Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-23
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olutipne;
To all labor organizations;
Wnereaa Il has become evident % every Oh
seryIng man that the corporations OF ~ com
nv ave uniting and acting IN concert lot w
p4rposc Of breaking town labor organization
ana { ndes afse rblies, ana AZ. 80.
Whereas, al pali organizations are inc oqt
fba AGGREGATION OF saprDOfatiuns who nfroghte y
themselves rights when they uehy 'oo'n'i7
and 49,, a.a,,. ~,
NON r. cogntiiOn Of trades a4sOinblics ana lappl
organizations the rock BY which they piVpvs'
10 wreck the commerce Of tue country theIe
Wesolyed. that we insist upon orr rights NJ
American 81 liens 10 assemble ana ofehhMl 4
and 70 negotiate and treat WIN o,pot ,,
lives with tie r. representatives. OF any ana ail
oth0 organizations and combinations Whhl
Res lyed, that the refusal on the part OF the
reprn-entaiiyes OF corporations to treat win
the Fepfsso taiyes Of labor y q lily suDtgt
fuge for tho purp &c OF pc petua!ing tne stfihe
ana rnlning Inc country which IL Is becoming
evident they cannot longer ruic
Resolved, the, we egne al ihDor gtganHp
lions and tradrs a ssmbiss Ia the land 70 unite
In the demand inf the recognition 81 thelr rep.
rescntpfiyos ana their right 70 negotiate, irtat
and 7pui VII, individuals or bodies, aa tlc casc
Rei0iycd. that we cdll upon our LEGISLATORS,
both state ard national, 20 ena such measures
as will compci tho recognition ut lapor DrBa.l !
zallUns and trades dBscmhles ana also 70 com
poi corporations 20 afljitta.c die ences ne
tweonand wi themselves gnl thclr employees,
ily order 0l Districi Assemblies NOS. luli ~ ana
g1, KngtB Of labor
uSIoN swToHMEN STRIKE
Kansas Cry Mo, March 22.-At .
O'Clock this morning q general sounding
Of locomotive whistles signGled the IN
auguratiou Of another strike, Az that
hour the union swltchmen IN every rail-
road yard in the city quit work and
freight business generally was stopped
The Chicago g. Alton made up train by
help uf the nOu-uniOn men aud sent II out,
but the strikers are said 70 have boarded
il and stopped it at the eastern city
limits. The Wabash Is working small
force sufficient, officials say, To handle
city freight, aud being under the prOtec-
ton OF the federal court IL has invoked
the protection Of the United States mar
shals. A meeting Of strikers will be held at
noon The present cause Of the strike
can not be learned Some Of the men
say "they had orders from headquarters
Of the Knights Of Labor" The switch
men made a general demand Tor an adj
vance Of wages a week ago on various
roads and H. WIS granted There are iy
Ing rumors 20 the effect that several other
departments will be- ordered out.
nc luIhi ENllINuN DllkiulH uultt III hul
ing that the strike was a complete sur
prise to them. The men had mace no
complaint since the recent settlement
Business at the stock yards is about sus-
pended, and on the board OF trade wheat
dropped Two cents IN as many seconds
II il said that tne truckmen aud section
hands are also out, hut this Is not yet
confirmed. They did not resume work
this afternoon for the reason that bust
ness Is suspended. Orders are being
sent 10 points beyond here to refuse per-
ishable freight Including the Missouri
Pacific there are fity crews of yardmen
on eleven roads engaged In the strike
There were two trains That started out
over the Chicago & Alton Men from the
surrounding groups jumped aboard the
cars, aud, applying the brakes, stopped
the trains IN the lower yards, and no
attempt was made to yet them
further, A meeting OF the repre-.
sentatiyes OF all roads IS be.
Ing held this afternoon to consider
the situation. 1t Is reported that most Of
the packing.houses viii close tomorrow.
plankintOn s. Armour discharged n fourth
Of their force to-day The great smelling
works at Argentine viii also be compelled
10 shut down Large quantities of perish
able freight are now on the trains IN the
yards awaiting transfer or shipment, and
the loss viii be great II they are not
shipped OF moved. As nearly as eau be
ascertalned the strike was ordered by the
SWitchmeu's union because OF complaints
that the agreement made last week was
not kept 10y some Of the roads One OF
the local members of the executive COM
mittee OF the Knights OF Labor, who Is
supposed to be well informed, declares
that the Missouri Pacific trouble has
nothing 20 do with the present difficulty
The striking yardmen, he says, have gone
out by order Of the Swllchmen's union,
regardless OF the fact whether or not they
belong to the Knights OF Labor.
The situation In railroad circles has
become SO complicated that the outcome
grows mote and more uncertain
Lethargy prevails tonight throughout
the freight yards In Kansas City. The
Kansas, Armourdale 6 Argentine passen.
ger tTalus have not been disturbed, and
all left tonight as usual one OF the
leaders IN the strike stated tonight that
he did not believe they could be mo-
Tested, An embargo, however, has been
placed upon freight traffic which Is prac-
tically complete,
The following statement will be pub
llsheu tO-morroW morning Dy u commit
tac of tho Switohmen's unloni
To the Merchants and Citizens of Kan
sas City aud Vlcnityi The switchmen OF
the various yards IN this city and vicinity
deem IL due 10 you AZ cltl1eus aud frienus
to make u brief explanation OF our walk
out this morning aud the reason therefor
We sent request to our super
intendents on the 9th day OF
March asking them to pay Us the standard
wages paid the sWi'chmen In Chicago
They met us IN session at the Union depot
Saturday, the 18Th, aud we and they made
verbal contract that was published, or
at least part OF it, in the daily morning
papers sunday, March Ia. Since that
dine the switchmen have lived up TO their
part OF the contract, but some OF our SUI
perntendents violated aud evaded the
spirit OF that contract aud, as We treated
with them as Whoe, we expected them
to live up TO their contract AS a whole,
but as one or more violated II we claim
they all did so. Now, we come out To
demand the standard wages paid the
switchmrn IN Chicago, H., and the sig.