Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-24

or other employees Of the roads,
pressed into service, tried to go on with
the work, bat the strikers interfetred and
successfully prevented the departure Of
any trains. Although some disposition
to blockade the tracks and obstrucs the
progress of the men who desired
TO work was exhibit d, OILY one
instance of positive violence was
reported during the night. A serious
phase Of the strike Is that the engineers
and ftemen are in close sympathy with
the swr camen and make no attempt to
man their engines. II nearly every In
stance they have quit work, run their en-
gines In their respective stalls ana drawn
the fires when the switchmen requested.
This adds much to ths complicat on OF
matters. The switchmen may be replaced
| By inexperienced men and trb fl resumed
in short time provided the engineers
snd arem IN will work. Without them
nothing can be done; inexp- Renee will
not do to trust upon an engine. Mr..
S seeny, grand master workman Of the
uuion, has returned TO Chicago. All the
afternoon the strikers have been goirg in
gangs from enc yard TO another and
warning applicants for work that II they
undertook TO handle the switch engines
they would oe handled roughly. Fearing
trouble the ii .ers OF the road called for
police protection at noon snd an { Il )rt
will be made to start GU. some new crews
this evening.
Anew festuFe in the trouble and one
which promises to lesd 10 fmportan! re-
suits, ia that this afternoon the managers
Of the Indianapolis, Dacirur and West
eru coTcaded me demand CT the striking
swttchmen and the latter returned to
work. The concession includes So so
per Gay for helpers, % 70 for forsmen,
twenty>siI days &c constitute month
and ten hours days work, with p3y for
over lime, nigh. men to be paid in exc ass
in proportion IS heretofore, which is So
per month over thst OF day men. The
switcame~ are jl1ilsrt over this victory,
as the Indianapolis, Decatur and Western
is considered one Ct the lightest yards in
fthe city in which TO worB, and il that
company can sS1Id the advance they
believe that the other companies will be
compelled to follow
Later developments to-day chow tbs,
the engineers and flremen IN tina yards
have not Joined In the stsk3. When they
went Cut during the night 1t was because
for the lack Of switch men they were an
able to proceed.
A. the yandalIa yard this evening bul
one lone sWitchman Is struggling with
the blockade of freight. Wherever any
movement Of trains is noted 1t ls found
the ysrdmssterI, agents and clerks are
the switchmen. at the Big Bee line
yards the engines vera all ordered back
into the shed. The yardmsster and
nyharQd
the strikers to quit work and
they coupled. Tee engineers and
flremen came back TO the city
Tor the day. There is very evident
spirit OF sympathy among the latter fol
the strlk srs and the swilchmen are count
ing upon 1t for indirect II not direct sup
port. crowd Of idle men hung about
the east end of the train sheds and the
Vandslia freight depot during the day.
They refuse positively 30 hold any con
vergstton with representatives OF the
press, except such as committee
especially appointed for the purpose
choose. To sum up the situation
at 1e O'Clock tonight it may be said thai
the day was successful ons for ths
strikers. They completely psrslyz ID
freight traffic. But one train got through
st the STOCK yards over the Panhandle
and one over the BE Line. Incoming
trains continue to arrive and the block.
sde Il growing ALI the roads have SEM
out along their line for new men and 1t Ii
expected q ST iii ;ien. force will STRIVE
Tonight to resume work Tomorrow
The strikers. however, are greatly encour
aged a. the concessions made by lhs Indi
anspolis, Decatur snd Western snd many
threats are made that II new men xttemp
to replace them there will be fight n.
attempts at preventing the CLERKS from
working We're made to-day.. The strikers
content themselves with jserir G ct them
The leaders of the strike counsel gains
violence, and no bos:erous trouble to-
morrow is spI rahendet, but there viii
doubtless be minor disturbances.