Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-16
!. 4. Boycott is Made a Potential
! .,tor IN the Business Affairs
Of the Town.
,.rs Placed Beyond the Pale OF
s.,le,, To Sell Them Meat
aud Bread a Sin.
r.a,ures OF the Great Isaiiroad
s,ab. -rroubles Of a Bosrcsug-
House Man.

a. - ncmOer Oh lnui'ru"'-'S ""fv oeen
aasil N Under the ban Tor various reasons
n.y., g was applied to hotels. Their
~ we're notified not to entertain the
smpIoyes of the Texas & Pacific
~ Of them acceded, but four
Ia. esd to obey the mandate
'ado .o-e boycotIed. These were
' v. " ,yehio's hotel, Southern hotel, Hen
,neQe I. bonse and another the name of
lleng Y could not be learned. Next the
Y . QnlR ~ were tried and the butchers were
% pal ssh,t they must not sell meat to the
eaiea men. Grocerymen were advised
a'loA n ~ and other tradesmen Of different
'rstons. Property owners were re-
Z, * III "a not TO rent TO the new employees,
Rl~ n \ ,bey were already renting to them
4Hstt ~ an them out, and 6he request was
" 01e ~ Ia By the pains aud penalties of the
Vlsqo II AZ south end of town Is filed with ii.
iaal II .,,.lons Of this feature of the strike.
- roiel n .re Instance young brakeman and
" q ia we're elected from a certain hotel
Eagcock at night their board had
= va1slr& secured by the railroad.
NY, VA ~ another section foreman
| lsu p notified by the landlord to va
,lsAus residence on which he had paid a
om IN IN rent in advance. These are
.s.s ~ eImen cases ont Of dozens.
suew NOT CONSTITUTIONAL,
sVun1 IA prominent, Intelligent conserva-
~ Knight toareporter OF TIE GAZETTE.
bee Individual boycotts are all I'M
1881 Hstitu,ional; none OF them have
anlt ~ passed on by the assembly,
Mice d XN alone can levy boycott.
wing shs a power of our organization is being
Sofely ped and the order placed in a bad
aad, IA Wfby men who are acting entirely be-
most IN "a Is their authority, If Mr.. Powderly
every NJ y ad come to Texas l would not be
q sA sfsed TO see him take away one or
eusslon' b charters.' The speaker talked as
ulns Af# "a to friend His remarks are
eallnehl ,hd to show the feeling which pre-
Feelings II among the more conservative of
g IRON Rights; few would dare give ex-
y paIle sion to 1t, but IN many ways it comes
= any cal h Ne surface,
0IliheAE& EXPERIENCE OF MIR. TAGGART.
rely iegs n sr Taggart is an old gentleman with
ice ioffa 8srs family, who lives east of the Mis-
D. Wna Iii Pacific railway few blocks, aud
tAoi the Union depot. For several
(, ~ nhe has been engaged in the wood
: ~ X. w iness In this city, and was until the
w W. n ho Of the latter partner of the la
- p' ve'' ikd "Cyn Lamborn in that business.
. M h the strike occurred, Mr.. Tag
n NJ WIS bllllCN 10 ny bQe
A ~, = ~ had company to board some
h's' new employees Business being
I'll, #heconcluded to do SO to earn live
oi' y ~ q ~ for his family. About week ago,
2 'a1 1nniitee Of strikers waited upon him,
n. n requested him to turn off his board
's.y,a asS BE declined to do so. They
''S'asA visited his butcher with whom
. ~. n bad arrangements to secure
= ~ supply Of meat, and when
ra.,s Failed to purchase his daily allowance,
V''A &Fssiod that the shop could have no
a,. 8rdtalngs with him; he rendered cash
''H'" n he amount of beef he wanted, but it
,,.a.AS Hrelused. The next day the water
~ M hormed Mr.. Taggart that he was
NM 8ned from selling him, any more
q l l1as,, &Hit Glanced that the former was
). - III I'm VI cents worth of water, and
" =. 4, W. &lM to refund him this in
! but it was refused.
4. III he owner of the house in which he
=, y s,,.. notified Mr.. Taggart that he must
: :, = sorn.., y The premises within two days, eX
.au'a Y #alg that he was acting under the in
'''D' lions OF committee Of Knights, who
as Inst he 81 himself aa would tS be boy
lget out. To this order Mr.. Tag
asmurred, believing that he held
links Of D tson under three years contract
@nsequently will not leave the place
RN III compelled to do so by law Mrs,
ntly viAr Ail venerable old lady Of fifty or
VERY Aid e.gOals stated to GAZETrE reporter
mt oisnra 'SI mat she and her daughters had
AZ ciyer subjected to the vilest insults at
4 vreatlfh Il v Tunes during the absence of her
DAYS iArl la Yesterday morning the family
If aug oas peculiar odor and taste
,ommtnd Il water taken from barrel
4 Tue night before from
Sdae Is Vwlng artesian we'll north of the
TWO daughters, aged respectively
anu eighteen years, drank
.o and We're Immediately seized
tpsf Sauseai none of the rest OF
eA Nsss. n, anly touched it. The young
pa p,ass "a continued ill throughout the
l'@ - Xxx n " Oldest one, who drank more
~ pssta n ~. ye Other being most seriously
" Y ks M A small bucketful of the
" w ~, n VAS taken to the Fort Worth
~ mi III n r,sii Where it will probably be Gna-
~ ssmsrs n n,aay by MFR. w. IL. Harper,
sesoso,, -s4l chemist. Mr.. Taggart is con
IN Inc water was diluted with a
&rsome sort during the night. The
located Just outside his yard
I. wagon, on which It had been
3 old' VIZ aon the well the previous even
inHanpa-s ~ ~ came very near administering
me ~ " contents TO two little grand
dinclg ~ VINO were very sick during the
ylocsMggs ~ olAmaring for water,
2 PLANT 'ENI AGAIN.
Nv NV IN, \ y, Harris, superintendent OF the
l,,ssi 81 al Pacific freight Office at this
ior 10 y wv an eye TO the artistic, planted
.tr "a 81 !ouns shade trees In front OF his
u ~ ~ fIae South side. Sunday morn.
~ tbea VI s-nu lnem all capslzed, their roots
a,,ro,.d Al LA pala Heaven, and nothing but 0
\, wf KIM AZ barren hole where the trees
= .,sisa eprouied and bloomed.
h,,r'tx n DANES DILEMMA.
, 4. Il m #,,.asy AFTERNOON an old lady crepi
Z s,ps #sn,y up the stairs leading TO jus.
-.snF ~ 4 ~ ssnctum and entering asked
49, she could talk with him q
mys'ely. The aged lady seemed
= -uco afraid somebody might
s..,t vii word OF her commu.
~ bEr1t sn ~ ny, repairing to one corner OF
,erinr > & n IN s"alspered in his honor's ear
Of nman. "s 5"usei HusioN I"
sss one Of those boycott cases, =
listed. "She wanted my advice
i'A' ~. proprlety OF continuing
~ lot Of men who
! 80 ~ NJ f3he the place OF
strikers. 1t seems that she
Sna 80 clearinghouse down about
III w., NJ somewhere, and has been wait
y. x M a ~ Sonllnittee who urged her II
.lik ul.I' 7N tu,,, ~ ~ 'nsii tSniPyiai