Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 28, Number 28, Jasper, Dubois County, 23 April 1886 — Page 6

THE V0LCA50 BUB8TB.

Dp Wot t thr. Uvm. Apr It TutiMar, tWri Bplianat at last. It tJa Miitaf a taligram haun Mm 0 ef Blind Mktaff He mm aM, a avow eeriuc at the Jahrvim. ft work eroMcCMMkM etae, yaMeouthof tha Iw-ldte erosaia o te MlfMM tO the MrMfC. A Smutl t daputias were oa duty ou the work te heap back MC CNM) te s-rowlnr-per aad htrger, aad te indicate wore trouble. The crowd wm kept at bay until two n'eloek aad after, when a pnoUrre voivor shot nut out oa the air, and a ml the wtldeat .oues lmainaHle easaed. It waa what all were expecting, and yet M 6M waa looking for It just at that meuaaat. Noon except th oae who did the shooting coukl tU from just what quarter the shot caw. K any oe a edtberaldesaw-It, the knowledge of K waa lost in the bewilderment of the events occurring immediately thereafter. It wu aulekly replied to, aad in a few reod tha shooting was general. Jtoth the officers and the crowd were watt amedawlth Wlncheoters, shotguns aad pevolvers. aad ia the few momenta Wiwofc followed almost, if not quite, half a humdred shot wr exchanged. When the Bring ceased the alcer fled. The crowd, to a very large extent, adapted the same policy, aad when the ground waa cleared partially away the effect was mhukhhI up a three known dead, a woaiaa seriously, if not fatally, wounded, aad froai three to half a dozea men shot more or less serionsly, three reported fatally. Two men were seen to tumble ef of the ralliac oa the wagon bridge wrar Cahokla Crvek, wounded, into the water below. Two more bodlea were outstretched on a side porch of a hoase Just west of the creek. A third wa cold U death near a shanty east of the creek. A lady, Mrs. Ffelffer, who was oa hr way home from St. Louts, and was jaat eroaeing the foot-bridge, had been taken to llathmnder's drag store, shot thrown the groin. A child Banned Kteiaheia, taacid by a ball as it was crossing the bridge, also oa the way home froaa St. Loulf. was carried away, uuiajared, bat suffering from the aaocK. The crowd was dispersing rapidly, bat till leaving large numbers at the scene ef the tragedy. A part of them had captared the rardmaster, and harried him to the Green Tree Hotel. The crowd a row ml him was clamorous, aad for a time it seemed a though he would have to aaswer for the high pitch of excitement Into which the people had Been worked. Cries of "lynch him" were heard or all side. But cooler counsel prevailed. Several voices were heard, salting, "I know hire;" "He's all right;" "He didn't do the shooting;" and the Mi rice of the hot-heads was not followed. Other parties scoured the town, some hardware stores ami oww inquiries as to price, condition of sale, etc. Others went to their homes aad there secured i rearms of various desoriptkn, aad all appearing on the streets taa eaipped gave the town the appearance of the stronghold of an army a tie! fating an attack from a foreign foe. gqwa of men thns dangerously provided with weapons of aggress! venees an well as defense, were seen in all parte of the town, ready to answer any quastionfcC of their righto and privileges. Thus the eity assumed an air of restiesaness, MM to the core with subdued excitemeat, while outwardly there waa qalet aad apparent good order. ecKXK or THK SKOOTIXa. WWle all this waa going on the seen a the toot -bridge aad tke treetbr-werk, ear where the trouble occurred, were H and eveatteea. Two or throe hundred aaa were stemdtag around, ia group f a. baM denen aad a doaaa. The bodtaa af Mm yfetims of the collision were still unattended and uncared for. The qalet waa painful. The exeitemeat bad all MMtaed over. When engaged la coavermMtem the men talked aa coolly aad calmly m waa possible antler the circa metaetees and ia view of the tarroandlngs. But nothing clear aa to the history of the collision conkl be Jearaad. The men claimed that prior to Hm oolnalon they were ia much the sanse aeoitata aa they ware found afterward, mm ta mmek rretar n amber. Aocordm to their msloa, the depaUea, about a doaam m aumber, were aoing ptcnei uuiy a the LoulSTllla 4 Kaahvllle bridge or while th crowd surged around, oeapyincthe adiolBlng tracks aad the foot eridge north of the Louisville 4 Hacmrille crossing. As in all sach caeaa af erawda, one-half of which is moved by cariosity, the front ranks, they said, were ccaeioaaJly paabed up to tha treetlework npoa which they ware forbidden to vawtare. Astheydki so the deputy la charge advanced from his forces aad warned litem back, ordering them to dlaperne. He waa saet wiw a Md no signs of violence, but waa hooted mhI jeered to some extent. This had baaa repeated several times, It waa iaJfaed, whea the front ranks of the erowd ware pushed up closer oa the trea-tw-work than Itafore. The deputies beaasae impatleat, aad again ordered them beak and to disperse. They fell back emly to receive the weight J"! f the surging mass of humanity 1 the war, aad again going forward, aa a ware roiring up on the beach, received a shot from the picket guard, which was relied to by the crowd with Winchesters, revolvers, etc. What followed could ikk. be intelligently learned. The crowd red nervously at the deputies, but thaw Wing but few of them, they were la a ItwMl position to be favored by accident, hUU directed the hM:a IwtwaeM and .t..,Vt. ti.ui Vlrimras nervously, the lHtff of the ofHcers had more affect, aa thtay had a human wall as a target, and it would have beea a miracle had the balla Mwaed banaleeely through. Thus the fcrrt shot is left to be aceounted for by tadlTkiaal testimony, aad may aot be reTaaM even by the coroner's jury and the 4dMal iRvasUgaUoM which mast lavltably follow. The scene on the brKBj. directly altar k shooting waa one of the wildest coafusion aad eicltemeut, aad for a time all tMflc oeaaed aad foot waassagon wart warned that to attempt to eroai iwat la C their Hres la their haade. The ifaaiHrtjes, wba Imd L fNylavawsy, ware harry ins; fM,Les wrbb baa wMuttea t4 Bivlmg

