The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-04-01
THE WEEK.
In the United States and the
Old World.
knights of Labor Held Responsible
for Damages
mo COMPROMISE"

knights of Labor Held Responsible
for Damages,
Mr., jay Gould, in recent interview in
New York city, says, regarding the Missouri
Pacific strike; "There can lie no compromise
in this case, and, so far as | know, there has
been no attempt ward one by either side,
] am bound to fight this question to the bitter
end for this very reason, The position Is
simple oye: IL we had interfered with the
management of the Texas Pacific, we should
have been in contempt of the United States
court, which has charge OF that road The
men on our own lines have made no COM
plant gainst us, but by striking try TO en-
force the demands of workmen ON another
rCa not under our control There can be no
compromise of such strike. have asked
The opinion of Judge Dillon as to our legal
rights under such circumstances, and his
decision is that it is our duty, not alone
our right, to prevent the interruption of the
business of the roads by all legal means, He
says that the company has a clear legal rem
edy against the members of the Knights OF
Labor organization in suits for damages and
we propose to test this question in the courts.
We shall sue members of the organization,
and in fact, the papers in the case are now
being prepared in accordance with Judge
Dillons opinion. The correspondence be-
tween Dillon a. Syayne and myself will ex'
plain this point in the fullest way The men,
bers of the association are co-partners in bus
iness, and in the second place they are there
fore responsible at law as other partners are
Il Ter lie same circumstances. We propose to
recover damages from every member of the
association who has any property A great
many employees of the Missouri, Pacific, es-
peclally machlniSts and engineers,
haves homes which they have
bought out of their savings Some of
the men are worth $4,000 or 1000 apiece
They are responsible to us for the losses we
have suffered, il they belong to the knights
of Labor. We will show them that we in
tend to enforce all our legal rights. And we
shall bring suits against members of the
order who have property on other lines of
railroads and in other states We shall at
tempt to recover damages from every men,
Der who has property that we can attach.
1t seems to me that industrious workmen
who have saved something from their wages
will hesitate to remain in an association in
which secret junta may at any moment sac.
rifce the fruits of their labor The fact is
think, that the leaders in this movement
are men who came to the United
States because they were forced
TO leave their native countries for their good.
Intelligent American workmen will see. when
they lose their homes, the risk of being ruled
by Adventures who subsist on their earnings
1t is time that these things should be settled,
AMI thi Is a favorable opportunity. | pro-
pose to fight it out on this line There is
;n1ther feature of the case, and that is that
tv'ry shipper and manufacturer, and in fact
every person who has suffered loss by this
strike, has the same legal redress as the rail-
road company has. | am satisfied that every
one who can show that he has been damaged
by this strike can obtain Judgment against
any member of the Knights of Labor organi
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