Morning journal and courier., 1886-04-02
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. NOT A MAN GOES BACK. Still Another Hitch At
 St. Louis. THE STRIKE MUST GO ON Unless Hoxie Treats With The Knights. A THEATER HORROR IN JAPAN. Two Aldermen Arrested
 At New York.
A THEATER HORROR IN JAPAN.
Two Aldermen Arrested
 At New York.
THE STRIKE MUST GO ON

THE STRIKE MUST GO ON
 Unless the Men Are Taken Back I'm a
 Body-A Circular From the Knights
 Charging the Railroad Officials With
 Had Fafth-An Attempt to Re Made
 to Move Trains To-Day.
 ST. LOUIS, April 1.-The following address has been issued:
 l To the Public
 | As showing the insincerity of the railroad | managers in their treatment of the Knights of Labor, we respectfully state that pursuant l to the order of the general executive board | we this day sent committees to the managers | of the several roads offering to return the men l to work. In no instance would they be re- | ceived or treated with, each official in turn 1 either refusing them a hearing evading them with spacious subterfuges for direct an l swer or refusing them employment. MT. Hoxie agrees to receive commit l tee of employees to adjust any 1 grievances that may exist. He refuses per | sonally and through his subordinates to rec ognize us as employees and refuses to receive | after himself and MT. Gould have conveyed l the impression to the world that they are willing to settle, they then refuse to settle Now we appeal to candid and suffering public, on whom is falling all the weight of this great conflict if we have not
  is longsuffering labor expected to bear? This great strike would never have been had Mir. Hoxie condescend- ed months ago to hear our complaints We do not claim to be more than human. It shall not be expected from us to be more than human. In this country position makes no man king nor slave, and the imperious refusal on the part of one citizen to confer with other citizens with whom he may have business connections when such refusal be- gets great business and social revolu- tion is not only mistake, but crime against the public. Mr. Gould is in voking the law against little criminals who are made desperate by his policy of duplicity and oppression and yet a terrorized public dare not invoke the law against the arch criminal of the land. If we cannot be allowed to return to work the strike must go on.
 By order of Executive Boards of District Assemblies 101, 93 and F.
 A local committee of the striking Knights of Labor called on Master Mechanic Bartlett of the Missouri Pacific this morning seeking to make an arrangement whereby the men might be taken back in body. MT. Bart lett declined to talk to them. The men now declare they will not go back to work at all, except Knights of Labor and in body.
 Governor Oglesby made a speech to a mass meeting of citizens, mostly Knights of Labor, in East St. Louis this afternoon. He assur- ed the men of his sympathy in upholding their organizationand of his belief that labor organization was good, but strongly announced his intention to bring the whole power of the State to bear if necessary to l suppress violence or transgression of law. | There is to be an attempt to run trains to- | morrow, when the question may be further l complicated or settled according to the out l come of the attempt. A committee of the | Merchants Exchange called upon the Gov l ernor this afternoon and urged the gravity l of the situation warranting the calling out 1 of strong military force to protect the va l rious interests involved. The Governor 1 refused to do that until every expedi- | ent known to the law had been exhausted by l the sheriff The strike at East St. Louis is having a much worse effect on this city than | can be imagined. The entire coal supply l comes through the railway yards there and 1 the consequence is that many manufactures | are closed and even hotels and lesser consum- | CTS are feeling the effect of the stoppage.
 DALLAS, Texas, April 1.-The following was received yesterday:
 ST LOUIS, March 31. Receiver Sheldon, Texas Pacific Railway:
 Will you set all the strikers at work in their former places and arbitrate past griev- ances on the Gould -Hoxie- Powderly basisa
 TSigned1 MARTIN IRONS.
 This was answered by Receiver Sheldon at Big Springs as follows To Martin Irons, St. Louis:
 We cannot set all the strikers to work, as we have employed large numbers of men in their places, who came to cur assistance at a them to give places to those who careless1y put us in a condition of great need would be the height of ingrati tude and injustice. The discharge of Hall is the only grievance made known to the re- eeiver and the only information possessed by them as to what the claims are. The facts in his case have been denied by the newspapers since the strike commenced. One of his friends has informed me that he has concluded to appeal to the court for redress. It is the proper arbiter in such cases and will do exact and speedy justice toward all. It is the mode of arbitration provided by the law and the practice of appealing thereto is not without precedent.
 L. A. SHELDON.
 PALESTINE, Texas, April INF. Marshall (white) and H. Derry (colered), who were inn prisoned for contempt in violating the Mis- souri Pacific injunction, were released o-day by order of Judge Williams. The revised statutes limit punishment for contempt to three days imprisonment and fine of $1OO
 At p. m. to-day the shop whistle blew for the men to resume work, but no strikers went back. About twenty-five hands are now working in the shops.
 The Cloakmakers' Strike Ended.
 NEW YORK, April 1.-The cloakmakers' strike ended to day and about three thou sand operatives returned to work. They were successful in most of their demands.
 The Morocco Workers, Lockout.
 WILMINGTON, Del, April 1.-There is no change in the deadlock. Charles Mullen's factory is still the only one open. He is having new skins put in soak and is endeav- bring to keep running. His men do not go out because of Mullen's agreement to submit to arbitration. This is not yet ended. The other manufacturers are standing firm. No trouble has been reported, but several manu- lecturers have asked for police protection if needed A prominent Knight of Labor says the strikers will not interfere with any who are not Knights who wish to go to work. Last night the Knights said there was not scab in the city.
 An Increase for Iron Workers. READING, Pa, April 1.-The Reading iron works ill response to petition presented by the men advanced the wages Of the employees l fifteen per cent, except the puddlers, who will receive $3 50 instead of $3. The em- ployes number some two thousand men in | their industrial establishments rolling, pipe l and sheet mills, foundry, blacksmith shops | and boiler works.
 A strike of Quarrymen. MILFORD, Mass, April 1.-Three hundred employees of Norcross' stone quarries struck this morning owing to the non-acceptance of