The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-03-30

of Sunday, you made the telegraphic Or
der to General Manager Hoxie, contained
in your letter to me of the same date, in
which was used the following language:
we see no objection to arbitrating differ
ences between the employees and the
company, past or future, we accepted
your approval of the general principles Of
| arbitration in equal good faith, and at
once issued our order for the men to res
turn to work We are not particular in
our adjustment Of the present difficulties
whether the arbItrators who are appoint
ed by your company shall be named by
| General Manager Hoxie or yourself, or
whether their number shall CONSIST Of
| three, five or seven. IN case they con
sist OF three, my associates have named
me- II sickness prevents one of the other
members of the board will have to take
my place. In case they consist of five, W.
O. Mcdowell would be associated with
me- In case of seven, we would add a
third man. We can imagine no greater
misfortune for your company than that
the impression should go forth, not only
to the members of our organization but
the community at large, whose interests
are suffering as the result of the present
condition of affairs, that a break has oc-
Cured between the interests which you
represent and which represent By rea,
son of a technicality. The gentleman who
waited upon you informs me that in case
was unable to meet with you tais after
noon at o'clock that | was to meet you
tomorrow morning at 10 O'Clock. hope
TO be able to keep the engagement at that
time.
In an interview Monday Mr.. Gould said:
The telegram to Mir. Hoxie was prepared
before my conference with Mr. Powierly
yesterday, and was not the result of any
thing Mr.. Powderly said. In it is exp, es5aI
the stand which the Missouri Pacific has
taken from TIL beginning; that is, that the
company i always ready to arbitrate any
differences they may have with their
e1nloye Mir. rowiefly seems 10 have
assumed fom thai teegram that have
agreed to he plan Submitted by the exeyu
tive heard ot tie Knights OF Labor Satur.
day, providing; for the appointment OF an
arbitration ,onmittee. three members OF
which are to he appointal by mysrif and
three by the Knights of Labor and these
jointly to Chonse a seventh memi er Now
| mot emphaticaily deny that there was
any thing in my teega am TO Mr.. Hosie,
or that there was anything said at the
c, pferea Q Sunday. 10 warrant any Que in
believing ti.at for 4, munent assentaI 10
any en-. II ,,lon will an,,.irt M r,,,,h,r.
OF any arbitration commute, The y,.oIo
mater +. sis in the hands Of Mr. Ho,ia aud
If he an ,rraneta , h,sis nf orbitr,t:on
which will inrlnI, 10th ssd,s of tba S,,o.
iion | will make no ol,iar;ion INIT ,bo zLnl.
fnatter will have TO he ar anged with him
| am now preparing a tt1r to Mr Pow
aeTly Which viii clearly set forth my posi-
t'oll, IA ""ti mel above
ne ,1'TS' AIN referred 10 was as follows:
- -'i ri'N'h' "tNhhAL MANA"EH' 81
-. -. ',1"i''i's ,, tiie movement o.
,lovn,.n, af -. =. az ~, anu ,iie ei,'-
meDts of tha com,any ,en,, ',i,
give pref, renee TO onr late omnloras
whether they are members of the Knight. of
Labor o rot cept tn YOU will not employ
my person who has in. .ured the company's
property during tie late strika; nor will we
'.s "a, % any person VINO mas TAKEN service
win 'h' company curing the ia'e strike We
,,',dp s'o no Ieo''oi !" ar'i'.a''ns any differ
49, 80 'e."t''' @t suo oinp'oyes ana ,he com
,goye v,;n Lo sa+sran,o,.,- ians 'a; ;ii"' .'ie
very trnlv IL Go,1,n Tr."siao,',n 80 w
Mr. Iowlerly n. once sent d;snotch 20
artin irons at st Louis telling him to
'i"eF tho mon To go To WORK; also to The
uer,t to rrtmrn r. wnrt % nna @ monIa '"'., 'ir'
instructions from Mr.. Irons
st LOUIS, March S0--A meeting of
rive asscmhlcs i0I "e =, J I'It'u' os sAlen, Leu,
Yesterday moruing to take action on Mr.
Powderdys communication ordering
Morh 10 De resumed on the Gonld lines.
,h;nn ,peni p, $50, hIu,s III lei,
Chairman Martin Irons at Sedalia and in
verifying dispatches which appeared in
lhe morning papers. AT about noon The
i's iaoo's an" aiose
sumr work was cnnt ont IN tba En;rh,s
.