Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-27

tons have already been in tho ns,ers
regret that did not know ~ vanf AZ
ZION when addressed the cornmuulca
nvn uiu 70 the people Of Sherman
DalIu evidently deserves mention "a III,
hrstcommunity In the state that tool
open ground against the M who iefl
our employ without the slightest pretext
ana great credit is due the people N
balid ior setting the seal Of their disa,,.
probation upon the lawlessness and n.
oeeu, criminsl acts perpetrated bv the
strikers, aud the country viii appreciate
IT. Yours truly,
JoHN c. Brown, Receiver
DALLAS, Tx, March 23, 1855 "A. ID
EMERSON Esq, Baird, Tex. My bran
SIR am IN receipt Of yours of the l9,h
,hs' lnclosing copy Of resolutions passed
oy your people and which have already
oeen published By the papers. / sin.
cereiy ihank you and your friends for tie
many stand You have taken In favor II
law ard order as against mob rule l
vas not aware when addressed my letter
70 the committee At Sherman that Baird
nad passed previous resolutions. An
honor TO Baird and It's people. Yours
NNHN ~ bftONNf hNCtiNCi.
AT SPARTA.
Special to the Gazette
SPARTA, TEX, March 2e Can't. w Il.
Morton. deputy United States marshal OF
Dallas, With o number Of deputies, are
here Guarding the railroad prooeriy b..
tween hero and the canyon There are
no men on The sections here vet, hut one
Of the foremen is looking for crew to-
Day but up TO this hour (s,S0 O'clock
they have not arrived.
Deputy United States Marshal T. A.
weed passed here yesterday with posse
OF mounted deputies They viii be
placed at different points along the road
between Brazos and Gordon 10 prevent
any Expectations that may occur. The
all-aosorbing question here Is how long
will the strike last and how will IL end
II Is hoped by the community that the
differences viii soon terminate harmon.
lousy to all. a report has gone out that
various depredations have been commit
ted on the road In this vicinity. such as
placing rocks on the track aud stopping
trains. The facts as cleaned by your cor
respondent are these There was n train
fagged down by man wearing q mask,
fAN AAhARN AAN NnEAuNtI HOlt ItNuESi-
ing him to stop running his train. In re-
gard to the rocks placed on the track the
foreman says he has found no distractions
on the track whatever.
AT DENIsoN,
Special to the Gazette
DENIsoN, Tx, March 26.--Switching
began again this morning in the railroad
yards aud was kept up all day, without
the leastbit OF interference by the strikers
In fact only very few men were at the
depot. Occasionally city policeman
would be seen, and they were all the OIL
GERS present. Only few citizens stood
around the track and there was no excite.
ment at all, as it was not supposed that
an attempt would be made to kill
an engine. After dinner the word went
the rounds that several freight trains
would soon pull out, and quite large
number of citizens came down to see the
fun, and several hundred watched the
second freight train leave. Two trains
went to Fort Worth and one north The
train going north laid up for the night
at Limestone Gap, L. II while one went
to Whitesboro and the other TO Fort
Worth, Switch engine No. so went out
to Warmers switch aud brought back
cars Of coal, which was nearly
all sent out to-night The pins and SCREWS
had been taken from the cars II is be-
lieved to be the intention of the strikers
to allow al the freight TO leave Denison
and that would soou settle il, as none is
coming in. Several trains viii be taken
out ON Saturday.
AT PALESTINE.
Special TO the Gazette.
PALESTINE, TMX, March 26.--To-day
Judge Williams decided that X, T. Mar
shall, white, aud Hamp Derry, colored
were guilty of contempt Of court in dis
obeying the Missouri Pacific Injunction
and remanded the prisoners to jail to
await sentence of the court tomorrow
While the above trial was
pending, at O'Clock this morning, the
strikers in large body with whoops aud
yells and by use Of distractions
derailed an engine which had
pulled from the round-house and
moved down to the cOal-bin near the
compress Engineer Jack Kimbrough
knocked one Of the colored strikers from
the engine with hammer, but he was
soon overpowered by numbers. Two
other strikers, William Bazill and j. Il,
Briggs, charged with contempt in dis
obeylng the Injunction, Will have hear
ing tomorrow. IL Is hoped by all that
Gov. Ireland's proclamation and the sen.
tence OF the court in the case of Marshal
aud Derry will cause all persons disposed
to violate the law to pause and reiec
upon the consequences.
At DECATUR.
Special to the Gazette.
DECATUR, TEX, March 26.--The strike
is the all-absorbing topic here since yes
terday's GAZETTE gave the explanation
OF tue strike, its causes, etc. The matter
looks a little more favorable 70 thu
strikers aud II is the general opinion here
that il the Knights would rely fully upor
Chief Powderly the matter would sooI
assume better shape and the strikers
greatly benefited In the end. we have
not resoluted upon the matter yet.
The travelling lecturer of the knighti
of Labor, Jackson, spoke here last nigh
at the courthouse TO large assemol,
aud made splendid impression here
He SAYS the nd is not yet, that u
brotherhood of Locomotive Engineer
will 20 out soon and every wheel stop
lie condemns the destruction OF propert.
and saws none of II was done until Unite'
States marshals took charge OF the prop
erty ON the Texas & Pacific railroad.
AT wHTEsBoRo.
special 70 the Gazette.