Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-04-22
labor Is HEARD.


NHII t.
payats. "That would reduce thi
4 ,-r 81 employees one-hali.'
4 ,,,ess. Eyes, 1t would, but they
4 Y I'm Immediately Ind employment il
= ,eslss Of lie where they would moi
,"- nv 4 tax upon the country, anc
4 -, thtnk there Is road in America
a ~ Men pressed TO half its carrying
Xcity No.. 80. no ,r,.,,a,
4 nsrily from competition Of laborersi
q ,bat orc Of the bottom sources OF
IS troublei"
uNo, you viii ind that the
n ~ dif1cul,y husn't been the demand
isnr,ase 81 wages"
n p,reer, ~ would like 20 hear
n laws ne TO an adjustment OF this
(. futlou Ia labor
,ress, aThe subject Is very broad
nsd Il IS one which mas been the sub
n J6l.eussion since these troubles
"A one of the best suggestions that
IA eeu made TO me on the subject /
"a nte 10 repeat. II is that confer
Y: ,esnli take place between the repre-
,,ga men ftom labor organiza-
~ and the representative men
In frs5e organizations, that they
meet aud thoroughly discuss the
snbiect rs TO this contest between
Il. I, and labor. look upon them az
I* necessarily partners, as much so as
}* y wife. In snch a discussion Us
52 .IIroad men would be approached
IN inherent spirit from tnat which they
manifest in a discussion
IN snbordinate brakemen.. In this
I here would be gathered the wisdom
+ 4 men who had been thinking over
A,hiect. do not feel that | have
+. experience TO be able TO recapitu-
4 M results of such conference"
Ia lrman: "Do you think that the
:, AS arrived when this country will
,.bppelled to say who may come to it
+ &ho may not comeW
fAness: at does seem to me that
tfapaclty to absorb Chrlstendom is
aeEhat strongly taxed"
t4hanan; owe are troubled as much
S.eandom as by Chrlstendom."
"a powde " was then recalled and
81 history of the organization
l& Knights of Labor. "The organ
M was intended" he said, "to take
1M only the man who worked ut the
u. or niue, but every man
i, toiled by hand or brain in
m honest occupation. We left
one or two honest occupations,
|sars and bankers, because we felt that
"a here fully capable of taking care of
GLOW about preachers?"
'oSderly: "Ouce,in awhile we get one
MEM. We will not take in
saloon-keeper. Even if q
8Der's wife begins to sell
IN we make him take q divorce, not
b his wife, but from the organiza-
'f4rmsn: Gin other words, it is
>>,blent society for protection for all
N of people who toll, and entirely
,!I| the law?"
|1s derly; eyes, it is entirely within
H."
"What is the number of the
~ III members?"
't*iderly: "0ur present membership
bot exceed 100000, although we
a ben credited with 5000, 900"
NJ Chairman: care women members
1Hllerly: ayes, on an equal footing
men,"
$>Fman: "When were women first
<|thd?r
HHlerly: Gin 1881. We claim that
len perform equal work they should
wa equal pay. We have one assem-
la women with membership Of
],6nd from the day of its organization
day a single expulsion or
7fBion has never taken place. They
|kze their affairs in such way as to
upon them and to be pat
6{0F the men,
zp: "Do you make any difference
1he admission of colored men into
nN.ierly: ave make no distinction
pstrd to color, creed, sex, or condi-
We have one assembly in New
& wheSe the president is Ro-
NJ! Catholic, the vice-president
&Iesbyterlan, and the man who
'pts the next position a Hindoo
7fsr men seldom enter the assemblies
|21se members. They have assemblies
.Elr own, and are managing them
'Aitely"
& Buchanan; "Up to how lately have
42rsed az your trader"
y Powderly: "Not since March,
buchanan; "In that time you have
gagged as now?"
~ Powderly; eyes, principally, |
prder now than ever did; some
1lehteer hours day.
pcDowell, upon being recalled and
eS to his connection with the
a OF Labor, said he had been con-
M ,lth the organization about eight
That he was machinist by trade,
|& To-day he was at the head of one
IN rgest mac line works in the coun-
tnani "There il nothing that you
E| IN the organization which is in
Nht with obedience to law and
olstration Of the government"
'nwell: Nothing whatever. On
r hand 1t is a perfect supporter
Y every particular"
fnan; "Your observation is that
': Treated, better paid and more
'u lhe American wolklngman is,
eHtr citizen lie makes.'