Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-04-08
KNIGHTS OF LABOR.

Tho Executive Committee Meets at st.
Louis-Hoxie Charged With Duplicity and
the Strike Declared On.
ST. LOUIS, Apri! 5-Mr. Hayes, the third
member of the general executive commit
tee, Knights Of Labor, arrived here last
night giving the committee a quorum.
Shortly afterward the committee went into
secret session with the local committee and
gave the situation very full and exhaus-
tive discussion, weighing all the facts and
giving all careful consideration. The meet
ing lasted until midnight when the fol-
lowing was given out in the form
Of statement to the public: ''At the
conference held in New York with Mr.. Jay
Gould and associates and the executive
board, the following was mutually agreed
upon: that the officials were willing to
meet committee of our employees without
discrimination who are actually in the en-
ploy of the road at the time such committee
is appointed to adjust with them any griev-
ance they may have. The executive board
OH arriving in st. Louis, having been in
formed that Mr.. Hoxie had refused to COM
ply with the agreement, as all parties to
the conference understood it, waited on
him to ascertain his intentions of carrying
out the same, and received the folio wing
reply-that only fifty per cent. of the former
force would be re-emplOyed, and that he
would consider personal applications only
and use his own pleasure in acting upon them
without the dictatiOn OF any society, this
being in direct violation of the agreement.
The general board think that the refusal
is for the purpose OF stock jObbing, using
the organization as a veil to further their
ends. We therefore recall the order given
the men to return to work, the road having
made it impOss Sle to fulfill the same. The
matter now stands as it did before the or,ier
to resume work was issued in the hands OF
the districts interested, and tie general
board will render all assistance to carry out
the demand of the men for justice" ''We
anticipate no especial demonstration to-
day." said Mr.. Turner, land no particular
change in the aspect of affairs. Things
are simply as they were before"
THE EAST ST. LOUIS STRIKE.
ST. LOUIS, April 5.-Matters in regard to
tie strike at this point have been very quiet.
No trains were moved in the Missouri Pa
ciiic yards. but on the other side of the
river the Cairo short line sent out its first
freight train since the trouble began and
the Indianapolis and ST Louis road sent out
two trains and received two from the East.
IL is understood that arrangements have
been made for a general resumption of
traffic in East St Louis to-day. The man
ayers of the roads centerng at that point
have posted notice in public places and
otherwise notified their men that they are
ready to re-emplOy as many of their old
employees as they need to do their work
who make application before one o'clock
to-day. After that time applications will
be considered from anybody. No new men
will be discharged, however, to make places
for former employees, nor will any of their
old men be re-engaged who have committed
unlawful acts during the strike. The joint
executive committees have held no formal
sessions but have been at their hall most Of
the time. They give out no information
for the public, however, and say that they
do not expect that any action will be taken
toward bringing affairs to crisis for
while