Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-04-09

should the other side get the mastery
naught but evil can ems &c.
It IS understood learly that the
statement that ther, are dissen.
slons within the order win be de-
MED; yet It is none the less true. If the
existence Of the two fectlons within the
order spoken of by TIE GAZETTE is not
true, why did Mr.. Powderly make use of
the following expressions in his famous
secret circular
it's Impossible for human nature to stand
the strain any longer. must have the assist
anoe Of the order, or my most EARNEST efforts
will fail.
WIN have ~ II 40, strikes must be avoided;
boycotts must be avoided.
Those Who boast must be checked by their
assemblies. No move must be mAde until the
court OF last resort has been appealed to-
Threats OF violence must not be made.
Politicians must be hushed up or driven out.
Obedience 10 the laws OF Knlghthood must
have preference over those Of any other order.
The presence of at least three obiec-
tlonable classes Of members are alluded
to--thosc who boast, threaten, and loud
mouthed politicians. In his address in
this city, Capt r. +. Trevelllck, whose
loyalty TO the interests of the order Is
beyond question, and who has been
chosen as the dttest exponent Of the
principles and aims Of the order, said
Let tho laws be obeyed No man who VIC
laics tho law can claim the protection Of the
Knights OF Labor, Good or bad, the law
should be obeyod. and n bad let it be re.
peaod.
These two, powderly and Trevellick,
have been taken as the representatives of
the conservative elias The most promi-
nent leader on the iher SIDE is Martin
Irons, chairman of t, executive commit
tee of assembly l0l 1t is stated that he
resented the critics. n implied in Pow
derly's circular That he has no email
following Is evident, aud already there is
talk of move TO give HIM Powderly's
place.
The men who have killed engines and
stopped freight cars on the Missouri Pa.
eide road are followers of Irons. What
has Irons done? He has led strike
which had for its apparent cause the dis
charge OF one man from the shops
Of the Texas & Pacific road to
"a point where the commerce of
four states has been badly crippled,
property destroyed aud confidence we'll
nigh annihiated. Is that to be set down
to his credit? Referring to this particu-
lar case, Mr.. Powderly in his secret cir
cular said "The 10000 men now earn
ing nothing could have given 10 cents
apiece to support the brother for q few
weeks much easier than to spend weeks
and months in idleness. Many Of them
will never be restored to their former
positions. In this case the injury to one
was not repaired, and all concerned will
be more or less injured" But IRONS
theory is to stop short at nothing To
carry his point he would order strike
on every railroad in America, to have
Hall put back in the shops at Marshall
He would throw the traffic of the world
out Of gear all for one man. What pity
Mr.. Irons can't order a strike on the rail
ways in England, France, Germany and
the rest OF Europe After having
stopped the wheels of all the loco
moSyes in the United States, as
further resort, to suspend traffic
in Europe would be trump card. Sup
pose too that at Mr. Irons dictation the
big steamships, that plow the waters be-
tween American and European ports
would tic up ut anchor till Hall was given
back his place, does anybody think the
small matter of interrupted international
traffic would keep him from saying the
word,
He would throw out million men for
one man. And this Is the man who is to
succeed Powderly The issues
are made up. The initial step in the
work OF disintegration has begun. 1t
! may be checked in time. If heed is given
to the moderate leaders much good may
be evolved. From following the behests
OF the radicals much mischief has arisen
and more may follow.