Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-11-10
Situation Grave in TIE Extreme at
GaIyeston--First Meeting Of
Arbitration Committee,
The STRIKERS Demand - Coycrrmcn, Aid
"aered Adjt..Gcn. king Given
Carte.Rianohe.
ARnrrRAriNe.


NNhiAttN liNNfs
special 10 the Gazette.
GAiNEsroN, TN, Nov. ~ The results
Of yesterdays agreement between the /
citizens committee aud the state cNccu-
tive committee OF The knights OF Labor
werc manifest ON all sides to-day every
Knight being 40 his post The wharycs,
railroad yards and cotton presses pre-.
scented Scenes OF the greatest activity 4
The arbitration committee Oi ten was an. Z
nounced this morning and the first meet /
Ing was held at lU O'Clock W. b. Moody, 4
president ul tho cotton exchange, was I
chosen chairman by bis associate arbi. |
traitors. AT the meeting of the committee |
this morning rules were adopted for Che |
hearing of evidence on both sides and |
George Staly, president OF the Santa he !
railroad, appeared before tho committee |
and formally answered Tor Capt. SAWYER, |
agent OF the Mallory company, pledglng /
that sawyer would abide the result OF the |
arbitration. AZ the request OF tho Nom.
bcrs of the arbitration committee repre-. |
scntiug commerce, the Knights submitted
their grievances IA writing
THE MALLORY snu.
An afternoon session was held at which
Capt Sawyer gave tho Mallory side of the
case. The committee thCn adjourned until
to-mofroW morning. The coloted labor
1 my people are watching the outcome OF
the arbitration with a great deaf of inter
est Prominent colorcd men reviewing
the Situation to-day declared that The col-
ored 'longshoIom1n employed on the NAL
| Tory wharf would not taWcly submit TO he
ing replaced 10y the strikers, no mattcrI
/ what the outcome of arbitration mHv he,
Ihey mold that the Mallory company made
! o couU1ct To employ tiom 80 long as they
I give Satisfaction and peu3m their work
! me MaliplSs admit tnti re negroes are
! giving NooU satisfaction and tue mdics-
i Tons point
! 40 FURTHER rguypir,
/ NO matter how The arbitration results.
/ Adlat-Geu. King arrived In the
/ city Tonight from Austin lie has been
| ordered by ov.lrcHud TO make person.
al inquiry into the situation both here
! and nt Houston, aud instructed to- take
= such action IN the premises as shall seem
best 10 nan. Under this authority Kiug
could call ont the militia on short notice
Ills presence at this iuncture pending mr.
duration ~ not calculated TO improve the
situation.
MAkE-rP or THr COMMITTEE.
The membership of the arbitration
committee Is as follows;
FOR THE kNiGuIS oF LABOR:
i, VI Golden, Galveston.
John Nugent, CuulHlle
d. Black, colored, Fort Worth
c. Clifford Denison.
g. w. smith, san Antonio.
ron COMMENCES
i A i. Moody, Chairman
p. j. Willis,
I'D. skinner,
q. b. Miller
Julius Runge,
A STRANGE REQUEST.
II TRANSFERRED this evening that the dis
trict assembly OF the knights of Labor of
this city made very strange request of
Mayor button The district executive
officers, Patrick Emmett and Samuel Ell
dredpe addressed n formal communication
TO Mayor Fulton, asking him TO dismiss
patroimen Davis, Sparks, DeBruhl and
Warren from the police force ON the
grounds that they have been Indulplng In
violent conversation on the street,
which thew charge tx calculated
) 10 arouse An ipccndiay fcellnn
aud preclpltatc trouble. Sparks.
DeRrnhl and Warren are colored men.
, None of the four policemen are members
/ M the Knights OF Labor organization
! n, "a nEt1lsrp.
! Mayor Fulton replied 10 this demand.
4 stating that IL was imposslble for him ca
I. comply with such n request for II he adj.
Q mltted that any organization lad the right
A to demand the removal of faithful police.
r other organizations from demanding Tho