Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-04-13

1 10 all reason. We believe Oirand M0ste
Powdcrly TO be gentleman OF ability
possessing a cool judgment and SCUM
business principles, but his advice up
pears TO have very little effect upon tn
organization OF which he Is atthe head
He Is opposed TO such violent methods Il
bring about n settlement, and has sine
the beginning Of the strike cautioned hi
men 10 remain cool and conservative, anC
| II looked as II his advice would prevail
but last Saturdays trouble has fully
shown him powerless 10 con
troll his men.
Austin Dispatch Any further attempt
on the part Of the strikers to prevent the
moving OF trains at Fort Worth will be
useless, and 1t Is TO be hoped they will
now quietly accept the situation. The
action OF the strikers on Saturday in re-
sistlng the civil authorities and killing
three officers Of the law Is to be deeply
deplored. This action will be Of incalcu-
liable injury 10 the laboring organizations,
anG the working class more than any other
will suffer by II. Had the wise conn-
sci Of Mr.. Powderly been followed
this calamity would have been
averted. What the outcome Of this ac-
ton viii be cannot yet be foreseen, but
that IL will tend TO unite the entire labor
ing class against the oppression and tY-
ranny Of corporations there can be no
doubt. While we have no word Of pallia.
tlon or excuse for the strikers, they are
not alone TO blame. The perndy OF Gould
and his tool--the cold-blooded, unprln-
cipled oppressor, Hoxie--has had much
10 do with bringing this trouble about.
But OF this, more hereafter. We can
only hope that the worst has passed.
Cleburne Chronicle: When the
railroad employees struck and
began TO destroy property, disable en-
gines and stop by force the transporta.
ton OF freight, the question ceased to be
one between the strikers and Jay Gould
II then becomes contest between law
and lawlessncss. The state stepped in,
not to take part for Gould against his en-
ployes, but TO assert the superiority of
law over lawlessuess.
Montague Northwest: In the long run
organized labor will succeed according
to the Justice OF it's demands. II 1t de-
mands only what is just, refusing to en-
ploy unfair means, tven to attain worthy
ends, faithfully obeying law and seeking
the permanent prosperity of industry, it
will gain in power every day. But every
instance Of unwise demand made by labor,
OF lawlessness in its methods, uufairness
or unreasOLableness IN the measures TO
which IL resorts, sets back the cause OF
organized labor and weakens the in6u-
ence Of labor organizations.
Calvert Courier: On Saturday
last, at Fort Worth, bloody
conflict between the strikers and
officers OF the law occurred, in which
three Of the latter and one of the former
were killed. The railroaders were the
aggressors, and they have done their
cause infinite injury, 1t Is all very well
to fight the Missouri Pacific officials in
their labor struggle, but when they
deliberately obsruct the path of law and
murder ITS executors, they Immediately
every element of sympathy or
aid.
Glenrose Citizen: Make it felony,
plain ana simple, to hinder, intimidate,
against, or in any improper man
ner interfere with employees, or to OBJ
struct, injure or disable other peoples
E4a%'a t7,as@,
q Paris News The Fort Worth affair
was horrible, and it may not be entirely
out OF place to inquire who or
what is responsible for the kill.
ing of those men? Had there not been
an organized resistance to the railroads
running their own trains, there would
have been no trouble. How was it pos
sible that there was an organized OPPOSE
ton to the lawful running of the trains,
Ia question that needs no lucid eXplana-
ton, Those who run may read 1t.
Paris Tribune: At last the strike has
come TO point whore it must be settled.
No matter what the cause or what the
chances for success on either side, the
railroad company has Unanswered it so
as to place the fight between the state
and its citizens, and right here 1t should
end. We do not mean that the strikers
should give up; far from 1t. They
should continue the strike to the bitter
end in II legitimate manner, without in
terfering with property or violating the
laws of the land.