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MA oouLD's nErLY,

Nvu yoRK, March 27.-The following ID
tav Gonld,s reply 10 the letter sent to-day
by Secretary Of tho Executive Committee
oi the Knights Of Labor:
6Frsderick Turner, EsQs SttrtIdrN Ge.i
Philadelphia, Pa!
UDnAa stR!.-1 have your note of this
dste nrobosins an interview between your
ESscntiye Committee and the officers oi
ihiS company for the purpose Of submit
tinV 10 atbitiAtion BY . COMMITTEES o. seven
what YOU term the southwestern dithcnl.
tIes,i You are doubtless aware that In the
negotiations which took place here last
InStiSt between Mr.. I. v, Powderlyi
aSsSd Master Workman, and associates
Snd ihe officers Of this company Il was
sefeed that in future no strikes would be
osjsYed on tho Missouri Pacific road until
Sitsr conference with the officers Of the
cnn,nany, and an opportunity To adjust
snv aiieaed grievances. In view ol this
sSt aileniion 10 called 10 the following
ccsIyTeeponienCe between Mi. A. !. Hop
yinS Vipe President, acting iot this com.
nany % IA my absence, and Mh Powdetly
d'NEw Yonk, March Q, 1880.
UT. " Po,vdtriy, ScrdalOn, Pd,i
WiMS Ho4ie telegtaphs that knights o.
Labor on our road haye sltuGs, tV,. ana re re-
fused 10 ALLOW any itelent Mlns 70 Lul .l
over OUT road, saylng they have no gIlev
Shee, Int Sfe only stflkl1R becaule order
sd 10 do 20, II there 10 any grievances, ".
would like 10 talk II over Win yon' M
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FROM THE CAPITAL.
EovRFH,oLAss PosEMAsTERs
Aftsr RSliSI-Ths Morrison nTallRBill-Ran
DAN Still Has the BulgS on the Free.
Tradsrs-Ths Easet of the Passage
of the Edmunds Resolutions.

ktifeial DtipdleA 10 nc hlCltlqeaea.
WASHINGTON, d, O., March 2s.-Ex'
Attorney General Watts and Postmaster
Ali, Williams, Of Parkersburg, are in the
city, Postmaster Thomas Brady, Of Buck,
hannon, is here, He is the West Virginia
member of the committee appointed by
the National Convention OF Third and
Fourth Class Postmasters, held OF Chicago,
to ask relief from Congress, These over
worked and poorly paid public officials
have a bill before Congress which, II
passed, will allow them office rent, clerk
hire and other needed perQuisites, Mr.,
Brady accompanies the National Commit
tee and ia doing good work for the bill.
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Coke Trade,

CoSNELsvILLE, Pa, March 27,-Ths
Heystsae Courier says; The coke trade
continues in good shape. All the ovens
mentioned last week as running are still
burning. The scarcity Of cars continues.
The output remains liberal and the pros.
pects for better orders is good. The ship.
ments east are nearly as heavy, and the
outlook for still heavier orders are good,
The trouble In theeastern coal region, II
Ia thought, will further increase The de.
mand. Labor Is not overplenty and cal
load Of negroes from Richmond, Virginia,
arrived In the region via Greensbury yes.
terday. They were distributed among
the works along the Southwest branch In
the Vicinity Of Tarrs and stonesville. The
men fear that they are brought here to
take the places Of the active strikers, bui
the operators deny .this most emphatic,
ally. They say there has been no black.
listing on account OF the strike, and
that men will be discharged for cause
only.
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RRsIRGING a RANCa.
Mexican HsrdSFl Attack Band Of CowbO,
In New Mexico.

Mexican HerdoFS Attack Band Of Cowboy
In New Mexico,
ALBuR9URRQuR, N. NJ, March 97.-Yes
terday afternoon a cowboy named Green
dyke, in the employ OF O. H, Fitzpatrick
who owns a large cattle ranch about
twenty miles from this city, came riding
post haste intot own with the news that 4
band of Mexican herders had attacked
FitSpRtrick's cowboys killing one named
Ira Meakines, spddFiving the rest into the
house, where they were besieged,
The only weapon the cowboys had was
Winchester rifle, and this was in the
hands Of MeSkinea when he was killed,
and the Mextcans captured 1t. The men
in the house were able to keep the at.
taCking party out by barricades for time,
bht Greendyke said they would be mas
sacred II not soon relieved.
He had escaped himself by crawling on
his stomach along an arroyo and through
the underbrush until clear Of the attack
ing party, and then riding for his life,
Sheriff Santana BaCo, OF BernRlillo Goun-
ty, has telegraphed the sheriff Of Valencia
county, and Mr., Fitzpatrick, who lives
here, has organized q force OF men who
will at once proceed to the rescue Of the
imprisoned cowboys,
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
A Conferences with poWderiy- EioTyths:St
Left to Vice President HOxie.

