Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-04-14
'gHE RAILROADS.
|, .,,00aI Executive Committee OF
'a vujgb,s Of Labor Preparing
T IoT an investigations
.,s Arrested in Big Springs
s sa,Ssr Death from Fridays
Conflict.
u,. switchmen aud Yardmen
worE-rhe strike Dying Out
~ M some Points.



ar,,ntSe GRIEVANCES.
phriMN 90. April lS.--The national
.ov' ss,,ynnittee OF the knights of
w. been collecting reports OF
na s,st,ons BY the Missouri Pacific
flu,s ,,crt Of March 10, to present
.,rstlon committee that may be
efs'' W congressional committee
"A y, ~. .,,Uolnted By the Curtin resolu-
Y sS y foliowing general bill OF com
n 40 becn brought up;
81 w. sg cases the September wages
n,a ,estored, as the agreement OF
u g ~ 1855, provided.
-, sac,lnn foremen were reduced
n " oon,b without any notice.
hniIer.makers were sent out on
ny , oy nsnlson and allowed only
r ~ " nm, n while travelling
Il \ .. s, uioers In the round-houses
L na5ncsd nom 81 26 to 81 10 per
,,,er,an at Fort Worth was re-
+ a. ga month and compelled to do
9 ii two men, for which the com
IA ~ y previously paid double what
E NV foreman in the mill at DeSoto
t md Az slO a month without notice.
ESs carmen at Parsons, Kan, were
"a about $40 per month without
=, men worked over the entire
4. eleven and twelve hours a day for
pi,hont anything for over time, and
4 rday same long hours for same'sum,
a without pay fur over time.
sten were discharged on no other
4 Than that they had taken part in
4 strike OF 1885, and new
were employed at less
\ in their places. A systematic
IN Of discharging in detail and re-
"A 10 With cheaper men was being car
I'M which, II allowed to go on,
Il have resulted in bringing the men
3to the reduction basis against which
'ktruck in 1885.
d The stock-yard men at Sedalia have
septly worked twenty-four hours on Il
IN and have never received any
4 for overtime. They have
4alIy worked ten hours and have ay-
4d fifteen hours a day.
. The bodybuilding gangs in Sedalia
Washington have not received extra
iof travelling at night, or working in
II or working overtime.
4 Section hands have been paid Sl.l0
say, and during the winter are al
n 10 make only days work, OF
ten at and about Sedalia most have to
|hnd support families on this $3.50 q
4 The wages Of some shopmeD at Sc
i are less than those paid TO same
5mon at other points. The wages of
4 we're cut and never restored after
4greement.
Il ANOTHER MAN DEAD.
4. LOUIS, MO-, April 13.--The East
louis inquest continued this morning,
hook a recess 10 await the arrival OF
h witnesses. 1t was announced that
es Scollard, wounded in Fridays
Bling, died last night in a st. Louis
bItal. It was decided to have the
\ brought over to East St. Louis and
ted by one of the Jurors. The other
spns wounded on Friday are not ex-
ID to live.
ReIailroad situation in East st. Louis
~ Is much the same as it was yester-
All the roads except the Louisville
2shville ana Cairo Short Line ore re-
ing and handling all freight offered,
PIE sending out all the trains required
be business TO be done. The old men
pot returning as fast as they were ex-
ed, being afraid that when the militia
Withdrawn they will be forced out
P or prosecuted in some manner.
HoxlE's REPORT TO GOULD.
Pw YORK, April lS.-The following
etch was received at the office of the
iourl Pacific railway this morning;
|. Louis, Mo, April 1.-two hun
and sixty trains were run yesterday
aiming 4l40 loaded cars, an increase
'rty'eight trains and 26S loaded cars
last year the same day. Quiet al
oints,
gned, Ii, M. HoxIE.
AT BIG SPRINGS.
al 10 the Gazette.
9 SPRINGS, TEX, April lS.--Deputy
cd States Marshal John Manning to
arrested five strikers, among whom
Y. L. Graham, master workman o.
Knights OF Labor assembly at thi:
7, on a charge of impeding and dis
ing the administration of justice il
United States circuit court. Mr.
nlng will take his prisoners before
commissioner at Colorado City to
Tow.
THE STRIKE DYING OFT.
:. LOUIS, Mo-, April lS.-The in
iauon comes from Sedalia, Mo, tina
'lrlke Is dying out there. New mel
'oihg TO work daily, generally of tbs
most needed, lnachinists, and many
ie Old men are leaving for othel
= 10 search OF work, not being able
main idle any longer. Several vii
? California. The master car-buildel
ne has all the men he needs at pres
ana that his department is equal!
supplied at Hannibal and Parsons.
TRAFFIC RESUMED.
I Louis, Mo, April I3.-The who'll
oil drivers Of the ST. Louis Transfe
pehyl confident Of protection by tn
iaiy from molestation, have returned
lslr Old places, and scores Of transfe
lhsi together With private trucks ant
l vehicles, are busy this morning
lpg freight TO the various depots o
allroads centcrlng ia East st. Louis
aofpe Oh men who returned 10 worl
-iuSy was Increased this morning b.
more OF those who avaiIed them
/ OF military protection to secure EN-
lueht' Most Of the roads now hav
eleWs OF switchmcn and yardmen
y Is expected that in few days tn
upton Of operations by a larg
lfity OF the roads viii be complete
et9ay the bridge company had no
aoie to secure sufficient number Z