Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-03-30
GOULD SHARPLY DENIES

referred to in an interview with Mr. Gould.
The letter is marked personal:
PREsIDENr's OFFICE,
Missouri Pacific r. X,
NEw YORK March 20, 1886
7. Y. Potodsrly, Esq
DEAR SIR:-The papers this morning
published the following:
President Jay Gould has consented to
our proposition for arbitration and so tels
graphs Vice President Hoxie. Order men
to resume work at once.
7. V. PowDERLY, G. ". W."
They published an interview with you
which leads one to think that the officers OF
your order in st. Louis may misconstrue
your message into a consent on the part of
tSis company to conform to the
contained in the letter from
the Secretary of your order, dated Phila-
delphis, March q, which, in my letter to
you of the samsdate, declined to con-
slider.
You will remember that at our confer
ence Of Sunday said to you that the posi-
ton Of this company was unchanged IN
this respect and that the whole matter was
in the hands of the first Vice Pfest-
dent and general @Snsger, With instruc-
tious contained in my telegram to
him which was written before my inter
view with you and read to you at the time.
This telegram stated we see no objection
to sr6itrate any differences between the
employees and the company past or
future
While feel confident that your aGder-
standing Of this matter Is the same SO my
own, wrote you this in order that there
may be no groands for misunderstanding
hereafter. Very respectfully.
JAY GOULD.
President Missouri Pacific.
When this was received by Mr.. PoFdsrly
be wrote down these notes which were
taken to the conference and read to Mr..
Gould.
REFERRED To HoXIE.
"Do / understand you from your personal
letter of this date that your company refuse
arbitration; and must 80 telegraph Mar
tin Irons2
When the committee arrived at Mr..
Gould's Office he had gone ous, bat they
were received by Second Vice President
Hopkins, who made this answer to Mr..
PoHdeEly:
"You may say distinctly to him, no We
do not. He is not to SC understand that
letter, but he is simply referred 10 Mr.
Gould's written communication to him,
which It is proposed to carry cut 10 every
particular
The Committee then leEs Ne. Gould's
Office and returned to the As:or House and
this evening the following letter was ssRt
to Mr.. Gould's house by q messenger:
Powderly to Gould.
AsToR HOUSE,
New YoaE. March %
Mr. jag Gould, Pres. No. Pee. R. Il.
Co.:
DEAR SIR-I regret exceedingly that my
sickness to day has prevented me from
keeping the engagement made by my asso
cisies with you for o'clock this afternoon.
Our proposition that the men should re
tuEn at once to work on the agreement, that
sny complaints that they might hsve should
be submitted 70 arbitration was made
in perfect good faith. I'D when, after
the receipt By you OF Oar Letter
of Saturday night and cur conferences OF
Sunday you made the telegraphic order to
General Manager Hoxie contained IN your
letter 20 me Of the same date, in
which va used the tolloTing
language: I'VE see no 65, Cction to srbitrst-
is- any differences between ths eDIlotes
and the company past or future. W.
accepted your srproval to the general
proposals Of sr6itrstiSn IN equs'
good fs;th and ct once issued,
our order for The men to return to work.
We are not particular n the adjustment OF
the present difficulties whether The arbItIs
tors appointed By your company shall &c
named By General Manager Hoxie or
yourself, or whether their number shall
consist of three, five or seven. In case
they consist of three, nv associates hsye
named me IF sickness prevents one OF the
other members Of the board will take my
place). 70 case they eoasist OF
i've Mr.. W. o. Mcdowell would be sssc9i-
sted with me. In case of We would add
q third name. After the receipt OF your
personal letter to me and reading
The interview with you published
in the papers this morning
the following telegram Was sent to each OF
the following gentlemen Messrs. DAILY,
Irons and Houx, at Sedslis, St.. Louis and
Fort Worth
NEw YoRE, March 29-CompGcations
LsVs arisen since morning as TO the meth
e. Of s4S;tratiou. Another conference will
be held Tomorrow.
7. PowDERLY, G ". W.