Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-02-09
THE DARK SHADOWS.
Chicago Roads Anticipating a
General Strike.
SOME MORE FAST RUNS MADE
The Alton and Wabash Lines Break The Rec
ord Crate Fingers Other News Of
General Interest Concerning The
Railway World al Large,

Chicago. Feb s-Dnrk shadows OF
| au impending strike urc lowering uh'
| nightmares over many VI Hbt gu lhc
/ railroad lnos entering Chicago ON nu
| th1fity from several reliable sournH
! 10 seems more than probable That WIN
| iu ten days "a hfrulonn ntt'mpi WIN y"
made tu tir tp every locomotive and car
| lu The city aud parnlyzu tho truihc 90
mguy thousands Of miles ~ truck. d.
SO uppruhpuRiyp have The OlhcinlA o.
one Of The cqBiorn trunk llhcs become
That % ~ reliably reported they are ~
flushing 10 receive east bound business
from western lines Sturtng with the
organized sWitohmcn the dissatisfaction
has spread until 10 ~ claimed the various
branches Of uuorgunizpd employees VIII
uulte iu one oi the most determined
strikes ever known in railroad annals
The new scale demands 80 uud 80
cents per hour respectively for day belly.
crs aud fOromcn aud 80 aud 10 cent?
per hour respectively for helpers aud
fOremrn working nc night The demand
VIII Ice mndv upon the HpYCrnl roads
ceniedng here ns HOos MS petitions eau
be- circulntcd among the men in the
respective yards aud "a minority 0f the
signatures secured.
The peculiar feature NJ the movement
iH that the regular organizations Uf the
switchmun ARE entirely ignored boo the
new move aud thut it iH q sOi1 Of general
movement on the part NJ the mon, ire
Hpccuyp ni the heads Of the Old urraui
lutiOu. Ono oi thc mon prominent in the
new move said This is not new
thing by amy means. but we hnyc been
very careful that our aims and objects
lud not become generally known, II
has not seriously considered over
since che future of the Buffalo strike.
After that affair the men gul tU talking
among themselves that their orguuizl.
lions were failures ON account of the
way they were conducted. Strike after
strike his been proved tu be- u failure
through MISUNDERSTANDING AND mistakes
of the hcnd mon Of our organization
und ~ became general talk among the
men thai the only way hy which
railroad men could ever improve their
condition would bp hy popular MP
riliug We concluded fO make uu cf.
fort Ou our own account without the
guidance an assistance of the unions NJ
ull ! don't mean Go gnN that Individual
members ul the unions viii not support
us. uu ihr contrary they viii help ua.
hut they VIII NOT gO ont of ID when ur
dorrd tu do su hy the officials at the
unions. In other words N 10 becomes
necessary for us t0 strike II win not lo
done hy order of ,hr union ufirlnls nor
win their mandate Boz effective in de-
rInriug such strike OIL
The rank uud iilr Of the men are
heartily sick ot the way strikes have
hrru muungrd and they propose Goo Try
q hnnd 900 tho problem m ur emphatic
way boz the future We have % htOp too
much union boz one direction aud not
enough Doe the other Ibrrr ig uu lack
ol officials drawing salaries while
rrrut majority of The mpu curnrpd iu
The various lines are kept out of the
unions because of the arbitrary rulings
aud lines Imposed hy these we'll paid ui
a
WuErH of rullrund men are too low, aud
thoy also express % Willingness lO rp
INTO popular movement Go ruiso the
Hninr pud never give mp until they Ht.
cure a. The movement started un th,
chicago, Milwaukee aud ~ Paul ami
The oity
We have kept thc movement n. nom,
W 7vyrrl nH possible iur Huyrul rrusuus
We did not care Geo huNp rithu. Inc rnil.
rond ur thr union oncul know Whnt
our idro was W. have np big leaders
tu blow their hurN FOR political and
other rNrr Even the chairman uf uu
meetings uN changed r,ory meeting
consequently uu Mr. President or Mr.
Secretary Inns navy iulurrmput tu get his
unur lu pnut us The author of some
very startling -cws This iv % move.
mont oi the men aud viii bp 70 success,
The gcutrst Efforts hive been mndr tu
keep the whole movement "a profound
secret and In this tlr mon hive tn n
great extent boon successful ONLY "a
few NuEuc hints leaked ont ANA tlp4r
gave rar tu nh sorts Of Wmnrs Int untl
yesterdays meeting nothing REALLY drN.
uur was known regarding tho muyr.
mont
Ielrgrums from pomts nl,rs,
lh" Hue Of the PENNSYLVANIA pH
road indicate that thnl rnnrpnn,
expects trouble nt ma ,nrk Jnt.
over the qurs Hon of wages, us il has No..
fused prnahnhiV freight ne mnuy nn,nts
dvstiuhd 10 Chicago The putslIrr nnI
wort Wayne officials hero hn,r declined
tg receive such freight ON the ,rnunj
That they expect trouble an the rnnd
with thcir engineers