A Conferences with poWderiy- EiSTy,h::ss
Left to Vice President HOxte.
NKw YoRk, March 1.-THE following
Is the full text Of tue letter sent to-day TO
Mr.. Jay Gould by the General Executive
Board Of the knights Of Labor:'
''The General Executive Board Of the
Knights Of Labor will be pleased to have
an interview with YOU at your convent
ence. To-day, for the purpose Of submit
tinS tho Southwestern difficulty to q COM
mittee Of seven for arbitration, three 10
be appointed by yourself and three by the
Genera Executive Board, the six TO select
thc seventh their declaion on the matter
~ tn' i,e final. should the proposition be
Ssccsnted, AZ we will at once Issue an order
ioT thy men to return to work.
'V4 " FRsDRMuK TURNER, Secretary"
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SovE Of Mr. Edmlnds friends have
bseu busy circulating fairy tales about his
attitude in the recent presidential cam
p,lSn. They represent him as saying that
he would make speeches for the ticket Il
tbe National Committee insisted on 1t,
and that nothing more was heard from
the committee.
The New York Tribune has consulted
.hs records oil the National Republican
Committee, and finds that frequent efforts
ware made to induce Mr.. Edmunds to
rncork bis voiCe-all in vain. June 10,
lSs, Chairman Jones asked Mr.. Edmunds
II address meeting in Brooklyn, and
thi,answer was received:
BURLINGTON, July "a, 1884.
DgIR sIg-Priyate-
have yours OF the 10th inst. requesting
mN 10 attend political meeting and speak
~ nv trooklyn at the end OF this month. !
Ia1,et that my condition is such that 1t is
i%yra. ticSble for me to engage in any
InHoEa'cs, work. | 80 stated to the gentle;
nan p" n The Congressional and National
ISmulttee before left there.
Very truly yours,
GEORuK +. EDMUNDs.
BE. tones, Esq.. 242 FVth are, New York
subsequently otner. efforts were made
Nv personal solicitation, the last in the
week preceding the election, Mr.. Edmundl
then being in New York where he was
sted to speak. This time he replied that
10 vpeak" would emi,arress him and would
in any event be too late" II the Repub'
Iican committee made any miatake in thil
Eduunds matter it was IN pursuing him
with equests,. The millions who DID
what they could for the ticket did mol
have to be begged on bended knee before
they would go to work. 1t ought TO Dc
added that Mr.. Edmunds' Condition DUO
not prevent his going on with the practice
Of the law.
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sam Jones swoarS on.

CHICAGO, Ills, March 2S,-Rsy. Sam
Jones, preaching tonight before a great
crowd, ended his discourse with a state.
ment which created sensation among
his audience, the declaration that he
had quit the use. Of tobacco,
Said he: II ask your prayers
for me. have had atight that no one
knows anything about. ! give God the
glory and you the benefit, and II do good
in Chicago you may thank God that Chi.
Cago has done some good to the poor little
pale Southern preacher lapplausel.
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orook msct. Geronimo.

WrLoox, AM., March 27.-General
Crook, accompanied by his personal stat,
Lieutenant MauS' command and Apache
scouts, met Geronimo and all the Chirica.
huas to-day, twenty.lyemiles southeast OF
gan Rernardino Springs, sonoro, Mex.
General Crook would 6aYe no argument
with Geronimo, but told him he must de.
eide at once on unconditional surrender or
fight to the death. Geronimo begged for
the lives Of himself and the hostiles. Ills
band offer To surrender Internationally,
whether GERONIMO does or not.
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GALVESTON, March 2s.-The N,rt San
Antoniospecial Aprivate dispatchre-
ceived here to-day conveys the intelll-
genCe OF the assassination by Mexican
outlawg Of Lewis Fentner In Santa Clara
canon, Mex, while en- route from Jlmutiye
to silver mines in the State Of Durango.
The murdered man was once wealthy
and prominent citizen Of Ghicago. He
was lessee Of the AEul mines. This makes
the third American murdered in the
cahon this year,
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CHIEF AETHUR, OF the Brotherhood o.
locomotive Engineers, does not approve
olcsrrying the boycott to the third and
fourth generation, He says
Now we publish monthly magazine
With 10000 circulation. Last week the
Knights sent q committee to US to kill the
sJverisement OF a firm which they had
Soveotted, threw the letter in the waste
SSsket I'd and told them to mind their OWE
business.
The Knights may have had reason to re
fuse TO do business with the firm referred
"a. but Mr.. Arthur saw no reason why hil
organization should be drawn into the
complication.
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wsst ylrrlpla Approp,i.,,on,,

