Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-20
O 2. 7. OPERATORS.
The auj aren't Injustice of the Southern
PacIlic's Attitude.

The Auy ar,nt injustice OF the southern
PacIic's Attitude.
GRAPEVINE, Ten, oct. is, 1891.
.a-r.-srte.
III. ia. Worth GAZETTE is nothing if
-,- liberal. not alone in the expression of
as ..s, ..u'y- ou a.. pubic questions, but IN
Allowing fue .~n ui its columns to others.
E.r....-a.g .r~cnt hey may be from the ed
karin. Expressions Of that great daily, and
-..-. .-s, briefly 10 speak good
- ..... .r r...-r defense of the order 10
..... ar..t tue honor to belong. l note a
-...--..a lI Your i~Ste Of the 18th briefly
.,.-.ar r.at president Fillmore of the
~...I.rf '..cilir railway company had re-
.-.. -.I.coguile Chief Photographer Thur
...r.t ra. Order ofRairoad photographers.
... t..I furthermore urrogantiy Informed
u...... a't.r.,.ai hat jhe knowledge OF an
....... of THAT company being u member
u.rt. -srar- of Railroad photographers
,.....t. ... would De sufficient grounds for
L.s.r.,r dismissal. The order referred TO
aa- .g-lulzad in 1856. and has progressed
most 'aEu.anr from mere handful OF the
0.l f.ur boys, until it now has upon its roll
of membership in the ncighbornood of
...ur-,4 Thousand Of the flower Of the rail
NJ. ..u.r..'''r9 Of North America, with the
rD -r..,.t5l j augmenting each month. The
.-rra' -Nri This organization has done to the
la.H.s. service in the CrOwdiug out of I'M
competent men and boys, who We're fast de-
grading. rs we'll Is rendering unsafe the
nnalu-, I trains. let the various conduc-
toys ana train dispatchcrs answer
.r, I.sr Is some of the lead
.,-la. VANS # inc country. notably the
e .'..rr. Pacific and the Lake Shore and
NL.G.E,n southern. have taken up, or
rar..r .,rllc.., At mistaken idea as to the in
.,..l - tie Order of Railway Telegraph
..-, whose sole object. 50 far as | under
.'..# .'~ constitution and bylaws IS the
..r nystcct protection ofrailway property
-a .e safety Of its passengers,
Tie tpIr.4tiCn of an order III
,aic4 competeTecy and OSobriety are
tie l.r.eq u.slreS to admission in the first
'..". WIKI banding together in one great
...,ul...- of each order of railway eul-
s.-, -lgG, for instance. as the Order of
4a-|., Conductors, Trainmen, Brakemen,
.r..rmgilye Engineers, and so on down, IN
Err 'u act rs unit in opposing unjust
measures upon the part of corporations,
B.. g. equally in opposing uncalled-for strikes
"tacg measures detrimental to the rail
.a' service. ] desire 10 say to our brothers
1.ary where. 10 stand firm, be not dis
.a..a ry threats Of discharge. Do your
tl'-' faithfully and TO the interest of the
,ya "aeS whose service You may be ii,
ant H' will prove TO every railway man
.-au..r' throughout the land that we are
.. ~. ..-at; and those who oppose us now
n... De-. ~s than twelve months be seeking
p T. operators 10 serve their wires.
Naga this prediction.
B. F.. -freWhat strange what peculiar
views u.r OunTry cousins entertain regard
.uE t..a bin oc railroads for damages,
D. r..-ar how trivial the matter may be.
Us .u Illustration OF this, l overheard i
..Hyprsa' .al on yesterday between farmer
ard Section Foreman Houlihan of this
I.a.n. j. appears passenger train No. t,
Dr. 70 ,'urt Worth. i few days since, was
' .".- a.1ug n its usual rate of speed,
a'H. approaching a crossing, the engineer
c-nl-. q fractions mule with lady and lit
-s Upon It's back. Said mule, evidently
a-.f t!"ghtencd at the approaching loco
st;Tr. threw lis rider and the little girl 10
.a round, breaking the arm Of the latter.
d. gvo1 farmer desired TO know if he
800, sic for damages. basing his claim
" on The fact that the engineer failed
q" whistle II the crossing, when, according
MS gf'u statement, the mule was already
ra be bare sight of the train. and any
IS n the world would accord the en-
GER II that train great praise, together
suitable chrome, for the good sense
O.-"..ycl in not sounding the usual signal,
is ,ae IIle was evidently sufficiently be-
.u' be contrO' of its rider, without that
A3-.'gna, incentive to down him or her, rs
.-e ulse might be. But anything to beat
lie c--.Oad is the almost universal cry.
..sR l.. RUSsELL.