Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-04-07
THE WAGE War.
Address Of Assemblies i0l, SO and
Y Knights Of Labor to Work
lngmen Of the World.
The Receivers Of the Texas * Pacific
Favor the Removal OF the
shops from Marshall.
The Story About Losin at Crowley Ex.
Notwithstanding Turner ON Ills
Way TO Fort Worth.
rnr AnpRrss rnoM rur IiNlours

way 10 toft worth.
the ADDRESS FROM TUE KNIGHTS.
ST.. Loris, Mo, April G.--The follow
ing address was issued this afternoon
by the joint executive board Of district
assemblies l0i, II and 90, Knights OF
Labor;
To the Workingmen Of tho World
Friends and brothers hear us, for
we plead for our rights. Men OF
equity look upon us, for we struggle
against giants OF wrong, Mad with the
frenzy OF pride of rehabilitation hegotton
as II Is by the success OF
outrage and irfamy, there stands
before rs a giant OF aggregated and In
corporated wealth, every dollar OF which
Is built upon blood, injustice and out
rage, That giant Of corporate wealth
has centralized It's power In and is Inn
personated by flend, who gloats ne
he grlnds the life out of HIS fellow
men aud grimaces and dances as they
writho upon his Instruments OF torture.
on, yo workingmcn of America who have
your liberty and your native land, w
great creators Of wealth who stand as the
foundation OF all natural good, look upon
your butchers to-day. Gould, the great
ilend; Gould, the money-monarch, is
dancing, us he claims, over the grave OF
our order, over the ruin OF our homes
aud the blight Of our lives. Before him
the world has smiled In beauty,
but his wake Is the graveyard
OF hopes, the cyclones path
OF devastation and death, our strong
arms have grown weary In building the
tower OF his strength, and yet he bids us
/ build on or die. Our young lives
have grown gray too soon be-
meath the strain Of unrequltlng. constant
| tail. our loved ones at home are hollow
checked and pale with long, weary watt
| Ing for better DAYS TO come. Nay, more
than this, graye-yards are hiding his vic
tins from our longing eyes.
| Brother workmen, this monster
nend has compelled some Of
us to toll In cold and raln for 8 aud so
cents II day. Others have been compelled
10 yield their time TO him for seventeen
and thlrty-slx weary hours for the pitt
lance OF nine hours pay. Others who
had dared 10 assert their manhood
and rebel against his tyranny are black
listed and boycotted all over the land.
lie has made solemn compacts with the
highest authority In our order and then has
basely refused 10 fulll his pledges. He
| lives under and enjoys all the benefits of
n republican form Of government, and
| yet advocates and perpetuates the most
debasing form OF white slavery. He robs
rich and poor, high and low, with u ruth
less hand. He then appeals TO corrupt and
purchased courts 10 help him to take our
little homes away. Hebreaks our limbs,
mains our bodies, demands that We shall
release him from every claim for damages
or be blacklisted forever, Ho goes TO
our grorers, persuados them not TO give
us credit, because we refuse TO bo
ground In his human mill. lie turns
| upon us horde OF lawless thugs,
who shoot among our wives and
children with deadly intent; then he
howls for government help. Fellow
workmen, Gould must be overthrow.
Ills giant power must be broken or you
and | must be slaves forever,
Knights OF Labor alone have dared TO
be the David TO this Goliath. The battle
Is not fer to-day, Tho battle is not for
tomorrow, but for the trooping genera
lions behind us 10 the coming age of the
world, for our children aud our chill
dren's children. This liz the great ques-
ton OF the age; Shall We In
| luU CblHiuK nHt Ut bublOu va
frcemen or nation OF slayesY
This question must be decided
now. Chains are already forged that are
to bind US. Shall VIC wait until they are
rlveted upon our limbs? May God for
bid. Workmen OF the world, marshal
yourselves upon the battlefield. Woikmen
Of every trade and cline, on TO the fray
Gould and his monopolies must 20 down
or your children must be slaves. Think
OF the little olive plants around your
hearthstones that must be blighted by his
curse. Think Of the little homes he Is
seeking 10 rob you Of. Think OF the
wife, from whose eyes he has wrung
floods Of tears and from whose heart he
has tortured drops Of blood. Who can
| look calmly upon his perfldy, his OUT
RACES, his crlmesY For he has sought
70 incitc felony among our rank
and lile. lie has brought the
pcfndy Of vile men TO entrap
the unwary that he might stain our fair
name and gloat over our mlsfortunes.
Once for ali, fellow-workmen, arouse, let
every hand that tolls be lifted 10 heaven
and swear by Him that lives forever
that these outiagcs must close.
Let every heart and brow DC turned
! toward our common foe aud let no man
grow weary until, like Goliath, our giant
is dead nj orr feet.
By order Of the executive bords OF Dis
trict assemblies Nos. l0l, 0S and II.
KSIdHTs OUR WORK,
ST.. LOUIS, Mo-, April 6.--The effect OF
/ the order Of the general executive board
declaring the strike continued has had It's
/ effect upon the business OF the Bridge
and Tunnel company. Several o. the
men who had gone 70 work upon the
I bridge struck lest night, and others
failed 70 report for duty this morning
Az the upion depot also the number "
employees hiss been lessfned by those who
have quit work unwilling % occupy p0r
sitions while the Knigl.ts 81 Labor sriey-
ances nre stlil unsettled. No seiions
4 difficulty, however, Is experienced max
| ing or starting cat freight tralus, and
I tbe officials declare confidence fn their
ability 10 employ new men 70 take The
I places 81 the f.rlEefs The nspGl nnlli-
\ Der Of freight trains on fllg MlfsVrri and
( Iron NOMINATE railroads started ont this
( mor0lng, aud although several 81 Eha
navy eafichmen have Keen prevailed upon
I ~ Eve pp thelf pf9stIorA, 40 ffpnblt has
oe@n oprpunlcNd " moRlnQ trains.
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of lho t&ifcniift cinlnlitftr n fi|1 Nti4nis
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