Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-22
GROWS MORE SERIOUS.
One Hundred and Fifty Masked Men
Play Havoc with the Railway
Property at Deulson.
Result Of the Conference Between
HoxIe and the Governors Of Kan.
sas and Missouri.
The Missouri Pacific Invokes Federal Row
er Through the United stasss
Circuit Court.
A MAsknp Mon Ar nrN1soN

'toNifhi W hit NhAttht
DFNisoN, Tx, March 81 This mora.
Ing, about O'Clock, while the watchmen
at the round.house was taking things
easy they were surprised by about 100
masked men making their appearance and
commanding them To keep quiet" The |
watchmen, tn 10 number. were taken up
and carried to the shop Office aud a puafd |
put over them. They were told to re-
main there and make no noise, as the |
masked men had come determined, and |
would do their duty, let the consequences
be what they would, and that they should |
not be injured. The wstchmen sat Ia the |
office aud awaited the result. Out OF the |
mob OF l50 men not word was
spoken except by their leader, who, after |
Placing the watchmen under guard went
TO the middle OF the turn-table, where
every one could see aud hear him, and
said "Mcn, you know your duty; do
it.n
At that every man broke in some
direction without the least bit of noise
In about five minutes the speaker returned
10 the Office ND addressed the w2tchmen,
saying; "Gentlemen, we are much
ob iged TO you for your conduct and wish
10 return our thanks. You all are at lib
erty to go about your business. Good
morning
! The watchmen stepped out Of the Office
and not man was In sight or could he
heard. They then made an Investigation
as to what had been done. The pass, niger
engine that was 10 leave for Fort Worth
this morning at O'Clock was found with
The steam cock oprn, the hose cut, the
fire dumped out aud killed entirely, so
the ma queraders snpposedi but they
failed to open the water gAuge, so the
engine had enough water to carry her TO
Whitesboro, and while the hands
were heating and bringing her
20 life again, new hose were put IN and
in about one hour she steame up TO the
depot and took out the passenger tram
that laid there an night. In the shop the
men found that the large stationary en-.
CINE had be, II rem we'd from her place,
the water 1T out of the large tanks, and
the water let out of the engines The
hose was cut, the pins were removed
and the engines were Killed, so II Viii
The damage they did 20 machinery l. dis.
ahipg il, etc, was very large,
and it will take some time
to put the pieces together. u ery
maskerader carried a large piece Of iron,
bIickhat or something of the sort So rs &c
be ready for a COMBAT, II the watchmt1
should resist, but the watchmeu, seeing
= the large number Of the mob, knew II
was useless 10 resist so they allowed
them to do what they wanted TO ant
, depart without interruption. Ihr quick
ness OF the Job and the quetDess q
the men showed that they had beel
y well trained aud their duty pointet
out to them, which they did In remark
ably short time The watchmen nave NJ
} idea who they were, and those that wor
no masks were strangers 10 them, 3
there Is no way OF ferrrting out the guilt
parties. Master Mechanic Clark and Tn
foreman, Mr. Fiddler, had been wolkln
all last week making pins for the kille
engines aud had ABOUT enough Of lhen
. They had water carried TO the engine
and wood placed upon them, 50 that IN
very few minutes they could bring ihel
q In The yards, ard vim the aid of the o
" ticers run out freight train, but no
things are IN ten times worse cOndtiu
than when the engines were hrsl hiile'
The excitement ran high this mornli
when the news NJ the ma'keraders' won
became gene ally known. The aspect
the strike is growing worse aud wore
DenIsnn. The oUe-absorbing topic OF u
day was strike, strike, strike BuSne
men, laboring men, professional men,
fact everybody, Is being keenly hu
N financially 10 the long-cunilnutd strik
~ and wagers are offered that settleme
will soon come TO their relief on one Eli
or the other
AID sKNT 70 DESIsoN.
+. Special TO the Yazette
A. SuERMAN, TEX, March 2l.-Ne'
a. 80 nal "a
- masked mtn oyerpowered the guards
Inc railroad shops at DenIson ast mig
land Killed al the engines In The VA
one was repaired this morning Ia tine
Ils take out the passenger trairk Snei
Douela.s WAS wired tnis morning a
went over. He sent a message Tor ~
laie This afternoon aud Deputy Bob M
"a with several hers, left by private g
" ye,ancr ( r the scene If trouble.
THE RESULT or THF coNFERENcE'
~ ST LOUIS, Mo March II --liosernf
"a Marmaduke and Martin held their IN
~ conference with Y,cr-Prsldent HW
this afternoon, at which the proposiu
,nbm tted Yesterday by the govern
was again discussed aud formal rel
---- on the part of the railway OH ials y
made. The following corr spondti
includes the two documents mentlpn
and is both the substance ana sum oil
prnceedngs OF the three conferences
= sr. LOUIS. March 2o.--ro II
- Haxie, Esqs First Vlce.Prrsld
Missouri Pacific Railway Comps
DvtR SfR-On the 10th mi
the undersigned met at Kansas q
IiS' discuss the various conditions oi IN
IN the states Of Kansas and Miss
growing out Of The late strike on The y
~. az he Missouri Pacific railway and
- resulting obstruction OF the cominefc'
The two riafe.. While at Kansas City
were visited by a delegation Of your
employees, and sitter discussing with "
the various phases OF the strike We !
~ sented 10 visit you ana
continuation OF the terms
- the agreement made with the mans
nent Of your road on this 10Th Of Ma
= Iss5, and II deemed advisable 70 rec