The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-03-25
THE KNIGHTS OF LABOR SPEAK


y quested the publication of a preambl
and resolutions passed by local assemble
o Nos. 2lS2 and 1864, of Austin, Texas. OF
y the night of March 10, 1886.
d We politely but positively declined t,
publish the paper and gave our reasons
first, because we we're members of the
Texas Associated Press, denounced by tht
resolutions; secondly, because the dis
patches complained of did not emenatt
from the Associated Press, but came from
a special telegraphic CORES ondent al
Fort Worth, and third and lastly, because
the allegations made by the preamble
were not true.
Yesterday copy of the resolutions re-
fcrred to were published in a circular, and
distributed throughout the city, CON
tanning clause from the com
mittee stating that the said
committee chad conference with the
managers of said paper, THE STATESMAN
and they refused to publish them under
any consideration
The reasons for our refusal we have
stated above, now let us see whether the
preamble and resolutions of "jOint SEES
sion of local assemblies Nos. 2182 and
1904, of Austin. Texas stated facts.
The first whereas declares; I'VE quote
from the circular signed by N. p Houx
as chairman, II. i. Givens as secretary,
and endorsed by the committee, consist
ing of II. l.. Owens, Ed. Smith and N. H.
Leader, as having been rejected by THE
STATEsMAN.)
whereas, In the pending strike on
Gould's southwestern system of railroads.
the "associated press" reports that mem
bers OF the order of Knights of Labor, pois
oned woman and child in Fort Worth.
burned two bridges on the aforesaid
railroads, drew the spikes on the track of
one of said lines, and derailed passenger
train"
In the first place, we deny that the ''as-
ISOLATED press made any report on the
subject To prove this we quote the dis
patch published in The STATESMAN on
Tuesday morning, March IS, 1886.
Special Telegram to The Statesman
Font WORTH, March 15.-The Knights
of Labor have the upper hand here.
houses and hotels which acco-
modate those who took the strikers
places will be boycOtted Even butchers
refuse to sell them meat. All this is true.
Yet the sentiment of the people is against
the strikers, but business men are afraid
Of boycott. John Talgart, boarding
house keeper, was boycotted to-day. The
waterman, from whom he had been pur-
chasing his water supply for drinking pur-
poses, refused to sell to him, and he has
% go two miles to secure water. His land
ord, one of the richest citizens of Fort
Worth, has ordered him to vacate his
To-day poison was thrown in Tai
'arts water barrel, and one married
woman and two little girls were poisoned,
md are now i'll n critical condition. The !
ase cited above Is the worst yet reported,
'ut there are Others nearly "a damnable.
'eople here are afraid to call their souls
heir own. I
Tho above is the dispatch pointed out {
y the committee. 1t will be observed. '
rst, that it is not an Associated Press" t
ispatch, but that it is especial tele- i
ram to The STATESMAN" therefore we
eclined to publish that it was an AS :
'ciated Press .dispatch nor were n
Q willing to condemn our n
Geographic correspondent at Fort o
orth for stating that the order of the
nights of Labor poisoned a woman and
hid at Fort Worth" ps declared in the
lper presented by the committee of
nights for publication. There is the CT
spatch, did he declare that the Knights ST
Labor threw poison into Taggart's ii
alter barrel and poisoned woman and Il
lildy He did not; but he merely stated b
cts: First, that The Knights of Labor o
I'VE the upper hand here" then that boy tt
'tting was going on and that the senti 81
ent of the people was against the strik- W
S.. Then in another paragraph entirely u
sconnected with all above reported, he W
id: To-day poison was thrown into M
lggart's water barrel" ETC., but not one su
of who did it. We think thus sy
r we have proven that our friends of to
semblies Nos. 2lS2 and 1904 desired us CT
publish statement, first, that reflected b'
ION us rs members of the Associated III
ess, secondly, upon our special CORE es
ondent at Fort WORTH and that there Sc
is no truth upon which to base their n
Let us examine the sec tn
d whereas. Here it is: be
WHEREAS, 1t is fact that the "Associ Vi
I'd Press for the Southwest is made tn
" in the Globe-Democrat office in st. SO
'uis, is monopoly, serving other mon mr.
olies, and largely under the control of =:
veil known monopolist; and the "Asso- ui
ted Press for Texas is "made up" In tic
; Office of the News at Galveston, and is CT
'refore colored to suit the mUnopolists; tb
Whereas, All the special" kilograms ~
colored to suit the paper they are "a
It to; and, to
There is not one word of mi
tn in this. The agent of the bl
praSs bas his off;ca -, q =,