The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-03-31
Conference Between them and
the Railway Officials.
ARBITRATION TO BE THE MODE.
Arrangements for Moving the Block
ade of Freight Expected to be
Reached To-day.
The Strike.

conference with Jay Gould and George
Gould and Vice President Hopkins, at
the Office of the Missouri Pacific Com
pany.
The question as to the general prin-
ciple oil arbitration, is Being thyoughly
discussed at the conference between
Gould and the committee of the Knights
of Labor to-day. The session began at
IL and still continues. Hoxie III St.
Louis is connected with the committee
by direct wire, and is taking an ac-
tive part in this conference. A gentle
man who has been in the committee
room all the morning, states that the
outlook for an agreement, as TO the
manner and conditions of settlement
by arbitration. is very favorable.
246 p. m.-The conference still con-
tinues and the discussion is covering a
very wide field. Congressman O'Neil's
bill has received considerable attention
and General Swain has been before the
bo9y giving his views as to us merits
owing to the great number of matters
being discussed it is not likely that the
| gentlemen in the conference will be able
TO finish their labors to day, but up to
this time considerable progress toward
an agreement has been made, and it is
now thought that g decision as to
whether or not the differences can be
settled by arbitration will be arrived at
to-day, but the details will have to be
arranged tomorrow.
The conference has just now adjourned
to meet again tomorrow morning. 1t is
stated that considerable progress has
been made in the negotiations for a set
! Element by arbitration, but the whole
matter is in such crude state at pres
81 hot 1nfo iIc - 10 10
LABOR can be made public. In an inter
view Just held with a gentleman present
at to-day's conference it was learned
that committee of the Knights sub
mitted proposition for ratification,
which had been referred TO Hoxie at st.
Louis, as Gould declined TO act without
he advice of Hoxie. The meeting ad-
journed to await its arrival.
Should Hoxie reply this even
lng his views will at once be
sent to Powderly and his associates and
should they SO desire they are at liberty
to make the matter public. Gould and
HoXie both expressed themselves as
willing to receive any of their employees
and to hear their grievances. Their
employees must, however, in each case
belong to the class making the COM
plant. For instance, should engineers
desire to arbitrate any matter the COM
| plant must be presented to the company
and all negotiations carried on with the
engineers complaining. No questions
will be asked as to whether they are
Knights or not, but they must be EN-
ployees of the company and no COM
mittee will be received which contains
any but employees.
ST.. LOUIS, March 30.-The Missouri
Pacific is preparing to move freight
trains as usual to-day and there is
greater air of activity about its large
| freight depot than at any previous Time
during the strike. No trains had left
East st. Louis up to 10 am. The situa-
ton there is considered somewhat
threatening though no outbreak has
occurred.
The Adjutant.G General of Illinois has
directed the fifth regiment State troops
to hold itself in readiness for
service This is in obedience to
call for troops at East st. Louis.
Three hundred and fifty men en-
ployed by the st. Louis Transfer Com
paay reported for duty at the regular
hour this morning, and when about to
begin their duties, were told by the
superintendent of the company that it
had been decided to- furnish them pro
lection in performing their duties by
detailing a squad of deputy United
States marshals to accompany them
during the day and guard them from
molestation from the strikers. This was
what the men were waiting for and they
Immediately struck, declaring they
wanted no protection. No freight
can be now brought II across the
river to this city for the ferry only
means a transfer, and this new strike
renders that useless, for no trains can
be procuredsto do the necessary hauling
from the railroad to the river landing.
Three freight trains started out this
morning from the Missouri Pacific
yards, guarded by strong lorce of DO
| lice. There were no crowds of any
size congregated in the yards at the
| time and no trains were molested at
any point along the route. 1t is stated |
that the company could now run their |
regular number of trains could the nee
essary number OF men be procured to
1870 p. NAT East st. Louis no Sc
rlous disturbance has as yet occurred |
although several attempts to start out |
freight trains have been resisted
by the strikers. An illinois,
q st. Louis Railway engineer was an /
preached by number of strikers, who |
requested the engineer to desert his |
post. This he refused to do. and tn.
men killed the engine and took il |
back to the round house. On the Van.
dalia tracks an attempt was made tn |
make up freight trairfs, but the engino
eer complied with the request of the
strikers and the train was Abandoned |
No opposition, however, was offered tn
the efforts of the Wabash to resume
freight traffic, and it succeeded in send
ing out a freight train.
The Iron Mountain road has sent
out four freight trains without molesta'
ton to-day. Warrants have been ia
sued for the arrest of William McCon-
nell and William Conroy, striking Mis-.
souri, Pacific employees, charged with
obstructing the passage of a Missouri
Pacific train on March 23d. S'D--i
Judge Advocate McGary, of the
Knights of Labor, arrested yesterday on
the charge of trespassing on the COM
pany's property, was brought before the
court this morning and allowed to give
bail, pending the preliminary examina
ton. roaff- shnefs ..-7feaVT - I
The Sheriff of st. Clair County has
telegraphed Governor Oglesby that / Ron