Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-04-19
LABOR MATTERS.
The Trouble Between the Baltimore
& Ohio and the striking Switch.
men Settled.
The Lake Shore Strike--An inccndiary
speech About Rines-The Street-Car
Troubles in New York.
rnn D. 4 0. rnounLn snrrI I'D

President ireland Smith, General-NIan
ager Is. Dunham, General Superintendent
FOreacre and Diyisiou-Superinten
Brtton Of the Baltimore & Ohio railwsy
met committee of the striking switch
men to-day aud all difficulties were set
/ tied, the Objectionable parties having
! voluntarily requested that they he trans
ferred TO other puiuts. This WAS agreed
20 by the company and by their employees
| Work will he resumed tomorrow morn
| ing and freights moved with the usua
promptness.
| STATUS or THE SwITCHMEN's STRIKE
| CHICAGO, LII, April lS.-The striking
/ Lake Shore switchmen were peaceablJ
inclined to-day and there was no disorder
at the yards Of that company. Officials
OF the road ordered out freight engines
early In the day aud the engineers toos
them out, but there was no one on hand
TO man the switches and therefore nc
freight was handled. In the afternoon
the strikers held a meeting and decided
Is allow four cars consigned to the Nickel
Plate 10 be taken out of the yards.
Yardmas.er Wiskell said to q
reporter that the company did
not propose TO run trains by the aid OF
new men, though advertisements ap-
peared in the morning papers calling Tor
men to apply at the yards for work The
officials are very reticent, and little can
be learned regarding the prospect of an
early settlement OF the difficulties. The
swltchmen's union has not yet Endorsed
the action of the strikers, but it is be-
lieved it will do so if such supports re-
CURED. The strikers say emphatically
that whatever overtures are made must
be made by the company.
AT a well-attended meeting of the
strikers tonight circular was ordered
issued denying that the Switch
mems Benevolent association was
In any way responsible for
the strike. A committee of thirty
members composed wholly OF strikers
was appointed to guard the principal
points where a mob, should one gather,
would be most likely 10 be disastrous to
the company's property While they dis
claim any intention to create disturb
ance the strikers are determined
to prevent the movlng of freight
trains should the compan, attempt to do
so with new men. They also say thew
will do all in their power TO prevent
hoodlums and outsiders generally from
taking any hand in matters or from doing
any damage to property.
RIFLES ARE CHEAP.
NEW YORK, April l6,-Wnat is known
as the Workingmen's Rife corps to-day
filled hall at No. 8 Second avenue.
They were addressed by Editor Schwitsch
OF the Volks Ieitung upon the labor
question. He advised his hearers to arm
themselves as rapidly as possible and pre-
pare themselves for future troubles. Ri
Hes could be had for sc each, and ammu-
milton was cheap. The crowd cheered
these sentiments.
THE CAR-DRlVFRs.
NEW YORK, April Is --Twenty-tlve new
men were hired by the Third Ayenne
Railroad company to replace the strikers,
and the drilling Of new drivers has gone
forward all day in the depot. The com
pany's officials are thoroughly confident,
and say they now have enough men TO
run cars on the main line from end to
end, and also the One Hundred and
Twenty-ffth street line. The strikers
were in session all day to-day, and they
say they initiated twenty-five Of the com.
pany's newly hired men OF Saturday.
TO TIE UP.
NEW YORK, April 10, | 80 A. M.-The
executive committee uf the Car Drivers
association has decided to "tie up, ali
surface lines In the city excepting on
Eighth ana Ninth avenues at O'Clock
this morning
WILL DEMAND AN INCREASE
fouNGsTowN, ONO, April IS-There
is every reason to believe that the coal
miners OF Mahoning valley will make
general demand for an advance of wages
within u short time The miners of the
Poland Coal company and those of the
Fort Royal Coal company in that vicinity
have already asked for an increase of lOl
cents per ton from May /.
THE CONDUCTORS
ELMIR>, N. Y, Apiit lS-The Elmira
division If the Ordtr OF Railway Copduc- |
tors, numbering l6o members, to-day
adopted resolutions xtending greeting, |
ana commencing u" manly action Of |
stesuiastness to pin pie and prestige, |
thereoy given To the rder In maintaining |
lIs principles by the brothers Of the order |
employed on the Missouri Pacific system
oi railroads, In refusing to join in and
the strike which had |
Deen IN progress ia that section to the
ietrlment OF ooth employe and employer.
TRAFFIC RESUMED.
ST. LOUIS, Mo, April S,--Full resnrnn.
- - NAe-AAN VI amy Wy tue II tSL OF. Louis
railroads. seems more probable to-day
han at any time siuce the strike com.
neuced. The different roats centerinn
n that city to-day took advantage of the
usual Sunday quiet and transferred an
)iockaoed freight which has accumulated.
ma me officials OF the various roads an
lounce clear tracks tonight and their
Iblliy to handle promptly all freight
which may be offered tomorrow.
Inc Bridge and Tunnel and Belt Line
companies, which transfer great quanti.
les OF freight across the river and he.
'ween the different railroad yards, have
,,mployed q sufficient number of men TO
10 all that may be required of them
WIGHT crews have also been engaged n,
ne latter companies and by several Of
ne different railroads, aud to-morow
night business will be done la the various
ards as before the strike, thus virtually
aising the freight blockade.
|