St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-21
A SETTLEMENT IN SIGHT.
The Governors of Kansas and Missouri
Confer With Hoxie,
And Pointers Indicate That Troubles
VIII Soon End.
Indignant knights at Fort Worth
Pass Resolutions.
Conference With the Governors.

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Special to the Globe.
ST. LOUIS. Mo-, March 20.-Gov. John
A. Martin of Kansas, Gov. John S. Mar
maduke and Labor Commissioner Oscar
KochtitSky of Missouri arrived at the union
depot this morning from Kansas City. The
party took carriage and were driven to a
hotel, and were assigned TO rooms on the
parlor floor. Said Gov. Maunaduke an
hour afterward 10 reporter:
Newspaper reports Of our meeting with Mr..
Powderly in Kansas City are substantially
correct and there Is but little 10 add TO them.
We are here 10 settle the strike If possible,
and sincerely hope that we shall accomplish
our purposes. Gov. Martin of Kansas and
myself have been in correspondence uDon
the subject of the trade and commercial rea-
tions of the states Of Missouri and Kansas for
several weeks past, and our engagement TO
meet at Kansas City and discuss matters OF
business nature was made long before the
strike occurred, and consequently before we
had any information of Mr.. Powderly's pres
ence there. Our meeting with Mr.. Powderly
and employees of the Missouri Pacific road
was entirely unlocked for on our part. We
did not seek il, nor did we offer TO
Interfere with the strike In any way.
Our concern was for th3 protection and
advancement of the commerce OF our re-
spective states. Trade has been paralyzed
to do all that is in our power 10 restore IL 10
its normal condition.
GOV. MARTIN
said he hoped the strike would be ended
soon, and he would use his utmost en-
deavOrs TO bring it about. The governor
continued:
The Missouri Pacific road controls and
operates nearly one-fourth of the railroad
property in the state of Kansas, and nat trails
lrrrl lasaTrr~ nd
ployes is doing great injury TO the citizens OF
the state. / think that il is generally recCg
nlZed by most of our citizens that the strike
was ill-advised, and consequently a great
deal of sympathy which has here
tofore been with the employes
is against them this time. The
action Of the men was a trihe hasty. They
should have tried other means before resort
ing to a strike. OF course the trouble upon
the Missouri Pacific road will have 10 be con-
sidered independent of the difficulty on the
Texas Pacific road and treated as a separate
matter entirely. will be able TO say more
about the matter. however, after our confer
euce with Mr.. HoXie.
At IL O'clock the party proceeded to Mr..
HoXie's office. In the meeting which fol-
lowed the participants were Cows. Marina
duke and Martin, Vice President II. NJ.
Hoxie, Labor Commissioner KOchtitSky,
James Blair, vice president of the st. Louis
police board, Judge Thomas j. Ports and
Judge Howe, attorneys for the Gould sys-
TEN. The conference, which was held with
closed doors, lasted until nearly o'clock
this afternoon. After the meeting broke
! up Gov. Marmaduke said:
NO CONCLUSION.
We have arrived at no definite conclusion
| vet, but hope TO do 20 later in the day. Gov.
| Martin and myself Will draw up an agreement
after dinner. which will be submitted to Mr..
| Hoxie for his signature. This morning we
| discussed the agreement of last year between
the road and its employees. / think
that the order we shall submit
will be practically Of the same effect. OF
! course 1 can't say whether or DOT il VIII be
satisfactory 10 Mr.. Hoxie. II may be late
! before we conclude our labors. There is 9
large amount of evidence TO examine and 90
through with before we can act fairly and
| intelligeutly, but am hopeful that the mat
/ ter will come out all right.
Labor Commissioner Kochtitsky said the
morning conference was spent in going ovel
papers relating TO the strike from the time
of its inception. Mr.. HoXie he said hI
would do what was fair. The commits
sioner thought the matter might be settled
upon the basis of the agreement of last
spring.
The railroad officials" said he, ''make th'
| claim that the agreement has never beer
| broken. am OF the same opinion, and
have informed the employees that such wa
my view of the case. If the agreement wa
broken il was the duty Of the employees TO i'm
mediately inform the governor OF the fact an'
have IL carried OUT
THE EVENING CONFERENCE.
ST. LOUIS. March 20.-Govs. Marmadukl
and Martin and Vice President Hoxie
fanked by Judges Ports and Hough of tn
law department of the railroad, continue,
their conference this afternoon and did no
adjourn until late this evening. None O
the proceedings have yet transpired. AM
nothing will be given TO the public until tn
conference comes to an end, but il is under
stood that the governors this afternoon sub
mitted the basis of settlement which wa
outlined in dispatches from Kansa
City last night. This was freely dis
cussed, and while no decision was reached
there seems to be reasonable hop
that with some notifications it may be &C
cepted by the railway company. Anothe
meeting will be held tomorrow afternoon
when it is thought some definite action vii
be taken. 1t is understood tonight tha
the Wabash switchmen have been granite
an advance in wages, but not as much a
they demanded. 1t is not known We
whether they will accept the advance. I
circular issued by the executiv
board Of the knights of Labor has beel
posted up in various places here and sen
abroad, requesting mechanics and laborer
to keep away from all points on the Mis-
souri, Pacific system until existing Difficult
ties are settled. The local situation on tn
Missouri Pacific and Iron Mountain road
| ranaained unnhan9ad Sa'ha.han trains ral