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ad by aa emnr mob at old mmI 4j(puH of am tmoMi nam trrl "Mm Hm1m "Stop the mm with aiaaWM bat together, moving at doabWealak. aad at the bridge watchman's oea Mayar Joyaf and City Ctark Oaaty of r. uamm eanaa 10 vnam to enrrea iomt one a track the mayor with a WlaohMtsr, the Hie glancing from the to the aaowkMr. the otacial eeaiHat Tireaatty aaiajared. About arty feet beyond the bridge toll aMae the era we praeeed the teeing dapattea a doeely that they turned aad trad aereral abou, mm of whkh track C. I. Thooa, of 40tl CaHforala aveaae, 8t. LoaU, ia the groin, inMctiag a fatal woaad. The dapaty sheriff eoa tinned la tbatr waatara tight, folio wihI cloaiy by OfNeer Dad, of XMt St. Loaia, who had baaa aaaaoesiofal la hla attempt to make them sr rentier to him. They ran ap to Ofllcer Wernaebt. of the Third District, who was doing daty at the west end of the bridge, and surrendered to him, stat ing; that they had killed mea la Kat St. Loaie and desired to pnt themselvea ander protection. Weyaacht called his partnar, and the two accompanied the wen to the station at Seventh ami Carr Ptreet. Somewhat of a crowd followed them, gathered both by the excited appearance of the men ami ramors of the tragedy. As soon as the names were taken, the patrol wagon waa rnng ap and the whole party was forwarded to the Foar Courts. At the corner of Fourth and Morgan street a man named Charles Kline, a street-car driver, stepped Hp to the small army and wanted to know what they did that ontrageonii shooting for. Tats kind of talk he kept tip for some time, when snddenlv the gnards came to a halt, and with their rinea in their bands, told Kline he bad better move to the rear it be dM not want to be hart. DKAD AXD IXJUKBB. The casualties reported are as follows: C. S. Thompson, of 4031 California area ne, shot in the groin, fatally. Patrick Driscoll, a Wabash sectionband, shot through the body, dead. Residence at St. Louis. Oscar Washington, painter, shot dead. Residence, Fourth Ward, Kast St. Louis. Mrs. Joseph Pfelffer, shot in the small of the back, fatally. Residence, East St. Loais. Major Ryckman, rolling-mill worker, shot in the head and shoulder; wounds considered necessarily fatal. Residence, Kant St. Louis. Mike Bonner, an employe of the Waterworks, shot through the left breast, below the nipple, fatally. An unknown man was seen to fall Into CaltoKla creek; body not recovered. James Scollard, a bystander, shot through the right leg. An unknown man was shot and slightly injured while standing near Stent's coalMrs. Klslnheln was crossing Cahokla Creek bridge when the shooting commenced, leading her little danghter by the hand. A Winchester bullet grazed the child's head, iafietiag only a slight woaud. TAKTLKS BY F1RK. About half-paat nine o'clock people Inter a small flame could be seen i.mag from a box-car located only a short dis tance from the Louisville 4 Nashville de pot, and In the center of a train, with cars on the tracks oa each side. No one seemed to notice the burning aad no one ventured near the car. A tw spectators on the bridge watched the flames, which were slowly growing larger, for fally half an hour, and made no attempt to extinguish the fire or give an alarm. Finally, about 10:15, two men who resided near the track came running excitedly along the bridge looking for assistance, aad ran on up to toe onage once w get the bridge hose. They laid the pipe down to within a short distance 01 uie nre, when the night superintendent 01 uie bridge arrived on the scene aad instructed the men to pay no attention to the burning cars, but merely to protect the bridge. By this time the flames from the burning car were shooting up into the air, and were visible all over the entire city. Some person ran ap to Relay depot, where the troops were quartered, and informed them of the facta. Company II, Fifth Regiment, from Decatur, quartered in the Young Men's Christian Association room, was ordered to the scene of the fiABaaeratlon. They immediately fell Into line, aad, under Uie command of Captain Frank Wells, marched down the track double quick time. Arriving at the Are they surrounded the burning cars and allowed no outsiders around tltem. By thin time quite a erowd had collected oa the bridge. It was composed mostly of Hie strikers, but they took things rather coolly, aad were very aulet. One maa picked up a stone aad wanted to throw it down at the soldiers, but he waa prevent ed from doing so by the remamaer ei tae strikers. Mayor Joyce arrived oa tha ground about the same time the soldiers did, aad ran up and down in a very excited man. uer, denouncing the burning of the cars, adding that he thought enough damage had been done for one day. He looked around for some time, trying to discover ftOflH possible means of extinguishing the bjmhm. and. seeing none, aiarieu 10 run over the bridge, and tamed on aa alarm from box No. tf, at the entrance of the bridge. The ttepartmeai reeponueu promptly, aad engines Nos. 12 aad 28, hook aad ladder No. , and two hosecarts were sent over the bridge. The pipe waa soon laid to the tire, but when the water was turned on it was found that the hose had been cut. This caused a delay of a few momenta, but a new line of hoae waa soon in shape and a stream playing on the car, the flames soon being extinguished. The burned car belonged to the Wabash, St. Louis 4 Faclflc, aad waa loaded with sand. THK flKCOXD riltK. Just as the flames got under goad headway a big blaze w.ts discovered la the dl-n.i-'iinH of the round-house of the Cairo Short Line, about a mile aad a half to the southeast. The crowd ran down the track to this Are, whea It was foand that three box-cars aad one caboose on the Caljo Short Line tracks were enveloped la flame. The cars ware surrounded by a erowd numbering, perhaps, two hundred people. but they wars araeny u "7 . T' eHeturbaaoe. tha eabooae belonged to the Vandalla Line, while tha box-cara ware owe Burlington k Missouri Klver, a Chicago, Burlington k Qulncy, and a Chimaoe easm. Mllwannee m. rj iJ km mm bad ueartv bknted to tha groaad a ebemroal engine arrived htftd a streaaa aa the Are, but It teed aad aWflreatea retired.

