The Labor enquirer., 1886-04-03
The Great strike.

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graphed to the outside asse nblies, the
purport of which is that the men on the
| Missouri Pacific system are ordered to
return to work at 10 o'clock tomorrow
morning. The committee is now consult
ing with delegation from East st. Louis
in regard to ordering the strike of at
that point.
Following is text of the order issued.
It is addressed to the local assemblies OF
district 1O1 !:
"You are ordered ny the general ex-
executive board to 20 to work. Honor
demands that you see that those who
came out to support the strike 60 to work
first. We will telegraph you the hour
and day. ~ MARTIN IRONS"
The Missouri Pacific this m orning sent
out three trains from their yards, the
1 regular number. II is now conceded
that the road is practically open. The
Iron Mountain road is also practically
open, and 1t also succeeded IN sendlng
out three trains. ..a
A special from Houston, Texas, says
The facilities of the Missouri Pacific are
tested to the utm ost in moving accumu-
lated freight. The strike seems to be
over.
2:55 D. m.-The men in the Wabash
yards in North St. Louis returned to
work at 2:15.this afternoon. All were
received.
PARSONS, March 31.-The Knights OF
Labor have declare ed the strike of, taken
their men off guard and will 60 to work
in t., g morning. Freight trains will run
at once.
ST.. LOUIS, April lit is not by an Y
means certain that either the Knight
of Labor on the Gould Southwestern sys.
tenn or those in Eas, st. Louis will re-
turn to work to-day, in obedience to any
order issued by the officers of their as
semblies. Chairman Irons has obey ed
the instructions of the general executive
board by an order to the 5000 Knights
of his district assembly to resume work,
but neutralized it with the appended
notice that the time at which they
should apply for their positions would
be telegraphed to them later. At late
hour last night he said he had not sent
any telegram announcing any hour for
the resumption of work, and refused to
explain why.
The difficulty in sending back to work
the East St. Louis knights comes from
the local assemblies and not from the
executive committees, which intended
to have ordered them to resume yester'
day, but met with protest from the
Knights themselves, based on individual
grievances, which they demand shall be
adjusted before they. seek re employ.
ment.
Their executive committee, however,
have issued orders so worded as to
throw the responsibility of their action
to-day upon their own lodges, so unless
the three committees take decided &C
ton to-day and issue precise orders for
the resumption of work, the general ex-
ecutiye committee, when it reaches here
tomorrow, will find that It's order has
not had the effect Intended.
ST.. LOUIS, April l. 2:3O p. m.-The fol
lowing has just been issued:
ITO the Public: AS showing the sin
cerity of the railroad managers in their
treatment of the Knights Of Labor, we
respectfully state that pursuant to tn e
order of our general executive board, we
this day sent a committee to the mana
gers of the several railroads offering to
return the men to work, and in no in
stance would they be received or treated
with, each official in turn either refusing
them hearing or eyading them with
specious subterfuges for direct answers,
or refusing them employment.
"Hoxie has agreed to receive COM
mittee of employees to adjust any griev-
ances that may exist. He refuses per-
sonally aud through his subordinates to
recognize any of us as employees, and re-
fuses to receive any but such as he calls
employees in short, after himself and
Gould have conveyed the impression to
the world that they are willing to settle,
they refuse to settle.
"Now, we appeal to candid and suf-
fering public, on whom is falling all the
weight of this great conflict, if we have
not been deceived enoughP How much
| is long-suffering labor to bear2
This great strike never would have
been had Hoxie condescended months
ago to hear our complaints. We do not
claim to be more than human; it should
not be expected of us to be more than
human.
SIN this country position makes no
man king or slave, and imperious refusal
on the part of citizens to confer with
other citizens with whom they may have
business connections, when such refusal
begets great business aud social revolu-
ton, is not only mistake but a crime
against the public.
Gould is invoking the law against
little criminals who are made desperate
by his policy of duplicity and oppression
and vet the terrorized public does not
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