Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-05-18


permauent settlement between the men
who own the roads and the men en-
ployed on the roads.
O. Don't You know that silnllar dis
Iturbances exist between manufacturers
and their employees, the world over? A.
Yes, sir, do.
O. Very well, should not the business
Of those manufacturers be put under the
charge CT the government alsoY A. Yes,
| sir, will state that before get through,
Then think this, the country needs
more money 10 do the business Of the
country. We think there Is too little cur
rency In the country TO employ labor
with.
( O. Do you mean there is NOT enough in
| the aggregate, or do you mean some have
too much aud Others not euough2 A.
don't believe there Is enough in the ag-
gregate.
O. You have read the theories OF
Pruden, suppose? A. I have read the
theories OF great many on finance.
Q. DO you accept his theory that all
property is robbery A. No, sir.
] q And that when ore man has got
more than another, IL is his duty to
divide 1t instantly? A. No, sir.
| Q. DO you accept the ideas OF the
later FreEch revomtionists and so
cialists? A.. No, sir; I am not COM
munist
O. Not even German communist A..
No, sir; am not a communist at ALL l sup
pose that will answer the question.
O. DO you believe In the English idea
Of labor reform, by cooperation, both In
production, distribution and furnishing
supplies? A. believe that cooperation
Is the only hope OF mankind TO be de-
llvered from monopoly
q. Don't you think that the natural
disposition towards ease and comfort and
expenditure would largely prevent
operating by cooperation, where men
ordinarily do what they havea mind to,
and when they have a mind to2 A. do
not know that understand your ques-
ton exactly.
@. Can you have cooperation unless
men are willing to earn alikep A. No,
sir; but a mans success should be based
upon his ability TO produce, not upon his
ability TO get laws, to legislate property
Into his hands.
@. DO you belong to any labor organi.
zationH A. | belong to the Knights Of
Labor, the Grange and the Farmers
alliance.
q. Do either of these societies require
that an equal payment should be made to
each member, where they are employed2
A. No, sir. The only requirement of the
Knights Of Labor Is equal pay for equal
work.
Q. How can that be adjusted by days
work? A. Pay every man at the same
price under the same conditions for the
same work.
q. You were here during this striker
A. | was here after the strike began. II
was here during the period of the strike.
q. You saw considerable OF it2 A. Yes, |
sir, and read some of 1t. VI
., Did you see engines that we're
killed. A. Yes, sir have seen engines |
standing on the switches. | suppose
they were killed.
q. You knew OF the preventing, by |
force, of the running OF cars2 A. No, |
only by the general expression of the |
community.
q. Is there surplus of labor in this |
section Of the country? A. There seems |
to be. Whether there is or not, do not
know.
q. Then, when Il strike occurs ordinari- |
ly, other men could be found TO supply |
the place Of the strikers, could they not? |
A. To some extent | would not say posi- |
lively.
Q. Would walk-out of the EMPLOYEES
OF railroad stop the handling OF freight
and the movement OF trains without force |
20 prevent other men from working. or
actual force upon the property? a. III
viii state right here really don't know |
OF any force ever being used TO prevent
men from working.
Question repeated) A. do not know |
as | exactly understand It yet.
q VIII mere walk-out, without
stopping the men coming In To take their
places, or the use of force in the stopping
OF the running of trains be effective? A.
Well, general strike or walk-out, as YOU
may term IT, would Of course stop the
OF the country for time,
and doubtless the hands might be sup
piled and traffic start up again
Q. That could be done almost imme-
dlately, could 1t notp A. hardly think
" could be done Immediately. IL may be
done.
Q, Do you believe that strikers, after
walking out, or when walking out, ARE
lustidable In taking the company's prop.
erty and preventing its being used? A. l
Will state to that question | am opposed
to strikes on general principles. From a
legal standpoint, do not suppose they
have.
O. From moral standpoint, have
theyf A. do not think they have.
2. What is the object of the Knights of
Labor, speaking In such terms as YOU are
A. l understand the primary
object OF the order to be the education Of
the masses, first.
Q. What neXtp A. IL Is supposed that
when the masses are educated that such
legislation would be brought about as
would prevent strikes.
q, think have heard something as
TO one of its objects being ito elevate
mankind generality A. Yes, sir.
. Do you know what "scabn is?
4. Yes, sir.
Q. Where does the elevation come as
% "scabg" A. Well, from the remarks
have heard made about the "scabn he !
would he impossible to elevate.
q. He is human being, | suppose?
!. Yes, sir, they say he has the human
orm.
@. And he may have wife and chill 9
Iren, | SUPPOSED A. Yes, sir.
Q. They may need feeding and proyid. Q
ny for Just as much as any other man'sP
|, Yes, sir. n
a. q