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A It tit l the Cairo W tlftl fcm tmWI Oil alk9vWe. Wlfcftmth kim msdlataly barat forth aad eavetaattd the buildkag ia (Mutes, It waa a oammodlaae wooden atraotare, rwadered additionally Inflammable by the oil with whteh the floor waa saturated, Tha flea, led by barrels f all, swept westward, aad ia a few moments one al a toag train of freight ears oa the weaeast track caught Are. The wiad, which had been driving the flaws in the dlreetion of the round-house aad shops, grew aa the Intensity of the flame increased. The Are crept along to the main buildings and spread to another of the cars which separated It from. tha shops. Only a few moments mora elapsed before the flames leaped to the next parallel track, and at one o'clock this morning there were six or eight freight ears ablaze, aad the shops were menaced by the aggressive element. Aa engine near the round-house whistled continuously for assistance. The crowd of spectators increased from minute to minute as the Are below faded out In the alght under the exertion of the St. Louis Are department, and transferred the theater of the excitement to the shops. "Nothing can save the shops," was tha general comment, and It became apparent that not only the building to which tha Are waa teniing were doomed, but also half a dosen long lines of loaded and empty freight cars which filled the intervening space. two mork auvzns. A fourth Are started In the Cairo Short Line lumber yard, where a lot of dimension Umbers for car construction waa piled. There were also a number of cars standing in close proximity, aad they commenced to blaze, attracting a crowd of spectators in that int mediate locality. The crowd stood leisurely aad saw the property consumed without making any effort to save it. Another blaze shot up in Uie vicinity of the Little rolling-mill, where there was a number of Short-Line cars and cars'belonging to various other roads. They burned slowly, as there was but very HtUewind blowing at 1:30 o'clock this morning, when Kat St. Louis was illumlnsUd by four distinct and widely separated biases. THK VIRKMKS OKDERXD OFF. The St. Loui.-i Are department was neat at baud and could have readily exUnguisshed the Area If the crowd would have permitted them to do so. They bad got the flames under control at Uie second Are, about a thousand yards below Uie shops, awl would have extinguished it if they had not been interfered with by the strikers. About 1S:15 Assistant Chief Gross was helping to push the burning cars from the train with which they were connected when a striker stepped up to him and said: "I want to speak to you." Mr. Gross said be would give his attention la a moment, and allowed himself to be led from the burning cars. The striker said he represented a committee which had been Instructed to inform the Are department that they were not wanted in East St. Louis. The Assistant Chief explained that he had responded to the call of duty. " Did you come here by the authority of Mayor Joyce?" asked the mouthpiece of the com wit tee. "Yea." "Take my advice. Ton had bettet make a sneak, anyway. It ala't healthy for you here. Assistant Chief Gross concluded that it was no use Maying there any longer, and he withdrew his awn aad prepared to return to St, Louis. When they left, Mr. Gross said It was useless for them to attempt to do anything, as the strikers threatened their engineers, cut the hose and had told him that they would not be allowed to do anything. The casualties occurring throughout the evening to the Aremen were the cases of Denny Deerlng, of the Twenty-threes Company, who fell through a trestle and was Atdted out with some difltculty aad sent home, and Roddy Walsh, of the same comnanv. who fell through the trestle, but was not hurt. THK CONFLAGRATION SPREADING At the close of this report wend new Ares have started up among the railway nrooertv. the nature and extent of which ia not known, however. Another maa was reported killed last nlaht. but nothing conflrmatory has beea received. Greatest and most intense ex citement prevails, ami there is no telling to what extent the damage may go Iabt St. Louis, 111., April 10. Bight companies of mtMUa aad oae battery ar rived during the night and are now station ed over the different yams, guaraing me railroad nrooertv. The battery la from Danville, and have a Gatllng gan, and the Infantry are f rom Vandalla, Greenville, Snaruu Champaign. Decatur, KaahvilW aad spriBgneta. Confrrrne af Orth4x XnnmeM. Dks Moinks, Ia., April 9. The National conference of orthodox Mormons began at Laraonl, Decatur County, on Wednes day, with Joseph Smith, Jr., presiding. Reports from Uie Apostles of the Seventy show the members to be distributed with a total of over seven thousand from Mainto California ami from Minnesota to Texas, but the membership Is chiefly In the lines of Uie flight from Nauvoo to Salt Lake, which leaves the largest fraction In Iowa Enthusiastic reports were received from iBgland, Switzerland, the Society Islands aad Australia. Elder W. B. Smith, of El-Kader, la., a brother of Joseph Smith, reported on hiilinr falUis last night. Elder Blair n reached on the subject of "anostollc succession from Jos. Smith," the argument being sueh as a Catholic would use to trace the descent of