The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-11-04
A BIG STRIKE
iNAu0URATED AT GALVESTON
Ey the hsights Of LabsE--Fifteen Hun
dred hea Dat Of Empieym mt and
Commerce PAralyxed-orisi
efthe striks-Gravs Fears
oflts Results, E,..

GALVESTON, Nov. S.-LSpaeial.l-A
general strike of the Knights of Labor
in this city was insugurstsd this after
noon, seriously affecting every branch
Of comaercs, sud comp stely paraiyz-
ing the movenea. CT cotton sad other
freight.
Tae longshoremen, the screw ner,
the fire. yh. handlers and switchmen,
The cotton handlers in the presses, the
printers, ana o,hsr members OF the
Knigh.s OF Lstor all quit work
g. 1880 O'Clock. 1t is estimated
ths, | 500 men went ont, but they are
50 widely scattered from one end OF
the city 20 the other that Il Is impossi-
bic tn enumerate the exact number By
trades. The strike wss planned an.
carried out so quietly thSt not over 6
dozen .people outside the knights
ihemselvel snew whad was comins
so united are the labor organization
10 Galveston that II may be truly said
theY have the city in their grasp, for
there is no power hero able u copa
with ihem /. taey get ugly.
The preselt general strike u tho
outgrowth o. sm2 | slikS inauGy-
rR.ed Oetot or ll.h by the go Whits
longsho-sMen employed by the Nal.
loTy Steamship company on their
whsryes hare. 'Fnege ionSsho- emen
we're getting - cents an hour Tor day
light labor aud ca cents for night and
Sunday WORK. Bur veg lit. & WORK
is done g. pignt a4d they styGck for so
CeLta an hour Of GrounU, Sduda7a in.
cluded. CAPITA ! SaWysTs. aee1t for
the Ma "ogY liue, resisted las demand
ard EMPLOYED cQlo,ed lsno era, allow
ms thsm % GEMS al boI-, u ight and
day, nelng tho vs,y same rata de-
m.nde0 by the ST. Se-s. VeTg feW Of
tie original 10 s;riklrg longshorsMea
we:5 memoefs OF the Knights otcanl-
cation 81 the limo .uey s.rGck, but all
have since pscoms msmUefs,
Varlous attempts at arbitration were
made between the white and cola ID
Lolgsaora nGn's associations, the col.
Csed mon oven agreeing 10 diyiCs tue
laOor equally, but the Mallory folks
would NOT be dlcis;edto, sad Saw yer
etubO0rnlv Yesdted = reilstase the
striEec3 even On half time. st This
JuucsCre tho tn'@nts quietly stepped
~ and as,empi ed TO acbptca.s, bat we've
800. ANA'As ~ Nlip ~ COAAlA 81
Monday last =. III. Golden, chairman
ofthe S,ata exegut,ve boayd OF the
knlShts OF LaOo-, addressed = letter 10
J. \, saw yer, gpatiug lhet whereas. Ii
had been m2ne Know 30 the executive
boz ID OF the Knights O. LgEnr OF Tezas,
that tue Mslo.v Inc Of ttaamships
was discriminating Gcfilas memoirs
OF their oruer by GlGcharS ing and
reI0s'12 = a!low thon work on tbs
Mallory wheives; therefore, this cOai-
mit-se had acop!ed u reyOl ..0u re.
quas.lng the isiusta;emenJ OF tao
sir.ke 3, end that tue Mallory limo " all
allow 10 knights OF L@bGr equgl rep-
resenta.i0n upon their wharvcs.
Golden reqGeatod au auswer at u
o'C.ocS to-day.
Ia his reply, Agent Saw yer says that
Ee was IN ormed by m5uGsr Q? the
Knights, on tue 18th o. October, that
the elsib nG lor .shsreme1 were no.
o, tasL Order, A,.er recit' 4 <
the tact that tie men were nOG dis
charged, bat voluntarily abandoned
tneie positions. Sawyer concludes:
Incompetence wttG your IaQue15
wsuld compel us 10 euact tne
injustice CT which you uuwag-
complain Og discDerg-
ing lab0rsrs who are pe.lo. mlps
their dut.sS faith lly. We, tnsrelo.s.
decl,oe % disturb Tho present aJs.us OF
labor o. tbs Mallory wharf," ribs re.
ply precipitatsd the ot.ike Of the 1890
knights,
MsJlno commerce suffers greatly by
the strike. There arc II large forelgo
steamers in porl, loading with co.tnn,
aud no bale csr so gbosrd unit tho
strike is scded. All freight handling
81 tue Missouri Pacific and Santa rs
dscots ia alta staldstill. Even the lob
printing C.hces are closed.
Golden end other members Of tho
State executive committee declare that
unless the Mallory company immedj-
aioly Yields, the strike will be made
general all over Texas and Louisiana,
III which case 1t would be impossible
to move single train. II that doesn't
bHing them to terms the strike will be
extended to New York. This is what
high oficisls in the order declare.
The most serious feature of the
strleo Is the race hated which it en-
genders. Both races arc strong and
nesriv evenly represented ia the la
boring clement OF Galveston. Some
iri6'ng Incident may confar tho issue
into race conflict, with tu.ible ard
salguinary results.
Meetings of labor organizations are
being he'd all over the city tonight.
Prominent business mon Gra also in
conference with tho Mallory Sgent and
railroad officials.