Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-26


Twenty-one machine and bench hands
quit work this morning at the planning mills
of Buell. & Conley because their demand of
a reduction to nine hours as a days work
was not acceded to by the proprietors. The
men say they will get their demand or all
the mills in the city will be shut down. The
proprletorS proposed TO tue men that they
would allow them nine hours as days
work on Saturdays if they would work ten
hours on the other days of the week. This
did not satisfy the strikers and they left the
mills, taking their tools with them. Fifteen
men remained at work and the mills are
running as usual. Buell. & Conley say they
will have no trouble in filling the places
vacated by the twenty-one strikers.
THE MAI-FEST.
The last day of the Mai-fest was cele-
brated here to-day and was in every way d
great success. The early train from Fort
Worth brought 4 large delegation from that
city, which was met at the depot by COM
mittee of DallasTtes, headed by a band.
During the forenoon a procession of the
various German societies paraded the
streets before going to the park where the
celebration was being held. The order of
the parade was as follows: Mounted police ;
grand marshal and aids: Schroeder's band ;
feat, May Queen and her court: members
of the committee, orators and invited guests
in carriages; Gruetli-Verein; float Teutonia
Lodge 1878, X. of II. members of same in
carriages float, INLAND Lodge %, o. d. III. ::
members OF same mounted; float, Singing
Society Frohsinn: float, Dallas Turnverein;
decorated wagons,
The programme for the afternoon and
evening was as follows: Two o'clock p.
m, browning of the May Queen, Miss
Kaemnitz. Address of her majesty. Music
by Professor Schroeder's orchestra.
English Grafton by Hon Stillweu H. Rus
all NV -ha nbcir, .r,,l
Gruetli Nerein. Amusements for young
and old. Concert by Schroeder's or
chestra. Gymnastic exercises. At $50
p. m. grand fireworks, tableaux, etc.
After the fireworks dancing was in
dulged in until a late hour.
THE CITY RESTRAINED.
Judge Burke to-day rendered decision
in the injunction suit of J. T. Elliott ct al.
VS.. City of Dallas, restraining the city of
Dallas from paving the two notes of S25, 900
each with interest at 6 per cent for five and
ten years respectively. given for the North
park purchase. The following is the sum
.aary of the decision:
/. The plaintiffs have the legal right to
bring and maintain this suit.
. That there is no error in making the
city of Dallas alone the defendant.
3. That the two notes Of 81, 600 each, due
and payable in five and ten years respect
iyely were issued in violation Of the con-
stitution and laws of this state, and are
void.
1t is therefore ordered that on plaintiffs
entering into bond with approved sureties
in the sum of $4,000 payable and conditioned
as the law directs, the clerk Of the district
court of Dallas county, Tex, will issue the
writ OF Injunction as prayed for.
r. E BURKE, District Judge.
Done in open court, May %, 1891.
This completely knocks out the park
transaction and is looked at in various
lights by the people of this city. The al
fair will probably be detrimental to the
city's credit, as the matter goes abroad
that Dallas does not hold up to its contracts,
even when ordered by the city council.
A SWINDLING INSTITUTION.
The GAZETTE a few days ago contained
an account Of the prolonged absence of Mr.
Joseph D. Bsyhi, agent Of the Chicago