The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-04-10
THREATENING.
The Great Strike no Nearer
Settlement.
Fort Worth Dotted With Soldiers
and Armed Strikers.
The Military Determined and
the Strikers Still FIockiBg
In-.A stand TO be TAX
en- that will Decide
The Contest.

Ihc contest.
FT. WORTH, TEXAS, April 4.-Six
companies Of the Fourth regiment
have arrived here and two compa-
mics of the First are also here.
Brigadier General Roberts is in COM
mand. The dead body of Frank
Pierce, striker, was found and has
just been brought into town. The
two OTHERS who were wounded have
been located. Trouble is looked for
in the morning. The strikers are
coming in from all directions.
The train sent South reached Al
varedo, thirty miles distant, in safe
ty. Attorney General Templeton,
who is here with Adjutapt General
King, says: "Since the authority of
the State has been invoked it shall
be welded and trains must run if it
takes the whole military force to do
it. No attempt will be made to take
out trains until tomorrow. A pro-
clamation has been issued closing
all saloons and drinking houses of
every description until 6 o'clock
Wednesday night.
TROOPS ON HAND
The troops here now number 235
men. Adjutant General King, Attor-
ney- General Templeton, Inspector
General p. =. Smith, and Colonel w.
z. Gains are on the ground. The
railroad yards are lined with soldiers
and no one dares to venture on the
railroad property. Judge Peckham
was called into consultation with the
railroad officials this morning, the
result being that about II o'clock a
freight train was sent south under
guard of the Grayson rifles and a
special force Of fifteen citizens.
Another train was at once rushed
up and sent north, also under guard
and at o'clock another train pulled
out going south. The railroad yards
are skirted by a line of saloons and
low resorts. Here have been congre-
gated all day a number of desperate
looking men, some of whom are ex-
railway employees. There were 9th
ers also, who heretofore have frequen-
ted the yards committing numer-
Gus depredations, but to day they
have not attempted to enter the
yards or interfere with railroad
property. No further trouble is an
ticipated in the movement of trains
from the yards or through the city.
Rumors are heard of bridge burning
and dynamite plots. This morning
the following notice was found pla-
carded at the postoffice and other
prominent places in the neighbor-
hood of the freight departments.
AN OMNIBUS PLACARD.
"Please do not sacrifice your lives
by being showed out on trains by
government officers or Gould's petty
officers. Last call, fair warning"
The above notice was written in
pencil. A few arrests were made to-
day for violation of the injunction
issued against the strikers last Fri
day. The strikers are gathering
here from other points.
A number from Bonham are known
to have arrived this morning and
they are reported as coming from
many other towns in the State. Last
night eighteen men arrived with
Winchester rifles and camped near
the Texas d Pacific track, a short
distant east of town. 1t is thought
most of the striking force is outside
of town and that an attack will be
made. Adjutant General King an
ticipates some movement of this
kind, but will say nothing definitely.
The mere fact that heavy artillery
is being brought here shows that
the authorities fear the worst.
FORCE ON DUTY.
ST.. LOUIS, April 4.-Late advices
from Fl. Worth are to the effect that
Adjutant- General King left Austin
last night with two companies of
Rangers, that the Mayor of Fl.
Worth has at his command one COM
pany of Militia at Cleberne and one
at Dallas; that Captain McMuray's
company of Rangers has left Harold
for Fit. Worth; that IS volunteers at
Kaufman are holding themselves in
readiness for instant service at the
call of Sheriff Tarrant; that Lieut..
Gibbs, who resides at Dallas, has
been authorized by Governor Ireland
to call out three companies of State
Troops at Dallas, and that two of
them, the Hibernian Rifles and the
Dallas Light Guards, left after mid
night for Fit. Worth, also number
of deputy sheriffs. These troops are
in command of Lieutenant Colonel
Turner, an officer who won distinc-
ton in the Union army.
The depot and yards were guard
ed last night by over two hundred
called into service by the
Mayors proclamation. There was
great fear of fire during the night
and extra precautions were taken on
that account. One hundred firemen
were in waiting at the fire engine
houses for an emergency, and the
fires at the pumping stations were
kept up to a high point all night.
OFFERS OF AID.
Offers of aid were sent from all
surrounding points, and engines
were kept in readiness to be forward
ed at moments notice. Strikers
are arriving at Fort Worth from va
rious outside points and the state
ment is made that the Knights of
I ohor bo,.a H.