Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-11-12
1T IS ALL OVER
The Great Strike For unionlsm
Ended.
UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER
On The Part Of the Amalgamalcd Association
Concluded the Fight
Gov. Foster Had Fifty Thousand Men Under
Arms Ready 10 EniOrca the Law and The
Strikers Mol Wishing Hloodshed, Gave
waY-Men Out Of lob.
UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER

New Orleans, La. Nov. 1i,-tspcciall
The big strike collapsed ut o'clock
movement of the kind ever attempted IN
D this morning The most ambitious labor
/ this country very nearly succeeded und Y
would have done so hut for the inter
| ference OF Governor Foster The strike |
| was altogether on the question OF uuion- K
| ism and nm attempt TO prevent the em- !
4 ployment In any trade OF industry Of |
any but Union men. Tho Amalgnmated |
council organized all the trades IN New |
| Orleans. sixty-orc In number INTO
Unions this spring and then set about
| raising wages aud reducing the hours
Of labor aud compelling employers TO
take only Union men.
The street cur hands struck and won
a signal victory. Strike after strike fol-
lowed during the summer and iml'
The mon being victorious IN ali Of them.
| On October "a the tcNmstcrs, lonuera
and warehouse mcn struck 70 compel
the merchants to employ only Union men
The Amnlgamnted council took up their
fight and on November Z, ordered
general strike of all trades out " SYM
patty aud Ia order tO bring the mer-
chants TO terms. II was intended 10
paralyze New orleans, to effect every
industry and briug the. matter home 10
every man. woman and child IN the city
SO that they would unite IN insisting upon
the merchants conceding tie demand OF
their employees. ~
As strike Ii was success. There
could have been no more complete one
. Only four men IA 100000 ordered out
refused 10 obey the orders of the council.
For a week New Orleans was without
light. ears or earnings. The factories
closed Their business Killed It's stcnln-
boats tied up, Railroads, heWhpnpeIs
. and theatres crippled.
! Neither the mayor nor the ponce
. seemed Inclined to or cppame OF DONG
z anything. The city WAS drifting into
: anarchy when Governor Foster cnme,
; here. assumed charge aud restored or
der His proclamation yesterday bhd a
= good effect, when he followed this up by
assembling the militia ~ the nrreh9l
swearing in new men, showing thnt ne
had sufficient force of oOUuU men "
lle make his order obeyed. and announced
III his intention of getting the gus ana cleo
~ tric Light working to-day, and the street
20 cars running tho LEADERS OF the s'nk'
" recognized that they Gould not hope T.
~ win without an encounter with tue mi
~; lila and bloodshed.
ny The mem too. became FESTIVE nnt
~ uneasy Negotiations were reopened IN
We der die auspices of the governor, ans
W after pnrleyiug for terms, the anhlgh
~ mated council surrendered. Withdrew ~
ga demand that none but union men shonl'
be employed and asked only mat uni9,l
men he not Disseminated against. !
was recognized rs IA cump,gte a. lgrende
Of the strikers, ull OF wiia,1 ~ Y
work this morning under the teilhs
,.a the agreement.
'he A large number Of strikers found whe
they returned to work this morning tha
their places had been filled by non-unio
men. This was particularly the cas-
with the car drivers, the carpenters, IA
m. sugar men aud the teamsters and loAt
Ia crs A crowd of q thousand or nor
in strikers who had been thus crowde
Ia ont assembled on Exchange alley, NJ
~ Headquarters Of the committee OF hN'
IL. nnd rouudy denounced the members 9
VI the committee who had led them TO di
md feat and even threatened them.
oh Although the strike Is ended, the NOV
ar mcnt against the men instrumental
ne bringing il on viii not be ahhndone'
nj The chances are that the umalgamaie
nc council will break Mp as the printer
on aud many Of she other unions ihreat'
he TO leave Il. mud the deient VIII bc
Sc severe blow 20 uuinnlfn III new bFe3ill
enc The suit against the committee OF h'
nc and against the heads Of the diiterei
90 labor unions for violations of intcrsinl
he commerce. will be vigorously prosecute
~ by the merchants who instituted Il.
he Stems have also been taken to impent
1il- Mayor Fitzpatrick and Seizure the r
the uoynl Of Chief of Police Gnston both
, a whom. it is charged wmpathlzed vii
ale aud aided and abettcd the strikers ~
n made no effort to preserve the pea
or protect citizens.
.rs' ment OF the mayor on thepctltion
pn- twenty-five property holders. The ca
10 be tried before the civil district eoui
ed. Criminal proceedings will olso be begl
against all the strikers who were II
picated in the violence
A disposition is shown by the me
chants and other employers to preser
the advantage they have gained aud pr
Inn vent the recurrence Of strike like tn
. The loss to the city has been immens
Some 5000 men have been idle for
week. losing 100000 in wnges. The 81
ploycrs probably lost 10 per cent moi
mo This II their busiest season Of the We
in NV the receipts Of produce here has be
~ averaging about 4 million dollars n dn
~ Of which about half has been divert
~ by the strike. and Including the sh
nv Inents from here. the direct loss to Ne
'"' Orleans for the week Of nearly 4 90
IL, plete suspension OF business Will be
,.tt tween $4,000 and SBDD.p0O-
Sna The militia will be kept under arms q
~, III Saturday as some apprehension
Ky, trouhc exists on account Of the lar
~, number OF tncn thrown out Of wo
s'o by the strike and the threats Of the g
drivers and othcrs who are dissatis1
~. with the terms. to strike again. 7
'H' governor, however, left for the III
capitol to-day.