Peter's kevs to the Topes. Yesterday further 'enthusiastic reports were received from far away points, and a demand for more missionaries. The reHirt also claim that considerable acces sions have been made to the old falthf from among Uie polygamlsts In Utah. The rest of Uie day was occupied In church business and sermons. ensral oshHld' H CwtCAdo. Anrll f . Mafor-General A. M. Terry arrived at the Grand Paclflc yes terday aad will to-day take command o( the division of the Missouri. General Sheridan reached the palmer mat evening. and be and General Terry had a snort confereu after his arrival. General Terry declined to state who would eosnpone his staff or his personal arrangements for hl residence in Chicago. Ia hla persona appearsHCH he is quite the opposite ot bis predecessor, uerterai acnoneiu. in sUnds several Inches above the are rag hoisrht aad is not Inclined lathe least K eorpnleney. General ahafleM will ga Ve Itow Yark next weak

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It a Labor? 3Sjilr Wirinww rswilertg'alAet JtfljpuBaJI t4fl fJMWnf JMMm BmfllflWieB' mV4T nWfc(r mWnVfli TPsKt Jmfc flMT Sal U44mm ar cmm Bcjuxtox, Fa., April II. The faHawfag maaifeete was written by General MastarWarkmaa Fewderlroa the 11th Inet.t feaAwrea, I , AnrH It. Met. I t tt'eieek A. M. tur.u Km Tku events ( the isaet (erty. tight nsers ana have imoatral te von the ahAiat tjr of hrisfltn this ter. termination. Van have th power, the authority e n asms i wbk tit eno. 1 HSTti "c r" vt VwL centiemen aMoela! -.ami MXMUtlVS fcrtl Ilk mo of the ' of the Knhthts of , Labor have done the same. Kveryiiunv insistent wtih honor ant manhood ha been none in me miorMi w luencc i false notion tt prWe or 1 Unity hn swayeu In wr anne with you or tne ttenie. men awoeiaied with you. In that conferaee with yu n nnay, Mro m, 1 Hood von to matt that arbitration would be mtreedto. The snlv wethnd ( arhttrnt-en that w aiseiwuea wat in ime wnn n fcHfzeMea in tne letter which 1 n j In the nam o our torl the tiny previous Tli ere was nothing particularly mtreea upon, n 3 in -r" " ukl that in arbitrating- the matter the daw aces suttalued hy the company during the Mrlke oueht to rece ve consideration. I hMI to you that It would not he the iart ef widom to bring the qnsstlon up In the settlement of the trk. When I called on you aiHin that evening you had prepared a the rrrtult ol vottr unaerstannine mim mnmin Interview . letter which you Intruded to Kive m. Thst tetter Inctnded a telegram to be sent to Mr, Iloxie. and In that tele, tram you wM that th damaae . sustHined hv the company would ! a nroper subieet for the arbitration board te itlsenso. This latter part of the letter or telegram you agreed to strike . After we hud tamea twe matter over ior me mnu. 1 left vou a yon were sbeat to ro to vmir room to rowrlie the letter, whieh yen afterwsrd pineal m tne nni 01 r, .icDo well to Uf ztvn to me. lor I hiwt to lenve nt that time In order o kep nn appoint, nn-nt at the hotel where I toppel. The statement which you have sines then made to the rgeet that you had prepared that letter before I railed. Is not quit oorreet. or f yoa did have It prepared, you chiaged It nfter we had tnlked the matter over for seme time. This. I believe, you will admit to be true. In the conference held between the member of our executive board and the director of the MIMoarl I'acWe Company nt IS Kroadwav on March 30. you said to me that yoa understood me to ay that the men aiong your imn woti-i m to work at one. They Imvlnc yk. i.. tit ml, of our orxnnUatton. I then reiterated the statement wMeb Imnde to vou and I now repent It "The men out aloiirthe llneiof yourvTallway can he ordered baek to work, but If they ate stvn to nndrntand that they are deserted, that we do not take mtereat in tni nt. it wm hoi anv wav mend matter. On the contrary. K will make thln worse. There are nil alon the moil nut there a great manv msn wno have no regard for orjesnUatlnn or law, men of hardy spirit, energy aad daring. J-aeh J k..i lfttkai Vt anil havo tskes nil their homes out In a wild country, saca

as that is. They win not jmioihu as j ,t n n the millions ot tiouars 01 treasure ouletlv as the men they ha'e leK behind lu , amj keeping toem out of the legitimate the Et. They are apt to do rasher thlnx channels of trade and eimmerce mt ,4it, than they wonid do elsewhere, and I have and the msn whose monev is Invest d In the no doubt we have so-ne of them In our or- enterprises which stock-rnmMlor hn throtder: In fact, my experience with the men of tlett must wake common esase with those that vast section leads me to think that the 1 wjto nave beea i-nfl the rlgit te earn

