Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1886-04-03

off in many localities; farmers, mechanic
and manufacturers are prevented fror
selling and shipping their stock and goods
and from paying thousands of laborers hith
ertO in their employ. Thus, the ''strike" o
few railroad men cripples and stops tn
business and industry of great masses O
our people.
The cause of the difficulty is not our pro
vince to determine. We live in a law-abid
ing state and are the servants of law; corpo
rations and people must alike obey the law
AS new grievances arise, new Legislative
remedies will be found and adopted, but W
must act under and obey and enforce tn
laws we have. Those who violate the Law
courts for trial and punishment. Tn
stopping of transportation and the stagna
ton of business have endured long enough
The wheels of industry must be put in mo
ton. No one class of men have any right
in law or equity, common sense or justice, tt
paralyze the business of the country, t.
work disaster to the tiller of the soil, to clos
the mills and factories of the state, and t.
throw thousands Of workingmen, engaged
of employment. The rights of the man!
cannot be yielded to the claims of the few.
The men engaged in this "strike" ma!
have just grievances; they may be the vic
Tins of corporate greed and power. But
this fact does not justify lawlessness or tur
bulence, or the destruction of property, OF
the forcible stoppage OF the transportation
lines of the state, and the resulting loss anC
wrong to hundreds of thousands of people
in no wise responsible for the controversy
between the railway company and its en-
ployes.
The people of Kansas, acting through
their representatives, can be relied on tt
see that the just grievances of any class Of
citizens, or any wrongs done by corporate
power, are redressed and prevented by law
The laws of Kansas, in so far as the inter
ests of her workingmen are involved, arr
more liberal than those of any other state
in the union. The legislature, at its las
session, enacted law, the object of which
was to settle conflicts between employers
and their employees by peaceful and honor
able arbitration. Kansas has taken the
lead on many great questions, and Cal
be relied on to do so on all questions affect
ing the rights or interests of her working
| men.
therefore call upon all sheriffs, county
| attorneys, and other peace officers to dis
charge their duties under the law to preserve
the peace, to protect property, to see that The
commerce of the state is not interrupted by
violence, or lawless acts, and to arrest anC
bring before the courts for trial and punish
ment all who are guilty of any violation Of
law. In the discharge of this duty you have
power to call upon every citizen to aid you,
and appeal to all law-respecting citizens te
support your authority, to the end that order
may be restored, that the commerce of the
state may be resumed, and that industry
and prosperity may take the place of I'm,
| seemly feuds, business stagnatiOn, and In
dustrial paralysis
All the lawful authority of the state will
be exerted to support local officers in the dis
charge of the duties thus enjoined upon
them, and all persons are hereby warned
against interposing any obstacles in the way
of the officers of the law, or Obstructing the
| lines of transportation on which the com.
MERGE of the state is carried.
In TESTIMONY WHEREOF, hereunto set my
hand, and Cause to be affixed the great
| seal of the state of Kansas. Done at the
city of Topeka, this 25th day of March, A.
D., 1886. JOHN A. MARTIN.
By the Governor:
+. B. ALLEN,
Secretary of State.
New York, March 2S-The strike CD The
Texas Pacific and the Missouri Pacific rail
ways has been settled and tomorrow morn
ing it is expected that the 1900 men wbc
have been idle in consequence of the strike
will return to work.
| The wheels of commerce will be set il
motion and the complete isolation of St
Louis and big slice of the southwestern
part of the United States will be at an end
The strained relations which seemed to ex
| list between the officers of the Missouri rail.
road and the general executive board of the
Knights of Labor on Saturday were only
strained in appearance.
To-day Grand Master Workman Powder
ly and w. o. Mcdowell, a member of the
knights of Labor, from Newark, N. j., q
railroad man himself, having been president
of the Sea Beach railroad, representing the
Knights of Labor, and Mr.. Gould and
| Vice President Hopkins, in behalf of the
| company, met at the house of Mr.. Gould.
After consultation lasting several hours.
matters were amicably settled, and the stri-
kers were ordered to resume work.
THE BASIS OF SETTLEMENT
the whole trouble to committee of arbitra-
ton, consisting of three selected by the
Knights and three by the company, another
to be appointed by these six.
It was not settled who should constitute
the committees of arbitration, but before
the conference of tonight adjourned ar
rangements were made for further confer
ence between Mr.. Powderly and Mr.. Gould
at $50 tomorrow morning, and at that con-
will be made up or arrangements will be
made for its formation.
The roads affected are the Iron Mountain,
the Missouri Kansas d Texas, the Missouri
Pacific, in fact all the roads leading out of
st. Louis except the st. Louis & San Fran
cisco.
''The result is not surprise to me-" said
Mr.. Powderly, late tonight. 81 find that ii
is almost an invareable rule that when two
of ,ko1v hv 10,
gether, and are both actuated by a sincere
desire to settle any trouble the desired end
can be reached. l have no doubt that had
Mr.. Gould been athome at the time the trou-
BILE broke out, and if could have seen him
the strike would not have lasted week. and
all this loss of money and property could
have been avoided. I am exceedingly glad
that we have been able to settle the matter.
FAIRLY AND HoNoRABLY.
81 have no possible doubt tina. the order
sent out will be obeyed to the letter, and
don't therefore, care to express an opinion,
on any contingency which is so remote as to
be practically out Of the question. I can't
tell when shall go home; certainly not un-
til all the details of the settlement have been
madA."
New York, March 28.-Conferences be-
tween Jay Gould andT. V. Powderly to-day
and this evening have resulted in orders from
each of them to the parties to the southwest
ern strike. ordering an immediate resump-
ton of,work traffic, and pending arbitration,
to which Mr.. Gould consents.
HOW THE AGREEMKNT WAS REACHED.
New YoRK, March 8.-This morning at IL
O'Clock T. V. Powderly and w. B. Mcdowell
called on Jay Gould at the latter's residence.
There they met Messrs. Gould, Hopkins, and
George Gould. There was general Discus
sion of the situation in the southwest By