Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-05-06

"S"NS ~ N'AN''o 'bHillNCE
cities, do not amount to much.
II seems from tho published ties,
timony, by the congressional com.
mlttee, that the strikers had in
many instances no cause for strik,
ing and that they were guilty OF
lawlessness, this was the case at
Atchison and Parson, Kansas.
The Apache Indians are holding
their own in the Pineyo mountains,
Arizona. Capt. Lobori fought them
tor an hour losing one man killed
and ono wounded; three Indians
were killed the hostlles still held
their position when tho captain 10.
tired.
A MOVEMENT is on foot at Mckin.
ney to induce the AtchIson, Topeka
and Santa Fe to extend its line
from Gainesville via Mckinney to
Sachc, on the Gulf, Colorado and
Santa Fc, and thence to Dallas.
The proposed route is through a
country the local freight and travel
of which would pay from the start.
On Monday there was a tremen-
dous riotin Chicago, Il, 900 rioters,
nearly all foreigners, made an at
tack on the Mccormick reaper
works but wcrc after considera-
bic fight on the part of the police
repulsed. Two of tho mob were
MORALLY wounded and several pO-
lIcemen were slightly injured.
THE Dallas Times thinks that
Gibbs is making one of the clean
est and best starts toward the gov
ernorshIp of Texas it has ever wit
nessed-that is if he really is q
candidate for governor. Some
time ago it was stated that Gibbs
had no political aspirations. Men
who see no chance for election arc
not apt to run for office.
The st. Louis Republican in a
lengthy article on strikers arrives
at the conclusion that no strike OF
any magnitude can possibly prove
successful unless 1t has tho moral
support of the general public. The
public Is power in tho land, and
public opinion is far stronger and
far more potent than the written
law. Laws that do not meet with
public approval are usually of no
force or effect.
ACCORDING TO the Fort Worth
Gazette strike on the part OF the
retail grocers to make II ounces q
pound is now in order. 1t might
with cqua! propriety have suggest
ed that retail drygoods merchants
reduce the yard to 80 inches. The
reduction OF a days labor from 10 to
8 hours should be followed by an
equal shrinkage in all other COM
modities.
AUSTIN Is now waking up to the
necessity of more railways and on
Monday . railway meeting was
held. The proposition ls to build
q line from Austin to Bastrop and
thence to Cuero and Indianola.
Bastrop has long wanted railroad
connection and was talking of
building to Taylor; this move has
aroused Austin. A committee was
appointed to solicit subscriptions.
Railroads nowadays make towns:
THE great packers at the Union
stock yards in Chicago give en-
ployment to between $4,000 and
80. 900 men, most OF whom want
the eight hour system adopted.
The packers decline to accede to
the request and two of the largest
concerns have decided TO shut
down. In a good many instances
in various sections of the country
a compromise has been effected be-
tween employers and employer on
n basis of nine hours for q days
work.
Mr.. JEFF DAVIS is again tempor-
allly before the public; he made an
Grafton at the laying of the corner
stone of the Confederate monument
at Montgomery, and it would ap-
pear said some things that he ought
not have SAID. Mr.. Davis is Il very
old man, and the only one in the
country occupying his peculiar
position. He is deprived of citi-
zenship because ofhls having been
president OF the Confederate states.
Mr.. Davis greatest failing is that
he lives almost entirely in the past,
taking no heed of the present and
not looking to tho future. He
does not voice tho sentiment of the
South of to-day.
D. F. WEYMOUTH, of Marshall.
MIMI, writes an open letter to the
Congressional Labor Investigating
He tells them that the
main object OF all the secret orders
and numerous strikers is grand |
political scheme. The congress
,ional committee is composed of
men in active political life the la
Dor organizations are numerically
very strong and may be worked
politically. The committee has
very delicate duty to perform will
hey report, fairly, freely and i'm
partially, or will they completely
Justify the strikes and strikers
or the sake of the political influ-
,nce it may have in the future