Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-01-17
THEY MAY FEDERATE,
A Meeting Of Railway Employees
at Kansas City.
GENERAL BAGGAGE AGENTS.
The Annual Meeting 10 Be Held IN Chicago.
Blooksded BY Snow -Kaly Changes
On 10 Denver -Nior the Scalp.
ors- Ashpans Items.


A general meeting Of the labor organi-
cations of the city was held at Turner
hall last night unltr the auspices Of tue
Switchmen's Mututal AID association,
says the Kansas City Star. The princi-
pal object ~ the meeting was to discuss
the question OF a general federation 81
the labor unions. especially those among
the railroad men.
w A. Sims. grand secretary Of the
switchmon's order. was chairman If the
meeting Eugene V. Dcbs of Chicago
was expected 10 b. one Of the speakers
of the evening, but was unayOilably de
fhired iu Chicago. L. A. Rogers, George
q. Ward and Michael Dolphin addressed
the me- pting fliey argued chiefly for
union, and urged the nec ssity 81 harao.
ny iu the labor ranks 10 b. secured
through federation. Some OF uie siatc-
meuts made wcrp radical bln All were
heartily Improved hy the audience.
The movement 20 secure close fed
Grafton of the rnilrjad orlcrs especially
Va general one cNtuulinR over the entire
WpEtcrt and Southwestern country
Ever since the disruption VI he euprnmc
council efforts have hccn quietly made to
bring about q federation which would De
free from The mults of tbs old council
The movement s not go strong ~ pres
pnt aud the action OF tho railrOahs IN
huriug "a damaging eject on tltc unions.
Out Of Che 10000 railroad employees not
mora dln 10000 are now members Of
the unions Tho new plan cOntemplatcs
gathering into the ranks Of the FEEDER.
nted orders OF groucr percentage Of
the vast army. The meeting last night
ugln was the result OF q secret confer
cncr Of the leaders Of tlIr various or
rauiZati0us IN Chicago a. few days ago
NNaI.sr4Hs.. fihtlsafrU ID L.
tended the meeting last night Another
mooting win boz held In ~ Louis on Feb
10, AMI lo"el meetings VIII con
tinuc TO bc held here from now on.
The impending trouble between the op.
orators and Inc abandonment Oi the We
bash vs. creating u local interest I'm the
matter ni federation which uus lead to
several of the orders assisting the tolcg.
raphcrE IL wna the common talk nmong
the employees this morning thpt thu en-
gincrrs aud uninmon of the Wabash
would assist tclcrnphcrs 10 the extent
of refusing to receive orders from non
union operators This story is not crcd-
tied hy The officials Of the road. II IL
probable thut II the photographers ON the
Wabash could show a sufficient strength
Of numbers and purpose one or two of
the ether organizations c0uld be Induced
10 take some interest In the proposal
NAlNhNf NWN WV NNNNNNA 20 Wv lNNhNkf"
mcnt in dischurgng All the men who
were found ,o boz willing to strike has
greatly weakened the committee In efforts
To- bring thu road 10 tne aud may bnyo
an adverse Influence upon the men la the
other departments WHO might favor tho
operators cuusr.
TIP TO noon today NO information had
becn received here as 20 what action
may be- taken. The officials of the road
say that IL the strike is not ordered
within the forty-clght hours in which it
WAS predicted no strike win occur. or
" e does II vii amount to nothing.
The inru tay they arr waiting To hear
from thr result NJ the conferences on
the nitdlo nud eastern division, whore
General Manager Hays was To meet
committees of employees AMI entertain
their grievances, IN The conferences re-
suit Waatsincturlly the mrmnrrs OF the
order here say thnt q strike will result
whether wcei, ur day clJpscs. No
definite promises have r.Wlled as vet
from the oycrturs made to other orders
on The rnnd