Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-04-16
EASTERN NEWS.
VoInminOuS POWiGrly- Gould Core
SDOndGnCG Made Public.
THE FORMER MAKES AN AP-
PEAL FOR ARBITRATION.
"war Between Legitimate Capital. En-
terpriss and Honest Labor"
A TERRIBLE CYCLONE m The
NORTHWEST.
Wholesale Death and Destruc-
ton Reported.
MORE "TIE-UPS" IN EASTERN
CITIES.
"war Between Legitimate Capital, En-
terpriss and Honest Labor"
TERRIBLE CYCLONE IN THE
NORTHWEST.
Wholesale Death and Destruc-
ton Reported.
MORE "TIE-UPS" IN EASTERN
CITIES.
ESPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL

I%nteresting PowderIy.6ouid Cor.
respOndence.
New YORK, April ia voluminous
correspondence between Gould and Pow
DERBY has just been made public. con-
sisting Of one letter from Powderly.
dated at Scranton, Pa, on April IL, and a
reply from Gould of the same date. Fol-
lowing Ia the substance of the Powderly
letter:
Jay Gould, Esq, President Of the Mis-.
souri-Pacifc Rsilrosd-Dear Sir: The
events Of the past 48 hours must have de-
monstrated to you the absolute necessity
of bringing this terrible struggle in the
Southwest to q speedy termination. You
have the power, authority N means to
bring the strike to an end. / have done
everything in my power TO end the strike.
The gentlemen associated with me have
done the same. Everything consistent
with honor and manhood has been done in
the interest of peace. No faults or notions
of pride or dignity have swayed Us with
our dealing With you.
Powderly then refers to the celebrated
conference with Gould on Sunday. March
%, and reviews the already published fea-
Dc u INV "AsA LIS
derly's) construction upon Gould's lam
gusge and the telegram sent by him to
Hoxie to his own order, directing the
strikers to return to work, and the mis-
understanding and complications which
ensued. In this construction Powderly
declares that Gould's advertisements that
the letter sent Powderly on the day OF the
conference, inclosing the dispatch TO
Hoxie, had been prepared several days and
was not correct, inasmuch a. Gould had
changed IL in one particular. The matter
had been talked over. Powderly rsvie We
the other features of that conference and
also the one Of March 80, and then says:
81 did not hear either you or Mr.. Hop
kins say that the present troubles along
your road would not be al bitrsted With the
men who were not at work. It WAS my
firm belief when / left you that night that
you meant to have the entire affair sub
mitted to arbitration ct the first possible
moment. That belief is shared in by Nc
Dowell. who was present during the entire
interview. When you sem the telegram
to Hoxis You sent it % President OF the
Missouri Pacific Railroad Company. You
sent il as the chief sends q message to an
inferior officer, and it meant as much to q
sensible man as the most imperative order
could possibly mean. When / as a chic
officer OF the Knights Of Labor send 8
message such as hat it is understood to be
my wishes, and those wishes are respected
by the subordinate officer to whom they
are sent. II 10 not his place to put Q diff
ferent construction on them and give then
his own Interpretation. His duty is e
obey the spirit OF the Instructions. Tht
man in power need not be an autocrat il
order TO have his wishes respected. Tha
was the idea I entertained when I left you
house that night"
After devoting some space TO defining
the relation of the District Assembly Il
the General Assembly. etc., Powderl,
says: When on Monday, March 20, yor
sent me q letter marked Personal" yot
at the same time told newspaper CORE
spondents that you had done 30. Wha
your motive was in marking your lettel
personal. and at the same time informing
representatives of the press that you hsC
done 10, I do not know, nor do / question
your motive. I think 1t to be my duty Il
! let the public see the letter, which con
tanned nothing OF 9 personal nature what
ever. There are people who might be un
charitable enough TO say your intention
was to give the impression that there wa
something between you and me which
: would not bear the light of scrutiny. !
have nothing TO conceal. You can settl'
this strike. It's longer continuance rest
, with you. and you alone. Every act o
) violence. every drop OF blood that may b,
shed from this time forth must be laid a
your door. The Knights of Labor wer,
} not founded to promote or shield wrong
I doing. and to-day the order Of the Knights
Of Labor stands between your property
and ruin. You have said that the order o
the Knights OF Labor was q conspiracy, {
secret menace etc. l am willing as tht
chief officer to lay everything connected
with our order bare to the world, If you
will on the other hand lay bare to the pub
!, lilo the means and measures whereby you
have piled up the wealth which you con,
: troll, and allow q tribunal Of public opin'
: ion to say which 10 conspiracy. Do you
accept the challenger You have instructed
your legal adviser TO proceed against every
man connected with the Knights OF Labor
for damages sustained since the strike be,
gan. Two weeks ago l said: DO not dc
) this To-day I say: Begin at onee.
J Lay claims for damages In every court
, within whose jurisdiction q knight exists.
/, Proceed ct once, and In every State where
you can recover damages do SO il the law
. will sustain you in it. Let the majesty oil
che law be indicated. 1t is just and right
ID should be 30. We are willing to force
you before the law, and we will fight you
with no other weapons. II you have ct all
times obeyed the law in your dealings and
. methods by which you have acquired an
immense fortune, then 1t is little that the
many offenses with which you are charged
should be refuted. You have remained
, silent under many damaging charges OF
injuriDg the State. We will be your
: avengers if you have been wronged. We
, will let II be known through the medium
OF the courts OF justice. and let me say
right here that no money will buy q YER
diet ct the hands Of these courts. This
certainly means war. but it is war between
legitimate capital. honesty. enterprise and
honest labor on the one hand. and illegiti.
mate On the other hand. There will be
no mobs In this supreme nous 10 aiIanos