Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-08-31
TEMPLE.
6rand Mass-Meeting Yesterday and
Resolutions Adopted In Behalf
y of the Strikers.
w. nj Attempt to Move q rreirh,
~ Resistance offered Hut
Persuasion.

Special to the Gazette.
TEMPLE, TEN, Aug. 3o.-A mass. meet.
ing was held at Bars hall to-day to con.
slider the strike at this place. The meet.
ing was largely attended, mostly by h.
boring men, and was orderly throughout
Mr.. j. A. Loyit was called to the chair
and stated the object of the meeting.
Short speeches were made by various
parties commenting the conduct and
good department of the strikers and
ccuncillng moderation, and, on behalf of
THE KNIGHTS or LABOR,
pledging that the strikers will not iniure
the property of the railroad company, and
that to secure 1t against injury by others,
1t will be guarded day and night.
\ committee was appointed to draft
resolutions, and the committee reported
the following
We, the citizens OF Temple, In mass
meeting assembled, do hereby express
our earnest sympathies with the strikers
of the Gulf, Colorado Santa Fe rail-
way, aud do pledge that we will continue
TO extend to them our entire sympathies
and moral support as'long as they conduct
themselves with the perfect decorum and
propriety that have always characterized
their actions.
Second, we believe they are industrl-
Gus and capable men, seeking 20 obtain
their honest dues by proper means, and
whereby express our hopes that their
grievances will be recognized and adjust
ed by the company for whom they have
labored so faithfully without DELAY and
that they may hereafter receive lust
and commensurate compensation for
their perilous labors.
4 motion TO have the resolutions pub
lshed in the Fort Worth GAzrrrr, bal
las Herald and Galveston News was
adopted.
The officials of the road, fearing that
their property might be Injured or de-
stroyed, made application last evening to
the city council for protection, to which
the council responded, declaring the read
mess of the city authorities TO use all le-
climate means TO prevent any violation
of law and order.
To-day a second communication from
the company To the council asked for
protection and contained warning that
the city would be held responsible for
any damage sustained in this emergency
10 the property of the company. The
council reiterated their former state
mentS.
Long trains OF cars stand ON the side.
tracks, but the
COUPLING PINS ARE AL OFT.
The o'clock passenger from Lam
pasas brought in Il car load of coupling
links and pins. Rumors are ahoat that
an effort will be made tonight to re-
move the trains here, which win meet
with resistance. Your correspondent
Strolled through the round-housc and
yard this afternoon and everything
seemed remarkably quiet, nm occasional
Waterman was TO be seen guarding the
property, in and about the rouud-housc
stand some twenty-five
ENGiNeS, ALL DEAD,
the pumps in the wells are also disabled
The strikers are remarkably well organ
lied and don't seem TO weaken in their
determinations.
The $3.50 passenger from Lampasas
brought Sheriff Fulwiler aud posse
from Bolton. The officers mounted the
engine and undertook TO take Il freight
from the side track and carry il out with
the passenger. The strikers remon-
strated, and when the engine ran down
to the passenger train and many inef-
foctual efforts to couple had been made
II was concluded TO leave the freight car,
a great shout went up from the huu-
drcds Of excited men that lined the plat
forms, car-tops, and every available
space. There was no violence manifested.
The strikers throughout declared that no
force or violence would be used, only
persuaslons.
The city of Temple has never seen 50
much excitement before.