Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-13
CRITICAL TIMES.
Estimated Cost Of the Present Strike
to the Country upto
This Time,
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Iron Horses Race Along the lIIshwa,
Of Traffic ~ Fear.
fnl Speed.
IN, rom sedaiia, jefferson, Mnr.haii.
Usnison, sherman. Dsi
4 El'ewhsre.

Nv ihnfphu ftrlko begins The
thi' Of It's progress this morn
Ing Jul one week ago TODAY n ~
tended 10 tho Missouri Paclnc sys,om
a summary OF the rosults mag not be- IN,
interesting To beglu with the cost Of
w While The strike was confined TO the
Texas Pacific about 5000 men were m.
VOWED, whose pay averaged near 81 "a
per day Their wages Tor Ave DAYS would
have been $4,000. Ten thousand men
became idle through the Missouri Pacific
strike ut cost TO themselves Of slb, oof
per day. a little sum In mathematics
will show that the total cost Of The strike
TO the strikers 30 far has been slps oon
OF course these figures are only approx.
mately correct, but IL Is safe 70 say that
they are below instead Of above A true
estimate. II is difficult 10 make any aat.
lsfactory figures on the losses oI
tho railroads The Texas & paclac has
suffered n decrease IN its freight traffic
from which II Is gradually recovering, bnl
is yet far from normal condition OF
business. There has been no aphrecIablc
change IN passenger business, the differ.
ence II any being In favor of tho road
Ibe most serious result TO the Texas &
Pacillc, u perhaps the Injury 10 ilH track
aud foadbcd, for which The receut heavy
rains are IN large degree responsible.
Fur more serious have hocn the lossos
entailed ON the Missouri Pacific
system, which ~, perhaps. ALREADY
greater sufferer than the strikers them.
selves The complete cessation OF Ia
vast irrlght business Involves a loss
which, " put IN figures, would be start.
ling All Ia Al the strike has cost the
partirs directly Interested up 10 this mo.
mont llttle less than a hall million dol.
Tors These iigurcs will give an accurate
l.ee % the enormous wastage Ia
uniiaFs ana cents that IS now 20.
ing on daily. They roIaesent,
however, but two factors In the losses
fhetc IL a tnlrd, which, while not III.
rcclly Involved IN the contest, Ia contrib
nting more TO " Than either OF the
others. The cost OF The strike to the pub.
He il matiorwlth which lgnres nre inn f.
potent 10 deal. II IS essential Co the
well'belDg Of every citizen of 1yery com.
nunlty that lls commerce should be alb.
sOlutely unrestricted. Limitations, how.
over slight, are disastrous In the extreme.
Who, then, Gun estimate tho dam.
age when the wheels of com.
merce are blocked and cease almost on.
tlrely 10 revolver II pcrmeatoa the nj.
drs Of every individual, however
humble, leaving It's Impress alike up0n
the cottagc Of the poor and the paince
OF the rich. The disuiranpoment of
business relations, the etapnntlon of
markets, tho withdrawal OF confidence,
are results which produce paralysis OF
trade and business generally, the opera.
lions OF which, like q wave on the ocean,
reach out az far as tho limits Of com.
murce itself II the strike were
ended to-day, and the losses Of the pub.
Tic could be- put down In dollars aud
cents, II would 20 far mp In tbs millions,
II, however, II extends ns widely ~ has
boon iDtimatod, the 4 neral public aud
the West especially, VIII suffer TO an oA.
tent that years alone can hcal
POLITICAL INSULTS.
II cannot be denied that the present
troubles are making thor way into
politics. Tho announcement Of the
formation by the Knights Of Labor 10 an
illinois town OF the Omitted Labor
pgttyn is entitled 10 more Significance
Nm was generally attributed TO H..
In this city II IL understood that tue
organization is preparing TO make Itself
felt Ia local politics, ana that
active hand IN the coming city election.
The strike, ii seemr, has glyeu new I'M
pctna TO the political tendencies Of the
nate 10 Texas, as IN Illinois, 10 The birth
Of u new parry, rcmain' 10 DO developed
ANOTHER PtAN.
Tho knights OF Labor have not by any
means given up hope OF stopping the
traffic on the Texas 4 Pacific. Que Of
the members here says there Is only one
say now "a reach the desired end and
that this method viii be put ~ operatlon,
a fund IL 10 be raised from the knights
Of Labor Ia the Eastern states, where
TIE strike II not going on. This fluid IN
10 be committed 10 tho care OF COM
miitoc Of i0n or twelve knights, who
will call on the men at work on the Texas
& Pacific, reason with them, lnyo them
money enough tlr thrir needs, then Until.
ate them Into Ia order. After they are
Knights card will be furnished 10 the
new knlghih, commenting them 20 their
brethren elsewhere, aud settling forth the
Tact that they were at work for the Texas
& pacincj that they took The place Of the
strikers, but Ut the request of the Knights
ceased work aud Joined the order Mas
ter ". rkmcn aud assemblies 10 The East
will be asked 20 get The men work, This
new labor, or Idle labor before the strike
came up, will be out Of tho way, aud q
second installment, Il N believed, cannot
he found Then the road will again be
crippled aud have 70 stop operations.
oun UNcLK SAMUEL
The weetboand Texas q Pacific passen.
ger carried west, innn diately behind the
locomotive, freight car lOaaud with am
munltiop aud provisions for the troops at
Fort Concho The car will be met al
Abilene by the troops with ambuances,
and the stores taken 10 the post. That
car made express time from San Antonio
10 ita destination.
COAL SUPPLY.
The gas works here have only twelve 70
fifteen days. supply OF coal on hand, and