Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-05-08

ply, because, under the laws Of the stat'
they must be employed eomewhef,
Otherwise, they must be maintained
; ldlenose. Put them az work anvwhar
and you Will place them In comnetltlo
With free labor. ! once Officially kdye
Gated their employment on the nuhl
roads, and still favor that system na m
best, perhaps, that can he devised. Il
not believe congress has the rlnht IN ree
ulato the rates OF freight on interstat
commerce, or TO control the prIce =
wages paid railroad employees. mi
difference between water nayIpatio,
and railroads IA that ~,
former Is carried on water. con
qucrcd or paid for by tho Roverpuent
while the railroads are built or mid m,
by their owners. He had Thought tba,
something like tho court of admirait,
might be established as court 10 ncs,
Oil questions arising between the road,
and their patrons or employees. II Decca
sary no would have uonstitutlonsi
amendment TO that offact. Tho obiec.
tlon he had TO arbitration was thai (,
didn't accomplish anything Ho dld
not believe that waterod atnck
had anything 10 DO with the nrIce
Of wages. Ronds IN bankruptcy nav as
nigh wages as those that are making
money. Labor must be controlled. and
always Will be controlled, by the INV Of
supply aud demand. II was perhans
true In great many instances that the
cost OF railroads was increased by stock.
holders being interested in construction
companies, but the witness did not think
that had anything to do with wnges, lie
should regard government ownership
OF railroads as great misfortune 10
both The country and the roads
GOV. Brown described the method of
Issuing "watered Stock aud said IN
douptedly an effort would be made Nv
The roads TO pay dividends upon IL, either
by taxation on trAfllc or on labor. or
both, but competition fixed freight rates
and wages. All the roads Ia this state
belong TO what Is called the 0Texas
Traffic Association" but IL does not re-.
late TO outside traffic. This association
was caused by the decentralization OF
rates brought about by the Texas & 81.
Louis, and Its aim was to preserve repu.
lar standard offreightrates. The state laws
regulate local freight rates. Pooling pre.
vented rulnous cuts, aud thereby enabled
railroads TO pay better wages.
N. M. Lovin, district master workman
OF Assembly l0l, was called 20 the stand
and Identified tho contents OF certain
papers as the three propositions. the
adoption OF which by the local assemblies
prectded the strike.
Gov. Sheldon, receiver OF the Texas &
Pacific, testified IN substance The same as
Gov. Brown In regard 10 the causes of
the strike. He said It's result had been
10 cripple the road severely In the re.
duction Of It's freight and passenger
traffic. SO great was the fear on the part
OF the travelling public that he took
his wife and went over the road
from New Orleans to I'll paso
In order 70 lot the assassins aud tho
world know that he was not afraid TO 20
over the track. lIo thought tho ware,
OF The section men were greater than Tho !
average farm lahorer Witness gave Inc
same reason ms Gov. Brown for the en-.
ployment Of Chinese on The pains. lie
was an American, and preferred TO en-.
ploy his own countrymen above other
labor when IL was TO be h0d II IL was
shown that airy employee Of the road was
not receiving enough for his labor he was
ready 10 rectiiy IL. lie was ready TO
arbitrate any grievance on Tho part OF the
employees or patrons Of the road, but he
would not arbitrate the question rs 10
or not he should employ a man
whom the road did not need or whether |
the road could afford TO nay more |
wages than 1t was already paying. He
believed compulsory arbitration was un-
constitutional, The only way to provide |
legal arbitration was 10 incorporate |
labor organizations. Arbitration and |
he regarded as the proper
method to settle disputes. There had been |
no purpose on the part OF the railroad 10 |
refuse 10 recognize the knights OF Labor
rs mn organization, There has been no
80 far as we know, except
that Mr.. Hall was improperly discharged.
He would make II felony, to be severely
to preventGny man from working
for pay. He could not see any dlstinc-
tion between taking mans property
and refusing man the right TO acquire
A simple walk-out without
force would injure nobody but the
men themselves and there Is no
reason why any man who
has II grievance against the Texas & Pa
clilc should strike, when the officers are
ready to redress his grievance. He did
not think that there was any power
lodged anywhere by the consultation to
compel man TO make a contract against
his WILL He thought the employees of
road were on exactly the same plane as
The employees IN cotton patch. II the
latter were not satisfied with their wages
they quit and secured work from the adj
Joining farm. He did not believe that
The power could be lodged In a
court TO regulate individual
contract unless American liberty OF ac-
lion was TO be sacrificed Managers OF
and largo industries should DO
OF the interests OF their cm-
)loycs. The propriety OF "poolsn WAS
provided they were not OPP
)ressivo upon the people They were
entered into Us prevent dis
lstrous cutting and 10 maintain q steady
current Of trade. Whenever the people
attempted TO prevent the railroads from
earning fair profits they made mistake.
Il enabled them 10 pay good wages. Tue
'ecciyere were appointed 10 protect the
interests Of the bondholders and stock.
lodcrs, many 81 whom were widows and
orphans. The railroad was capable,
when not interiOrcd with, 10 transport
reight at any time after the strike.
rhore "a no understanding among the
ulcers Of the road TO refuse 70 recog-
he tho Knights Of Labor Us an organi-