The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-04-22

proceed at once. We shall not be swayed
from our course by anything he may
say or do. Just as soon as possible
we shall appoint committee of the order TO
investigate the Southwestern trouble from
root to branch, all along the line from st Louis
to the Mexican border. The result of this in
vestigation will be published to the world, and
! if the Knights of Labor who struck are at
fault they will not be screened We are anx-
ious, however TO have a Congressional COM
mittee inves ugate the strike first" Mr. Pow
derby further said that no would reply TO
Goulds letter.
A Coroners jury at st. Louis heard
tho testimony of Mayor Joyce and other Off
Gals of East St Louis, and decided 10 hold the
nine Deputy Sheriffs for the shooting of G. H.
Thompson on the Mississippi Bridge. The in
quest at East St Louis resulted Unfolding the
deputies for the slaughter at Cahokia Bridge
A large number of representative business
men of St Louis met in the court house and
set on foot q movement for arbitration Of the
strike between the citizens, the Knights of
Labor and the railroads. Another OF the per-
sons who were wounded at East st Louis by
the Deputy Sherffs has died, and three others
are believed to be beyond recovery.
General Master Workman Powderly
Of the Knights of Labor has addressed the
following circular to members of the order:
Noble Order OF the Knights OF Labor Of America
ITO the order, wherever found, greeting You
have all read OF the great strike on the Gould
lines of railway in the Southwest; its history is
being written day by day. 1t makes but little
Of hn IN
| west acted wisely or not Let us pass that part
Of the affair over, for it, too, has passed into
| history. The general Executive Board OF tho
order attempted TO settle the trouble and restore
| harmony. Agreements were made with them
| by JAY Gould. Esq, but when the board reached
st. Louis Mr.. Hoxie would not treat with them
not that alone, but he positively refused to en-
ploy Knights Of Labor, whether they had been
| active in the strike or not.
| 1T now becomes the part Of every man and
woman in the country to take up the fight of the
men of the Southwest, and assist them TO the full
extent of their means. They have been idle for
| nearly two months. They have had most try
ing ordeal to 90 through, and in need of
funds. IL requires no eloquence or rhetoric to
| plead the cause of these suffering people. They
| require aid, and 10 becomes our duty TO extend
| that aid quickly as possible for us to do so.
| Send every dollar you can spare 10 the general
| Secretary Treasurer. who viii at once forward
| il 10 the men at st. Louis for distribution. Re-
| member the men out there do not ask for chart
ty; they do not ask ut all. It is your Executive
| Board that makes the appeal in their behalf.
|
| once
Another appeal may be sent to you and we
| ask IF YOU TO prepare for il now. We must be
| judged by our actions in this matter. DO not
| pass resolutions condemning capital, for wo are
| not fighting capital DO not antagonize the con-
| test we have before us Let US make a friend of
| every man who has suffered through monopoly.
| This battle against the man who represents
monopoly must be fought out manfully Watch
| his actions everywhere Keep an eye on the
| doings of Congress. Urge tho committee that
has been appointed to do its duty fearlessly;
strengthen their hands give them every aid
| I'm conclusion, let us again ask that you send
| ut once every dollar you can at present raise TO
| uphold the men who out along the
lines of the Southwestern system OF Gould's
| railways. Do not delay, and at the same time,
make ready to bring the whole power OF the order
| TO bear upon the man who wrecks railroads.
| homes fortunes, and lives in his greed for gold
| Let us determine to have it go into history that
| the men of 1886 struck as grandly for lib
| erty rs the men of 1915. The men Of l776 broke
| the power Of monarchy and dethroned the king
| The power which they wrested from the hands
| of q king was not so great as that which is now
held by one man, who, through the corrupt use
| Of money, has brought manufacturer and work.
| man to ruin. The power of the king has passed
away, and il must now be determined whether
man shall rule or whether tllsgitimate wealth
| shall rule. Il. V. PowDERLY,
General Master Workman"
Colonel T. III. Ruger has been or
dered to relieve General Miles of the command
of the Department of the Missouri.
j. w. Walters, Company +, Eighth
Regiment Illinois National Guard, while pa
trolling the Vandalia yards at East St Louis,
was fred upon by an unknown man, who i'm
mediately afterward ran. Walters fired after
him, but he escaped A second shot raiset
another man, who also escaped Orders wers
Immediately issued TO patrol all the yards in
the hope of capturing the men, but the search
proved futile
In the Criminal Court at st. Louis,
Judge Noonan discharged j. J. McGarry and
other Missouri Pacific strikers who had been
charged with obstructing traffic, basng his de-
cision on the ground that a coupling-pin is not
part of railroad.
Vice President Hoxie, of the Missouri
Pacific Railroad, sent written reply TO the re-
quest of the st. Louis Citizens Committee that
he appoint three Southwestern directors to
arbitrate on the strike. He says there is no
trouble on the roads; that traffic has been re
sumed and that there is nothing 10 arbitrate
threatened strike of iron-molders at
Quincy, Ill, has been averted by the
manufacturers conceding an advance of 10 per
cent The convention of local iron-workers,
which closed a session at Philadelphia last
week, decided before adjourning to give 81, 00O
to support strikers on the Gould system of
railroads. A resolution indorsing Powderly's
course was adopted A strike was inaugurated
on the Third Avenue Street-railroad Line in
New York. The managers of the road refused
to discharge non-union men at the request of
the Empire Protective Association.
There were 159 failures in the United
States reported to Bradstrcet's during the week.
against l41 in the preceding week, and 196, 1885,
l60 and III in the corresponding weeks of
1885, 1884, 1885, and 1882, respectively. About
% per cent were those of small traders whose
capital was less than $1,000
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