men on both sides out tnere are more ajirt- ' H.riluh than thev are In the Kast. Kven the business men of that country are ot that stamp ot character." v. I Roth you and Mr. Hopkins heard me make J that statement, snd I believe the Intter 1 agreed that that was his experience. s t danger of the strike spreading also . dl, cussed, and I said to you that "would not HNtu;mi an - the men of the ITalen l'acine n part In K, but the Knight ot I.abor on tha road had a tanuiag agreement w in me mannan. ment of the road that there was to be ne trouble or strike until the last resort ti settle had failed, and not thn until the court of latt rsort had been reached. Wlien I maae tnat statement Mr. Hopklas remarked that they had better strike then, for If they did not ths Union l'a el Ik- would not much longer have sufficient money to pay their employs, tm imprrsel oh made on ise was that you woald be pleased to see a strike take place on trie Union I'srlnc. This, I bsHeve covers the chief points of dlsetisston. I did not hear either you or nr. nnpsins that vou meant to have the entire unair submitted to arbitration at the Mm possi. Me moment. That belief U shared la by Mr. McDowell, who was present during the entire Intcrrl-w. When you sent the telegram to Mr. mozis you ssat t as president of the Missouri Psclnc Kailrosd Company. ton seat it as the chief scuds his mmmm to nn inferior omeer. ana k meant as murn to a sensible man as the most Imperative order count pos-dtriv mesa. Whon I, as the en re 1 omevr in wtt nnian.x wi uwraii message sueh as that. It Is understood to he my wishes, sad uinse wMnes an respecieu by the suborllnate omeer to whom tbey are sent. It Is not his place to pnt a differ' ent eon st ruction on them and give them hi own Interpretation. His dutv m to obey the pint of tne instructions. iae man in power need net he an autocrat la order to have his wishes respected. "I woald like to see K dons" somes with as great a lores trout the msn m authority as "I must have K dons." That wss the Idea that I entertained when 1 left your house that night. I also explained te you at your nouss mat nignt imi we men who had entered npoa the strike had net violated nay law of the order in so doing; so that, wane 1 tnougnt k wouisi nave oeea better If thev hud laid their grievances be fore the geaerul exsoutive noam oerore striking, yet there was nothing- lu our laws te eomand them to do so. I said that a district assembly of the KnigHts 01 J-aimr bore the same relation te the gen erst assembly, ot which I am the chief ofttcer. that one of the States of the American Union bore to the general government of the. United States, and that while 1 could lnterfere.it was under tho law whleh gave me Jurisdtotlna over the entire order, and not under any partleolar law, I furthermore expiaineu to you tnat tne spirit of our organization sad Its genius was opnosed to strikes, and thst was the reason wav our general convention never ' enacted any particular legislation for she government ol them. I also said that the occasion had never before called for any reference from the general eflteera. but thst this strike wonid show the necessity for the pssssg at ur nett convention of laws that would place the subject or strikes under the control ef the general executive board of the gc serai order. When. an Monday, Marsh . you sent ms the letter marked "personal" yoa at the mt time told a newspaper correspondent that you had done so. What your motive waa in mnrklnr vour letters "personal" and at the same time Informing a representative of the press tnat you had addressed tne, I do not know, nor do I question vour motive. I felt K to r.e my duty to let the public see the letter, which contained nothing of a personal nature whatever. There are people who might be uneharliaMe enough to say your Intention was to give out the Impression that there whs som-sthlng between you and me which would not bear the light of piihlle ecrntiny. 1 nave had no tuch dealings with any man since this trouble began, nor previous to that Mme. I am unite willing to allow the fullest light possible te shine upon my every transaction. 1 have nothing te concern. 1 ou eaa settle this strike. Its longer eonMoHanoe retto with you, and yea alone. Kvery action of violence, every drop of Mood that may he tfesd Irom this time, must he laid at you door. The Knhthts of Labor were not founded te promote or shield wrong-doing, and to-day the order of the Knights of l-aber stand between your property and ruin. We are willing to absolve the men ateng wonr railway from their alletlanee to our order. We leave that to them elves. we will not anew any aioims whtsh the order may have on them to staad between them and their reateraHsn to their former posttiens. Tha VmruMT mtC Mt4sj KlHffHWI Of IsaVllfld ftuTatel Of mm te retaaia a msmbtr M is aet te

say that the pressnt rB" ?"l;kJ "St, i predadi thi possibility ot another sued dt. roads uould not bs arbitrate.! with the I ,lrfMi, COnnlct ns this one has proved Keelf mea who were not at wotk, It wa my u , I rm,la verV truly your . Arm etoi. whea I . left ye that night. .Y,4,V4wiS

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smr Mute sa Mam haw wish: tort w rhebt to sea this taareugatr tmrwwm Yen have ssM that the eeder ajtjhe KwteMs of Lalwwas ae4MpiraejajS2 monaee. ete, 1 am wlllla. aslhe sMs er. to lay every thing nonnested est ojjr urisr bars to the world. If you will. " ther hand lay open to p Wie the ma and Htethodawhorsby you have plltsd M the wealth whleh you eontcol. and the trlaunal of nubile opinio is Pi )adf meat ou the two andsay whleh k the soasplraey, INi yoa aosept the shaltomteiYou have Inslrneted your keal pre seed aaalst every man eonnseted Hh 'the Knurhts of I-r for damaee sustalaed Inee the strike bonus. Two weeks ago I said: "lkt not do this." Tuaay. ! Ktu at ouoe; lav etalms for damasos In every oourt within wnoe piristlletlon a KnleM mxhMs: proeesd at ones, and m , vsrywat. When you sen rsoover damaees, do so, K the law wilt sustain you m It. It Is ptst snd rbrht that H should he. We nr whim 'fe you before the law. We wilt uaht you wNh no other woapoas. ror every violation of the law of State or hatton we win sow wmn aa-alnst vou: and In Mils enwede aalnt UIT 1 TTZl 'IS you do not undorstsnd Vest we are to uhu iim MMinn-. wi wish to see law vindicated If rou have st all Mrnss "W ine mw m JIL"Zvt .TJ- u tlM that ths many ogsniiea with which you are ehtrged shonld be refuted, ou have remained silent under many a damsalng chance of Inlnrlng the state. We wilt be your svenirr. If you hue been wronged we will let It be known to the world through the means of the court of pun lee. And lot me ry right here that no money will buy a verdlet at the hand of these courts. There nrs people who ay that tht Strug. ele l the iMMtlnnlnK of the wr Mwmk oap. Ital and labor. That statemf nt W I nle. This oertalnlymesna war, hnt It hi a war between legitimate capital, honet eaterprhMj and honem labor on the one hsnd and Hletrttmnte wealth on the other hand. ThUi Is a war In which we court the fullet invest IgHt Ion of our act, no you dare to do the same? This war Hea no further strike, ho aheddlnic o: Wood: It Is a war In which every buMoea-i man. evry i-ammerclal man. every professional man. every worklngman will be tnvttod to enlist. It will not be a war upon the Innocent, and the battteneld upon which It will be fontht out will too before the courts of law, and that wtK'h make law, puMte opinion Tftere will le no nob in this su. prewe hour to M'encc nny man's otdnlon. Xe convert ll be mnd- by phvulcal force "Thst nn hlh Hots over pre or wnndon at th bid "In f a moh dtexrafes both vf?or and vk'tlm, and under such a dug a thlf we do not wage the battle, Kwt this PntUe of the pot.le ivgnlntt unnniwtlv nar an well he fought OOW a ten vear from now. an I what Held t -mlnently nroper lu wtileh to nght It out us before the ooutt-i? Let u know whsther laws worn, made to he obeyed or pot aw l It ttwy were not so fronted, then the people mu-t make laws that will be obeved. No man. wh-ther h lie rich or whether he be the poorest of the pfor. shall In future -lilrt the rcspO"!. , bilttyof hi acts and shield himself behind I the courts. I ft was to see ka law were ahevad that the ortler of the Knlihts of f.bor was founded, and If the day ha eotae te make the trial, so let It be. . I do not write this letter to you either la th nirlt of anger or of revenge. For vou personally I hav no dislike. I believe that if allowed to follow your lmputs lu this ..... 1, t u-.i ik. mtriVm kv.id . ,ia- fkn.. vrim trs von do ert not mlnsrle with the people. T.iey do not care lor the neonle iU have been warned that your IPs Is in dangr iy hn, no attention to sucn tawc. o man wno the Intere-t of hie country af hstart wnnid hira s hair of roar head, nut tns v.-tem which reaches out on all sides, gstw enough to provme WfUimi uocossarjos 01 iif far home and famltv. wht-n 1 ay to yo that wr wilt meet you In ths courts. I do not speak rashly or litRdvhwi,v. 1 hnVe taken counssl Irom the . , -. ,lBd4 of the United Mates. We Rr, ,,re ,Mired to face y ou before the courts, MMd'now await your action lu the matter ,,h u Mt a tj,ren,. 1 xawe ,f Muff r chance I ,"eak for nve nuntireti tttou anrt nrvanlze-l men. who are reH'lv to oar out the last farthing la order that justice roav prevail. Too have It In your power to make trlenda ef tes msn by acting the ptrt of the manby taking th' matter lu your own hands. Wlll vou d o snd end this strife in the tere.t of humanity and nr common country? It Is vour duty to brush aside every obstacle, assert your authority and take thM matter la your own hands. .Settle every grievance rcs'ore every msn to bis place, except tltoss who have lsn engaged In the deatrtiftlon n' property or who have broken the lw, Will you do this? Ton can then make rulet and agree cats with yonr utn w hien win tersver Knight of Labor. JAY SOULIs'S REPLY. The fol Is ins is Jay GoukUs reply to Mr. rowderiy: Nkw Yobk, AurM 11, 19S. T. P. PswsVrfy. .. O. M. H". A. ..; . Iintn ?ia-,t twelve o'clock to day I received from Mr. Wm. II. McDowell, whom vou brought with vou to our recent -ouferences, a letter In which he says "Kr yesterday's matt I received a letter written by Mr. Powdertv addressed to via Inclosed la a letter addressed to me. With thts I hand you the letter addressed to you by Mr, rowderiy, and a copy of Mr. Powderly's letter to me inclosing the stmt." The follow. Ing Is a eopv of the letter Mr. McDowell seat me as eoming Irom you GKsnnAi.AsitMnt.r,OntBK or Kxwhts or) Ltnonor AMr.aiCA, 1 Orricn or GKjfr.nu. Mastbu Workmax, f SCUAXro,, Pa., April IS, lim. J Mr Dear Mr. McDowm.t.: I Inclose you a letter wiilch you are to rad and deliver to the man for whom It I- Inten led. I do not cure whether vou deliver it In person or through the medium o another, only ask that it be placed in his bad. If yon htvs succeeded In effecting a settlement with him do not give It to him. If yon think there Is a prospect of sn Immediate, settlement do uot give It to him. Kut If sueh is not 2 1 the case I want K placed la his hands. Allow h 111 either to consent or make are ply. It he consents to an honorable settlement, then the tetter will n-ver seo the light