Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-20
THE END NOT YET.
hoSle Declines to Meet Powderly as
Grand Master Workman Of the
Knights Of Labor.
,swderly Refuses 10 Meet iIoxie IN Az,
4 Aer Capacity Than as The Head
OF the Organization.
"aNerncrs Marmaduise ana Martin on rhei,
Way to s. houis 20 Mediate IL
That lie Possibic.

/ LoXm REFUSES.
Sr LoUts, Mo, March l9-lhe fni.
lowing reply Of Yice.Prsident iloxlr "a
the request Of Master Workman powderlv
Tor conference was tclographed 10 that
gentleman late this afternoons
MISSOURI PAcmic RAILWAY Co,irkN,.
/ EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, ST.. I,otls. Mo
I March l9.--To i " Powdetly. Kensas
I City, Mo, have Just received y6nr te,r.
gram Of the 18Th inst, stating Il win
meet yourself and committed 10 arrsnge
o settlement of the pending difficulties.
As this company now has contracts and
agreements With various lsboruniops ana
organizations, aud IS not unwOlina IA
continue to make such agreements rs
circumstances may require with such
unions and organizations Of The employees
as have shown disposition to carry out
IN good faith their undertaking. and as
" has had IN the past contracts with vour
organization and It's representatives, and
| nave heretofore bal conferences with
yourself aud other members OF youc ok.
ecuiiye committee, IL Is bus lust and
courteous that should give Won
The reasons FOR this company now
declining 10 meet yourself and
yonr executive committee, which Il
would have done before this strike was
inaugur1ted The usual object Of such
meeting between railroad compaalt 3,
through their repre- sentatives. and com.
mitlees of their employees, IS either 60
discuss such difference as may have
arisen, In order that an understanding
may be reached, OF the rights and rela-
tons existing between them, aud such
mutual concessions made RS win avoid
strikes and The losses resulting therofrorn,
or, on the other hand, 10 settle and com.
promise such differences between Tie
parties after the grievances az
the employees have been pre.
s.nted aud redress refused, and after
resort has actually been had 10 Tie strike
as the only remedy In the present case
neither OF the above reasons Tor q confer.
ence exists, but the anomaly is presented
Of a strike which Is without redrassable
grievance which was entered upon With
out notice to the company, ana which has
resulted IN the wanton and malicious de-
! strncuon OF this company's property by
violence and Incendiarism and In the al
inest t5tai stSppago Of its business by
threats, intimidation aud force. A re.
view OF the history Of the past year IS as
seniial to n full understanding OF The
present conditions. The differences be-
tween this company and It's employees
resulting in the strike Of March,
1885, were settled by the voluntary inter.
cession OF the executives and officers OF
the states OF Kansas aud Missouri and
not With your organization. The agree
ments subsequently entered into with
committees of your organization have
been faithfully carried out by this com.
pany. Minor grievances under these
agreements have from time 10 time been
presented, considered by the management
and adjusted In manner apparently sat
isfactory to the petitioners and, for the
sake OF peace and harmony, this company
has repeatedly on the demands OF your or
ganizaton made changes in It's staff
by the removal OF officers fully satlsfac-
tory to the company, but Objectionable
to some Of your members. In our meet.
ing with you OF last August IN New York
your committee then stated that no griev-
auces or complaints existed against the
Missouri Pacific railway on the part OF
your org lnizatlon through non.complis
ance with the contracts then existing,
but that 1t was necessary 10 utilize your
organization upon the Missouri Pacific
road 10 force an adjustment OF the iitil-
culties that were then pending with other
corporations. Similar action has been
taken by your organization In three in
stances within the last eight months.
|. In threatening that the members
OF your organization upon the Siiis-
souri, Pacific railway would strike II
it continued TO exchange business with
the Wabash road.
9, When the members Of your organi-
zation compelled strike OF q portion Of
the employees OF this company in carry
ing out your boycott against the Mallory
line at Galveston, Tex.
5 In the present instances when the
existing strike was forced upon the com
pany by the discharge OF one G.. a. Hall
by the receivers OF the Texas
e Pacific railway, road in the
hands Of the United States court,
and In the management Of which this
company has no voice or control, fact
which your organization fully recoguiz d
when your committee made application
20 the receivers Of that roadto the re-
instatemeut Of said employees Instances
might be cited where endeayors have
been made TO use this company for the
purpose OF boycottipg individuals who
had incurred the dlspleasure Of your or
ganization, and a specially aggravated
case OF the failure OF your organization TO
carry out Its agreements was that OF the
workmen at the Palestine shops who IN
the last days Of February stopped work
on account Of an alleged grievance which
was ihereupon adjusted 10 manner 10
their entire satisfaction so that they re-
sumed work with an agreement TO work
under the concessions made by the com
pany, but within ten days thereafter again
left their work on demand Of your organl-
zation In ordering the present strike, and
without any grievance whatever against
this company These continued stop
pages Of the work Of this company with
ont cause have become 50 frequent
that believing the future viii be as I'M
settled as the past we cannot consent 70
renew an agreement, voluntarily and
arbitrarily abrogated by your organiza-
zion, and will no longer submit toi In
the management OF our business this
company through It's representatives II
and has always been willing to meet the