Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-07
BATTLE OFTHE KNIGHTS.
Nine Thousand Members Of the Great
Labor Organization Ordered Out
on a Strike.
southwestern system Of the Gould
Lines at a Siandstill, so Faras
Freight ~ Concerned.
tF"i" aud iiesgegvmen Pau m Line IN
Ma-se, white Most Of tho Track ana
section AIen ars ont.

N'''"N Woh hfo Ont.
NEsrgRpAy's Rgyiew.
There was but little Interest In the do.
yclopmonts yesterday In the labor
troubles az this point. Tho strikers gave
no intimatlon Of surrender, while
Freight Superintendent Harris posted
notice IN big letters ON his cificc door that
the vacated situations were all Oiled In
his department, and no laborcrs were
wanted There was something OF q lam Of
cars In the yards, occaslonod by
heavy Influx Of trains Friday night, but
as trains moved In and on, regularly,
nothing like blockade was anticipated
Yesterday afternoon at 8 O'Clock only
forty cars waited to 20 westward.
Tho news that general strike had
been lnaugnratcd on the Gould South.
western system, which was 0rst brought
by kilograms TO THE GltffrG yes.
terday morning, revived that focliug
Of anxiety which had, In measure,
been stilled, The new order Affects but
few laborors az this place, as the Mis-
sourl Pacinc has hardly dozen EN-.
ployee here.
The situation this morning is OF the
gravcst charneter-gr grave TO the rail-
roads, grave 10 business intcrests grave
TO the state and grave TO the strikers
themselves.
THE KNIGHTS MKrT.
AT 2 O'Clock yesterday afternoon Cen
trail hall, on Houston and Fifteenth
streets was packed and iammed by 600
Knights Of Labor, N. NJ, Loving, master
workman OF district assembly l0l, which
embraces the entire Gould system, was
present. So were the majority OF tho
executive committee OF district assembly
rs, which had been summoned here to do
| what they Thought best. OF course q de-.
tailed account OF this meeting can not be
given, for no reporters were admitted,
but II IL well known what was prlncl.
pally done,
Tho executive committee Of l0l has
been In session in st. Louis for several
days past and they issued their order to
the knights In their Jurisdiction 10 strike
at 10 o'clock. The Tact that their broth.
ron were out ON the Gould roads and
stood by them was received with cheer
after cheer by the assembled Knights.
Then the executive committee Of seven
ty-olght decided on their action, and Tn,
men Ia Texas owing allegiance 4
that assembly and working Tor thu
\ Gould system OF roads, Including III,
, Texas & Pacific, were ordered out at
O'Clock. Speeches were made by 60
quent Knights, the situation was full
discussed and with determination ant
enthusiasm apparent the meeting adj
iourned II WAS then nearly o'clock.
lie SUBMITTED TO AN INTERVIEW,
Immediately after the meeting, MaBto
Workman Loving was seen and asked !
he had anything he could give 10 Tux GA
zETrn. Mr.. Loving was very courtroom
and talked rather feoblY. lie said, how
ever, that statement was being pre-
pared and would be furnished THE Ga
: znTrE for publication this morning
"Mr Loving, you have seen the state
: mcnt In regard 10 Chinese labor beln
r. the only kind TO be- obtained on the Texa
{. Pacific west OF Big Springs. Hoy
about ~"
"AtsI day that's the only kinds bu
the road has been offered white labo
. time and again, and all they needed,
they would pay living wages, Sl.bl
" There liz statement made that W
Q. officials say they viii bring Chinese :
IN Big Springs and put them in their shop
X, there, also"
,. at is said, Mr.. Loving, that Tn
n knights AT Dallas oppose this strike"
IL mot word OF truth In II,
le was in Dallas yesterday mysel
nc and all the knights arc with us, col
il ferred with many Of the men and kno'
To this TO be so,
o. MIR Loving again said statemeI
y 4. fp.4. 0f,
H. the reporter withdrew,
,k sritiKE sfFTINGs.
Ia A number OF boaTding-houses have u
a fused TO take the new men working Il
nv tho Texas Pacllc aud give them boar
10 nm lodging on the guarantee Of the Tex
20 & Pacific. Tho company says that II not
heI ing better can be done Il will get honl
10 and care for the men Itself
- The tralnmaster said last night U
Texas & Pacific was doing nicely, had
the labor needed and that trains won
move along all right,
"a The express men seem TO Tear IN
~ will be worked TO death by Increase
. business.
~ one express messenger had thrly'sov'
" cases OF heavy Mallory ireight 10 Woathe
=, ford yesterday,
lat Ninety boxes OF lemonAanxl0usly ava
'u' shipment ut the depot.
Travelling Auditor Harry Brown OF q
Texas & Paellci was in the city laRt nlgl
but not on strike business,
Tor Several men TO work 1T Big Sprln
ms went west last night.
OF stain on AFFAIRS AT sEDALlA.
In special 70 the Gazette.
~ srpALIA, Mo, March 6.--The Texas
NE Pacific strike cxioudcd 10 Scdalie az 10.
au O'Clock this morning, AZ which Time Z
IN employees ia the Missouri Pacific eho
Iey aud 100 IN the Missouri, Kansas Tex
I'd QUIT work. IL was i0il5 O'Clock VII
nd Fred Page, a Inomberof district assent
I'd i0I, received tho order from the charm
10. OF the executive committee OF the khRl
IN OF Labor ~ Marshall, Tex. The mefh
lo. been looking for the command Tor v
nd DAYS, hence Il created no surprise, q
nj when the whistle At the Missouri facl
he shops gave the signal at tho hour stat
a the employees suspended operations g
lie man. OF The $50 men working 10 the ~
sourl Pacific shops all but one, named