Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-01

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ciple of honor which should restrain man
when about to do wrong. 1t matters not
that the strikers in question were net or
dered BY the chief officers Of the Knights
OF Labor. II the men interested felt thst
they were right and took up the fight as
employees, regardless Of what organize
ton they belonged to and on their own
responsibility, they had right to do so,
and under the laws of the land the mem
bers of the brotherhood were not obliged
TO MAKE CRAvENs OF THEMSELVES,
as many OF them did both On the South
west system and in the Reading strike
The taking of the mems places was
"mean and dastardly." Ii these actions
are taken with the sanction Of
the chief Of the Brotherhood he too is
mean and dastardly, but "two wrongs
never make right" and what is mean
and dastardlY in q member of the Broth
erhood OF Engineers cannot become
grand and noble in member OF the order
OF Knights of Labor. No Knight Of LIS
Dor should belittle his manhood by stoop-'
of the Brotherhood men TO do such work
name let them have monopoly Of 1t.
huI6AtS "a ASo0is you tnAe
my advice you will stand
Let the Brotherhood demonstrate its
power to stand alone, without any "en-
tangling alliances with those OF other
trades Let the past be forgotten in
this strike, no matter how bitter you
may feel toward these men. Remember
they have not stepped out Of the ,rut of
sel6shness yet, and 1t is best to teach
them what mank Jod means by keeping
your hands of of the Chicago, Burlington
snd Quincy strike. The spectacle pre-
sented by men of labor who belong to
different organizations
RUSHING AT BACH OTHERS THRoATs
whenever 9 strike takes place must be a
gratifying thing for the employers OF
labar TO look at. 1t must, indeed, give
satisfaction to corporations to know that
neither the Knights Of Labor MOI the
Brotherhood men dare in the future to
ask for better treatment with any assur-
ance of receivingit. It must be q con-
soliDg thought TO the monopolist to know
that his power is not half so dangerous
to labor organizations as the possibility
that another labor organization will ex-
cuse his cause through revenge. Labor
will forever be bound hand andfoot at the
feet OF capital IS long IS workingnen
can be pitted sgaipst each other.
No strike should be entered into until
the court Of last resort has been reached,
until the last effort consistent with man
hood had been made. until the heads of
the opposing forces on both sides have
consulted aud their verdict given, until
the last bridge has been SO
BURNED BETWEEN THEM.
Then II 1t were determined that the last
thing possible had been done to avert
trouble, every detachment of lsbor's
army, horse, foot and artillery, should
be wheeled into line in defending the
rights OF the men Ia the breach.
l have never seen such strike and never
expect to until the narrow preiudices OF
the past are buried, until the principles
of knighthood are properly understood
Then we will have no strikes. knights
of Labor from Maine to California, stand
back. Keep your hands OF. Let the Law
of retaliation be disregarded and lei
the men of the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy win this strike il they can.
ISignedJ 7. V. PowDERLY,
General Master Workman.
THE TRAIN SERVICE.
CHICAGO, Ill, Feb. 29.-The superin-
tendeIt of the railway mail service said
this morning that all trains on the Bur-
lington system were running all right in
Nebraska, with the exception Of the line
from McCook to Denver on the BurIing-
ton snd Missouri. All trains are run.
ming in Illinois and Iowa. The train due
this morning from the west at 6 :55 got in
at g :45, and the train due at p. m. from
California will be three hours late.
COMPLIED WITH ORDERS.
ST. LOUIS, Mo Feb. 29.-Engineer
Smith of the Wabash Western Railroad,
who usually takes the Chicago, Burling-
ton and Quincy train from the Union depot
over the Keokuk and Northwestern Rail-
road st 8 O'Clock in the morning, refused
to take the train this morning at the
usual time and was prevailed upon to dc
so at noon only on receiving a telegram
from the committee in charge Of the Bur-
lington strike instructing him to take the
train as far as st. Peters where the
Burlington line begins and no farther
He compile d with the order.
POLICY CLEARLY OUTLINED.
PITTsBURa, Pa, Feb 29.-Knights Of
LABOR engineers Of the Reading Railroad
! udNC OAS0tAy bACI4 POliSys ~
cording to an interview with one of the
engineers they will take the places Of the
Burlington strikers, and will promise
Chief Arthur OF the Brotherhood to re-
turn to their homes II he calls his en-
gineer5 Of the Reading and Brooklyn
Elevated roads Five carloads of en-.
gineers and fremen passed through the
city this morning en- route to Chicago.
There were 200 in the party, and they
were nearly all Knights Of Labor and
mostly former employees Of the Reading
Road. They were fine looking body OF
men. In an interview one Of them said:
"The statement published Of there being
800 Knights of Labor engineers out on
the Reading is correct. The balance are
to follow US. The Brotherhood engineers
are filling every place. You see this
party? How can you blame US for going,
not as Knights of Labor but as indi-
viduals7 Every man in the party Is an
experienced engineer, and each Of US has
with him his fremen, 30 that the question
cannot be raised as to. whether we are
competent to take the places of the
strikers. We are compelled to make this
move. We could get work no place else.
1t is 8 question Of home and family with
US. On the Reading Road the Brother
| hood jumped in and assisted the com.