Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-09-19
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h ev engage. One q ;he.r latest
victories vas IN Galveston, Texas,
where the knights 90 Labor, who
had been engaged in a strike a.a.nst
the Gulf, Colorado, ani santa Sc
Railway. gained their point, Aug. !
50 TIE Knights had POSSESSION !
of the yards Of the company "ufla2
the entire time Of the strike, un;i:
the last day, when posse, under
the Sheriff went ta the yards and
requested the et,iser9 10 leave
| They went to one side TO ta'i"ay
track running through the yard.
The track was on public property, :
and the strikers claimed the right
70 remain there, which they did.
This was at one o'clock pm. The |
following shows the result:
| Unt;i 80 o clock nothing t.an59:tGi. !
ri t:,at fine the Houston excursion
train arrived. 1T wac the Intention Il
tho railway authorities - sccurs Ihe
locoua,i, ami send out f,oigE! ucder
tie protection o. an armed !Crts. W men
the train got into tho yard II va bOald-
cd Inv a detachment ~ police AMI n.lii-
tary and conducted TO Inc depot. EbcH
lit was returned 10 the yard the engine
twas surrounded By military. Cons
ard reviewers b,stiej from every par!
OF the locomotive, and v"i TIE s.fikers
in soMe unaacaua.abie nanurr sue
cceGed IN killing the eDIIn" before the
guards realized what was Transporting.
This showed tho railroad company
tho impcssibiiity % coping with tie
Knigbis, and steps toWaE1 compromise
we've ~ once taken, ard pending result
10 RAM Der O.. Il @ posse |GTS SEW out "a
4 passenger train 10 meet the iEeigh At
. iiitcn cock Station, fourteen miiCG irom
, here. Tho freight was lei & aic d't nct
agIive until nearly s o'C.CCk. ny Wn-ch
time auce had beer Declared lnd TIE
train PASSED through without lltc-f''l-
: ton.
Now .his ia only the history Of
hundreds Of strikos. They gener-
ally ond 5y the strikers getting
G nearly, if not all they want no
harm is done by this par. Of the
r strike. Let them get what they
. want if they can. But this thing
OF their remaining in possession q
the property Of others. is al wrong
: tf,hey decline &c WORK, well ans
q GOOD, but they should be compelled
e 10 leave tie premises, and srreste;
n as trespasseys, if they return, IN
less with the consent of the owners
There is going to be his troubl
g somo day, over these raii"a,,
10 strikes. II WAS only few year
Ego that the whole North was OF
u vast panorama of terror. Million
= worth Of property was destroyed
Of The strikers fought, and whipped
The military, property was butne
deliberately, Blood was shed, an
% travel was stopped. 4 yeaI or III
&c after, thorc wcs Z well founded u
al prehonsion Of a repetition Of tn
as state of affairs, and st any and "a
times Of Tic year, strike Of SOM
kind is generally il progress.
~ 1t would DC well, to have ii
- status OF strikers defined, plaini.
%. 1t should be made plain to then
that the property of others, is som
thing they have nothing to do wild
tn and their taking possession OF
I'm should be severely pun.she
riy The idea that they can
he into the yards of a railway cor
er- pany, and take possession, shou
bo dispellad, and they should
and they should have
., borne in upon their minds, BY
=, few practical Illustrations, tn
:, such action will be punished.
IN taking possession Of railroad
-, yards, or engines, or anything els
were placed in the same catego
as taking possession of mar
ith horse, for instance, and punish
hi accordingly, it would have sal
eek tory effect. IF the presence
had strikers, on the property of t
ed. railroad company, or any otf
OF company. were treated as trespa
GUS as it should be. il would prove
ow. service. Treat striker rs q
gh, other individual would be treatt
es. Give him just the same rights a
-, private citizen, no more, no le
- and when he tries TO take mo
,.u stop him at once. Stop him, i
- any other law breaker should
Tho stopped, and make it evident
oil him, that his only right, is TO
.o.o fuse to work. If tho law as
:, stands, does not meet the ca
~ make law that does, and enfo
IA it Make the failure TO enforce