ot day. hut If he does not so act, then It will be published to the world and trom the time he opens up the ball In n legal way we will continue to wags the hattls with him. MM wealth can not save him If this ffght ta begun. Let no one know ot ths existence of this letter till after nve o'clock of the dav you deliver K Then. If he makes no reply, let It go to the world. Let him know the limb of ths time allowed. I sincerely hope that there will be no more neceedty for Its publicity. Hoping for the best, I remain, very truly yours. T. v. powaaaLT. Te W. O. McDowell, R,., Xew York. "I thus received your letter to me dated "taraatfln. Pa.. Anrll 11. less.." t the same time nnd by the same agency that I rereived f your fore6lng letter ot tnatruetlona to Mr. McDowell. The animus and purpose of your letter to ms cannot be fully understood without knowing the contests of that one. 1 was peremptorily notified at the same time that I must answer your letter byllve n'dok to-day. and was graciously given until that hour to respond. Your letter to me embrsees two subjects, oae relating to me persoanliy and the other to the relation or the Knights ef Labor to a railroad company of which I am the president, an I, In norns degree, ths represents Mvn ot Hs public and private duties. I shaH refer to the Srat subject very briefly The eirsumstsnoes above given, under whleh your letter was delivered, as well as Hs tenor and aplrH. place ths purpose In writing it beyond anv fair doubt. It would seem to he an efnelsl declaration that ths Knhthts of 1 Jthor had determined to pursue me personalty unless the Missouri racist Compauy should vleld to Its demands in what veu sail the strike on that road. In answer to these persons threats I beg to say that 1 am yet a free American eHlzea. I am past forty-nine, years of age, and waa hem at Roxbiiry. Delaware County, In this Bate. Ibegaa life la a lowly way, and by Industry temperance and attention to my 9 own mts . 1 haps beyt r I as you ss 1 KnuthSs I Wl B JUU own ousiness, nave oeen aueeesstui, per haps beyond the measure ef my deserts. If, ou ssy, 1 am now to ne. osstreyeu ay tne 01 i.aor, unless 1 wm stnic my maahsoS. so be K, rnrtunately, I wave retsiaeu my earir nautm hkJbsudussa hbers aadjjasjns inu 1 miTB r no I dnilry. btt 1 mm st a Ju fm ffrwltMfs awHatfc let, kaew me wen

sJAfljsjtjflJfu) (MV0 WUf l"MmHVmmwt VmsMHrml ami IMMawV SarMarseton. U saoh jmretrs. any ) ibtoM. wish to appoint tha KaUthSaof Labor M-Veeas their aatoessy . such appssatmsoa Is units aeroeabio so ms. but unit) sush am otsetion m rnsdo M wilt naturally osour o you lbs any Iwtselseoaoe su your pan . My usrsoaat aifalra Is, to soy the lesot. salle rMulteus. Mnee I was nlwosssn ysarn ,aaa f have J. m the l-b of emsiajrlng a my varloua enterprises largo numosrs of perITl. UMHahic at times as bleu to fl thou-

d,dlorthwilnie often tht-esoc fourmlllism doUsr uor month to 4 life rent par rolls. K wld sVemallttlottrssKo that during aN theos ysars lbs dlsaeuKy with the KnlgMs of Ibor should be nay Nrst. Any attempt to ein uU personally with ths lets sfrlks on the uthwsorn rood, orauy rosponol. wmythorofor.koqaaHvgrsluttous, as vou well know. It Is trus I am the preei Ism of thi Ml-sonri PaoMls. hut when thu ttrthe , ocourrsd I WS Ir sway am itw vwwmn, mo hsrond the reach of eteramn. I went I awayrolylmton your Promts made to m I laat August that there should be mo strike oh l shot Void, aad that If any dtatcuMe tHHtld .riu rat' would oome frankly to m with them. Mr MopKin. too this eoNtnany. who was 1 rv wr nmont and sounlsantof thltarranm-nt wit absssse sent you promptly w est trlk broke out tho 'fol nt with yon, In my when the nrs. following grams; Xxw Yokk. Xareh a, m. To T V. PownauLT, f oiurrot. tA;? Mr. Hoale tolerrsphs that the hnlahts o4 Labor ou our rood have struck and rsfUso to allow any frehtht trains o run, sayins; that they have no urtevaneos. but nre only striking boesuM ordered w ds o. If there are any grievances we would like to talk R over whh you. We understood you to promt that no Mrlkes weald he ordered wit boat eonultatlou. . . Itdgnodl A-- Morxiss. I'Hti-tnnxrHiA, Pa.. March s, les. ToA. I- HorKtss. SncnKTAnr MiM.fm PacikiC K.H.ott, Xaw- Yohk- Have tele, rranhed Wet for partleulars Papers r ntrlke caused by discharge f man named Unit. Cua he be retaliated pending lavostt 1sneai T. V Powiib nt.T. tw Yohk. March . !. T. V. PownKKi-r Thanks for your meg. ace and sutgtstton. Ilstl was etooleyd by the Texas A Paetnc. and not by us. That property 1 In the hands of the United States Court, and we have no sostrol whatever over the receiver or over the employ-. We have carried out the agreement made last enrinc l every repect, and tho prevent trtk wuhHt to us and unwise for vou. It Is reportud here that this movement here Is the result of Wall street Inntteuee ou the part of thrwe short of the seenrttie likely to be agect d. (Mirnedl A. U KorKtvs, This dispatch you never answered Tble correspondence places the cotttlnnancc of tho strike on Your shoulders ou sot till and wa Miest auor r. nopains w. anneal, and allowed lbs striKeTU go OB niiowedthe company pro perty to oe f,retbly eelied and tho rltlsens of four states and oBe Territory to be deprived of their rightfsl vallway faetlKles. Thus forced, Uie board of ill re dors, prior to my retwrn. placed the matter Into Mr Hoata nsndsby n (ormat resolotlOB. and that dhi. position of It has never len ehnmeed. 