The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-04-16
POWDERLY and GOULD.
HOW THE CORRESPONDENCE IS
REGARDED BY THE STRIKERS.
Aid Pouring In From All Quarters
No Change In the Situation
at st. LOuis.

II
read TO Mr.. Hayes, The only member
of the General Executive Board OF
the Knights Of Labor now in this
city, and in reply TO an inquiry as to
his opinion Of ii faid:
81 regard it as indicative OF the be-
ginning OF q long, hard struggle"
slow about AR. Gould's construc-
ton Of the letter 10. mean that the
order would puTsue him personality 2"
1T 10 mistake. There is no in
tention OF that character. We have
nothing against Gould as an individ-
nal, but we propose to keep up the
fight II IL ruins The road"
PowDKRLY's LETTER TO TURNER.
The letter Of General Master Work
man Pow derly to Secretary Turner is
said by the Executive Committee to
be the result Of an unanimous demand
upon him by the assemblies OF the
order 10 place the strike on q broad
basie-the support OF tina entire organ
ization-by formal circular. Since the
ARRIVAL Of the General Committee con-
tributions running up TO Thousands OF
dollars have teen received every day
by them, and for the last week they
have averaged over $1,000 day. All
this money has been sent out to be
distributed among the strikers at every
point on the system where il is needed,
and Il has been sufficient to meet all
demands 80 far without calling upon
the reserve fund OF the order or order
ing an assessment. But Mr.. Powderly's
direction for call for contributions
meets with the approval of the board,
because IL will prove 10 The public
that the strike has the Endorsement q
the order in general.
81 suppose alter this that no more
Will be faid about Mr., Powderly's not
eympathizlng with the strike," said
Committeeman Hayes yesterday, after
reading the Powderly letter.
THE circu ar will bring in two days
$1,000 TO the Executive Committee,
who viii receive the money, and con-
tributions will keep on rolling in as
long as we want them. We can draw
from the reserve fund now in sums OF
10000, $4,000 or $4,000, as we need
II, and pay II back from the contribu-
tons. i think it will hardly cost US
more than 100000 to carry the strike
until ii end, but we'll spend every cent
that is necessary"
"How is your money spent?"
ut goee directly TO the strikers
through their assemblies. The rent
and board Of the single man is paid
and the men with families are paid
what they need for clothing, rent aud
groceries. The money is furnished
them directly in some cases and in
others their bills are paid"
How do you help those who are
not knights Of Labor ?"
'In the same way. 1t makes no
difference whether or not they are
@Ihts OF Labor, II they are out with
We have plenty OF money to keep
II the men who will help us in the
ltyxe. More than this; we intend to
tur men for not working who are now
york and who have been forced To
% work since the strike began, and I
o, not being Knights OF Labor,
LiIught that they could not depend
uo,n us for assistance"
:. IN EAST ST. LOUIS
o day the strikers are not numerous t
N the streets or around the railroad |
PREMISES, and a quantity OF freight G
handled by the nine roads centering '
here u In excess OF that handled at G
my time since the strike was. com
menced, yet the business done Is short
1f what il would be vera no st~ike in
Iorce. This Is not because the rail !
roads are not in a condition TO handle
nj the freight offered them, for most :
Df them have very nearly full force
Of men at work, but because shippers
generally fear delay aud possible loss !,
Il they'ship by the roads affected by
the strike. The Gripping OF the trans
fer facilities between the different
yards has heretofore lessened the
through freight business, but to-day
the ferry has been called into service
andiH plyiBgt1 and fro between the diff
ferent railroad yards situated on the
levee, and the business Of the different
roads has by this means been consid-
erably increased. The Cairo Short
Line has several men en-
ployed to-day upon its plat.
forms over which large amount Of
freight is passing, and freight trains
are being received aud dispatched
from the yards. The activity In the
yards OF the Indianapolis and ST.
Louis roads Is greater than formerly.
There are twenty men at work upon
J the platforms and sufficient number
oil switchmen in the yards to do all
the necessary work. The difficulty
experienced by the Louisville aud
Nashville officials in employing new
men, caused by the shooting by their
deputies last Friday, has necessiiated
Z the importation OF men from stations
along the road. This road is now In
condition to hsu die all the freight Of.
Tered. On the premises Of the Van
4 dalia, the Ohio and Mississippi. the
Chicago and Alton and the Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy. there are az
work the same force as on previous
daye, and al the freight offering is
handled without difficulty. !
MILITIAMEN FIRED UPON.
]. w. Walters, Company f, Eighth |
Regiment, |. N. g., while patrolling |
the Vandalia yards in East st. Louis |
early this morning, was fred upon by
an unknown man, who Immediately
afterward started for Main street on
Auhs NhltIs uteu Atttr MIN, out ne
escaped without injury. Fearing an
ambush, the sentinel fred second
shot in the direction from which he
was fired upon, and raised another
/ man, who also es aDed. Orders were
Immediately Issued to patrol all the
yards, in the hope OF capturing the
.miscreants, but the search proved
.Iuitless. Two rails were removed
last night from the track of the Cairo
Short Line railroad near Bellville by
some one as yet unknown. Hhe road
master, while on tour Of inspection
early this morning discovered the
i fact, and the rails were replaced be-
fore a passenger train due at that
place at $3.50 O'clock am. had arrived,
and a serious accident avoided.
TIE cAsEs AGAINST THE STRIKERS.
The cases aga INST ]. J. McGarry,
Judge advocate of the Knights OF
Labor, and others, arrested on the
cheLae Q. n, s,rS-s,:H1eiNG upon the prop