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GOILD'S REPLY.


New YORK, April l5.-Following is the reply of
Jay Gould to PoWd rIys letter, and all of which is
selfeXplanat0ry:
Y v Powderly Esq, g. NJ W, H. of l..
DEAR SR:-At u o'clock oday received from
! Mr.. w o. Mcdowell, whom you brought with
you to our conferences, letter in which he SAYS
! by Yesterdays mail received a letter written by
Mr. P9wderly addressed to You, enclosed in let
| ter addressed to me. With this hand the letter
addressed to you by Mr. Powderly, and a copy of
Mr. Powderly's letter to me- enclosing the same
P0wDERLY's LETTER.
| Following is copy fthe letter Mcdowell sent
me ~ coming from you:
General assembly, order of knights of Labor
Scranton, Pa, April b.
My dear Mr. Mcdowell enclose You letter
which You are to read and deliver TO the man for
whom 1t il intended. do not care whether YOU
denver II III person or through the medium of
another; only ask that 1t be placed
In his hands II you succeed in effet ting settle.
ment with him, do not give 1t to him. | you think
there IL II prospect of an immediate settlement do
not give II to him; but II such is not the case then
want 1t placed in his hands. Allow him to either
consent or make reply. IL he consents to an
honorable settlement, then the letter will never see
light of day: but If he does not so act then 1t will
he published 10 the world and from the time he
opens mp the ball in legal way we will continue
to wage the battle with him. His wealth cannot
o'clock of the day you deliver
II, II he makes no reply, let il 20 to the world
Let him know the limit of time allowed | sin
cerely hope that there will be no necessity for its
publication. Hoping for the best, remain
Very truly,
., -, Signed T. V. POwDEIII.Y. |
GoULDs ANSWER.
| received your letter to me- dated : rat ,n Pr
April II, 1856, at the same time and by the same
agency, that received your foregoing letter of in
structions to Mr., Mcdowell. The animus and pur- |
pose OF your letter to me cannot he fully under |
stood without knowing the contents | was per.
emptorially notified at the same time that | must |
answer your letter by o'clock to-day, and was |
graciousy given until that, hour to respond
Your letter to me embraces two subjects: One
relating To me personally and the o.her to the re-
lation of the knights of Labor to railroad
company of which am the president and in some
degree tue representative of public and private
duties. shall refer to the first subject very briefly
The circumstances above given, under which your
letter was delivered, we'll as its tenor and spirit
pace the purpose in writing it beyond any fair
donDt. i would seem to be an official declaration
that the knights OF Labor had determined to pllr-
sue me personally unless the Missouri Pacific
company should yield (, its demands in what you
call u strike on that road
In answer to these personal threats I her IN
say that am still AN American citizen | am
past ~ years of age, was born at RoXbury Della.
ware county, this state. began life in n lowly
way ana, by industry, temperance and attention
70 my own business, have been successful per
maps beyond the measure of my deserts II, as
You say, am to he DESTROYED bv the knights of
Labor unless ! will sink ny manhood, so he it,
fortunately have retaised my early habits of in
dustry. My friends, neighbors and business assoc
Ciates know me WELL and am quite content to
leave my personal record in their hands, and
IL any of them have aught to
complain OF, will only be too glad to submit To
any arbitration, and if such parties or any of them
wish TO appoint the
KNIGHTS or LABOR,
or you, as their attorney, such appointment is
quite agreeable To me- hut until such an election IL
inaue' WIN naturally occur to You that any inter
l'IenVe ON your part IN my personal affairs, is To
say tue least, quite gratutOus. Since | was 10
years Oh age nave been in the habit of employing
III my various enterprises large numbers of per.
sons probably at times rs high as 5OnO distrih.
uting often S3,OOO,NO or Si,WuON per month TO
inherent pay rolls. II would seem little strange
mat during all these wears this difficulty
with the knights of Labor should be my first
Any attempt Ia connect me personally with the
late strike ON the southwestern roads, or any re-
therefor is equally gratuitous AS Won
Ven Know, and II is true am the president of the
Missouri Pacific, but when this strike occurred |
vas Tar away ON the ocean and,heySnd the reach of
eleGrams. went away relying ON your promise
made Ia me last August that there should he no
'trlke on that road and that if any difficulties
should arise, you would come frankly 10 me with
hem' Mr. Hopkins, vice president Of this com
lanN who was president and cognizant of this ar
ansement with you, in my absence sent YOU
promptly when the present strike broke ont the
following kilograms
HOPKINS DISPATCH.
NEW loRk, March q, lSSG.-TO T. v Powderlv.
scranton, Pa; MIR. lloXie telegraphs that the
Nnlshts OF Labor ON our road have struck, and re-
use 10 allo" any freight trains to run. and saving
hty nave no grievances but are striking because
ordered To do so. II there is any grievance we
would like To talk it over with YOU We under
TODD you topromisr that no strike would be or
Tered without consultation.
Signed A. l.. UopEiNs
rowDERIN To HOPKINS
FniLAnEuIiiA, Pa. March s. lSsG-To A. L. !
hopkins, secretary Missouri Pacific railway. New
ork Have teegraphed the president for par.
icuiars The papers say the strike WAS caused nv .
ne discharge of a man named Hall. and can he be
pending investigation:
lHISheH I. Y. PcwpEELN 5
THE REPLY.
NEw YORK, March : lSSS-To \
T. y. Powderly, scranton, Pa: Thanks for r
'our message and suggestion. Hall was empIoyed 4
" the Texas 4 Pacific and not nv us. That prop /
rty Is IN the hands of the United States court and
We nave no control whatever over the receivers or