Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-25
VARIIKH MOVES.
Inc IN Merchants Of St, Louis Call On
C'ty, State and United States
to Enforce the Law.
Arnlories With Guns and Cannou
suarded Closely by Soldiers Both
Day and Night.
MYSTERIOUS Figures ut Dallas--an sercns
I" Denison-striksrs Prefer Charges
at Big Springs.

Is POSITION,
q START. or was quietly yb,s
pered on the 81. is yesterday. whIa I;
Is impossible from its nature 10 trace Il,
authenticity, THE GAZETTE gives !, so
what 1t is worth. Mr.. Powderlv
so the story goes, has written n,
Official letter in which he or,tleisa,
inc strike and advises the mo,
10 so back to work. He rebukes 80 /
Is SAID, the tendency toward indiscrimi
hate boycotting, and warns the assam
olles that such q course is Ia violation a
their charters. Some OF the Knights 4
ls reported, are highly Indignant AZ tbni,
chlet, AID are talking about ~
cession from his AUTHORITY mi.
story may or may not be true; the nosi
sioh winch Mr.. Powderly has openly taken
u the matter seems to give Il an air OF
prooaolllty' In an Interview last Satur.
uay, Gov Martin, who had been in con
Suitauon with the head Of the Knights OF
LABOR organization, was asked:
what position does Mr.. Powderlv
'ake WIN reference 20 the strikegn
Vie considers IL ill-advlsed and n mis-.
take" "i'' . '"is-
why doesn't he terminate IL. thenf'i
III IS beyond his power TO do so, or |
believe he would. There is mistaken
idea as to the ability OF MIR. Powderly Ia
order or quell a general strike. He is
powerless TO do so, because the district
assemblies have that power delegated 10
themselves, and the national committee,
which Mr. Powderly Is at the head Of, can
merely adyise--uot order. Mr.. Powderlv
deplores and deprecates this position. and
Is OF the opinion that the order OF the
knights Of labor Is becoming SO LARGO
that 1t is unwieldy, and therefore
not effective. He IL IN favor OF
reorganization OF the order upon a
basis similar TO that of the Brotherhood
OF Locomotive Engineers or Fmemep. aud
arbitration before strike jpstead 81 nj.
ter II. Mr. Powderly expressed the opln-
ion that no strike should be ordered un-
Iii after the national committee had been
consulted and exhausted every means at
It's disposal for peaceful adjustment of
the trouble complained on
Labor Commissioner Kochiitzky Of
Missouri also said AT the same time,
'Mr. Powderly realizes and ecknowl-
edges that the present strike is a mis-.
take, and ! think will have sufficient In.
huence to materially aid In settlement OF
the tificulty.n
SECTION FORCES.
The division between Fort Worth and
Baird has been the most difficult part OF
the road to supply with section hands.
IL now has half force of men at work
aud their number is being daily increased
Seyenty-two men are at work between
this city and Ranger. Ten new EMPLOYEES
were engaged here yesterday, the most
OF whom were sent out to Join the sec.
The officials are authority
for the statement that among the present
employees are number Of the old men,
who dropped back one by one
MOVING WITH CAUTION.
Under a general order which was pro-
Sunday, passenger trains on
the Texas & Pacific now run but twelve
miles an hour and freight trains but eight
miles an hour. The officials say that this
IL precautionary measure to guard
against, as much as possible, any tamper-
ing with the track.
IN CONSULTATION
The Knights held general meeting OF
their various local assemblies yesterday
which lasted several hours. Nothing
could be learned as To Its results except
that the temperature was kept at the boil
ing point The address TO the public,
which appears in The GAZETTE this morn
ing, was probably feature Of the discus
sion. II is understood that another meet
ing will be held to-day which may result
in important developments.
no WORK AND HALF PAY,
There are five Missouri Pacific freight
engines "dead" In the round-house at
this place, not including the switch
engine which is claimed by the Texas &
Pacific. Their engineers and fremen are
SAID TO be receiving half pay for the time
they are idle.
The following was handed TIE GAZETTE
last night;
THE KNIGHTS TO THE PUBLIC.
In view OF the fact that the assertion
Is made day after day by the railroad on
Gals and their apologists and defenders
that the employees Of the Missouri Pacific
had no cause for striking, no
grievance against the company wnats0-
ever, that they struck 20 punish the Tex
as & Pacific railroad-itis necessary that
the particulars be laid before the world
III olhNA w NhA Nv ANEA3 ~ .NuJt 0AA
forever, the silly charges which ignorance
or malice now publicly and repeatedly
proclaim
Gov. Martin Of Kansas and Coy. Mar
maduke of Missouri, ia a letter 10 Mr.
IIoxie, and Of recent date, says. "Aftcr
careful investigation we are uu-
able TO fad wherein the
Missouri Pacific Railroad company
has violated terms and conditions 81
agreement made on 10Th OF March, 1895,
touching It's employees in our respective
Where have the governors found evil
dence upon which they base there EN-
phaiic statement From whom did they
receive II n 1t certainly must be from
railway officials. Then from this one
sided testimony they make public decla
rations that "aiter careful Investigation"
they cannot ind wherein the railway com
pany has violated that contract.
What was contract OF March Is, 1885 I
Its chief provisions were.
First, that wages OF September, 1884,
was 10 be basis with one and onc-half