Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-02-03

New scheme Of Y. ". .. knights Of
Labor Boycott sanger Bros. for
Buying the Stetson Hat.
The Fifty Thousand Dollar Honus Accepted
by the santa Pc ninpaEement-A
Narrow Escape.


rpcciht 70 inc Sazettc.
DALLAS, TEX, Feb. 1.-The Y. M. C..
A, nave under their management new
feature which Is indeed d very commend
able one. They have distributed in the
most conspicuous places of the city boxes
for the reception OF old papers, which are
collected aud delivered to the jails, hos
pitals, ETC. Old papers which are OF no
further use to the reader can be placed in
these boxes and taken TO people by whom
they win be much appreciated.
Charles l.. Davis calvin Joslin', was
greeted with large audience last night.
one laughable feature OF the entertain
ment was betw' en- the third and fourth
acts when MIR. Davis came before the au-
dience and replied in his peculiar style to
the remarks OF the Evening Times, as the
Times had not spoken very highly OF the
play in yesterdays issue.
AS the audience was leaving the theater
last night bills were proiusely distributed
which read as follows and speak for
themselves:
BOYCOTT!
whereas, it has been ordered by the
general assembly that the firm of j. b.
Stetson & Co. of Philadelphia, the hat
ters, be boycotted; and that
whereas, the local assemblies of the
city OF Dallas die appoint COMMITTEES to
wait on all the dealers in this city who
handled Stetson's goods; and that
whereas, the committee did receive
promises from all the merchants of this
city not to deal with the firm of Stetson
& Co. until they had their labor trouble
settled; and
Whereas, Sanger Bros. have purchased
f.ts,, brt ir.,, IS 4 % ~.
the agreement with the committee, and as
they will not arbitrate in the manner as
other firms of this city have done; there
fore, be it
Resolved, that the firm of Sanger Bros,
by purchasing from the firm of j. b. Stet-
son & Co., have laid themselves liable to
the boycott of the general assembly, and
that it is the duty of locals TO see that the
boycott is enforced and
Resolved, that the Farmers alliance be
requested TO cooperate with us in this
matter, also all citizens who wish TO have
Justice done the toiling millions of earth
are cordially requested to aid and assist
US.
Receiver Col j. G. Brown of the Texas
& Pacific has returned from his Northern
tour and is stopping at the Grand Wind
sor.
The telegraph office at the city depot
has been removed downstairs in the room
adjoining the ticket-ofllce.
Mr.. 6. IL. Morrison, private secretary
to the Pacific coast historian, Bancroft, is
registered at the Grand Windsor.
Another attachment was run to-day on
Fee Bros, the dry goods merchants, for
$3.50 in favor of b. j. Wolf & Sons, Gal
weston.
The Santa Fe management have ac-
copied the $4,000 subscription of Dallas,
and when the right of way is secured the
road is assured
Mr. Ed McCarty, representing Kansas
City house, had narrow escape last
night. He was en- route TO Dallas on the
Missouri Pacific train, due here at l0:40
lie slept until the train had lett the city
when he awoke and jumped off, and by
some cause or other he fell under the
train. His valise was smashed beyond
recognition, and he himself escaped witt
but slight injuries,