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Show The Knights' Reply to Hoxic- . St. Louis, March 10. The Knights of Labor La-bor yesterday furnished the Associated Press a copy of a lengthy letter addressed to H. M. Hoxie, first vice-president of the Missouri Pacific Railway, in ANSWEB TO nOXTE'S STATEMENT, Published yesterday. " The substance of the letter is as follows: A short time ago the Texas & Pacific Company Com-pany employed some seventy men to work m the machine shops of the company, on condition that when the company were through with their services, in thirty, sixty and ninety days, the men be discharged. Instead of discharging the men as agreed upon, old employes were discharged, in our opinion, on account of their prominent parts in the organization of the Knights of Labor. The company refused to hear and adjust the grievance of Conductor Bissell, who was DISMISSED WITHOUT SUFFICIENT CAUSE. Bissell was an earnest worker in - the cause of the Knights of Labor. ' The next grievance mentioned is the discharge dis-charge of C. A. Hall, already referred to in these dispatches. Hall was charged by the company with neglect of duty, being absent several days without leave. The letter states that Hall was absent to serve as a delegate at the meeting of the Knights of Labor, at Marshall, Texas, by permission of his superior super-ior officer, notwithstanding the present denial de-nial of the latter. When Hall returned from the meeting he found A LETTEB ANNOUNCING HQ DISCHABGE. A committee was -appointed and waited on Mr. Crosby, Hall's superior, to ascertain why Hall was discharged. Crosby said because be-cause of his incompetency, and denied that Hall had ever asked his permission to be absent. AFTER BEPEATED OVEBTUBES To the Receivers for a hearing in the matter, mat-ter, the executive board first submitted the question to the different local assemblies in the system for their action, which was that Hall be reinstated. Therefore, it is plain the action taken in this strike was voluntary on the part of each and every man belonging belong-ing to the Knights of Labor. The letter is signed by P. J. Nolan, chairman. chair-man. . By order of the local executive committee. |