Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-08

q / 7ANNNtN W ANNhNf AfHAAN nun eft' y
, right to make this demand Of TIE Ga
xgrrg; but while THE GAZETTE cheer.
fully comedies this right, II demands that
those who crIticisc y shall "adhcrc 10
the facts" instead Of imputiDg 70 TpE
Ghzgrrg "a catering to the wishes" Of
any man or any interest.
Tho grayamen Of Tne GAznrrg's Of
Tense appears 70 be its account Of the
strike az printed on Saturday morning.
1.-THE specific denials are 70 TIM GA
zgrTEs statements that "thc strike was
virtually NJ an cndi" that "a large num-
Der Of applicants for work were turned
away, because they were not needed by
the railroad officials, and that eighteen
Of the men engaged in the strike were
passengers on the uorih-bound Missoul
paciac.n These dcniala are supplemented
0y the gratutons assertion that Tug
GALgrfE's statements were nude Ia ga
spirit Of dlsplcayare" as these are Che
only apeeldc charges made, we are led 70
infer that The statements thus denied
con. utatc what Che joint committee pro.
nooneo "the misrepresentation spread
10y THE GAzErrE over tho country d.
rugatory TO the interests and welfare Of
/ The Knights Of Labor"
| The statements Of Tux GAzsrm are
denied. Whatarc tho iacts2
Superintendent Harris and Yardmas.
ter Judy both informed Tnr GAZETTE
representative that applications TO Gn
vacated places exceeded thc demand
notice - that effect was posted, and the
ioiut committee refcr "io those who have
taken the places Of the strikers"
Various gentlemen informed aGsztrrG
representative that strikers had left tho
town on tho nortb.bonnd Missouri Pa
cidc, among them being two Telegraph
operators, known TO that representative
hImsclfas having gone.
IN seeking information for its readers
TnE GAZETTE has to deal with developed
facts, and on Friday evening Tnn GAZETTE
was informed by railroad authorities that, |
with the exception Of machlnists, the |
places Of the strikers had been generally |
suppllcdi" that freight, with the cxcep-
ton Of live stock, was being received and |
forwarded 10 al points" n this did not |
Justify the statement that the strike in
Fort Worth "on ne Terms and Pocidc was
virtually at an end " then THE GAZETTE
would have been at loss TO express the
incuntroyeftiblc fact that the work Of the
company in this city was belngperformed.
The Interest of every man who buys
goods in Fort Worth made the per-
formanco OF the railroad freight work
In this city Of great Importance, and for
the Information OF such men the state
mcnts were made At the same time,
TnG GAzErrE oviuccd It's desire not TO
'misrcprosont" the strikers by the eN.
plicit statement that "thc strikers have not
returned To work" TuE GAZETTE said |
that the strike nj Fort Worth on Friday
evening was virtually ut an end because Il
was dealing in facts for the Information
In facts as they were, and could not then,
any more than now, be expected 60 know
what the strikers were going to do next.
And It was to avoid mlslniormation that
THE GAZETTE said none of tile strikers
had returned TO work thus emphasizing
the statement that othei men had been
employed, aud thus avoiding even an i'm
timotion that tho strikers had Welded.
For the pains we took To 'tadhere to
facts, we were treated TO silence by
strikers whom asking Tor information and
to gratuitous lmputations for stating
facts derived from other sources; and
this Is called tayorlng "tho liberty of the
press
CHOSE who are not for us are against
us, soy the knights OF Labor. TIM
GAZETTE Is not an organ of the knights
OF Labor, ergo, II "caters TO the wishes
of railroad monopollcsn Thisis not true
THIS GAzErrE caters to no man, TO no set
OF men, TO no interests, and as long as 1t
has an existence viii express liza viows on
all questions that affect the public wei
fare without fear, favor or affection TnE
GAZETTE ondcavors 70 work for tho pub.
lie good of Fort Worth, Of North Texas,
OF the state, and denies TO no man or
class OF mon the right TO speak through
It's columns, and admits the right OF un
man or class Of men TO dictate what
1t shall Itself say In It's own columns.
rlE GAzErrr holds itself amenablo 10
the public whom It serves, but acknowl.
edges no exclusive allegiance 20 any one
portion of that public, TIN GAzErrr I
tries to be just, and II demands Justice to
Itself, TnE GAZErTr seeks To dictate to
no man, and will not be dictated TO.
r'IE GAZETTE asks no interest to eater
70 II, aud II caters TO no Interest. TnR !
SA1Errr can neither he bought nor bull ,
losod, and rs earnest sympathy in every
movement calculated TO elevate humanity 9
and ameliorate the condition ofmau shall
not be lessened by any effort TO use that i
60 force rho MANA. ,nt,, f,ts, I