New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-04-08

work yesterday but went again when The
do so by committee from the knights OF entv Of
yard master sent to De Soto for moro men, t"en' Va
whom arrived this morning and went to work.
A FLAMING THREAT AGAINST THE MILITIA.
LAWRENCE, Kan, April Tin Ottawa anu
this city circulars yesterday distributed on inc
streets They were printed in red with wide rea
border and were headed "a More Question OF Blood
They read as toliowsi
To Parents, Guardians aud Teachers:
You have sent your sons, wards aud pupils squppea
with the implements OF mamen and murder TO ooerse,
arc struggling with giant toe against a monster
oppression For month: and mTh'n. ;,h redusticn Of
wages, violation Of compact, seepiess nsnts iiress s
hours and dogs existence without d.lty
they have reached position to SSmmSnd nan aws delay
OF Christian civilization bearing In their hands Weapons
wrong maintained. Now you Christian father: and md
mothers yoa have trained up ySHr Doys r's have
only fattened their fa forms to feed maegos snaHt
will be matter Of economy to purchase thelt Sonas con ~
God is God He that :heddeth mans blood Sy
sn. bis blood pc she and dsss has ho been
frequently limited before. bat you have closed your
ears and bnssa yOgr eyes r. acSs
while this is free country. It is free country ior
all and jus. 80 surely .sna ycnr Sdys Soy.
Have not your blinded guides appsed Of this fact
We presume not They have been 80 busiiy schen'ns
keep you asleep,
ALL QUIET AT FORT WORTH.
Fort WORTH. Tex, April 7.-Everything is
quiet here Trains moving regularly and no ur'her
trouble ia anticipated One company OF Rangers was
sent to Alvarado to-day rumors or trouble there' pu
later advices show that the rumors were without
ton. Steps have boen taken by the Parker County
Farmers Alliance looking TO the nomhation anu o''
linn Of a abO mans State aud county TICKET.
SECRETARY TURNER BLAMEs JAY GOULD.
PHILADELPHIA, April 1.-The Record to-mor-
row Will print an interview with Secretary Turner Oh
knights OF Labor, who stopped here today on MS
way Scranton to confer with General Master "orK-
man Powderly. Pausing for a moment In the WORK Oh
inspecting the heavy mail which had accumulated uur
ing his absence. Mr. Turner remarked:
when we arrived IN st. LOUIS We
found that the company would In reaity
employ no Knights OF Labor What was worse they
were dschargng members Of the Order who had in no
way participated in the strike For instance inc 'ee
graph operators not called out as they were eces
sary for the safe running of passenger trains, winch
have not been interfered with. Many OF these nave
been DISCHARGED the Knights Invariably going when
removals were made In fact instead of no discrmna
ton il was discrimination As consequence there was
no chance for the make up their portion OF tho
Arbitration Committee provided for IN New-lorh'
Strikers who Knights could not get employment
offered obedience to the order 10 return u
work Then the company's detectives were exposed IN
AN attempt to bring OF the knights within te reacn
Of the law With this state OF auars iacihg .uGn INC inc
General Board had open TO II other thah inc
recall Of the order to resume work. l see no
chance Of settlement.in laet tne h,edir ~ rs
sponsibe for tue failure to keep the agreement MI
Hoxie course. is acting under the presleht arc
tions The Fort Worth affair is unfortunate. ana tne
Order being opposed In every way 10 such measures.
should not be held responsible for It, The people were
driven desperation. and the deputy Shern WIN ou
the posse Is a wellknown desperate.
"fhe dispatches sent by Mr. Hoxe to Jay Gouu erery
day telling OF freight trains moving freely are S
There is practically freight traic to aud from d.
Louis and along the lne.'
HOW MUCH MONEY CAN THE KNIGHTS GETf
ESTIMATES OF THFIR FINANCIAL sIRENGlh-MH'
HoxIE TO MR.. GOULD.
II is said that there will be no trouble In Tals-
ing ample funds for support Of the strikers In the
Southwest should the strike last long enough 10
tho fuuds OF the districts engaged In the srugge o
der the constitution OF the order each district ana each
local assembly attached directly to the General Assem-
bly, has to accumulate fund known as the Deienco
Fund 1t is raised by small per
capita tax on each member under the
Jurisdiction OF the body in whose custody the fund Is
1t be kept in such shape that IL Is mihediaey
available. The district assembly having In charee tue
strike may call for aid on any or every uistct or
attached local the country and the Defence fund must
be Forthcoming Each district must retain Sloo OF the
nnd in ts treasury and each local $25 Just how great
an amount of money is available for this purpose 1t Is
impossible to estimate. although 1t Is SAID thao Al
least $500 900 would be ready at the hrst ca. 'hS
sboud not be sufficient carry the strike then the
General Executive Board has 1t in Its power TO order
assessment every member of the order. 1t prop
able that per capita assessment Of ten cents wouo Dc
as large as would be ordered In his private circular
General Master Workman POwderly puts the strength
OF the order at OO0 This would give weekly con-
trhnton OF 100000 but it is said that the order has
grown rapidly all over the country and that 1t now num-
bers not less than half a million
At the office of the Missouri Pacific Railway was
Ssd b.sn moved on the previous day This traic was
oonsaorsbly larger than on the sams dsy s' IN tn:
mornuc that everything quiet along the nes anu
he denied that the engineers were dissatlsneo ..
IN strike Mr. Gould declined to talk aboqt toe man,
Se,to OF the famous Assembly No. 1Ol lie rensrKea
that the address spoke for ITSELF