Telegram-herald., 1886-04-23
What He Said 10 the Con-
gressional Committee.
HIS S0aa0s FOR THE POOR MAJ.
Szys the Missouri Pacific has no
Trouble and does not come Wifhin
the PROV nee OF the Comm ittse
Dat ne is willing 70 TAX

I Of the resolution under which the commit
lee was acting On being told that ia was
| 10 investigate the causes and extent ot the
/ disturbed condition nov existing bei~ee
| the raj road corporations and their employees
Mr.. Gould said that the Missouri Pacific
has no differences With It's men and did not
strictly come within the rule Of the resolu-
zion but, ne said II will be very glad 20 spend
time ia talking 20 the committee. though j
hardly think that they want 20 spend
| their valuable time in talking "a me
Being requested 10 proceed be said that april
I 10 the company had IN It's employ total of
| 10, 737 men not including the general
officers, that the operations of the road
were now being carried on in regular aud
orderly way, the trains being all run on
time He then read dispatch showing
the business done on Wednesday 20 be two
| hundred and sixty freight trains moved
| containing tour thousand six hundred aud
| fOrty-seVen loads an increase Of seventy
| four trains and one thousand I've hundred
| and thirty-seyen loads compared with the
same day last year aud that quiet prevailed
| all along the line. Mr. Burns, of the COM
mittee, stated 10 Mr. Gould that they wish
ed To examine him in reference 20
| proceedings antecedent to the resumption
| of business. The witness said that he left
| New York on the 9th Of January with bis
family on his yacht for cruise ia the West
Indies and returned 10 March p The
strike occurred while he was away, and his
| knowledge of IL came from Information re-
ceved president Of the company since his
return. The first recognition, proceeded
| the witness, winch our company made, a.
| far as know, of the knights of Labor, came
| Of the strike i'm April of last year. ] was
away at the time and until August. Ia
/ August Mr. POwderly came To New York
with committee That was the first time
| | had anything 10 do with him. lie stated
| their view which was that the part Of the
| road that was in the hands of
| receivers should reinstate large
| number of man who were Knights of Labor
who had lett the employ of the company
| aud whose places had been largely filled
| The impression seemed 10 be that practi-
| cally controlled all the railroads in the
| United States: that The sun did not
| rise nor the moon set without some
| sanction Of mine / had nothing 10 do with
| the road explained that 10 them. While
| this interview was going on my time came
| 10 leave 1 turned 10 the committee and
| said, Now, gentlemen, has the Missouri
| Pacific lived mp to her agreement with You
1
| have Well, then. said l. i want il now
understood that if you have any grievance
| hereafter against the Missouri Pacific you
| shall not strike but you will come To me
| man fashion and We will talk 1t over and
| settle it. They agreed to that, and ! said
| good bye and left
Gould further said that the Texas x Pacific
| was in the bands Of the United States court
| and i'm the course Of business the receivers
/ HiSghargaH ma N auaaH Hall This
| taken as a prelext for the strike. oar men
| told Mr. Hopkins, continued the witness,
that they had no grievance That they
were ordered TO strike and that was the only
| thing they could do The strike WAS con
| trary to Mr. Powderly's agreement and
| Hopkins wrote 10 him inf'rming him OF the
| strike and expressing wish TO talk the
| matter over with him. Two days after
wards Powderly telegrapbed that he saw
from the public press that the strike was
| caused by the discharge of Hall, and asking
If he could be reinstated. Hopkins replied
that Hall was employed by the Texas
Pacific and rot by the Missouri Pacific
and that the latter road bad
no control over the receivers
To this message no answer was Vouchsafed.
LET me explain" said the witness what
the strike was that took place in March and
| what the effect would have been If il bad
been simply strike. We had at the date
OF this strike IA 3l5 employees The Knight.
Of Labor, the strikers numbered 49i7. but
| they were not tile men Necessary TO the
operation of the road. they were the men IA
the machine shops. the men along the
track. switchmen. men who perform the
lowest duties of the road. SO that II those
1917 men had struck and left the
premises we would not have missed a train.
Our business would have gone along -
regular as clock-work But following tbs
leaving Of our employment what did they
do As he asked this question. for The
| first time during the course Of bis statement
Mr. Goule raised bis voice and showed
} signs of excitement. aud il was with energy
that he proceeded - answer his own ones
tion.@ They exercised more than the rRh
Of eminent domain. They took -
E Louis. sedalia, Atcbison. Kansas City
Parsons Fort Worth. Little Rock ant
| Texarkana They took forclbie POS
session of them and said No man slal
J | ran q train over that road. that Is wha
| they said What did Ifoxie d02 he said
. | They have taken possession ~ oar road. VI
have no earnings nov. and he was forced =
write an address 10 all the men suspendinl
= payments. and thus 1000 men vbo yer
Iowa. TO the company. and sho could rUi
Z | out trains every 1av. ~ere deprived ~ thea
? woTs IF their power - earn their Wages
? that was what followed the strike fu
: seizure -yOu can cal Is hv NJ other name
the fsrciDie SEIZURE. something fhat the tzs
p # R8ssia would hes'tate - d. WIft hi
:. millions 0f soldiers behind him
r NJ Haxies address 80 the men was tee.
. read ~ Gen S1ayue. and aE be was rea3iu
= it Mr F0TdeTig entered the room STD -
cured position Opposite NJ f4ouid
The chairman IS bai wss Hal charge
wifha WHAT crime hs8 he comm
4 fef Whar Tas the reason - ff
+, disc barge ~ 7esponse ~ th
quest - Mr -ravne 81 the request ~ ~
p / G9gld res3 tf.e statement issuei IS Rarsir
3 r. i5fp~n d. arinz that Han was sr ir
r. couon~terf man ard thsf be vas 8i4chs-af
foT st=eur.ng himself nitheut .esVe b
I. sse resd fhe circols- issuef ~ tffr Nissof
II Paci6e ~ Nsrfh net fring sl r,traeE
rht hs3 .eft The ernn5gF of f1e cen par
sEfe Nsrct thzf fbeir psrnss were 2
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fesve TIE premises q 80 eoranenr -
also -hs neti~e of Nartb 10 silver isng q
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