Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-04-09
PHE RAILROADS,
,enslcns at Home--Strikers in
Search Of Work--Gould on the
Last Manifesto.
/ Master Powderly Thinks Both
tos TO the Strike Have Learned
the Folly Of Striking.
AN Turner's Views on the Failure
q A FILTRATION and the Troubles
at Fort worth.

1oArNIERcE GOES ON FOREVER
iotofding to the statement Of a rail-
N NAN more Missouri Pacific freight
i,.S ept off and on at Fort Worth yes
iAv than on any day since the strike.
ttd lew days at any season OF the year
:ia compare in the amount Of traffic
,aied with yesterdays business both
81 Missouri Pacific and Texas & Pacific
Ma Fxcept in business way
tiers were very quiet around the rail
ID ofices. No interference Of any kind
.hnot, offered agninst the running of
lis since the fatal occurrence OF Sat
Inv eTbe strikers have begun TO scat
ana |porhaps over half of the 250 men,
fbetoanouts, who went out here have
tthrtity. Occasionally little knot
med can be found here and
,re IA the lower part OF town
tnu4afno the situation, but
,cStifation will generally disclose that
4 few, IL any, of them are strikers.
,esa Seem to recognize the hopeless
eA of getting their positions back, at
,st 81 present, and are seeking other
,ployiAent.
|4 THEIR LAST HOPE.
Some excitement was created yester-
y afternoon by bulletin which
nounced the strike of the en-
neers and ilremen in the North
Louis yards of the Wabash. The
Inshts derived some comfort from the
Tvs. accepting it as an intimatlon of a
neral etrike on the part of the engln-
fe, but the railroad officials saw no sig
ncAnce In the incident as bearing on the
Hairs of the Missouri Pacific. They
ace great confidence 10 Mr.. Arthur, the
Iad oithe Brotherhood ofLocomotiye En-
ncers who, they say, is opposed to
Xrikes. 1t is also stated that under their
reoment with the roads the engineers
Ind themselves not TO strike except on
connt of some grievance of their own,
IA then only after all means have been
hausted to ar0itrate the differences.
railroad man remarked yesterday !:
phis la strike of the engineers aud fire.
on1 is the last hope OF the Knights, and
eyare bringing all the pressure they
III control upon the two brotherhoods to
mrel them to join in the strike. II
lev fail they are simply beaten, and they
Ilowit."
THE CONSERVATIVES ARE AROUSED.
II Indications are worth anything,
AhArp, internal contest is going
among the Knights Of
hbor. the object of which is to determine
ho shall obtain the mastery in its coun-
lis. d. Is well-known that a great deal
dissatisfaction has been brewing for
,lne time, directed against the leader
,ip 81 the order in its various capacities,
hitch, IL was claimed, lacked the
sudence, judgment and discretion
essential IN the management
an organization like this.
his feeling has at least broken out in
|rtuf rebellion. The fight is between
he conservatives and the radicals, and
be i2l-success which has attended the
anaeement of the latter seems to throw
le odds In favor Of the former They
ere very anxious for Mr.. Turner's
,niipg, in order to present a statement
AFFAIRS in Texas to him, but 1t is now
hnounced that he will not come to the
ates
FABERs AND FIBBERs.
X Al great deal OF merriment has been
ccasioned by the arrival of the Eastern
apers containing accounts of Saturday 3
|ght. One paper reported q sanguiDary
bnfiict in progress between citizens and
pikers, with the casualties at the
bur of going to press seven killed
ssi Twelve wounded; another had
tlzens sleeping in their rocking chairs,
Irrounded by bowie-knives, Winches-
,rs aud pistols another drew vivid
lecture of the situation which might have
pplied to the siege OF Paris All were
iteresting and all bore the impress OF
llented novellsts. The most of them
oubtless were sketched by war-corre.
bondents, inside the sanctums OF the
lri0us papers.
ArsyICE OF CONSERVATIVE LEADERS.
ST. Louis, Mo, April 8.-.The striking
[nigits of Labor In East st. Louis have
reserved perfect order this morning
Ihey have made no demonstrations
Deputy sheriffs and United States mar
halls, itrmed with revoNers and Win
hester repeating rifles, are on guard al
fveral freight depots TO prevent repe
tion Of yesterday outrages. No trouble
owerer, Is anticipated to-day, for at the
iass-meeting of the strikers yesterday
,eir leaders advised that violence bC
voided.
pREPARED FOR AN EMERGENCY.
81, LOUIS, Mo, April S.--After thj
ct0ns occurrences by the strikers inlias
u tseuis yesterday, Sheriff Rapiquett,
eternined TO make use of summary
leAaures to prevent the recurrence Of
Reh Scenes. He went to Belleville last
sening, and until late in the night wa.
nsy serving summons on citizens to APP
lear at the courthouse this morning
be sworn in as deputy sheriffs e
Preserve peace and protect the rail
bad property in East st. Louis. About
IN summons were served and ever,
han drafted appeared at the courthouse
lhere they were armed with reyolvers
Ind afterwards brought in special cars tC
asst st. Louis Arriving there they wer,
Wcrn In and temporarily dispersed WiLl
aeffuctions TO be ready to stall in'' at {
loment's notice. No occasion, however
ir4this necessity presented itself anC
aeposse was sent back to Belleville thii
geping, leaving the yards and freigh
Itrpt with only such guard as the rail
oqes may provide.
TALK WITH PowDERLY.
HcRANToS, IA, April s.--For the frs
me since his return home from New
pfk Mr.. Powderly, grand master work
Ian OF the knights OF Labor, was able {,
Dere the sick-room yesterday and CIV,
ttention to the mass of correspondence
Ehich has accumulated during his Illness
4 an Interview he said "At this dis
llce and with the little information
aye am unable TO speak intelllgently o
A disturbances at st. Louis and For
Worth, but have full confidence in th'
emoers OF the general executive boart
10 are on the ground and believe the
~ do what is best under the clrcum
t3ncesn
NJ. Powderly added that he though
Qfh sides had learned valuabl,
sson from this conflict, namely the foil
strlking, and expressed his opinion
Nt this would be the last railroad STRIKE
u onn nirY Nlnllld hive in many WA ~