Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-07
THE STRIKE.
The Effect OF the Interruption OF the
Coal Output Upon the Read.
Ing Company.
Powderly Emphatically Denies that He at
any Time Expressed Himself asOp
posed to Railroad strikes.
MORE COMPLETE THAN EVER.

stated at the offices CT the coal and iron
companies. To-day the officials said they
had been instructed not to give
eft these figures. The miners saw
The reason is that there Gre no Reading
collieries working at all. One of the in.
dividual colIieries, the William Penn,
near Shenandoah, which has bean work
ing under sn agreement to continue TO
pay on the advanced basis pending the
settlement, shut down to-day. The rea-
son is that the miners refused to cut coal
TO he loaded on cars handled by non
union men. This is the first instance of
the kind and it goes to show that the
strike Of the miners IS not alone On &C.
count CT the question OF wages, but it is
also intended to help their striking
brethren Of the railroad.
OFFICIAL CONSULTATION.
PoTTsvILLE, Pa, Jan. 6.-Chairman
Lee and G. j. Farne, who had been to
Scranton to confer with General Master
Workman Powderly on the subject of the
strike, have returned. They report Mr.
assertions attributed to him to
tie effect t at he was opposed to
railroad strikes. Lee and Farne were
directed to return TO Pottsville, select g
committee from the joint executive board
OF railroad men and miners, and proceed
20 Philadelphia at once aud present the
entire matter 70 the general executive
board which, up to this time, have re-
ceived no offcisl knowledge Of the fstrike
they are expected to sustain. The eXecu-
tine bosrd will by speedily summoned for
the purpose of acting upon the statement
of the strikers.
The interruption OF the cosl output has
at leasG one compensative effect on the
business of the Reading Company; it has
greatly minimiZed the q fficulty of the
problem OF securing men to Ii the places
Of the refractory railroad employees. On
the B.ckvilIe branch where ordinarily
2000 cars of coal are handled daily, now
there is none coming down, and
of course there is use for COM
psrativeIy few OF the railroaderS.
On the Lebanon and fremont and SchuyI-
kill snd Susquehanns branches some If
teen entire crews, comprising seventy
five men, have been laid of ana should q
suspension of mining continue there will
be no work for st least 1900 of the coal
train men ordinarily employed. Ali SID
ings throughout the region are 1tled with
empty coal cars.
ENC 1URAGING FOSTERS.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Jan. 6.-The lead
ers OF the Residing Railroad freight han
diers' stIike here are making desperate
endeavOrs to cheer up the f3ggi0g
spirits of the men they encouraged to
leave the companH's service. At one Of the
meeting places of the strikers encouraging
messages were posted announcing that
no freight was being moved this wsy or
THAT way-that the new hands
w4e quitting the company's eerv-
ice, and many other things which pic
tured tie company IN state OF paralyZlng
perplexity. But there are no signs that
the public can observe that confirm these
reports. The railroad people claim they
are moving their trains WITH regularity.
The situation at Port Richmond is prac-
ticaIIy unchanged and al end OF the
strike appears TO be as far of as ever.
4 considerable quantity OF coal was re-
ceiYed from the mines and stored along
the Wharves at that point. WorK went
on as usual and the men were not mo-
Tested by the strikers. Tne PIDkerton
men were still on guard, but there Yves no
work for them TO do. No signs OF
strike exists except the presence OF the
detectives. The men appear to onder-
stand their business quite ss well as the
strikers whose places they hao takeh
The scarcity of coal in the city yaros mas
already had an influence or the price OF
the commodity, and just at present high
figures sre ruling.
REPEAL THE TARIFF.
Alta meeting last night OF local assembly
$3.50, Knights of Labor, composed OF
Reading Railroad employees, the follow
lug preamble snd resolutions were
adopted:
The Philsdelphis and Reading Railroad
Company in the present oifhcultles winch
thev nave forced upon their employees are
engaging immigrants to fill the pisces they
have caused us TO vacate; ano,
Whereas, the company is protected
from foreign competition by protective
tariff on coal, which we have fonoly De-
Iieyed for years WAS intended to oeneht
American labori ana
Whereas, ss citizens OF thls 1ePao!ic,
we believe The laws should De Impartial,
and that no laws should De enacted WHICH,
confer special privileges upon any class
of citizens; therefore, DE is
Resolved, that In the coming election
for Congressman we shall support only
those men who are pledged to vote Tor
repeal of the tariff on coal.
REFUSED TO WORK.
SaAMoKtN, Pa Jan. - Tie miners OF
Excelsior coiliery have refused to con-
time work because coal is shipped over
the Residing road. a general meeting Oh
the miners Will be held Tomorrow.
The opinion prevails that the miners
ar sill the individual coliieries snlppiog
over the Reading r rad will quit woIk-
total suspension is quite possioie.
There is almost coal famine here.
THE ATTExPr FAILURE.
SHENANDOAH, Pa, Jan 6.-The SUFFOLK
colliery at Mahopy City, which was WORK
for with 8 small force of non-unlon men,
closed down today. This concluded the
heading CompsnY's attempt to run It's COZ
neries withou. Knights DETECTION among
Che uon.union rsilroaders continues ano
itcsnnot be said that the company loses
much py the departure Of some Q. Inem.
So far there has been no treuole between
individual operators and their men reis-
tive to the handling OF their coal oY tne
Reading Railroad Company's nen-unioh
employees.
xzrDH.cre NAY CLOSE,