Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-29
STRUGGLING LABOR.
Burlington Officials Declare Vacated
Situations ars Being Filled, but
Strikers Deny Ii.
How PoWderIY and the Knights Of LIS
Dor are Disposed TO View the
Bretherhoed's Difficulty.
Striking Engineers WAL Not Fake Out the
Mail misunderstanding Old Rsading
Employes-FtEst Accident
TIE ROCK ISLAND TIED UP.

THE ROCK ISLAND TIED UP.
KANSAS CITY, Mo, Feb. 2S.-Last
evening the ROCK Island road SLOWED
some loaded freight cars from the Burl-
ington road to be switched into the Rock
Island yard and attached 10 the latter's
freight trains with the apparent intention
of helping the Burlington IN Its fight with
the Brotherhood of Engineers. When
the Rock Island engineers discovered
what had been done they became furious
and promptly boycotted their own COM
pany by pulling every engine into the
roundhouse and abandoning them,
leaving scores of freight trains on
the track. The flremen Joined in the
movement and the result is total
tieup Of Rock Island freight traffic at this
point for the time being. The Burling-
ton officials are working like Troi ans to
keep their passenger trains moving, but
they do not claim to adhere to schedule
time. They are selling tickets with an
agreement to refund the money or provide
the purchaser with tickets over other
lines. Freight trsffi; is in worse con-
di.ion than the passenger, and no perish
able freight is received. TIE sentiment
here is thSt the strike will eventually
spread to other roads, and the scSion OF
the Rock Island men is cited In support
of this prediction.
ATTEMPT TO DISABLE AN ENGINE.
CHICAGO, ILL Feb. % AN attempt
was made to disable the engine drawing
the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy fast
mail which left the Union depot at S:lC
this morning. When the train stopped
at the Burlington crossing coupling-p pin
WAS placed on the plates that guide the
piston-rod in the cylinder. When an at
tempt was made to start the engine again
| 1t would not move. The difficulty was
soon discovered and the obstacle was re-
moved. Had the piston-rod been drawn
out at full length the coupling-pin would
have been driven through the cylinder
head and the engine disabled.
The big freight house at Polk street
WAS deserted this morning, and notice
was posted on every door to the enecl
that no freight would be received to-day
| IIGaRR AND NoBLER MANHOOD.
CHIC-G ILL, Feb. 90 The follow
ing has been adopted by District Assem-
blY 24-Kuights Of Labor:
|
Knights of Labor.
During the last twenty
four hours the public press has beer
labored down with reports of the strike
of the Brotherhood Of Eugineers anc
FlIemen on the Chicago, Burlington snC
| Quincy Railroad and in connection with
this, many rumors have been set sdoat
that this monopoly Of corporate power
would be aided in their contest against
their employees by the members Of
ne Knights of Labor, who are reported
as being anxious to take their places, &C.
tusted by feelings Of retslietion and the
bad conduct the brotherhood is claimed
to have been guilty Of toward our order
during q similar contest in the past
Without going into an examination as to
whether this charge against the brother
hood is false or true, the executive board
Of District Assembly "a, Knights Of
Labor, unqualifedly protests against any
of its members taking the places Of those
striking workers. We call on the mem.
bers of our order everywhere to refuse
under any and ell circumstances to be
come tools OF this corporation in theil
hour of trouble. If the members o.
the brotherhood have ever been guilty
of any wrong toward our order thi!
wrong cannot be rectlhed by committing
another, but by the exhibition on oul
part Of higher and nobler manhood in thu
cause Of struggling labor we may Prov
i TO them our worth as Knights, thereby
u sowing the seed of that higher fraternlt,
that should exist among all bodies of or
ganizsd workers. Let no Knight IRE al
engine or pull throttle on the Chicago
Burlington and Quincy"
The executive board of District As
sembly "a, Rights OF Labor.
GKoEGE A. ScHILLING, Chairman.
WILLIAM TURNBULL, Secretary.
RECRUITING SHADING MEN.
| PoTTsvILLE, Pa, Feb. 2S.-About sew
enty five displaced engineers and flremel
of the Reading Railroad, belonging in thi
city ana Pslo Alto were recruited her
yesterday for the Cnicsgo, Burlington
and Quincy Railroad Half & dozen @
II the men left here this afternoon but III
main body are awaiting transportation &
Chicago. They are in communicated
with Msn:ger Stone of the Chicsgo, Bur
lington and Quincy Road, and are in mo
mentary expectation of orders from hir
to start, wnereupon they will take tn
next train for Chicago.
WANTS UNITED ACTION.
SCRANTON, Pa, Feb. 2S General Mas
{ ter Workman Powderly remains as hi
home in this city and will not go t
Chicago. He w's seen this afternoo
4 and said the KNIGHTS IS q body would no
Il order the taking Of the places of tn
striking engineers on the Burlington
R jad by Knights in retaliation for tn
Brotherhood taking their places on tn
R aiding system. He wants the Brother
4 mood to win the fight and wants th
! Knights to help them so that the tw
i organizations will be more strongl
united hereafter in the struggles tbs
p1either may be forced to make.
II THE FEDERATION OF LABOR
DETROIT, MICH, Feb. 25-FSa nut
b Com pliers, president Of the America
: Federation Of labor, was asked las
tevenipg what action his order would tax
| II any in the Burlington strike.
a 1--WE will take some action, but what
I will be cannot discuss. 1t will not b
J. lantagonistic TO the brotherhood, yea ma