Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-05-07
| FHIY STRUCK.
...,ion.I Committee Here
r,ss,,ior or Two Upon
This Point
| ..,,ueuy So Far Seems 70
n. Hall To Be the
N Primal Cause

mad petal incidents OF
= y, yIolsnc.-nir Lo'sin De
~, ~ % name the o''''sf''
.,onal subcommittee dele
rE1ss .,Ssto the railroad troubles
l l.s~sst arrived in this city yes
s' 'l',"c " special train from
''',.s : so,elock in the afternoon
X = ,.6.rs here in the new Harris
Y. ~ .on the south side Of the
ors Il continued in session
Is s.,sD when an adjournment w, was
n s, o'clock this morning. The
i ! synopsis OF
s.rxRpAY's TESTIMONY,
sI'nron. mayor OF Alvarado,
nlsced guards at the depot
liter the strike was inaugu-
,As sd Of March the strikers
t sr train by force and ran
y o mt II tcwn, They did not in
nv VA nassenger engines. Trade
y ~ demoralized in Alyarado by
,,,arson. gaent Of the road at
An that he was not a Knight
mi that on the 9th OF March
n an order was served
v M Knights to quit work. The
[..Ing on going to the round
"A %nnd all the engines dead ex-
"a. and on returning after that
Ssrwsrd, he found IT killed also.
shots we're fred at the round
'uuposed to be fred by strikers.
,,rikers with whom / talked said
q no grievance, but that Others
NE 2sth OF March we made an
a get out a train but failed. On
va succeeded in moving train
" protection OF the civil au-
n Cater, merchant of Alvarado,
"A the effect of the strike was a
4 al general uneasiness and the
&noi business. Everybody suffered.
&ult continued about thirty days.
&Eere unsettled, and much anx-
Il ieIt as TO what was to follow.
sde Of Alyarado was about one
~ in March, 1886, than in March,
4 Mercer, land agent of the Missouri
sud that when the
IA inaugurated the men took pos
4 Of the rcund-house and declared
budn't allow any freight trains to
4beir method Of disabling the en-
sas by taking out the valves. |
M capture an engine on the 30tb
Nh, run II back to the yards and
BE to the woods. | went TO their
haster workman and asked him
Ms the trouble. He replied they
sen ordered out by the executive
Later on something WAS said
.the man Hall. A friend of mine
4 and said that threats had been
y shoot my head off. | had been
Ben in favor of moving the trains.
Threadgill, mayor of Taylor, said
4 about four weeks the strike para
Business. Until the strike was over
Slyed no goods except what came
Ness. saw strikers attack prop
Bheroad, but they were prevented
FssEoying II by armed force. |
BIZ by the foreman OF the shops
&Oo three engines had been killed.
&monlng Of the 10th OF March the
fnechanic called on me for protec-
assist in getting out q freight
The strikers attempted TO prevent
being moved, but an armed force
i them. The Knights of Labor
Pntme word that no other trains
| 50 out OF there, and requested me
Pn!enere, but | told them that /
enforce the law so far as in my
Mr., Threadgill told of the gen
preston Of business caused by the
When asked as to the cause, Mr..
'Fer saw any one who knew any
orit They simply said they were
OUT
Parker, city attorney of Taylor,
moving Of trains had been inter-
Illh there by the strikers. Three
q been prosecuted for assault on
loye Of the road, one was acquit-
lner convicted, and the other case
sseu on his promise that no fur
erlerence would be offered. The
'aon, so lar as | could see, had no
al enect. The disturbances went
stelnte2 ofTaylor testified to hav-
eIeo personal violence from three
while In the performance of his
~ prevented from obeying the in
ns Of the foreman. The night of
saw the strikers take an engine
engineer and kill it. On the
'out iorty strikers attempted
went a freight train from
had one verbal
and two by letter. The verbal
~ 70 Kangaroo me, which | I'M
! !, . mean an attempt to run me
ie country.
'alsier, foreman OF the shops at
ssiu az the beginning of the strike
sslIed on by a committee, who
I uim that they had appointed o
'Ase charge Of. the company's
! he told them he preferred men
~ appointment. The witness de-
Y atlack on Mr.. Steinetz. The
4, aeoelu'tallow any freight-cars to
Y about the yards. After we
,ue nrst freight train, the strikers
~ anu SAID they wouldn't allow
y nsi IA 70 20 out under any con-
4 T. III. Inc city and county officers
'a plo9ectlon, and trains contin-
' .0, found the parts of the
4 sI , py the strikers hid near
a s, MIR, Spangler produced
s " \. "k. of L., Cowboys Mob
n ms,thlng him to leave the place
na ! Of bis life.
: o,nilh, freight agent at Waco,
!, Sause given by the strikers
! w ~, strike was the discharge of
ss Ssaef cause was assigned for