WAsHiNoToN, March 2S.-The River and
HarbOr bill will be reported to the House
tomorrow. The following are the appro.
priatons made for West Virginia rivers.
For the Big Sandy River in West Yir.
ginia, $4,000 for the Buckhannon River,
81 ,bO6; for the Great Kanawha, $4,000;
lor the Little Kanawha, Sg2, 800 for the
Mononpahela. Si2I,200.
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Suing for False Arrest and lImprluonms snt

sping for False Arrest and lImpriIOnmsnt
PITTspuRoH, Pa, March 9s.-Six EN-.
pIoyes Of the Baltimore 4 Ohio railroad
entered suit against the company yester.
day for damages aggregating $4,000, Two
other suits for $4,000 each will be com.
nenCed tomorrow. Their names are
G. ]. Churchill, William Zacharias, James
Kessy, J. Z. Shines, Edward Boyle, John
Norton, j. Weber and Samuel Maysville.
The two latter will file their claims to.
morrow. The claims are the result Of the
double.header strike which took place
last August at Glenwood. all the plain.
tlffS were arrested and imprisoned. The
bill Of charges was ignored by the grand
jury. The plaintiffs now sue Tor damages
for false arrest and imprisonment.
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No doubt 1t RggravSteB Mr.. Could and
Ab associates to be asked to confer with
men who are blockSding their businels
aud destroying their property. 1t Is a
plain proposition that the men have no
hight to do either OF these things. But
from the time that Mr.. Hoxie refused to
meet Mr. Powderly as q representative
Knight Of Labor the situation has been
growing worse. Itis not likely to be i'm
proved by Mr.. Gould's REFUSAL
Mr. Powderly has said that the strike
wms mistake. He has been 80 frank as
tolncur the diapleasure Of the irreconcila-
Ales engaged in the strike. This has not
Nveryed him from what he believes to be
hS duty. Neither was he ready to give
Up hls efforts to make peace after Mr.
HoIls gave him rebuff.
with such susn representing the
strikers, il they would permit him to rep
resent them, Mr.. Gould had a guarantee
OlSood faith on the side Of the Knighta
otLGbOr. He may prefer to have the dill.
s,al!y settled by the ,tedious process oi
litigation. 1t Is possible that he might
Gp had an earlier settlement through
The fundamentally .of 1.-The Knights oi
LABOR Such settlement would neceI-
nhly provide for the future a well aA
open the way for the present resumption
Oibutinoss, and tMr. Gould ought to be
glad to have anISSSursuce Of peace In the
future.
This, Of course, would be at the ccst Of
recognising The Knights Of Labor. II Mr..
Gould we're az wise sS he is rich he would
zee in such su organization wisely direct
dapOvOr capable OF peculiar usefuln.''
hospital in large enterprises. II may 9e
that Mr.. Gould must take Loore lessons In
adeat school. The pity Off Is that the
public interests muSt suffer N'hile Mr'
Gould Is getting instruction, and while
tue railroad strikers are experimenting
with new.tound power
The latest adviCes state that Mr.. Gould
las thought better Of q bad resolution. he
adMr, Powdetly have conferred, and an
agreement has been reached. II the
striking Knights recognize Mr.. Powderly' 3
auIhOtiiy the strike will be at an end.
The same agreement might easily have
been reached earlier II the Gould interest
haanOt been 90 stiff In the neck.
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Horses 0femAlsd.

