Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-12

clainiod. Let no man suppose that under
this aspect OF the case the issue Is between
capital aud labor, Il Is between law and
anarchy Tho same power which has dis.
possessed The Missouri PaoiAc Railway
company Of the conttol II It's property
during the Past few days NAV slmilAi-
~ disrosSess the manufacturer, the
banker or The merchant tomorrow.
There IS Onlg one SURF foundation for all
clnsscs, iebciprs aud capitalists alike, IN
a civilized city, aud that Is the written
law 81 The land whllo laws
arc cutofced and oouftN are hon.
est soVioty Is safe. We have
good laws aud honest courts, and
i is The luty Of AL citizens to stand by
toem az against the hehesls OF al associ
atoms aliE organizations whatever, Tho
law not'puN guarantees protection to
railways. but requires their owners 10
operate them Tor Che good " The public.
II IS NOT optional, but mandatory, that
the trains shall be run. What The law
says shall be done, no association or
organixe lon have the right 20 say shall
MOI be dome
From rHE NEw york rusr.
NEW YORK, March II The following
editorial from The Evening Post on the
Southwestern strike ls said by the bgsl.
ness Henof this city TO represent their
vlcwsi
"rhe strike statements published by
Recover Brown of the Texas & Pacific
aud Nice-Preaident lloyle OF the Missouri
Pacific, showing the nature OF the de.
mands made upon them by the knights of
l'abor,Hrt very significant, because synip-
tomato Of the condition OF Industry aud
society everywhere. There arn very few
omployorssoi labor, whether individual or
cooperative, who are not lying awake to-
night thinking about what Is going on IN
Texas and Missouri. There aro
no Intelligent persons, whether
employers or employees, who are
not looking with anxiety Tor all the news
from that quarter aud trying to form
/ some idea OF what the end VIII be. There
are those who believe that Socialist
reyoluti0n Is impending aud has been for
a long time Although the avowcd SO.
clalsis are an extremely small part OF
eyen.tho most densely populated cities,
the belief is entertained by careful OBJ
serHaucA that their ideas are spread.
Ing among the trades unions,
which have been for The
most part their ayowed opponents
hitherto, and that " some great strike OF
convnlSlon Of Industry should result dis.
astrously to The strikers the main body
would adopt the creed of Socialists for
better or for worse. Socialism has q
great Aany queer fancics, but the dltis,
ion Of property II at The bottom OF then
all This signiilea no oyerturn of laN
and thu temporary stopp0gc OF ciyllza
ton. we say temporary because, after
la tal .NH
worst conceivable, society must right u
self somehow. In the llrst two years Of Vi,
: French revolution those who called them
selves ''the peoplun omployed themselyei
, IN buicherlpg tho arstocrais and the mex
slx years N buioheriug each other, hu
! the result proved that an anarchy Conl,
not last forever. II there is such com
, ing cH,1sbis quite useless TO rim ava
from IT, The supporters OF law M
! order, whether capitalists or non-eaplial
lists, ought TO and must put themselves II
readiness 20 meet IL, and instead OF com
, promising the law and ylcdln
here point aud there pom
OF their authority and majesty
they should make Arm stand on th
first woll-de1ned issue that presents II
self. The Texas & Pacific case appear
TO be such an issue. The statement o
Receiver Brown IN TO be taken az a trn
one until proved otherwise by somethln
better entitled 70 credeDce than the out
t, glyings OF u secret society. The Texas
, Pacific road Is a bankrupt corporation
II was built In advance OF an
real need for It, BY real need Is mean
s1ch need as would enable It's operatio
Ia the country adjacent and tributary Il
II 10 pay running expenses and q fair rat
Of interest on the capital employed A
the indispensable condition OF successfu
: industry was wanting, II was takOn pos
session Of by the officers Of the law, O
whom Receiver Brown Is one. To be mad
the most OF In the interest q
its creditors. Its creditors In th
order Of preference are First, Us EN-
, plOyesi second, those who furnish IL
! needed supplies land third those who bnv
loaned money TO build II, OF IN seyc
: propositions submitted by the kniplsts q
' Labor TO the receiver for his signature
= all were Of Il kind which he had n
authority 10 sign or agree TO, becnus
his position was that OF sub0rdlnat
officer Of the law. He refused 10 sig
and the knights OF Labor struck
Z In order 20 make their strik
more effective, they struck on the Mi
souri, Pacific and IT. leased lines also
: The was The largest boycott that III
. country has yet seen. II bOyco.ia nc
only the Missouri Pacific, but 20 grea
. extent, the states Of Texas, Arkansas an
! Missouri. There are probably NOR
: worklngnen IN the city ot 50. Louis alon
= than the whole number Of boycottcrs o
= the Gould Southwestern system
The question now u whether Receive
Brown aud Yice-FresIdcDt fIoxia vii
stand firm until public opinion is arouse
7 by the oucomlng Of misery % asscr
. The majesty and authority Of the law.
telegram from Fort Worth, Tex, say
y that the Farmers alliance Is In sympath
+, With the strikers aud will join them !
! political steps 10 control fhs state, Thi
, Is not al all unlikely Tho farmer ha
been 80 long accustomed 70 look upo
corporations AZ his enemy that he Wi
naturally join forces with any other enc
my who comes In sight Yet the allianc
win be Of short duration be-
cause the farmers interests rcqnir
: speedy aud uninterrupted railway trnnf
portati0n Moreover IN the long run b
will ind that TO what ever extent th
=. artisan class get more than a fair share Q
Z the aggregate earnings Of the nation
5 more than the share which free cOmpeti
6 tlon would yield, IL must com
q out VI agriculture. There IL ~