Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-04-27
A MONSTER MASS-MEE TING
THE UNION wonKiNcMES or FONT
w9prn MET LAST NIGHT.
A Committee Appointed to Draft
Platform ana Report Nest we'd
nc-dny Might when ticket
i~iu e Placed IN tho re I'd.

rrooaby tno largest mass meeting OF
union worldngmen ever held In Texas
convened last night at thc lodge build
ing, corner Of Fourteenth and Houston
streets
The members OF the various labor
organizations OF the city had been
aware OF the intention OF holding this
meeting for some time, and MS night APP
preached a veritnble stream OF work.
lngmen ~ almost every calling began
to How In the direction Of the hall. and
by o'clock, the time announced for
the meeting 10 convene. tho interior ~
the edihcc rcBemblcd d Sam Jones'
meeting FOR men only" so numerous
were the sterner sex. And they were
all members OF the various labor or
CARNATIONS Of the city, only such being
admitted. quite IL number OF men
were refused ndmittunce on account of
tho inability OF the door keepers-a
man from each union In Fort Worth
to recognize them. However Ga before
stated. even with this strict rule. the
nan was literally iummed
Promptly az 8 o'clock James Gownn
Of Stuneeutters union raped for
order, and nfter securing same stated
that the meeting would proceed to
business at once by clectlnR "a chair
man aud declared nominations IA order,
MIR Nle of the Clgarmukcu' union
placed In nomination AIR. a. W. HART
man Of Fort Worth Typographical
union No, 1gs. MIR Ederlc, also OF tho
CEarmgFers. seconded the nomua-
ton, ana IA doing so paid graceful
compliment 10 Mr.. Hartman, stating
an is well inowu--ihat the gentleman
| 90 ono of the ahle5t leaders OF tho orr
| gnuiZCd labor movement in Texas and
| also rcfcrrrd "a Mr. lnrtum'u rrcOg-
nlYtd ability uH % phrlinncutnriuu
! Francis Drake. corresponding Hecrr-
! tufy of the Trades Assembly placed in
! nomination MT Il. Y, Kirkpatrick.
/ editor OF the "Orruuizod Labor" dcpnrt-
| mcnt Of the Fort Worth DAILY Telc-
| gram. III cau be ruthmlly asserted
| remarked Mr. Drake, "that thor. Us at
| least one man VINO would, were IL IN
| hH power prevent mana lnhumunlty
10 man that man ls Robert Y, KIRK
| patrick Tho numiutiou was seconded
| by Mr. BAT Bacon president OF Typo
| graphical union No l9s
| Mr. Henry Lyons OF the prCsHmen'a
| union moved that the nominations
| close. Adopted
NV NlNNIN appointed llIIff AtIINrH NIlu
| the ballot was proceeded with.
| The counting of the vote disclosed
the fact that Mr., Hartman was the
| choice uf tho meeting TO act az itu pre-
| sliding officer ON motion OF Mr.
Kirkpatrick the election was made
MesarH Ederlc and Dwigglna escort
cd Mr. Hartman 10 the chair, aud. in
| response to various calls Of "gpreCh"
the nrwly-rlpcted official snid N the
worklnEmcn of this country ever uc.
| compllHhcd ANYTHING for themselves.
| the route would DE by the ballot box
| Mr. Hartman IN very fluent and
| earnest speaker, and rs usual, Rc.
| quilted himself very crcditnhly.
| The next business Ia order wuH the
| election Of a secretary. motion pre-
vailed that two secretaries be chosen.
| MeAArs, pwlgglnn ana Drake were
| elected by reclamation,
AZ this luucturo MIR, Bnt Bacon.
| president uf the Fort Worth Typo
graphical union. laid before the meet
lnE IL Hot of resolutions usking Som
ator Mills to favor hp government
ownership Of the telegraph lines M tho
country ThH matter was guhmittpd
at thr request OF the president 90 tho
| international Typographical Union.
After some discussion The resolutions
were referred to the Trades Assembly
Tor ita ludoreemcut
\ point of order was here raised TINT
II would be proper to state the object
of tho meeting uH some present ala
NOT fully understand ltH purpDs,g
THIS point was raised hy Mr. Edcrle
who iutimnted that tho meeting had
been gotten up Ia the ntcreHt ot the
Mr. klrSpatrick, In reply to this In
| tlmntlun, said,
AS | have been instrumental I'm the
matter Of bringing this meeting to its
present proportions ana IA there Yeema
To- be some MISUNDERSTANDING as TO itg
aims and purposes FOR which II was
called, l VIII state what waA originally
my Idea uA To the beat course TO be
pursued by tho organized labor OF this
| city In cnHc Il decides here to sock 10
| better the condition OF union men and
| worknEmun generally MY rrst plans
were To suggest 10 the meeting that n
| platform OF principles be adupted and
the same presented 10 the different can
didhtca who are ont FOR county offices
for their approval aud support ana
thon take tho names OF those cnndi.
dates plrdging themselves to support
tho platform 20 another meetlug 10 be
held later on and select ticket there
irom' 10 be known az the working
mems ticket MY reasons for this
course arr these, liy selecting candi.
dates FROM those now In tho hsld and
ny uniting az q body Ia the primary
election we could elect the ticket We
PUT out from Nhe fact TINT we select
men from the llarty whose candidates
ndorsed at the primaries win be elect,
ed with or without our support There
fore our only salvation would he fot us
10 stand shoulder to saoulder and sup.
port IN the primaries the ticket we put
out, hut gentlemen. there has come
a decided change over The Ideas iust
outlined 20 YOU from the fact that no
one but Democrats and those who sup.
ported the Democratic presidential clcc.
tors IN 1892 viii be allowed 20 vote IN
the coming primary election. That
gentlemen would destroy our atrength
and unity. In order 10 win we are now
compelled To resort TO Some othOr
course us union men and w0rkingmen
II We accomplish any good. I heseech
YOU, gentlemen. 10 look well into the
situation that confron-s sou politically
at THIS time
81 counsel you 20 look carefully uvel
the Held, and above AN Mlnga, MAKE
up Your minds In advance 10 ginnd
by each other and 70 10 the pors ard
vote as unit Tor the candidates nnal
" decided upon | sec no other way
20 solve the problem, unless we agro,
20 fuse with the members OF every
party ~ workingmen and an agree &c
. | support the tipkpt fuNnfslaH nj IA i.fpI