The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-03-15
STRIKERS STILL SERENE.
No Material Change In tNs Situation
and No Trouble OccurrIag.
AMPLE AID GIVEN TO THE MEN.
A Roaring Farce and Great JOks, On
the Company at DenlsOn.
HOW THE TRAINS DIDN'T MOVE
"A Posse that Carried Wooden Guns and
Cheorsd for the striIers--The Pal
estino Compromise Didn't
Last-LaclSed Breadth.
HOW THE TRAINS DIDN'T MOVE
A CONFERENCE AT ST. LOUIS.
The Gould system,
THE SITUATION AT DALLAS,

The Gould system,
THE SITUATION AT DALLAS.
The committee appointed at the mass-
held to raise funds for the
strikers have succeeded in raising the
sum of S2l5, and are keeping the wolf
rom the doors of thirty-nino persons
and several fellow-emplOyes that have
families. They desire 70 thank the pub
lie and to state that ihoy
are through collecting, and that
anyone impersonating such a
are frauds. The news of
the strikers at Palestine and at other
points along the International & Great
Northern who went to work yesterday,
and ON reconsidering, walked out again,
was joyfully received here by the strik,
eIs. They say that the compromise,
when made, must include all the
branches that have struck.
THE MARSHALL MASS MEETING.
MARSHALL, March A. Special. "A
large crowd assembled at lsraelson's
hall last night. After the reading of a
number of inhamatory articles In the
Rail and Wire, paper published i'm
Fort Worth, general invitation was
extended Tor speech-making. In re-
sponse to this call, Judge Keller, Alex.
Pope, and Il. p, Hawley, spoke at
length. Each of these gentlemen no.
viewed the action of the governor,
and were unsparing In their
denunciation of his recent proclamation.
They said that the governor was acting
without the pale of authority; that the
and plans by him
were as revolutionary in their character
and tendencies as were the evils sought
to be remedied. Several speeches were
made by the laboring men, in which
they expressed themselves confident of
final victory. Good order prevailed and
much enthusiasm was manifested.
There has been no new developments
since last night. The strikers are await
ing the arrival of representatives from
other points, and no final settlement
will be made until they arrive ard q
general conference is had. The public
Is growing restive over these delays, but
is disposed 10 be patient in the hope
that the vexed troubles Will
be settled at an early day.
This prolonged blockade is wori iag .
great hardship on the merchants. Many
articles. such as PROVISIONS and seeds,
are growing scarce and can not be re-
placed, unless at greatly enhanced
prices. The strikers are greatly in
censed at the action of the Globe Demo-
crat, and now refuse to purchase sin.
gle copy of tho paper. Heretofore they
had sold them by the hundreds TO these
men.
AT LoNGvIRw.
LoNGVIEw, March A. Special 1T
is reported among the strikers here that
proposition was made TO them by tho
railroad company to resume work at tho
prices previous TO the cut. IL is also said
that the strikers are waiting TO see
whether this proposition is accepted by
ether strikers, and whether IL means the
old hours or an increase OF time and not
pay. Upon Investigation, IL Is esti-
mated this place IL tho best supplied
town on the Gould system, and could
hold out many days longer on general
llneof goods, but II IL true some lines of
merchandise are about exhausted.
Henderson also complains bitterly Of
the freight embargo, which cuts them
out of much needed groceries,. They
will be in absolute want IL the strike
lasts any length of time.
AT PALESTINE.
PALESTINE, March H. Special -
The town is in a disgruntled state over
the announcement this morning that
the strike was not over, as everybody
supposed late yesterday evening.
Nearly every striker was at the shops
ON time this morning, when u repre-
sentative from the Marshall strikers
walked in among them, and after a
short consultation the whole force left
the building and went TO their meeting
room TO debate the proposition from the
Marshall end of tho strike, which was
not to resume work until the concession
by the railroad company applies 10 all
the Gould system in the state. The
strike 10 in statu quo, as before the
agreement entered into yesterday even.
ing.
FROM DENIsoN.
DENIsON, March l4.-ISpecial.l j.
Welsman Il Co., of Denison, are author
lzed To receive any and all contribu-
buttons for the benefit of the Denison
strikers.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF STRIKERS
AT DENIsoN.
DRNIsoS, March Special. THE
day has come and gone and so has the
sheriff and his posse. Messrs. Tom
Bass and Lingo, at their conference
with sheriff Douglass last night, could
get no further concession than that he
would leave his battalion without the
city anu come in alone first. AT about
l2'3O the Central train came In and IL
was learned that the posse had beon left
just south of town. Afterwards the
city marshal OF Whitewright and 40
men arrived. The sheriff with the
above committee and others then went
To the superintendent office and CON
ferred with the officials there. II Is un.
derstood MIR. Moriord mado several,
wild statements. The sheriff in
formed the officials that he was
not here 10 run their trains, hut that he
would sec that their workers were not
intorlered with, they having stated that
they had plenty of men willing To work, ,
II not molestod. A passenger englue
was then switched over to lake the dead
switch engine out of the way. IL was
coupled ON and."go aheadt given, when
tho engineer Jumped down oil the on
gine and told Mr., Morlosd that no could
not work, which caused laughter among
the crowd, which now numbered sew.
eral hundred, and with much disgust 10
the officials, The yard mon were all
quiet, thus leaving only i've or six oii-
oiais TO man the yards. This was the
emu. Shorin Douglass won't back, TAX
ing his crew with him. The whole thing
was UJne In good humor. The posse
stationed south Of the city was Ia tive
com npanios, commanded by deputies
They were visited by some strikers
WHO engaged In friendly conversation
With the posse. Three cheers were
given for the strikers, when Deputy
May throw down his rifle on the striker,
and ordered thom back 70 town. Many
ofthe posse were armed with wooden
guns. The engineers will receive ihei
instructions tomorrow, and this will
make things better for tho strikers
Thus far all repairs to tracks, etc, hav,
been made by the strlLera gratis