St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-12
Receiver Brown of the Texas Pacific Re-
fuses to Submit Southwestern
Troubles to Arbitration.
Grand Master Workman Powderly Makes a
Conservative Statement Regarding
the Great Enigma.
The New York Post Processes in IN
Exhaustive Review TO Speak
for Business.
Signal Failure OF an Attempt To Start
Freight Trains on the Missouri
Pacific.
Arbitration Refused.

PHILADELPHIA, March 11.-Referring
TO the strike on the Gould system, Grand
Master Workman Powderly OF the Knights
of Labor said this evening:
District Assembly No. l0l of Texas has not
appealed 20 the general executive board for
advice or assistance and the matter is in their
hands as yet. We have had the question be-
fore US several days. We telegraphed 10 the
executive committees OF District Assembly
No. l0l for information, and the reply we re-
ceived differs but little from the published
reports. Thinking that we might be instru-
mental in etecting settlement, the follow
ing telegram was sent out last night TO the
receiver of the Texas Pacific railroad:
Philadelphia, March lI.-JOhn C. Brown,
receiver Of the Texas Pacific railway. Dallas, Tex:
Wiil you meet with committee selected by the
general executive board of the Knights of Labor
10 arbtrate for the settlement or difficulties with
the Texas Pacific emplOyesl
lSignedl T.V PowDERLY.
Late tonight I received the following re-
ply.
THE REPLY.
Dallas, Tex, March Ito T. V Powderly:
Your message received asking me If / will meet
committee selected by the general executive board
Of the Knights of Labor for the settlement of
difficulties with the Texas Pacific employees. beg
20 say that We nave no difficulties with the en-
plOyes Of the Texas Pacific railway, and should
any arise we are most willing. as in the past, TO
confer with and right any grievance shown by
mer employees, who are now strikers and not now
in our service, and ourselves, is that they
have committed depTedatiOns upon the property
in our possession by disabling and interfering
by intimidation and otherwise with meritOrious
and honest men now in our service, desiring to
perform the duties abandoned by the strikers.
This matter We have RENTED TO the United States
court. and the United States marshal, under writ
OF assistance from the court, is settling the
troubles for us, so that / cannot see what good
arbitrsting with a committee of Knights of Labor
could accomplish.
lSignedl JOHN c. BROWN.
THE EFFECT.
In an editorial the Ledger advises me to go
TO st. Louis in order to effect settlement.
You will see by a telegram have shown you
that IL was our intention TO bring il about as
soon as possible. Mr.. Brown has seen tit to
refuse the mediation of the general execu-
tive board OF the Knights of Labor to secure
a settlement of pending difficulties by arbi-
tration. He must now be held responsible
at the bar of public opinion for re-
jecting the Overtures of those who,
having as deep an interest in the
welfare and prosperity OF this country
as Mr.. Brown can possibly have, would do
anything in their power TO not only set the
idle wheels in motion but TO keep them going.
1 expected that Mr.. Brown would have some
suggestions or remedy to offer by which a
termination of the trouble could be reached,
and / confess that his reply was a surprise.
Our board had arranged TO have q committee
60 10 the scene OF action, but If those in
authority will not meet them no good can
come from any interference on our part.