Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-02-17
The Iehas Of the Street Car Lines IN
New York Strike and Win
Their Fight,
The Agltatlons Continue in London and
Riotous Demonstrations Still
in Vogue There.
The Brakemen's strike on morgan Di
vision stops Freight Trains
on the Entire Line.


Special 20 the tactic.
HousroN, Tx, Feb. lG.--E Excitement
is running high IN railroad circles among
the trainmun Ia this city A committee
OF brakr,ucn on the Louisiana division OF
the southern Pacific company waited
upon Superintendent Il @. Thompson
and asked IN increase OF pay. The meet
Ing adjourned I'LL tomorrow as | o'clock
a. m.
Freight train No. "a, bound east, was
discontinued tonight and orders issued
by the superintendent TO discontinue all
freight trains tomorrow ON account OF
slack business on the Louisiana division,
caused by the strike ON the connecting
Morgan division. The trainmen claim
that strike is Inevitable and Is
virtually In existence. Master Of
Transportation irwin, on being
Interviewed, said the company
had not been notified OF any strike, that a
committee waited on Superintendent
Thompson and demanded So per day for
their labor, and that the matt II would
finally be consummated tomorrow.
The trains on the Morgan division have
not been running Tor two days past.
All the Knights of Labor assemblies IN
the city met tonight, and II IL presumed
will take some action In the matter.
FREiGHT nRAREMEN ON A srRIKE.
NEW ORLEANS, La, Feb. l6.--- The strike
OF freight brakemvn on the first section
of Morgan's Louisiana s Texas railway
between Algiers and Lafayette, dis.
lance of lii miles, continues. No freight
trains are moving over this section of
the road
CAR-DRIvERs ON A STRIKE,
NEW YORK, Feb. l6.--The car-drlyers
on the Fourth Avenue street car line
struck this morning because OF the fail
ure Of the company to keep its agreement.
No cars are running on the line.
WHY THEY STRUCK.
| NKw YORK, Feb. l6.--The agreement
| between he car-driyers and the officers
OF the Broadway and Seventh avenue and
the Broadway surface roads, whereby the
drivers are TO receive 50 30 per day for
! twelve hours work with an hour of for
dinner, went into effect yesterday. The
new arrangement Is very satisfactory.
! The arrangement between the drivers aud
the Fourth Avenue company also took
eject yesterday, In tho afternoon the
drivers ton this line become suspicious
that the company did not intend TO carry
out the agreement, aud they threatened
an immediate strike unless the agreement
was cpfoIced. A meeting Of the drivers
was held last night aud IL was decided
to quit this morning, inasmuob as tho
company had failed TO fulfill the contract
This morning not car left the depot
The men complain that the company,
though promising 20 pay them So a day
for twelve hours work with half an hour
for dinner, had violated the agreement by
paying only half OF the drivers and con-
ductors that amount, the other bali rec
ceiylng only from 81 20 to 81 so. Delegate
| Cullen, for the men, endeayofed 10 have
the agreement carried out, but Superin.
tendent Skitt, 10 whom the men lay all
blame, refused, saying that the old men
We're getting full money, and IL was the
men who made fewer trips that were re-
ceiying lesser amounts, and he thought
they ought 10 be satisfied.
| The striking car drivers held meeting
this morning, when the assistant superln-
tendent OF the Fourth Avenue road waited
! upon them and In behalf of the company
4 asked the executive committe OF the
| drivers TO call upon Superintendent Skitt
/ at the depot and he would Sign an agree
ment by which the troubles would be
settled. The men replied that the
| superintendent would have TO come over
10 their hall and sign set OF agreements
in the presence OF the men, because they
! had been deceived by the company be-
fore. These agreements provide that
twelve hours shall constitute dey's
work, that the men who work full time
shall receive 81 a day, and that not more
/ than twenty trips shall be made each day.
| The men so far have maintained good
order. A peaceable settlement IL ex-
| pected.
| The company acceded 10 all the dc.
mands Of the men this morning, and
traffic on the line was resumed at $3.50
tonight.
TIM LoNDoN AGTTA1IoNs CoNTfSUR.
| LONDON, Feb. lG.-'fhc agitation Of the
unemployed woTkiDgmen continues
Numerous meetings are being held az ga,
rions charitable associations Ia London
aud the proyinceR 10 devise means for
aiding the sufferers. The fund now
amounts TO $4,000 The lord-mayor,
ut a meeting ~ the felief-fund comuittec
yesterday said he believed the growth Of
the fund was the quickest on record.
The money, he said, would be handed TO
the various relief agencies for distribu-
| tion. The manifesto of the Social demo-
cratic federation, calling for DemoDstra.
ton on Sunday, names Hyde park as the
place of the meeting.
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