The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-04-02
A HALT CALLED.

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Settlement of the Railway Strikes jay
Gould Says He Was Misunderstood by
Mr.. Powderly - He Declares That He
| Did Not Agree to Accept the Proposed
Form of Observation-Disclosures Still Idle.
New YORK, March Bottle great strike
in the Southwest is not so nearly ended as
it was supposed to be Sunday night. Jay
Gould read the papers yesterday morning
and concluded that Mr.. Powderly was
! laboring under mistake in thinking that
he (Gould) had agreed to any scheme
OF arbitration. Mr.. Powderly was to meet
Mr.. Gould by appointment at $50 O'Clock
| yesterday morning, but at that time the
master workman was writing on his bed
in the Astor House suffering from dozen
or more boils and several broken ribs, the
result OF a recent accident in Pennsylvania.
| Mr.. Gould was informed of this state of
affairs and agreed to make the time OF
meeting three o'clock. Shortly before that
hour Mr.. derly received the following
letter:
MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY
| New YoRk, March 29.-T v PolOd3rtg, Esq. :
| Dear Sir: The papers this morning published
| the following:
Jay Gould has consented to our PROPOSE.
| ton tor arbitration, and so telegraphed Vice
| President Hoxie. Order the men to resume
work at once. I. V. PowDERLy, G. NJ. W.
| They published an interview with you
which leads one to think that the officers
| of your order in ST. Louis may mis-.
construe your message into d consent
on the part of this company to
tanned in the letter from the secretary OF
| your order dated Philadelphia, March 81
| which in my letter to you of the same date
declined to consider. You will remember that
| at our conference on Sunday / said to you
that the position of this company was un.
| changed III this respect and that the whole
| matter was left in the hands of the first vice
| president and general manager, with the in
| structonS contained In my telegram to him,
| which was written before my interview with
you and read to you at the time. This telegram
| stated; I'VE see no objection to arbitrate
| any differences between the employees and the
company past or future" While | feel con.
| hdent that your understanding of this matter
is the same as my own, | wr tie you this in
| order that there may be no grounds for mis-
understanding hereafter. Very respectfully
| yours. JAY GOULD,
President Missouri Pacific Ra road Com.
| pany.
Mr.. Powderly was in bed and dictated
the following question to his clerk:
Mr.. Powderly asks: do understand you
from your personal letter of this date. that
your company refuses arbitration, and must
| j so telegraph Martin lronsy
|
this memorandum to Mr.. Gould's office.
They reached there at 3:15 p. M, outbound
Mr.. could gone. They conferred with Sec
ond Vice President Hopkins and re-
turned to the Astor House with Mr.. Hop
kins' answer to Mr.. Powderly's questions
You may say distinctly to him." said
Mr.. Hopkins, mo, We do not. He is not
so to understand that letter. He is simply
referred to Mr.. Gould's written communi.
cation to him, which Mr. Gould is pre-.
pared to carry out in every particular.
On receipt of this memorandum the ex.
ecutive board went into secret session,
which lasted almost an hour. At 7:45
o ,.0ck Mr.. Powderly sent the following
letter;
AsroR HOUSE, New YORK, March 29-Mr.
| Jag Gould, President Missouri Pacific Railroad
C0mpdny.-Dear Sir / regret exceedingly
that my sickness to-day has prevented me
from keeping the engagements made by my
associates with you for three o'clock this
afternoon. Our proposition that the men
should return at once to work on the agree
ment that any complaints that they might have
should be submitted to arbitration was made
in perfect good faith, and when, aftel
the receipt by you of our letter of last Satur
day night and our conference of Sunday, you
made the telegraphc order to General Man
ager Hoxie contained in your letter of the
same date, in which was used the following
ldIRudRe. wv e see no ODJoCIlOu TO
any differences between the employees and
the company, past or future" we accepted
your approvalto the general principal of arbi
tration IN equal good faith, and at once issued
our order for the men to return to work We
are not particular in the adjustment of the
present difficulties whether the arb TRAITORS
appointed by your company shall be named
by General Manager Hoxie OF yourself, OF
\ whether their number shall consist Of
three five or seven. In case they con
sst of three my associates have named
me df sickness. prevents. one of tho
place.: In case they consent to five, Mr.. W.
.. Mcdowell would be associated with me
In case of seven we would add third name
We can imagine no greater misfortune fol
your company than the impression should
go forth, not only to the members of our or
ganiZatiOn, but to the community at large
whose interests are suffering as the result
of the present condition of affairs, that q
break has occurred between the interests
Which you represent and whichL represent
by reason of a technicality. The gentleman
who waited upon you informed me that in
case l was unable to meet with you thi6
afternoon at six o'clock that l was to meet
you tomorrow morning at ten o'clock.
hope to be able to keep the engagement a
that time.
After the receipt of your personal letter t.
me, and reading the interview with you pub
lished in the papers this evening, the follow
ing gentlemen, Messrs DAILY, Irons and Houx
at Sedalia. St Louis and Fort Worth:
:" NEW YORK, March 2J-Complication.
have arisen since morning as to the method Of
arbitration. Another conference will be hello
tomorrow, L. v. PowDERLY, G. M. W.
The general belief here is that Mr.. Gould
has outwitted Mr.. Powderly. The telegram
sent by Mr.. Gould to Mr.. Hoxie was sus
ceptible of double meaning, seemingly
constructed for the purpose of misleading
Mr.. Powderly. The latter caught at the
proffered bait and hurriedly wired al
order to Irons directing the men to go tC
work at once. This was precisely what the
Gould interest desired. With the trains
once started the backbone Of the strike il
broken while the questions at issue be
tween the company and it's employees re
main in statu quo but with their settle
ment more remote than ever.
THE KNIGHTS MANIFESTO.
ST. LOUIS, March Bottle Joint Execu
tive Committees of District Assemblies
101, 90 and IT, in session yesterday morn
ing issued the following brief address:
ST. LOUIS, March29 To the Knights of Ldb0l
Of the Great Southwest: FELLOW WoRKMEN-
| We congratulate you, one and all, on YOU
mamie Cd and forttude during our late grea
fight for recognition and right. Now that the
| battle is fought and victory won, let US wea
our laureIs as men of dignity and moderation
Every man TO post and to his duty will
| IA CT ind Sobr ETY.. Let US exhibit the same
| oh II the upDullul1E OF the business OF TIT
west that we have just done in proving tina
labor is King.
BY order of the JOINT Executive Board O
District Assoc atoms Nos. 101, IS and IL.
The address was sent to the various
halls where the men were holding meetings
and was also telegraphed to all points OF
the Southwest system. Circulars were SEN
out by the executive boards notifying tn
men to return to work this morning; or a
least to show their willingness to do so.
Sad Death of a Noted Comedian.
New YORK, March 30.-Barney McAuley
the well-known comedian, died in ST. Vim
cents hospital at an earlv hour yesterda,
morning OF delirium trelens. He dranl
hard for six years, frequently missing per
formanees, and about two months ago de
clared in this city that he would act NJ
more. He then began a systematic cours
of drinking, prolonging it until two week
ago. He was then pitiful sight. o.
Friday last Ire was removed from a Broad