Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-04-10

Z Gus results would I0AoF7s but at the appear
I ancs Of several United States deputy mar
! shais the strikers fed, without having re-
/ celYed or inflicted any severe injury. Later
+ in the day the strikers issued an address 20
I the public, as follows: eve appeal to a can
did, suffering public, on whom is falling all
I the weight of this great confictiou- How
much Is lOng-sut1srIng labor to bear OF this
great striker 1t never would have been had
dOzle condescended months ago to hear
I our complaints In this country position
makes no king or slave, and the imperiOus
/ refusal on the part OF one citizen TO confer
/ with other citizens with whom he may have
/ business relations, begets a great business
I and social revolution. 1t Is not only a great
mistake but a crime against the public"
''If We cannot be allowed TO return to work
I the strike must continue"
APRIL 2.-IhroughOut the southeastern
part of the state great excitement exists from
the fact that Governor Martin called ont the
militia and ordered them to Parsons. At
Fort Worth the strikers were reported TO be
doing violence to the property Of the Mis-
SCUM Fac1hc company MIR. RoWderly was
reported seriously i'll at his home in Scran-
ton, Pa He is unable to see any visitors
and his physicians state that he must have
absolute rest for number Of days. 1t Is
feared that his illness viii have the effect Of
Gould said.
81 do not see that can say anything. The
whole matter has been referred to HoEie, In
whom We have full confidence. He is on the
6ALt--AL-n5 A-Oma --AG E-L-hLAlA thoroughly
and is informed of all that has taken place
IN New York. The strike was really over,
virtually at an end before any New
York conference was held The business Of
the road was resumed, trains were running,
and the yards at st. Louis were getting
cleared Of the accumulated freight as rapid
ly as possible
In reporting to Gould for to-day Mr..
HOLie says: "WhiLe there may be trouble at
points, think that the worst is over, but
THTnug TlrFfnIuT
i have plenty of force to run trains and do
repairs. Am gradually recruiting my force
with new men. Business is resumed IN the
Kansas yards ana large business is being
moved on the system yesterday was 3,0O2, an
increase of s54 over the day before"
THE BOARD ARRIVES AT ST. LOUIS.
SIS. LOUIS, No, April 3.-Frederick Tur-
ner, secretary of the general executive board
Of the Knights of Labor, and William h
Bailey, a member of the same committee,
arrived IN the city from Cincinnati this
morning and proceeded to the rooms Of the
local executive committee.
Turner, in an interview, stated that the
plan is that all positions not now filed by
new men who have been employed since the
Inauguration of the strike, shall be open TO
application from the knights; that those
who apply shall be employed, and from them
shall be selected an arbitration committee,
which viii attempt to arrive at some AMIGA
bic understanding concerning the grievances
of the Missouri Pacific Knights. Turner. in
reply to the inquiry If he should request that
all striking Knights be r6-6mplOy6d, replied:
i'NO. Such has never been the case hereto
fore, even when we have been most victori-
GUS IN our struggles with capital, and We
can hardly expect such course to be pur-
sued by the railroad companies. If they
would rather discharge competent men who
have nHlm aTnTf-0WaH 1uF5np the lra-uUn
We shall make no such demand-all We ask
is that the places vacant now be nll6d by
knights OF Labor who may make application
for themy and that from them shall be chosen
an arbitration committee to treat with
HOLie. Neither shall We demand that those
who have committed depredatiOns upon the
COmpany's property be taken back. Such a
demand would be inconsistent with the
principles laid down IN our constitution.
You know that to advise violence is IN all
cases to be condemned, and loss of his posi-
ton by the Knight VINO destroys his em-
ployer's property Is Just punishment.
TIE INTERVIEW WITH HOZIE.
Mr.. Turner gave the following report OF
the interview OF the executive board with
Vice President HOXies Eve called on Mr..
HoxIe this afternoon. Mr.. HoXie was very
cole. He did not ask us to be seated. i be-
gan by asking him If the statement was true
that he had refused to take back any Of the
strikers. He said no; that he would consider
personal applications, but would use his
own pleasure entirely IN acting upon them.
He went on to say that he now needed about
fifty per cent. of the number OF the men who
struck, but was careful not to say that he
would employ from the body Of the strikers.
I said Mr.. Gould had given US to understand
that all except those who actually committed
acts OF violence would be taken back. He
said that neither those who committed such
acts, nor those who had advised them, would
be accepted. He continued, that the road
had too many employees before, and preferred
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hours. AT this point Mr.. Bailey interrupted
him by saying that was probably the reason
why the company forced the STRIKE to cut
down the number Of employees. MIR. HOue
said he could take 1t that way If he wanted
to. He asked me about the trouble at Fort
worth. ] told him Aery deeply depiOred IL.
MIR. HOXie thea went on to say that 10
grievance whatever had been presented TO
last September, and he said: 80, don'trake
up an ancient history" / said that it might
be an ancient history but that the grievances
while they had laid dormant, still existed.
That was all, and the interview closed by
telling him we would consult with Mr.. Hays
We stood the entire time, and We were not
asked back"
Mr.. Turner is of the opinion that it VIII
be impossible to settle the trouble, and the
men viii therefore be compelled to seek
other employment.
WAR AT FORT WORTH.
FORT WORTH, Tex, April 8.-What had
been predicted has come to pass The strlk-
Jig Knights of Labor and the officers Of the
law have met in deadly conflict. Two OH
GERS are fatally wounded and third Is shot
through both hips, and Of the strlkers-so
far as can be ascertained-Only one has been
wounded.
1t was announced yesterday by the officers
of the Missouri Pacific that trains would
move to-day, OF that there would be blood
shed. The strikers, on the other hand had
put it down as settled that no trains would
be allowed to pass over the Missouri Pacific
line until the demand Of the strikers for az
bitration was conceded.
At q. m. a train left the Missouri Pacific
yards and succeeded in getting out Of the
city a short distance until It reached
SWITCH where q stop was made. The officers
approached the switch, and as they did so
they discovered i've men with Winchester
rifles, partly concealed in the weeds few
yards distant
The entire posse advanced toward the men
in ambush. They had reached the switch
alongside the track. When they ordered the
throwing up Of hands the command was
obeyed, but as the hands came mp they
brought Winchester rifles. The C1nceEE
were armed only with revolveEs. They de-
mandeu the surrender Of the strikers. Both
sides opened fire almost simultaneously,
there being no more than two seconds be-
tween the time the drst and second shots
were fred After the first FIRE the posse ad-
danced and continued firing. The strikers
r6treatsd behind some piles of ties, which
formed most excellent breastWOrkss and
from the security of which they poured
murdsrOus fire into the posse The casual
ties among the posse were found to be
three. Police Officer Iulf0rd was shot
through both thighs; Special Officer Dick
Townsend was shot twice through the left
breast near the nipple, and he died at $50
this afternoon. Special Officer Charles
6ueed was shot through the throat and Jaw.
His wounds are fatal. Doctors Noeker and
Earrar, OF the Missouri Pacific hospital, say
that Sneed and Tutford cannot possibly re-