any time since the strike began. 1t i,
thou ht that the men will return to work OF
Monday.
| MARSHAL, Tex, March 20.-One bundled
and thirty eight men reported for work al
the shops Friday morning, hut no skilled
mechanics, backsmiths, car-builders, oI
painters were among the new employees
The shoJs are suffering from an overabund
ance of un ,killed laborers who are presum
ably kept on hand in expectancy of some O
the striking knights returning to work
Over fifty deputy marshals arrived ON Fri
day's train from Rusk and jacksonville, IL
Cherokee county. They brought four say
age looking ii ,od- hounds with them to hun
down the bridg burners Everything IN
dicates that the Texas Pacific proposes t.
arrest every law breaker.
Fatally Injured by Gas Explosion