Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-12

Sanger Brothers Reply to the knights
Of Labor Cautiously, but
Very Firmly.


4 special 10 the Gazette
WACO, TEX, March ll.-Sangcr Bros.
publish In the Day Of this evening their
reply to committee Of Waco assembly,
I knights Of Labor, who called on the firm
yesterday evening with a formal request
that they Sanger Bros.) cease buying or
selling Stctson hats, or shipping any
goods over the Mallory line OF steamors.
Sanger Bros politely, but firmly, decline
/ 70 accede 20 the request, saying they
/ think they can manage their business
without dlctatlon from outsiders. Sub
slantlally the same reply was given by
at least half dozen other firms
/ who we're called on by the same commit
tee. IL was OF course generally supposed
/ the refusal OF these merchants would DC
the signal for an Immediate boycott
I by the knights Of Labor, but II such be
| the intention the order has not been Civ
en- yet Officials OF the local assembly
say their action was simply in obedience
10 the general policy OF their organiza.
tioU as ordered by the supreme or gov
orning body, and they do not know
whether boycott Is TO follow
or not. They disclam any hos
/ tility 10 the firms visited here, and
now that the request has been made and
| refused do not seem to take much further
| interest IN the matter. The local assem-
] bly, Of the knights OF Labor here does not
number over 200 members, and in boy
colt the general sympathles OF the COM
munty would 20 with the merchants.
| The item signed A. X. Moore, and
dated "AXtell, March 81 published IN
| THE GAZETTE yesterday, respecting
the discovery Of an old Spanish can
non, sabers, muskets, etc, near Axtell,
must be u canard. II Is certain that said
ancient relics have not been received IN
Waco yet, where Mr.. Moore says they
were TO be sent on the 9th. IL is possible
! that some local Mulhatton deceived Mr.
| Moore and the latter sent the news Of the
big "nnd" to THE GAZETTE IN perfect
good faith,
Frank A, Henry was arrested here to-
| day on the strength of telegram sent
here by Detective j NJ. Waller Of
Mexla, on suspicion OF being one OF
! the three men who robbed WIN.
Cameron \ Co.'s safe at Brentwood
nearly two weeks ago. IL will be remom-
bercd that one Of the robbers was killed
while the other two escaped IN the dark
ness. Henry is young man, the son Of
q respectable old blacksmith, who lives
ln3this city. He has been absent from
Waco, but asserts he can prove nc was
here ON the night Of the robbery He
! will be held for an Investigation.
A family Of nine persons, father, mother
and seven chldtcn, all sick ana helpless,
! have been discovered In an old clubhouse
| in the northwestern part OF this city
The man says his name IL j. G. Close
| that several nights ago he was brought
| here in wagon from Bell county and
left In the old shanty They have measles
and having no food or bedding nearly
! persisted before they were found
! The case OF John T. lIardie OF New
| Orleans Va. George ID. Campbell OF Waco
opened in the district court to-day. It
derives its interest from the fact that It
| Involves II homestead. Ilardie paid
| Campbell $1,000 aud received what he
supposed to be an absolute conveyance
of the place Campbell claims the trans.
action was mortgage instead Of sale,
and therefore illegal.
! Justice sleeper went TO Lorena this
evening to hold an inquest on the body OF
a man found dead there. The details are
meager and nothing further can be
learned tonight.
Four bar-keepcrs paid fines to the state
to-day for violating the Sunday law.
The grand jury adopted the new tactics
of indlcting the employees instead OF the
prcpretors OF the saloons.
Another "antipcrquisites" meeting
was held to.night-thls time In the
Fourth ward, This matter will be big
Issue in the coming municipal election
A. Jones Taylor, popular young mer-
chant and Miss Jessica Howard were
married tonight.
More rain to-day to the disgust OF
everybody