The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-11-05

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general atrlko OF tho Knights OF Labor
Ia this city was inausurated this sft?r-
noon, seriously affecting ovory branch
OF com moroo, and completely paralyz-
Ing tho movement OF cotton aud other
freight.
Tho longsboromen, tho sorewmon
the freight hRndlogs and switchmon,
tho cotton handlers In tho presses, the
printers, and other mei-bers OF the
knights Of Labor all quit work
nc 1850 o'clock. IL 10 estimated
that /, 500 mon went out, but they are
40 widely scattered from one 0nd OF
the city 20 tho other that 1t IL impossi-
bio 20 rnumerate tho exact number by
trades. The strike WIS planned and
carried out so quietly that not ovsr 4
dozen people outside tho knighta
themseiyes knew what was coming.
SO united are the labor organic stions
OF Galveston thst II may DO truly said
they have the city in their grasp, Tor
thoro IL no power here ado 10 oopo
with them II they got ugly.
Tho presont geserai strike IL the
outarowth OF small strike inaugu-
rated October 18th by the loo white
| longshoremen employed by the Max
lory Steamship company on their
yharyes here. These longahoremen
we've gottiug 40 ceuts ON hour for day
light labor aud 90 cents FOR night anu
Sunday work. But worry little work
is don5 a. night and they struck for. 90
cents an hour all around, Sundays ln-
oludad. Captsin Sswyere, agent lor
tho Mallory line, resisted TINS dem anu
and employed coiored lahorers, ALLOW
lug them 80 cents IVA hour, ngnt ana
day, being tho very same rate de-
msndsd by tho strikers. Very few OF
tho original 100 striking lonRahoromnn
wero members OF the knights orgaui-
cation at the time they struck, but nli
have since become members,
VarouB attempts st arbitration were
mads hotwoen Tho white and c0lorod
I,onasboremen's associations, the coll
ored mon even aereaing TO divide tue
labor equally, but the Mallory f0iAs
would not be dictated 20, and sawyer
stuobornly refused 70 lelnstate the
atrikofs even on half time. At thl4
juncture the knights quietly stepped
10 and attempted 10 arbltr2te, but were
also rAbuifsd bv tho Mallory company.
Monday last y. III. Golden, chairman
of tho State executive board OF the
Knights Of Labor, addressed n letter 70
j. N. Sawyer, ptating that whereas, IL
had been made known to the executive
board of the Knights of Lsbor OF Texas,
that the Mallory line Of steamships
was DISCRIMINATING against members
of their order by diRchargipg ana
refusing to allow them work on The
Mallory wharves: therefore, this com
mittoe had adopted resolution re-
strikers, and that the M0llory limo will
allow tho knights OF Labor equal rep.
reseutation upon their wharves.
Golden requested an answer at IL
o'clock to-day.
In his reply, Agent Sc@yer sRys that
he YVES informed by 9 moMber OF tno
Knights, on tho 1Sgh of October, that
tho striking longshsremen were NOS
members OF that order. After recitln 8
tho fact that the men were not DIS
charged, but voluntarily abandoned
their positions. Sawyer conciudes:
"Compliance with your request
injustice Of which you uawar-
| ing laborers who nro performing
their duties faithfully. We, therefore,
decline to disturb the present Rtatu5 OF
| labor on tho Mallory wharf" This re-
ply precipitated tho strike Of the l,59O
| knights.
Marine commerce suffers greatly by
tho strike. There are II large foreign
steamers in port, loading with cotton,
aud no bale can go aboard until the
strike is ended. All freight handling
at the Missouri Pacific and Santa Fe
depots is at standstill. Even the Job
| printing offices are closed.
Golden and other membera OF tho
| State executive committee declare that
unless the Mallory company imme6l-
| ately Yields, tho strike Will be made
general all over Texas and Louisiana,
| in which case it would DO Impossible
to move single train. II that doosn't
! bring them to terms tina strike will DO
extended to New York. This is whas
| high officials in the order declare.
The most aerious feature OF tie
strike is the race hatred which it on
genders. Both races are strong and
nearly evenly represented in the r.
boring element of Galveston. Some
trifiing incident may confer the issue
into race conflict, with terribie ana
sanguinary results.
Meetings of labor organizations are
being held all over the city tonight.
Prominent business men ere also in
conference with the Mallory agent and
railroad officials.