1 ou Lnn thU well oecause ywn i a " .Ln.t.ie with hint on tuis sun teet. Hence It was that when Mr. Turner, secretary of your order wrote to me on the sulHoet. I fully advHed htm him la my letter of March 17 that the matier had been pUc-d by ths board In the hands o? Mr. Hoxle. and that I mut releryou to htm as Ui eAHtinulag rcnreoentaiire. -M tne same tlnae I reminded you that astad nt adver tisement of this company was nt that mo ment lavltlnglts forner employes to return to their posts, and that regsrdle of their being, or not beiar. members of your order. and regardless also of their Individual purtlespstlon in the strike which your order had recently Inau gurated. When. n prte m sn mis. nrsircd to sec m personally. 1 cord ally met you, and. having put myo in c-uumunica. lion with Mr, Hoxle, armngeil wKh Mm for vou the follow ag, which was widely published by yoa at the Mme - Xaw tork, March . Mirtix Iroxs. Sr. IxKls Have beea la conference all day, with the result that We. President lloxle atree- to the following: "Willing to moot a committee of o-r cmpiores without dlscrrentsattoa. who are actually at work lu the service of the company at the time sueh committee Is appointed, to adpjdelats with thorn any grlevancos that they may have. Have your execotiVe ooutmitte ordr msn to return to work, and also eelect a special committee from tho emeloye of the Missouri PsclUc to watt on Mr, HoxP- to sdjud say differ -a re. Do this as pile!y ss possihlc. Board wW leave for t Louis to-morrow IStgaedi nH'K Jcrvkr. Kver stuce then Mr. Hoxk has stootl readyto receive say and all persons to ths actual employ of this eompsny as a committee or otherwise, and confer upon or arbitrate any matter of difference or complaint oltbsr hetwcea the company aad themselves or between the company and Hs lute employes, and for thst matter, between the company and say body else. No such committee or Individual employe has so far ss kaown te m ever made such application. In this connection it will be remembered that tbev lelt, not because of any complaint whatever ot this company's treatment of tbemsejve., but only because of the comiaay' resus-tl to comply with their demand thst thh compauy rrfuse to do what the law reoulro la tho way of lutercnanve of busfness with another compauy with which some of your order had a ouarrel. In the meantime this company has of ne. ceesKvxeneoa cxtoad employment to uch s those persons who recently, and without even sUssed provocn ma. left its service, as at to return. These returning employes have been very many, and la tk.. rliiMU am alreadvnearlv.lt not uHe.aofull as Its shops aad qulpnet. eripptod by acts of violence attendant npoa the reeect action of your order, can employ- Mr. Mosle advises me thst every such psrsa applying to he recti red hack has been employed, unless believed to have taken part lu reeont acts o( vlotesce. This company still stands ready 1 3 make good hi ths faMsst sease f agreement as expressly set forth. lathe face ot all this yes notify me that unless by live o'clock 1 perol"ri consent to something precis el v what I do not see - then persoasl eonsiuenees of av sort vaguely "Pressedaot hard to understand. wHI at the hasd of vour order be wished upon me me again remind you that tt Is nn Amerlesn eKIien whom yoa and your order thus propose to destroy. The contest Is not your order and me, bu between your order sad the law of the land. Your order has alreadv dened those laws lu preventing by violence this enmpaay from op-rstlng s rosd. Yon held then thst th.s eompssy luwlil nt niM-rate Hm rnad uader eoaUItton prescrlbcl by law.hut only under cosHlthms prescribed by you. now declure in ut ik t i.ni.1 aiviiutHriiMatoroierty ana rights, not as other men hold "heirs, but only at the peril ot your lotting revoeatdy. alter live oIock. your order upon me. if Oils is true of this compan v ana of me. It Is true of aH other men and leompantos. II so.you aad your secret rderars ths taw, and aa Amerman eltlxcu Is such only la name. , . i Already for weeks your order Have. your attacks upon this compaay. not heMtatel to disable it hv vloieace f rom rea torIngHsduiytothepuhlte and frfm work and paying wages to men at three times your own number, whs. J" Ing.na tlwy w-re. by yr s de, were, st .!SE.r!lSSiA evea I the grout forrnrnee of she puldle. aad foand In this direction cause t hesitate, you now turn upoa me and PfP Zl wrongs you have hitherto "WJ.?! the public shall new culmlRate In a aitaeK upon an Individual In thU. as 1 have asw. ths real Issue Is between yen aad the laws 01 ,Htway be before you re throagh thst those law will eiHcleatly djUe rou thst even I. as au Individual eHlxen. am not beyond their ears. Very rpecttuU A Georjria farmer, many of wlto chlckons went to feenl ewla and hawks, trimwetl a tree so that little regained imt a tall stump, and oh top of this iilaoed a wU-Wtl ideel trap. Bf a Wr hawk broke th fsstoninrs of tha trap and Hew away with it the farmer hmi ettnght six owls, two hawks aad a bumtftrd. AtMnf OnHUnUon. A Bost girl was thrown from her carrlaKc. mhI la raaly as to the wiw hurt, said: "I roally balteve I 1 .U.UJ tho sutsaAor ossm meta1 ""Pi H" !r!?L , j.q.