Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-05-01
THE AIR FULL OF IT.
Strikes and Rumors Of Strikes from
Every Quarter---The Climax
Reached To-Day.
A General Demand for Ten Hours Pay
for Fight Hours work-Ilow
the Employers Take Il.
Tascheronu Answer -Baltsmore Demon
strauon--Chicage Pareis Eed--HoNle
Examined To-day.
HrREcrKp 4 sn1rLKMnNr.

s Northwestern railway company et- (,
fecled settlement With rs 1880 shop
men near this city, who demanded eight
hours as We king day. The company |
grants nine.hour working day Saturdays |
with fun pay, and made concessions to
the men in the matter OF railroad fare be-
tween this city and the shops. The
chairman OF the committee representing
the workmen SAYS the men have decided
10 accept the proposition for the present.
DEMAND or FRKIGHT HANDLERs.
CHICAGO, liz, April S0.-One hundred
freight handlers ON the Grand Trunk rail-
road made demand for an eight-hour
working day with no decrease IN pay ut
noon to-day aud said they would wait for
a decision until noon tomorrow.
TO APPEAL TO THE PACKERS.
CHICAGO, LII, April 30.--rhe great
packers NJ the Union stockSyards are the
latest Representatives employers called
upon TO grant relief on the eight.hour
question. They give Employment TO be-
tween 20 600 and $4,000 men, aud this
afternoon delegations will walt upon the
heads of each with a request that they
adopt the eigat-hour system after May |.
FORCING CRISIS
DUBOIS, PA April 80 Officials OF the
Amalgamated Miners and Laoorers' asso-
citation have issued circular calling upon
the 6000 miners IN the Clearheld regions
to quit work TO night unless all the ope-
rators signed the scale adopted at the
Columbus, Ohio, convention at once.
FuRNIluRE FACTORY cLoskD.
CHICAGO, III, April so The eight
hour movement WAS emphasized this
morning IN advance Of the day announced
for It's Inauguration. CLARK Bros CO. 5
! furniture factory at Blue island avenue
ana ROpey street is Idle, 800 employees
Having struck The men demanded
eight hours work and ten hours pay.
! The firm told them they could not agree
to this and ,hUy all left. The firm say
the factory will be Kept closed nnnl the
labor question is oeiiniiey settled
AWAITING AN ANSWER.
ST. LOUIS Mo, April 30 Ill is gener.
/ ally expected iefe thu I the offer made hy
th@aVsa8osi5'Vp Fis fyGiefts 81 La60r q
attempt to secure the reinstatement Of
strikers upon the railways viii be ov.
cepteG, aud that the strike will BE- de.
clared off In lew days The genera
board met In executive session yesterday
and In the afternoon we're Ia c0mmuuica
ton with the citizens committee. Thel
Willingness 10 end the strike, provided
assurances could be had that the agree.
ment OF 1885 between the railway aud its
employees would be observed, was ex.
pressed by both the general beard and the
| int executive committee. The proposl
lon made by the citizens committee was
discussed till an carly hour this morning
and an answer to IT Will be returned TO-
day.
STRIKE IMvEsTIGATrNG COMMITTEE.
ST. LUUIs, Mo-, April 80 Hon. Z m
ii. Cria Of the cong essional labor in.
yestgating committee arrived this morn
! ing 10 this city from Washington, aud
immediately proceeded TO the Southern
hotel, where ne was met by his coilea ues,
aud the committee went int ex, Gu i've
session, which lasted the greater part OF
the morning. Immediately upon adjourn
ing Chairman Curtin handed list Of the
names OF the most prominent citizeus Of
ST Louis 10 Saigeant-at-arms Combs anu
requested him to secure their attendance
at Il meeting to be held this afternoon,
when the taking OF testimony VIII be
begun.
IN ANSWER TO BISHOP TAscHERrAU.
CHICAGO, LIZ, April Referring 10
the report that Archbishop Taschereau
Of Montreal bad issued mtndamus for
bidding Catholics becoming Heights Of
Labor, as being one of the dangerous
societies condemned with Free Masonry,
Vicar General Conway Of Chicago, speak
ipg for Archbishop Feehan, saysi 'iThe
Knights OF LABOR is not one OF tire
societies condemned by the church
lt 10 NOT 10 he placed in
the same category with Free Masopry
or similar secret societies. There Is
a wide difference between their purpose
as well as their influence ON religious
bodies. The individual members Of the
Knights Of Labor society Is composed OF
flooring men having no Interior object
other tnan TO receive just compensation
for their labor. II there has been blood
shed in any place accompanying the exist
ing strikes IL has rather Deen caused by
starvation wages given by monppolies
than by malice or I'll will OF working
men. The Knights OF Labor NJ
society / do not believe respon-
sible for this shedding Of blood. Inc
wOrkiuginan has u ngnt TO receive just
compensation Tor his labor The wives
and children OF employers live suGiptu-
ously and dress tinely, white ths laborcr's
family mas barely the necessary food ~
keep away actual want 1 am perfectly
Wiling 10 publish my Views on this qnes-
ton 20 far as they relate to better pay
for The workingmeu aud because II has
this object, aud does not interfere With
the religious bgliei Of It's members, nor
assume position OF religious preaching
rue cnurch has not and does not forbld
Catholics from inning IT,"
MAcaINIsTs WILL GO OUT.
JEFFERSON CRY, Mo-, Apiil 30 "A
general strike among the machinlsts en-
ploycd Ia thirty shops in this city will be
inauguratea tomorrow. 1t Is noted that
all the employees are Knights OF Labor
The executive committee OF the United
Iron workers recently demanded less
work and more pay. The propretors
will not reply, and strike Is 10 order,
There are between 5000 and 5000 ma