Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-04-16
LABOR TROUBLES.
The knights of Labor Will Not Trouble
Jay Gould Personally, But are Deter.
mined to Fight the Battle Through-An
Appeal to All Knights in America for
Funds.
ST. LOUIS. April Is

ST LOUIS, April 10.
Wednesday night the correspondence be-
tween Powderly and Gould as read to HAYES
the only member of the general executive
board of the knights of Labor, now in the
city. In reply to the inquiry as to his opin.
ion of it, he said Il regard it as an ndica-
tive of the beginning of long, hard strug
GLE How about Gould's construction of
the letter to mean that the order would pur-
sue him personality" "Its mistake. There
is no intention of that character.
eve have nothing against Could as an in
dividual, but we propose to keep up the fight
If it ruins the road. The letter of Grand
Master Workman Powderly to Secretary Tur-
ner, is said by the executive committee to be
the result of a unanimous demand upon him
bv assemblies of the country to place the
strike upon broad basis tor the support of
the entire organization, by formal circular
Contributions now running up to thousands
of dollars, have been received by men every
day for the last week.
They have averaged over $1,000 day.
| All this money has been sent out to be dis
tributed among the strikers, at every point
on the system where it is needed and it has
! been sufficient to meet all demands, without
| calling upon the reserve fund of the order,
hut Pewderlys call for contributions has the
approval of the executive board. because il
will prove to the public that the strike has
the endorsement of the order in general
Those who are not Knights of Labor, if they
are out with us will be helped. We have
plenty of money to keep all of them who will
help in the strikes. More than this we intend
to pay the men for not working who are now
at work and who have been forced to go ta
work since the strike began and who, not be
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not depend upon US for assistance"
PHILADELPHIA, April 10.
Grand Master Workman Powderly OF the
knights of Labor today issued circular to
all members of that order in America, in
which he says it makes little difference now
whether the men who struck on the Gould
system in the Southwest acted wisely or not
that action has now become matter of his
tory. The circular rectes attempts made by
the executive board to settle the differences
with Jaw Gould. 1t states that Gould made a
positive agreement with the board, and Hoxie
not only refused to carry out the agreement
made by Gould but refused to employ Knight.
of Labor. Powderly then says it now be-
comes the part of every man and woman in
the order to take up the fight of the men il
the Southwest and assist them to the full ex
tent of their means He calls upon them tC
send every dollar they can spare to the Gen
eral Secretary and Treasurer. who will a,
once forward the funds to ST. Louis for dis
tribution among the men on strike, who have
been out of work for two months and art
| sadly in need of help. He states that the
men IN the Southwest have made no sppes
| for charity and do not ask for help, and ther
| continues:
| If your executive boards that makes ar
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| gives d0ubly, act at once another appeal may
be sent you and we ask of you to prepare fol
it now. Do NOT pass resolutions con,lemning
capital for we are not fighting capital. Do
not argue the contest we have before US; lie
us make friends Of every man who has suf
| fered through monopoly. This battle against
the man who represents monopoly must be
fought msnfully. Watch his action every
where keep an eye on the doings of Con
gress; urge the committee that has been
appointed to do rs iu fearlessly; strengthen
their hands and give r1em every aid. dc
not delay and at the same time make ready
to bring the whole powers of the order to bear
on the man who wrecks railroads, homes
fortunes and lives in his greed for gold. Lee
us determine to have it go into history thai
the men of 1856 struck as grand blow fol
liberty as the men of 1875.
The men of 1776 broke the power of thu
monarchy and dethroned the King. The
power which they wrenched from the hand
Of the King was not so great IS that which
| 10 now held by one man, who through tn,
corrupt use of money has brought manufact
| dres and workmen to ruin. The power o