Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-28


board Of directors were then discussing
tho matter, II was expected that an
answer would be sont 10 Mr.. rowderly
by : O'Clock this afternoon.
A TALK wtrH oNE or rms ExecurlvN
HoARn,
PHitADrlrnrs PA, March 27.--Gen-
eral Secretary Turner, Of the executive
board OF the Knights cf Kabor, when
shown q copy ~ the 81, Louis Dispatch,
In which Chairman Irons Is quoted as
saying the strike would probably extend
| throughout the Uniied States, said.
THAT Is all bosh II Chairman
! irons IS correctly quoted, he continued,
II simply shows the class Of men who at
present are doing the order great injury.
Great care shonld be exercised by assem-
bly, officials, less remarks Of this kind
should lead 10 incendlary acts by hot
headed followers aud thus iniure the
cause moro 10 few hours than
could be rcgnined In year. There
Is no truth whatever 10 the statement
that there win he general strike, and
the executive board does not contemplate
issuing any such order rs "a intimatad by
Mr., Irons III the IS. Louis Dispatch
! Mr. Turner declined 10 be interviewed
, relative 20 the general situation on the
! Southwestern railways lie, however,
} 'secrct clrculern telcgraphod,
a swircn.rN0iNr Ni4Kp.
), CAIRo, lil.,, March 9i,--l,ast night III.
: teen or twenty Knights OF Labor from
+ here went 70 Birds Point, took pos.
: session VI an Iron Mountain switch
I engine, ran II seven miles from that point
. anN Killed r. The strikers than returned
! hcrel
i EAsf ST. IouIs rARAINzRn,
II 81, Loina, Mo, March 2i. The
y Wabash switchinep Ia the yards OF the
> road IN the northern parts Of tho city
9 went ont again this afternoon. These
arc the same men who quit work ycster-
day, but returned 60 their labor by adj
l. yice OF tho chainnpn OF their executive
G. comElittee. The receivers uf the Wabash
road petitloned Judge Treat OF the
ID United States district court here this III
m ternoon, for the protection Ut their prop
ID erty and assistaneain running their trains
" on the west side OF the Miss
N lsslppl river Tho petition was
o. granted and the court ordered the
o. United States marshal 20 furnish the nee
W. essary protection
81 me general managers and superiatend-
". ents Of the roads eeniering In
50 East 81 Louis held two meetings
at here TO-DAY, 10 consider the situa-
en- ton In their yards across tho river.
-al The matter was fully discussed
cd and abou, o'clock discovering they sent
Ia, il committee 10 the East 50 Louls city
he council with a petition asking that body,
on which was In session nt the time, 70 nj
en ford the roads sufficient protection
les 10 enable them 20 run their
les trains The council in reply said
'ge while they were very anxious 20 have
Get business resumed aud wished 10 sec all
or laws oheyed, they were unable ~ be oil
lay any real service to the roads, that
their police force WAS very small and
totally Inadequate 70 guard Au tho yards,
o,y aud that " they appointed special officers
tod Tho probabilities ware that, the syNuathS
,gh for the strikers being 80 Nenaral 10 The
st city, they woale appoint men whose
q lanliatlona were oil with tho strikers
~ and they would therefore be OF no henen
mn to the railways. The superintendent VII
nj. hold another meeting tomorrow, aud Y
Inc Il thought Tonight that they VIII appl,
directly 10 the governor Of llllgois FOL
aid aud protection.
IA AK INrERvlEw wrru ARTHUR,
al CLEyEIASn, ONO, March 2JP, NJ
)uri Arthur, chief engineer of th'
orol brotherhood OF Locomotive Eu
way gineers, returned 20 tho city to
lied day from Chicago, where he had becl
Yhts summoned TO assist in the settlement o
the tho trouble on the Chicago, Burllng
y al ton & Quincy Railway, MI
Arthur said the interview wit
- him sent ont from Chicago by the Assocl
,',.,. ated Press fully covered the subject.
oIs there anything new 10 the strike 81
81 tile Gould railroadfn was asked
,shi al know nothing Of that except mha
a. i've read In the papers, responded MI
,oad Arthur. al have not been !
luaN 81 Louis and therefore have no persons
- .Ita "a "A
,,na that does not In any nann'
s s concern the brotherhood Of IL
a,n, connective Engineers. II the atrikei
XXI have grievances, n IL matter tho
's"' must decide. We shall continue 10 ri
our engines as long rs they are At han
J IN aud the engineers are assured OF the
trike personal safety,
1hich "Hnye the engineers passed upon Y
sre." question Of Joining In the strlkeFV
was ono; II Is n matter that does not co
- 81 cern ~, and 40 long as we have no gre
u the ances the men viii continue at work"
ndcd LIKE rowDERLiis LETrER.
,luue special 20 tho Gazette,
'e0p' TrnRnii., Tx, March ~ "a feeling
49, relief SCENE 10 peryado the entire city,
49, ,s',. far a. we have heard expressions, SIN
9 iusi the reading Of Mr.. PowdeFlys circul
nsf, letter, which seems 70 be generally
Nlktt dorsed as giving a fair aud impaft
's 49, statement, aud being full Of wlss couusl
.nppi SO lar az actual Interference With "a
'pios road property IL concerned none ms {
mus CURED here since ths strike was lnai
az uTated
There has been some Inconvenience
'tiaes periunced on account Of trains
~ ing irregular ard the nonsfeccipt
~. w. lreights that had 70 pass over Oh
at ion' lines 81 roads than the Texas Pae
s. W aud the Texas Central2 Yesterday
~ lns feeling Of tho Knlgbts u Labor Wa
NY s y. : some extent intensified % learning
o. , uie 10 ,ltiou assumed By Jay Gould on rcoe
'snl ,3 Of the mornlng papers, but be u said
seevie their credit bat few i any extrayag
III assertions aud inycctlges were indnlg
oh WY Gronps Of men could be-seen standing
y ., ~ the corner &C almost any time Of the
NV =. discussing the situation.
~, AT MARSHALL.
a the special 70 tbs Gazette,
MARsHALL, Xxx, March "a '--.Tae !
, road shops aud yards are guarded ~
~ 4, and day by deputy United states u
~ ~ saaig. In addition 10 the regular Wa