KANSAS CRY, Mo, March 0s.-Nsi.
lNanVts'S livery stable, al the corner oi
Eighth ana Walnut stteets, was gutted BY
anM haltpAS. three this morning. Thlr;
VtlRhl horses Wefe burned OF sutlocateo
death and an employe named John
lVIImat peflAhed In the flames,
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PITTSBURGH man suggests the word
,,uegen, e1rth.produced, as about the
,i1bt name for natural gas. II Wheeling
c e,p vet plenty of it the Plttsburghen may
all il what they please.
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surprised that the State authorities had
taken no steps to have the outrage inyes.
tigated and the guilty parties brought to
Justice. He minated that the matter
had been talked about by the Attorney
General and himself.
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Ghs GntelIigeater.
oaosl M, 96 and y F0aFteentl street.

AI.GADY they have picked out a sue
cs,,or to Secretary Manning. There il
'otblng like being on time, though haste
nav be indecent.
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IL 1OWDkhLlI
Grand Master Workman

THE sTRIKERs ORDERED TO WORK.
The Executive Board has sent out the
following telegram:
To The KnighS Of labor nOw on a strike in III
SouthtueH:
President Jay Gould has consented tc
,ur proposition for arbitration and 90 tel.
spraphs Vice President Hoxie. Pursuant
% telesraphic instructions sent to the
Chairman Of the Executive Board, Dis
trict Assembly 1Ol, you are directed to re-
sumo work at once.
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THE HARMONY OF THR PARTY,

They want, II possible, to prepare bill
upon which the party may be united, and
are determined that a failure in this shall
not be through want Of effort on their
part, They say the party 10 in disagree.
ment on all questions Of pollCy-the party
resolved against extraVagant expenditures
and have been increasing rather than di.
minishing them; instead Of reducing they
have increased the surplus the policy Of
the administration on the debt question
is opposed to the declarations OF the party;
they are split on silver-and now II they
do not agree upon the tariff nothing is left
upon which to go before the country
MR.. RANDALL CONSULTED ALL THROUGH.
Tho committee has not called upon Mr..
Randall for the first time recently. These
conferences through individual members
have been going on for the past two
months, in the most friendly spirit posi-.
BILE. Mr.. Randall has been asked for sug-
gestions, and In the most friendly manner
has made some. In every case his sug.
gestions have been followed by the com.
mittee. Every item he has asked should
be stricken out Of the bill has been strick.
en- out by the committee, but they have
failed to get from him any final PROPOSE.
ton, by which they can come to an agree.
ment. He has not refused their over.
lures, but has remained non.committal,
Everything against which be has raised
an objection having been stricken out ol
the bill, the question was put to him by
Mr. Breckenridge Yesterday to know II be
had any further suggestions 10 make, and
Il having all his suggestions followed he
would still oppose any tariff legislation.
He did not answer the question, and made
no further suggestions, failing to indicate
in any way what course he would follow.
All this was done pleasantly, and both
parties consider the matter stil open.
"Mr. Randall's proposition Is understood
10 be that the time when he should have
been consumed was when the committee
was being formed. He said then that he
wanted one protective Democrat and one
conservative Democrat put upon the com.
mittee. II the bill comes upin the House in
the shape conforming with his suggestions,
he may vote for 1t, but he will not attempt
to speak for other protectionists in the
marty,
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rARlFp AeIrATIoN.

AOrTiSon's Dilemma = CoufeTOnGoS' with
RRndGll-HIS Proposition,
Special DiSpaich 10 Ne INtslltaEaeeT,
WASHINGTON, March 2S.-Mr, Randall
Is still carrying on negotiations with the
Ways and Means Committee, but there Ia
very little prospect Of them coming to any
agreement. The conferences, which have
been going on for q month past, have been
pushed with great earnestness by Mr..
Randall's party associates. Some Of them
have urged Mr.. Randall to declare his
position, but the Pennsylvanian is mex
orable,
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Grand AIaBter workman.

Congressman O'Nell arrived from Wash
Ington Just in time to get the news. He
,ent the following Congtatulstory telegram
70 the Missouri ReplGlican: Settlement
Effected. Gould consents to arbitrate;
Executive Committee OF the Knights ol
Labor ordered men To resume work. Con
Iratulate our people on the result.
JoHN ]. 0'NKiL.
ConRressman oNeil said that the Labor
Committee had prepared y bill which he
would present to the House tomorrow in
which he thought were provisions which
would prevent future trouble like this
lie said some 5000 Or 10000 people had
been directly n1tpLed by the stfiGe, and
that unnumbered tAousands were indi'
rectly affected. He expreSEed great pleas
ure that the end came 80 peacesbly, He
returns to Washington at midnight
Messrs. PoWderly and Mcdowell will meet
Mr.. Gould tomorrow morning at 9:3t
o'cloCk,
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THE AMOUNT OF GOODS SOLD

