Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-22


not give any attention TO their com.
plants, or, when he did respond, would
not give them any satisfaction
An Hni1oRlAi.
NEv YoRk, March 2i.--rhe fcllowiug
editorial Appeared in the New York Rven-
Ing Post OF the goth inst, ON the soush
wcstern boycott:
Tho reply vi Mr. II, NJ. Hoxie 10 Mr.. 4.
V. powderly's request for a conf renee to
arrange terms ~ adjustnvnt with the
knights Of labor on tae Missouri Pacific
railway clarifies the situation In. the
Southwest IN remarkable manutr. The
central fact that strike was ordered on
the Missouri Pacific hscnase something
had happened on another road not con.
truiled by the Missouri Pacific and that
all the mlsdciSauors aud N5igandags that
have followed have had no
cause In any dlfrrrnee or Ola.
! agreement between tho employing
company and It's omployes, but have
their origin In something as foreign 10
the parties as the changes OF the moon,
Is stated so methodicaliy aud cunvinc.
ipRly that Mr., rowderly IN his rejom-
der has no answer to make to Il. He
retreats under the cover u acme gen.
eral observations regarding Abe good.
ness VI hia intentions, hut does not
1
strike Ii really botcntt GA y more
extensive scale than the attempted
boycott OF the Wabash road a. the
time when that prop,rty was taken
charge ot by the United States coart.
The whole trouble In the Southwest
may be traced TO the boycott Of the
Mallory StcRmsh p company ih,he city
OF Galveston. The Mallory company
had difficulty With its employees.
The knlgbts OF Labor In order 20 force
the company To re-cmploy SOME
discharged wotkmen Chs rate
of wages was not the tuhiect of tho dle-
pute) lssned orders intended 70 prevent
the bringing " any goode 90 Galveston 10
be shipped by the steamships OF this par.
,ioular hnc II was found TO be lmpoesi-
BILE TO discriminate between goods com
ing 10 Galveston for one purpose and for
another, so the boycott was enlarged 30
the proportions of u blockade ~ the city
The sympathy OF the puhlic, ~ II usual
In such cases, was extended 10 the work
iugmen, this phrase bpluR ingenlounly APP
piled 10 the minority of the wolkingmen
, who were organized as bnycouefa, all
= other workingmeh aud women being for
the time cast out Of tho reckoning, The
. MallOr, company made some concession
J TO the force of circumstances, upon which
J the knights were enabled TO claim VIC
i tory, This was 90 them demonstration
r Of supreme force, II tufntd their heads
r completely. They fancird they had only
g TO swing the club uf the boycott In
; orlicr TO dominate industry, society,
9 the courts OF law aud the government OF
The United States Their range VI intel
ligeuoe was as narrow as thelr demands
q were buundless, aud both found q notable
opportunity i1r exercise WHEN The man
:. Hall was discharged by the receivers OF
q the Texas & pnoi0G ior being absent
3, wlthout leave, that ", for staying away
4 ihfde days on leave of ahsence 81 half a
'e day demand was made for HAIRS re-.
le lnstatemupf, and WAS refused. A strike
q WAS ordered, together with boycott, OF
y certain roads 10 make the stfike more
IN "a oiiye. Clearly The time had come 10
% correct the false impressiona created by
~ the partial success OF the GALVESTON boy
20 colt, 70 compromise With such an or
~ ganllaiion would be, not merely equiya-
~ lent to handing the property over to them,
nc IL would De an assent 10 tho
- principle that all persons calling them.
rs selves Knight al Labor have n right 70
20 select their employers aud determine the
III rats Of wages that shall hn paid them,
IN aud 10 hold ulllcc for lie. No such tenure
v Of Office exists IN the world Even the
~ barusclts Of the circumlncutlnn Oiilcc hold
~ their places by u lcss powerful grip. But
We ~ order that such tnute, such des-
nd poism shall not Ne fiyeted upon the
cd whole conmuni y, for u TX not 10y any
'h' means peculiar 10 ran Ways, II IN necessary
u 10 dispute II and TO light AGAINST IT,
I'm Railing at hoycotis and denounclng hoy
lay coitors a. tyronDical, unfair, uDlust, un
oi american, Will serve no good emu 30 long
oi us boycotiinR carries its point and brlDRi
.,st, 10 Iua ~
M, boycotting IL d,fsat Ia it, own chosen
nst did. The Missouri Pacific Railway CON
we pany IN not the only employer o
bly, labor that has been driven int,
II acorner where II ODDS Itself compelled
Jre 10 fght for life. The manufacturing IN
dustgl,s OF New England have learned th'
lesson from the Knights, They have dis
is covered thu, II they lend Themselves on
at' by onp 10 the torture Of ,he boycott the.
MI are helpless and that they must nll sue
NY cnmb 10 their turn They have according
va ly adopted this wise resolution 10 stand y
av- each other In their respective trades am
10 when one Of their number u bolcotted 4
cci ore al the works until the boycott
lnu removed In some places agreements 9
Tor this klnd have been entered into unde
uil- ptnal bond. In others a common fnD
ISL has been raised for any person or cointr
dee nv which X subjected ~ boycott IN
or last number a Bradstrest furnished
'or, considerable catalogue Of antl-boyeoi
m, lragues az Fail RIVER, Brockton, Lynn
W Providence, Lewiston, cuhOes, etc, Tines
an organizations do not ecok 70 rcgulal
,n- the rats ~ wages or 10 supsfsedsexistln
ny modes Of conirr, nee with their employer
Ter or 10 impair their rights, but only 10 OF
ed Pose powerful CHECK 10 tho afDitrat
'rd aud intolerable coercion sought 70 be 81
i i forced upon innocent ,hlrd persons Hhei
T. ever disagr ement Occufs between ca
ployers and employees, which seeks
lis compel ali bystand,rs 70 take sides VII
oh one Of the parties 70 the controsers
lted under the penalty u persecution Of then
rom selves aud ruin " business
yrs hRw YORK TIhiKs EDITORIAL.
Ison 81. Louis, Mo, March 2i--'rhe 70
phal lowing editorial appeared IN the Ne
fow YORK Tunes, headed "lhe Knlahfs' MI
lies! take,n II must by this time he eyldei
tlon 10 the more sensible and cOol-neaded
we're ihoee In the counscls u the kDigbis
rain Labor that a serious mistake has bes
made bv the contest In the SOuthWes