Morning journal and courier., 1886-03-30
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. CHAOS AT ST. LOUIS. The Order To Resume
 Work Recalled. IA HITCH IN THE CONFERENCE. Gould And Powderly
 Fail To Agree. TROOPS AT EAST ST. LOUIS. No Trains Vet Allowed To
 Run.
No Trains Yet Allowed To
 Run.
THE STRIKE NOT YET ENDED.

THE STRIKE NOT YET ENDED. | A nderstand1ng Between Gould | and POwderly Causes the Order to Resume Work to Re Rescinded- Hopes That Settlement May Be Reached To-Day and the Men Re Or- | dered Back to Their Posts. NEW YORK, March 29.-Just before 3 ! o'clock this afternoon the following letter was delivered to MT. Powderly at his room in the Astor House, where he has been lying sick all day unable to get out:
 MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY, Ty PeewdeTIy Esq NsN s,. York Gould has to TegosoR for aoxie Order T the men to fesne work at suen' onee (Signed) T. V. PowDERLY, G. M w." I They also published an interview with you which St Louis may misconstrl1e your message into con sent the part of this company to conform to the retary dated Philadelphia Q March a. 1sss which in my letter to you of the same date declined to ence of Sunday said to you that the position of hat the whole matter left ii in te the han the first vice president and general manager with the which was written before my interview with you ana read to you at the time This telegram stat
 We see objection to arbitrate any differences between the employees and the company past or fu-
 While feel confident that your understanding of this matter is the same as my own, write you in order that there may be grounds for misundeF- standings hereafter.
 Very Respectfully Yours,
 President Missouri Pacific Railway Co.
 MT. Powderly dictated the following in re- ply and it was conveyed to MT. Gould.
 Do understand you from your. personal letter and must so telegraph Martin Irons?"
 MT. Gould being absent from his office when this arrived it was considered and re- sponded to by Second Vice President Hop kinsw replied:
 You may say distinctly to him (Mr. Powderlyl no we do not. He is not to understand that let ter but he is simply referred to MT. Gould's writ ten communication to him which he (Mr. Gould is prepared to carry out in every particular"
 This having been reported to Mr. Powder ly he sent the following letter to Mir. Gould's house about 7:3O this evening by special messenger:
 Mir onfa AsT9s MogsE EEw YeRs Maseh ss
 Dear Sr-I regret exceedingly that my sickness to-day has prevented me from keeping the engage for o'clock this afternoon. Our proposition that the men should return to work at once the have should be submitted to arbitration was made in perfect good faith and when after the receipt by ence of Sunday you made the telegraphie % order to General Manager Hoxie contained in your letter
 
 we see no objection to arbltrating the differ ences between the employees and the company past. We accepted your approval of the general princi- Psds G at onee sse m oe reE good for fas tb men to return to work We are not particular in the arbitrators who are appointed by your company shall be named by General Manager Hoxie or your five or seven. In they consist of three my as sociates have named me; of sickness prevents one Mcdowell would be associated with me. In case of inc no greater misfortune for your company than that the impression should go forth not only to the members of our organization, but to the commu- nity at large whose interests are suffering as the result of the present condition of affairs that technicality. The gentleman who waited upon you informs me that in case I was unable to meet with you this afternoon at o'clock that was to that able time se tfs2 kssP the tbs tervew with you published in the papers this even ing the following telegram: sent to each of the following gentlemen, viz: Messrs DaIy Irons and Honey,at Sedalia, St. Louis and Ft Worth; .
 Complications have arisen since morning as to the method of arbitration. Another conference will be held tomorrow.
 T. V. PowDERLY, G. NJ. W.
 An enquirer at MT. Gould's office to-day was given the following terse version of the meaning of MT. Gould's communications W4tA MI. 1oWoeiAy MI. 1oiIo olsIilctAS and positively refused to settle the strike by arbitration by the plan proposed in the letter of the secretary of the Knights of La bor.n
 Immediately before forwarding his com munication to MT. Powderly to-day MT. Gould gave out a statement embodying the same points contained in that communication: He asserts that the telegram to MT. Hoxie was pre- pared before the conference with MT. Powderly. It represented the stand which the company had always taken-that it was ready to arbitrate differences. There was nothing to indicate that he assented to the proposition to appoint arbitrators with MT. Powderly. The whole matter rests with MT. Hoxie. If he can arrange basis for arbi- tration which will include both sides of the question I will make no objection.
 MT. Powderly said this evening: ''I conf dently expect that the difficulties will be settled by arbitration" He was too i'll to say much more. Up to 8 late hour he had received no reply to his last letter to MT. Gould.
 Complete Chaos at St. Louis,
 ST LOUIS, March 29.-The strike situation is one of complete chaos tonight. The men in authority here seem 10th to follow up their address to the men by positive order to return to work. This can only be attrib- uted to their dissatisfaction with the fact that the action of Powderly is contrary to their ideas. The rank and file, however, are becomino imDatient as many men are now