Since commenced this great Halpce Closing Out Sale has
been much greater than our working force has been able to get
out time We therefore compelled to keep them here
longer and will continue this great sacrifice sale until they have
caught up with the work
Such bargains in Carpets Curtains, Rugs and everything
usually kept in rscass Carpet Store the people of Wheeling
and vicinity have before and probably will never see
again.
We are now determined to close every yard Of Carpet
every yard Of Oil Cloth every pair of Curtains every Rug in
fact we do not intend to move one dollars worth Of this large
stock il selling them at halfpice will accomplish It.
Working people, mechanics and all persons who wish to
money and who are they that dont will do themselves
an injustice II they do not
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n1etnnad hr Ind 1lllllIn.

TE1ARxASA, ARK. March 2S.-Ths
freight blockade in this city was broken
this morning, and q freight train was sent
north with freight for 81. Louis Under q
EtFonR guard Of militia. Great excite.
iisnt prevailed, and 400 strikers we're as.
gainbled In the Missouri Pacific yafds,
ME militia overrtled them, however, and
the train left without opposition. Al
Vaudeville, ten miles noftG, q crowd ol
stfiEefs tried 10 side track and wreck the
train, TIE militia scattered them and
eapiufed Twelve Of them, who were
br5upht back 10 TexAfkAnA and put In
AN, The running Of this train is regard
al BY lhe people Of Afkanaas % breaking
tbe backbone Of The strike at this point,
PITTSBURGH sTRBBT CAR sTRikE,
No AltShapt 10 Move the Uatt-HeltlSIs aAt
Atabismtn Strike.
plrrsBuRoH, pAo March ss.-No movt
waSmade in the street car strike to-day b.
either party. The companies did not u
10 run any cars and the strikers genetall!
spent the Sunday At their homes.
Last night the forty employees oil thl
Central line were notified as they hat
left their cars they could consider them
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CLOUDS ROLL BY
Conference Between Gould and
Grand Master Workman
POwderly
Ends, in the Former Agreeing to
ArbItrate the Differences
Between the Employees and the
Missouri Pacific Company,
And the Latter Orders the strlk,
Ing Knights to Resume Work,
Another Conference to be Held in
New York City To-day,

New YoRE, March 2s.-This morning d
II o'clock 7, V, Powderly and w, g.. Nc
Dowell called upon Jay Gould at the LAT
ter'E residence. There they met Messrs
Gould, Hopkins and George Gould, There
was general discussion OF the situation
in the Southwest by both sides, and Z
better understanding was arrived at than
had been had by either party hitherto
After talking until o'clock p. N. the con
ference was adjourned until this evening
AT O'Clock tonight they metagain. Al
$3.50 y. N. Mr.. PoWderly had to leave tc
keep an engagement with Congressman
o'Neil, Of st. Louis, Chairman Of the
House Committee on Laber, who came
from Washington to render assistance in
settling the strike, Mr., Mcdowell re.
mained with Mr.. Gould and his party, and
Mr.. Gould finally handed to Mr.. Mcdowell
the following communication:
PREsIDEET's osT1cB, \
MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD,
March 2S, 1885.
I, Y, Powderly, GIN, W.
DEAR sER-Replying to your letter OF the
9th inst. write 10 say that | will to-
morrow morning send the following tele-
graphic instructions to Mr.. Hoxie, Gen
Nral Manager OF the Missouri Pacific rail-
road at st. Louis.
INSTRUCTIONS TO HoxIE,
In resuming the movement Of trains on
the Missouri Pacific and in the employing
Of laborers in the several departments Of
this company give preference to our late
employees, whether they are Knights Of
Labor or not, except that you will
lot employ any person who has in.
iured the cOmpany's property during the
late strike, nor will we discharge any per.
son who has taken service with the com
pany during said strike. We see no
objection to arbltratipg any difference
oetNesn the employees and the company,
past or future, Hoping the above will be
satisfactory, remRin yours, very truly,
JAY GOULD, President
The Executive Board Of the Knights ol
Labor have sent out the following tele'
gram; i.
Martin Irons, Chairman EEtcutlse Board
: DiI.rict ASssmbly 10l, 81. Louis;
President jay Gould has consented tc
lur proposition for arbitration and 60 tele'
graphs Vice President Hoxie. Order men
20 resume work at at once.
BY order Of Executive Board.
T. V. POWDERLY,