Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-13
N THE BALANCE.
|..,a,nt Sealey in Close Conference
|sah he Full Executive Commit
tee Of Assembly rs.
s.,rbts Of Labor Want the Letter
s.,aIIed. the MalIorys the Spir.
ural Meaning Carried Out.
x. Result 80 the Ordering OF u
s.riIs the outlook is 7" Bitter
Relentless fight.

| ~. $50 DC Gazette
|rdoa,, M ,rsroN, TEN March l2.--Thc sltu-
|.AN q Mallory boycott affairs develops
as's W ,sallag features tonight. Master
s,se S~sn Farmer and NJ w. Connolly
IN ~ .ato.day, thus completing the mem-
n ~. ,ln Of the district executive board Of
nsn, rs MN Is. The executive board Wis
4, santa Fo Office this afternoon
|AlW ~ t.,da long private talk with Presl
| ~ ~ ,se,ey, aud afterwards had short
|Ass Ia ,,lsv with Capt. Sawyer, agent for
by,F. n u,ll, nv company. Both OF these gem
Il fsss' y, eere very hopeful OF q peactable
|abst, III .osnt Ct the pending boycott, as a
| dlrk N n, n PRESIDENT Sealey's arguments
|tlnat s ~ nxecutlve committee. The mem.
n, ~. x the executive committee gave
|sgnm VII and respectful attention TO Mr.
| VIII ~ ~. terse reasoning In the premises,
Nh n. EA member Of the committee sharing IN
0,tt.E gsrussion. With the exception Of
NE vi ronnelly, the entire district commit
qah Il MI vas present The issue at present
W. ra N y on the Interpretation OF the arb-
% aaa m IN agreement entered Into last No
|ooWs s,X ,wr between the old executive board
|hlk lin Knights Of Labor and the citizens
L Hnttce, The following sentence In
| n ~ n agreement Is interpreted very differ
Do XII; IN by each side, viz: We recommend
ID, MA renuest Capt. j. N. Sawyer that
IN s1Unhe needs any labor in addition TO
q hs " number OF men ON the rolls this day
ahn2 he give preference to the men who
Ines ~ y a, work on the wharf at the time
| gkl /, Nm strike" Both sides agree In de-
| lru 4 icing and condemning the obscurlty
nf
|sklia 1St,ed in this important clause In
rti,As H4o Of murkiness IL could scarcely be
&psssct by Philadelphia lawyer. The
| fMin &dts interpret the five words "on
III rolls this Cayn In their literal Anglo
lg,-la M0u nakedness to mean the solar day
|uh M I'm which the agreement was signed, |
| AS ntt ts the nth day Of November last, and
Fixes ~ 70 mean any previous period OF time
| hrls ~ pay.rolls prior to the beginning OF
| ieai III nth day Of November. The Mallory |
the Santa Fe and citizens |
#aslly who participated In the 0rbltra- !
VI Interpret the words con the rolls this |
IN, 4, NJ IN their spirtuaistlc and linguistic |
|ns NM &|nlug combined, they point to the cir |
|asad x instances and conditions under which |
M VEL agreement was reached aud claimed |
|. "A 2 words on the rolls this day when CON
Nv Mfcd In connection with the iuferential |
Hnlng suggested in the last clause Of /
81 sboSe quoted sentence, may honestly .
&hld eaStically To embrace all the
|s, N who had been employed by the NAL
| \. ~ n company between the time when
N n III white 0ngshOromcn quit work
|ndMs the signing OF the agreement.
~ M2W difficulty la Ieconciling these two IN.
S s,'al feia,0uS VIII be realized when IL Is
|0hn,s, 1B fd that altogether FROM their date the
n Atery folks had employed some 100
IN XXX MI nd men ON steamer DAYS and all these
leisaE we're buSily employed, but on off
HI while waiting for the arrival OF the
IN. steamer only about fifty of these
Isss NV III are employed, the balance being paid
|afaa "a W the time being, but they are eX-
| MuIal 81 ltd TO be on hand when the next
N WY sra ners bell rings Now the unlortu-
hnsrtW agleenlent happened to he signed ON
Ils,a n day, The Rio Grande had finished
M llns the day before and on
MI day the agreement was
|WbwBM only some forty-seven
s ~% were actually at work
The knights claim only that num-
|snuA and no mo were, according to the
n.,s n terms of the agreement, on the
|nlMn mat day. An Important incident 10
n Eeement has very recently been d.
| , 'NSs ~ ny the knights themselves, and
KIM faks Unexpected shrewducss on
~ rsSN fpirs and repre- hensible dullness on
ln NY. part OF The citizen arbtratorS. II
#ns mat the Knights on the arbita-
] MmW BOARD were aware at the time OF
haa. Ill lug The agreement that tho day of
IN ! A'ng same was an OFF day on the NAL
Nh rgW wharf, while the five enlightened
y s srs Nug citizen arbtrators did not
I.map ihe time understand or
III va ~ tne important division OF labor
|snaaa ue Mallory wharf on different days,
sss,' " points were carefully argued to-
PRESIDENT S,aly, who urged the
IMh% su'' 70 adopt the spirit OF the agree
I,x.,x Atner than its unsatisfactory lam
|Hiw HUI The executive board has been In
Ms@ conference with the local ASSEM-
,',s'T SINCE early evening until past
night What their 1nal decision will
|Wlan ~n OILY he surmised at this writing,
$3.50 wusideling the strong arguments
Inl9s III nave be showered upon the
|, W u"e committee and the conceded
Oh the report that local
|fNWM are themselves divided on
|faf II lssesuon OF continuing the boycott II
", 10y DC surprising II the executive
|tth NJ tNseu the boycott entirely, or at
Iealued II so as TO prove unlnjurl-
tne Santa te road aud business IN
N lne executive committee will
| Hs' ~ take couple OF days TO consid-
question htfure announcing their
%e@on' Should they at last deter
va ordering a general strike to COM
| gft b ~ luliIilment Of tue November agree
IN y 8 lucy interpret II, the fight will
|, ~ r is aud bitter struggle, carrying
The seeds OF race hatred and
s'oh hatred, the fruits of which
Neu serious TO contemplate.
| 4 n r.