Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-25


hent But, leaving the Texas 4 paeIf
itNii"ay entirely out of present consIasi
stlon, that contract has been broken. "A,
iated, and Ignored time after time. "a "a,
l. In many cases the September wac,
vided. s'o'pion' PR
=. Section foremen were redurea a
per month without any notice
s. B0iler-makers were sent ont q, ~,
road from Denlson and allowed onlv an,
nall time while travelling.
4. kngine.wlpers In round .hons.a ~, :.
reduced rom 81 26 to 81 10 per day.
., Vat ioreman AZ Fort Worth was N
uucsu elO per month, and then had 10 a
WORK OF TWO men, for which company M,
him. IVY p"H
9. Foreman ia the mill at De Soto
MO- was reduced $40 per month wlthou
Z. Car men at Parsons were reduce,
given. AVs'N
Many men worked over the entlr,
system eleven and twelve hours per IA,
Ior ~ 10 without anything for oyer-tine
On sundays the same long hours for m,
same sum, sll6, without oyer-time.
u Check clerks in freight houses re,
dnced 80 per month without notice,
~ Men were discharged on no othor
grounds but because they had taken nari
IN the strike Of 1850, and new men en-,
ployed az less wages Ia their nlaces
A systematic method OF discharwips If
detail ana replacing with cheaper mon
was being carried out, which, II allowed
10 go on, would have resulted In hringinp
men back 10 reduction basis arainsi
which they struck IN 1885.
Were these no violations Of contraetg
II not, then IN the uame of Heaven what
does the contract mean2 Other forms aud
other instances Of its violations might
be cited, but It would be useless
These can be proved by the sworn tes.
iimony OF scores of inen. We ara pro.
pared 20 substautlate our assertions al
any time. How, then, can any mau have the
hardwood to stand up IN face OF these
facts aud tell us that the Missouri Pacific
railway has not violated It's contractY
Men have asked for redress time after
time, but In vain. The executives of the
knights OF Labor sought to settle the
matter but we're referred from one OIL
olal to another and deferred from time To
lme, Conference was asked to nrbitrnte
amlcably It's violations, bat this was re.
fused. The reply Of the general
superintendent Of the Missouri
Paoilc railroad, ia which he
refuses 70 agree TO a conference on the
grievances, as proposed. by the district
master workman Of District l0l, Heights
OF Labor, can bee produced. In this he
brazenly claimed that the railroad had
not violated any of the provisions OF the
contract. He might as well claim that
the company have never entered into any
such agreement. As far as tha truth was
concerned, N might as well claim that
the American eagle was quadrubed, or
that Texas was yet u NJ xcan state.
Now we ask every falr.mlnded man
what can we dor Submit to the railroad
officials violating the agreement entered
INTO, day by day, and then strive 20 braz.
emily bulldoze us Into the belief that they
were not violating 1t at alp Were we
babies, idiots, who could not read, sec.
feel, know what language implied and
actions meantf For two months we
submitted in patience 30 that humiliation;
for two months we begged, we hoped,
we prayed that an amicable adjust.
ment might be arrived at; for
months we deliberated In expectancy that
returning reason in the railroad officials
would recognize cur rights. In vain. The
violations were becoming more frequent
and gross. What could we do; submit2
Human nature could not. Manhood
should not. We struck under the same
and would do II again,
though certain starvation stared us In the
face,
A committee OF District as and I0l,
knights OF Labor.
HOW THE STRIKE IL HURTING FORT
WORTH.
special to the Gazette.
NEW YORK, March PA. l.. Hopkins
Of the Missouri Pacific, who has had
numerous conferences with Jay Gould
about the Southwestern strike, said 20
rHB GAZETTE correspondent to-day that
they proposed to do nothing in the mat
ter, but let the strikers and the knights
worry themselves out, Then they would
probably return to work. Mr.. HOPKINS
said the railroad officials are as deter.
mined, II not more so, than the strikers,
and viii not yield point. Mr.. Hopkins
added that his counsel IN Texas had In
formed him that the strikers are liable for
damages TO the road or It's property, and
that prosecutions win probably be instl.
tuted against the leaders In the var
against the corporations. The injury done
Fort Worth by the strike on the South
west system may be greater aud more lar.
reaching In it, results than your readers
imagine.
Acitlzen Of Fort Worth, who has been
In New York for two months negotiating
ior The capital TO construct a road from
Fort Worth, had just succeeded ia organ
zing syndicate with abundant capital
when the strike occurred. The ne2Otia-
lions are nov AZ etaudstill, awaiting the
Of The strike, The gentleman
stili has the matter well Ia hand, but his
combination may dissolve az any time,
~ capilnl must be employed and will not
remain idle for any considerable length
u lime.
Al DALLAs.
special 10 the Gazette.
DALLAS, Tx, March 2l.--The situa-
Ion Of The strike Is unchanged here To-
lay. Everything is quiet, as has been
lerc ever since the strike was lnaugu-
rated. AS regards Outwsrd Appearance,
Dallas, probably, has been less affected
han any town along the line. Her busi-
ness interests have suffered severely from
he results Of tue strike. The news from
Denison excited considerable alarm, and
everyone is anxiously awaiting further
developments Marshall Ca5rll went
West last d ghi 10 preserve order II IL
earned from the West, by the railroad
nan that tha Gtrlkera ara airing fnfa t,nf I