Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-22
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a plain injnst'ce 10 Interfere With the
business Of one uasn and 70 force him to
incur Inconvenience aud loss because
there Is q grievance against another tor
whose cause he Is not responsible and
whose acuun he cannot control 10 il an
injustice which should Do pro-
hib'ted by law and for witch
there should be some redress. The
case was precisely analogous to this,
when ihe kuights 81 Labor atlemntea 20
bring The comany 10 terms by Interior.
INK with the trade Vt the railroads which
IN the course Of their business they were
bound BY Jaw toc0nin ilNiUoa discrlmi.
nation. Among thclr customers they car
ricd some Of the fneight handied ~ that
company. In this proceeding the K6ights
put themselves euiirsly Ia tho wrong aud
can't he defended by aay plea tat the
end justihes tue means They made
similar mistake on a larger scale when
they ordcfed the strike on the
Missouri Pacific railway because a
man had hC,n DISCHARGED bv the receivers
lot the Texas 4 pacidc railway al Mar
shall The man may have been uninstly
dismissed, aud Il is possible e. Justify a
strike a.ainst the company whiol did the
wrong, II q wrong was really done and
redress denied, but the Missouri Pacific
had no responsibility In the case and no
control whatever over the action OF the
receivers IN Texas. whatever may be
said now OF incidental grievances, the
acknowledged cause ~ the strike was the
discharge Of Hall at MARSHALL. It's purpose
was 20 cut Of the Texas & Paoiac All
from Us most Important connection for
traffic in order TO coerce Il lutb snhmis.
sion 20 the demands OF the Knights OF
Labor. M notice was given to The Mis-
souri, Pacific Of auy grievance OF It's own
employees aud no demand was made upou
II. This was virtual acknowledgment
that there was no complaint against rs
treatment of its workmcu, aud rtcog.
milton that there was no wrong IN the case
which IL could be called upon TO rectiiy
IL justified Nico.President Iloxie in his
refusal 10 confer with the cnmmilteo Of
the Knights of Lanor organization In
reference to the matter because The
company had no controversy Of rs own
TO be settled on which the strikers &c.
pended. The fragrant Injustice Of this
strike Is shown In the fact that for the al,
legged wrong-dolng Of railroad IN Texas,
which was Ia the charge ot officers nv,
poinled by ihe United States court, the
business OF another company in differ.
ent state was subjected to a prolonged
blockade involving serious loss, not only
10 itself butte thousands OF Gu timtrs
aud TO the whole mercantile community
wEich depended upon Il Tor nc,
commodatlon. Nor is the wrong
confined TO the railroads or thcil
imm' date customers. IL involves
thousands Of workinpmen as We'll IN,
strike itself was m de by only fraction
of the workmcn " he railroad company
but il prevented the rest fram do NJ thcn
work and earning their whges The eyi
dent injustice OF the proceeding aud II,
injury witch II has wrought has nliead,
had the = feet Of lesS,nlng sym, Athy fol
the knights OF Labor and weak, MIN
their hold even upon the allegiance @
the wOrklngmen. The protests which ar,
multiplying aud growing were emphatic
Every day shows that the Organization
has no real support In public sentiment
aud without such support II can nove
] accomplish even It's Legitimate purpose
l For the first tIue In long penod we ee,
public sympathy on the side OF the tai
road corporations in contcs with n
organization OF their woIkmen, and tina
IN spite OF the fact that the manag,
meut Of the particular corporation mos
seriously involved has always been oxctp
| tionally unpopular. For this the unjus
aud unreasonable course Of the Kmeht
| Of Labor Is responsible That course ha
not only given the railrond com
panies an uuassailablc gtoand for resist
ance and alenateds the sympa by o
the business communities affected, but |
has revoked IL, so lpjurlOusly 10 thou
sands and thousands Of workmen that
cannot fail greatly 10 weaken the hol,
upon them Of the knights OF Labor or an
! izatlon. II will greatly impair It's powe
IN future efforts TO accomplish Its ends
even when they may be In them Give
iustilable, and the longer the struggle Il
kent IN the worse II will be for those r.
sponsiblc forlt. fit is possible 20 re
store reason 90 their councils they VII
take the Arst opportunity 70 eS
trcate themselves from their falls
position. The inevitable result OF obstl
nate persistence win be the disintcgra
ton OF the Knights OF Labor, who by M
means control the labor forces OF tn
country aud can never expect TO do so b
the use OF tactics that are founded on in
Justice and inconsistent with the princi
pies OF fair play,
WILL BE TRIED TO-DAY.
Special 10 the '1ALett'
DALLAS, TEX, March u Joe Faulty
A. B, Haley, +. j Haley, w. y. Thaye
+ and George Tattcn, the strikers who wer
arrested at Bonham uDd sherman b
United States Marshal Canell for col
tempt OF court aud interfering with tb
officers Of the road, will be tried befoI
Judge Mccormack tomorrow. The
have been released under $500 BIN
each, 500 bond for contempt OF con
and $500 bond for interfering with u
operation Of the road
AT waco.
: Special 20 the Gazette
waco, Tx, March 2l.--0ne Of Ga
Missouri Pacific freight engines, NJ
. I12. the one thnt WAS Killed ny Knight
J Anthony and Murray OF Alvarado, US
weeks ago tomorrow, has been stan'
Ing idly in the yards since that even
] The engineer aud fireman gtge The q
gine thorough oyerhauliug yesterda
3. and II was supposed freight ira
would be made mp and sent ou
Leading citizens, including the shetl
aud city marshal. have assured Age
= smith that when he wants ~ send o.
r freight train they Will see tbat u
q a "a al.