Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-04-15

tele2ram hao been received from I u
Archibald Of New York, secretary Of The
Central Labor union, Instructing The
Joint committee TO draw upon him for
$3.50 for the strikers fund. Courhlan
said that the forty days, during which
oil organization of new assemblies az
Knights Of Labor should cease, expired
two days ago and that applications for
membership were pouring In at a ranid
rate. "Our organizers will have all that
they can attend to for the next six
months said he, "and should mot he
surprised If our sccessions during that
tune should foot up In the neighborhood
of half q million"
FROM PowDERrY re GOULD.
NEW YORK., April 1.-THE following
correspondence IS selt-explanatory.
SCRANTON, Pa, April IL, 1856, 2o'clock
a MO Jay Gould, Esq, president Of
the Missouri Pacihc railroad, DEAR
SIR-The events Of the past forty-eighs
hours have demonstrated to you the ab-
solute necessity OF bringing this terrible
struggle In the Southwest to a
SPECIFY termination. You have
the power the authority and the
means to bring the strike to an end. |
have done everything in my power to end
the strife. The gentlemen associated
with the general executive board of
Knights have done the same. Every
thing consistent with honor and man
hood has been done in the inter.
est Of peace No false notions
OF pride or dignity have swayed us in our
dealings with you or the gentlemen asso-
ciated with you. In the conference with
you on Sunday, March 2slh, understood
you to mean that arbitration would be
agreed TO. The only method Of arbitrR-
ton that was discussed was in line
with that suggested in the letter, which
| sent you in the name of our board
the day previous. There was nothing
particular agreed upon, as you well
know. You said that in arbitrating the
matter the damage sustained by the
company during the strike ought to
receive consideration said to
you that II would not be the part of wis
dom to bring that question up In the set
Element Of the strike, When l called upon
you again that evening you had pre-
pared as the result of your under
standing of the mornings interview
letter which you intended TO give TO
me; that letter included telegram to be
sent to Mr.. Hoxie, and in that Telegram
you said that the damages sustained by
the company would be proper subject
for an arbitration board to discuss.
The latter part Of the letter or
telegram you agreed to strike
off after we talked the matter
over some time aud ! left you as you
were about to 90 to your room to re-
write the letter which you afterwards
placed in the hands Of Mr.. Mcdowell to
be given me for had to leave at that
time in order to keep au APP
pointment at the hotel where
/ stopped. The statement which
You have since then made, TO the effect
that you had prepared that letter before
called, is not quite correct, or IL yon did
have IL prepared, you changed it after we
talked the matter over. In the con-
ference held between the members
of our executive board and the d.
rectors of the Missouri Pacific company
at 1876 Broadway, on March Both, you said
to me that you understood me to say that
the men along your line would be ordered
back to work at once, they having violat-
ed the rules Of our organizat on. /.
then reiterated the statement which
made TO you and now repeat it: 1.-THE
men tiOUE lllC llhNG Vi lOhA ANYWAY van
be ordered back to work, but If they are
given TO understand that they are de-
serted, that we do not take any interest
in them, 1t will not in any way mend
matters. On the contrary it will make
things worse. There are all along the
roads out there a great many men who
have no regard for organization or law,
men of hardy spirit, energy and
hQup lnff the
Fast. and have taken up their homes in a
wild country. Such as they ae VIII not
submit as quietly as the men they have
left behind in the East. They are apt TO
do rasher things than they would do else
where, and | have no doubt we
have some of them in our order In fact,
INV experience with the men OF that vast
section leads me to think that the men on
both sides out there are more dare-devilish
than they are in the East. Even the busi-
ness men of that country are of that same
character"
Both YOU and Mr.. Hopkins heard me
make that statement, and / believe
the latter agreed that that was his
experience. The danger of the strike
spreading was also discussed, and said
10 Won that it would not; that an effort
DuU DeGn UitiuC w nav A'NH ~ 49,
Pacific take up part OF IL,
but that the Knights OF Labor
of that road had standing agreement
with the management of the road that
there was to be no trouble or strike until
the last effort to settlement had failed,
aud not then until the court OF last resort
ha been res ched. When made that
statement, Mir Hopkins remarked tina
thay had better strike then, for II they
aid not the Union Pacific would not
much longer have sufficient money to
nav their employees. The Impression
made on me was that You would be
pleased to see a strike take place GA the
Union Pacific.
This believe covers the chef points OF
the discussion. did not hear either you
or Mr.. Hopkins say that the present
troubles along your road would not De
settled with the men who were not AZ
work. 1t was my firm belief when let
Won that night that you meant to have me
entire affair submitted to arbitration at
me frst possible moment, and that be
lief is shared by Mr.. McDoweH,
who was present during the entire inter
view. when you sent the telegram 70
Mr.. Hoxie you sent it as president
OF the Missouri Pacific Railway com,
panv. You sent 1t as the g lei