Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-05-05


II. HALLvKRsEN.
Il. HALDA.
ED BARRETT.
j. HENSON.
j. McCHRih
A. ffAVtN.
G.. FINK.
j. N. HARMON.
CHICAGO, Ill.,, May 8, l2:l5 A.
M.--luspector Bonlold has lust been
at the Desplaiucs Street station,
and says, concerning to-nighrs trouble,
after Parsons had concluded his
speech Sam Fielding, another notorl
Gus socialist, mounted the wagon aud
began to address the crowd. His address
was OF the most inhammatory descrIp.
ton. Hecalled ON the men to arm them.
selves and TO assert their rights Il
lie finally became so violent
that word was sent to the station
only block distant sud Inspector Bon.
deld at the head OF 1875 men marched to
the place where the meeting was In pro-
gress. Bon1eld called upon the |
crowd TO dispense, aud Fielding
shouted out TO them from the wagon ito
arms, 10 arms!n The o1lcer once moro |
called on them to dispense, when sudden |
~ from behind the wagon, which was not |
fifteen feet from the front rank OF the
polise, two bombs Were thrown In be- |
tween the second aud third ranks OF the |
men, with the effect already stated
The second nring, which was heard |
about an hour ago, proved TO be nothing |
OF consequence. No one was hurt. On q |
table In the station-housc, where the |
wounded policemen are, one poor fellow |
lies stretched with terrible bullet wounds |
In his breast. A few feet distant man
with tattered clothes and a mortal wound |
in.his side is lying insensible on cot, !
Around the room in chairs, |
with their legs handaged up
and resting on supports OF different |
kinds, are some fifteen or twenty officers
who who were wounded by the bombs. |
Not groan or complaint is heard from
any Of them Another officer who
was found lying In door
way, where he had been carried or
where he had dragged himself, has just
been brought in frlghtiully wounded
There are some twenty socialists In the
cells In the Easements, nearly all wound
ed, and one OF them, young fellow about
twenty years Of age, is dead.
The following named socialists, all OF l
whom arc wounded, have been placed
under arrest;
j. KucHER.
EMIL LONE.
j, UELLUND,
PETER lay.
j. FRAZER
| A. IAKA.
j, TAEHMANN.
| II. SHuLrz.
! II. WROCu.
B, LEPIAST aud
When the news 81 Tie kiillng 0, ~
policemen had reached the First regiment
armory Arson Lebath, o member Of Com
pany G, was disguised and sent TO the
scene OF the conflict 70 take observations,
He was arrested charged with beng q
socialist.
AT pENIsoN.
special to the Gazette.
DENIsoN, TEX, May The Curtin
| Investigating committee arrived In Denl-
son at 8 p. m. yesterday and were met by
n committee of sixteen from Palestine.
| They viii take testimony to-day at the
| Odd Fellows hall The citizens Of DENT
son rendered them drive over the city,
which was highly pleasant affair. The
members OF the committee are well
pleased with the hospitality Of the Gate
city.
| LETTER FROM HoxR,
ST. LOUIS, Mo May WIN. Kerrigan,
ESQ, General Superintendent DEAR
SR-The morning papers Of to-day CON
tain an order from the general executive
board OF knights OF Labor uncondition-
ally terminating The strike, which has ex-
listed ON the part Of certain OF our former
employees since March Q last, TO
take effect this date. In engaging
the men we need In the service OF the
company, you will be governed by the
following conditions contained In our
offers OF employment which have hereto
fore been made and repeated from time
TO time in the following form vi adyer-
tisement OF March 10, 1886:
"Good and competent men Will be
employed without reference TO their
J past or present relations TO the
company or their connection with
any society or organization, secret, secu-
lar or otherwise. Such as are accepted
will be paid the rate Of wages recon-
mended by the governors and other state
officials Of Missouri and Kansas when the
labor troubles of March, 1885, were adj
iusled, the same as have been paid by the
company since that date.v
Also the following contained In the let
ter to the governors OF Missouri and
Kansas la reply 10 their communication OF
March 20, In which the above advertise
meut was repeated with the following adj
diuonsi
"This company is further willing to
i pay its employees q rate OF wages equal TO
that now being paid by other railroad
companies IN the same section Of coun-
try
fhe men who have been engaged under
the advertisement Of March 10,
1855, will be continued in our employ
We cannot re-engage or continue N our
employ any persons who have actually
engaged in the destruction Or Injury Of
the company's property, or who have
advised such destruction or Injury. In
the interview with MessrH Turner and
Bailey on April /, 1856, stated that this
company desired 10 re-engage In It's
service such OF its late employees as IL
needed, who might apply individually
for employment and were not obs
n iectionable 10 the management by
reason Of their acts during the late strike.
While this offer was not accepted, but on
the contrary an order for the further con-
tinuance OF the strike was aittrward is-
sued, the position 81 the company in this
matter remains unchanged, although It's
4 ~ So