Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-23

1 SIAItu IO-HfEfll AiiIb n N'fhA'hcA@~N -
,cav snnerintendents will be held to
morrow. Several are IN the city tonight
one of whom said 1--WE are vet undeter
mined az 10 whether or not this strike y
the work of the knights OF labor, but u
so, then the present time IL as GOOD a.
any for meeting Issue with them, and IN
this case am IN favor Of doing 50, filling
i their places and invoking prote ton o.
Il The law for the resumption OF business"
Not an animal was shipped out OF the city
from the stock.yards to-day, and nothing
mt very small retail trade was done, The
Armour Packing company is arranging 10
shin quantity OF lts provisions dOwnthe
river by boat The smelling works al
\ Argentine will he compelled 10
shut down shortly II the strike
continues, dlsemploying 600 men.
Truckmen and others employed In han
ding freight are forced into idleness, and
clerks will soon feel the effects OF the
blockade Wholesale business ls stag
mated Just at the opening OF the busy sea
son. Side tracks are all iilled with loaded
trains awaiting transfer destined TO points
east aud west Express companies
are receiving perishable freight atOwner :
risk. The supply OF coal II considered
sufficient TO continue the city's industries
tar some time, hence there Is no danger
Of obstruction on that account.
The police force IL scattered
| through the yards tonight, aud the
night force has been ordered TO
report at s O'Clock tomorrow morning.
All IS quiet at the yards, and there is no
present danger, apparently, of an open
rupture. The state adiutant-genera
has ordered the Seventh regiment militia
OF this city to assemble tonight al the ar
senal until further orders. There Is a
general disposition TO regard the strike
With growing seriousness, though u Is
Impossible 20 aualyze the situation at all
definitely. Strikers are close-mouihed
aud do not indicate either
their motives or purposes, except as
shown in their statement to the public
1t is said that many Of those who went
out do not belong to the union and yet
are knights of Labor, hence
the argument that the latter are ut
the bottom of the trouble Both knights
aud union switchmen, however, deny
this, and the public Is left to draw It's
own conclusions. The strike is the only
topic OF conversation, and there Is great
anxiety as to its outcome.
AT WILLS POINT.
Correspondence OF the Gazette.
WILLS POINT, TEX, March II 1.-The
unusually large edition OF The GAZETTE
sent here to-day was quickly disposed Of
To anxious people who were eager for
news In regard TO the strike, which, IL
was thought by many, was ABOUT TO be
settled. Great disappointment was maDi-
tested when II was learned that matters
were no nearer an adjustment than they
were. Speculation rs To the disastrous
results which are possible, ii not prob
able, is tue chief subject Of conversation;
and whilst much sympathy Is manifested
for the wOrklugmen on all sides aud by a
large majority OF those VINO have eX-
pressed themselves TO THE GAZETTE
reporter, all join in condemnlng the
knights Of Labor for the methods they
have adopted to force settlement. The
boycott feature of the strikers is looked
upon as being simply too silly and CON
tumptibe to claim attention and has
caused the withdrawal OF the sympathy of
many. The reports Of bridge-burn-
Ing and other acts OF vandalism
has caused revolution of feel
ing, and whilst the knights are not
charged with these diaboiical schemes to
further their ends, ali express the belief
that these lawless acts would not be COM
mitted were there 10 strike
Yesterday petition vas circulated Civ
ing expression 10 the sentiments of the
signers IN regard to the strike, and copy
OF IL was handed TO THE GAZETTE re-
porter to-day, which Is herewith trans
mitted. II justice 10 himself the reporter
viii state that had this petition been fur
nished him yesterday evening IL would
have been transmitted in time to appear
IN to-day's GAZETTE. He Is simply
newSglthcrer, and always ready to do his
duty, faithfully and impartially, regard
less of his own feelings or opinions
10 THE PUBLIC.
WILLS POINT, TEN, March 20 Whereas, re-.
por nave been sent abroad from this lace
by unauthorized arties that our people are H.
sympathy with the strikers In their unlawful
efforts 10 control the management OF the Texas
" Pacific ami Missouri Pa lille IA ways, aud
being DESTROYS OF COntruuiCtiug these damag
Ing stOtements, we, the citizens an business
mon of Wills Point, hereby declare that we
tuly indorsc The resolutions recently adopted
by the citizens of Sherman md Gruenyilie and
by the Merchants exchange of Dallas, Ia r
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