Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-07-12
HAVE NOT GONEOUI
SOvereign's Order Brought
No Response Yesterday.
TO BE READY BY SATURDAY
Labor Leaders Claim Only a
Little Time is Necessary,


Chicago, July 1.-THE ultimate ef-
feet OF the appeal issued last night by
Grand Master Workman Sovereign OF
The knights OF Labor calling on all
Knights throughout the country and
Il ose in sympathy with them to quit
work, and the ordes issued at about the
same time by the representatives OF or
ganiaed labor in Chicago to do like
wise. can not be certainly foreHeen
All that is definitely known Is that the
knights OF Labor at all points heard
fran. including nearly all OF the large
centors OF population In the United
States. remained at work today with
practical unanimity. and that In this
city the number OF members OF the
allied trades which remained at work
so lar outnumbered those who duit M
70 make nc upprociable changes In the
Industrial appearance OF the city. The
leaders. however. say that there Is
nothing in the situation, to cause them
diseourageme that the public.
through lack OF knowledge OF the ma
ch'nery OF Industrial organization. has
been left to expect results which were
not in contemplation with the strike on.
deIs issued. Mi. Sovereign. for iu-
stance, points oIt that his appeal was
not an order to strike. that. to faot.
ne fas no power TO order MalS-uur
put that persons acquainted with the
working of the Organization would
Know that II effected II would be the
same as an order. In short, he was
periectly confident that by Saturday
next, after the various local and dis
tf1ct assemblies had time 20 meet and
take Formal action en- the appeal and TO
fally their friends outside the order
the result would show 100000 men
idle as consequence. The local strike
leaders also claimed that a little time
was the only necessary condition to a
walN-out of the 100000 men whom they
represent, and that by Saturday, after
the various organizations rad NM ffnif
10 consult together, the proposed tie-up
OF business would be fully as effective
as they had predicted.
SURFACE Indications so far, however
DO not bear out the claims of either
Mr. Sovereign or the Chicago men II
Is not recorded That any dlstrl.,t assem-
py OF the knights OF Labor las voted
10 strike. ON the other hand the Brooke
bn district, which Is composed Of rail-
road men. and therefore naturally sup
posedly In sympathy with their fellow
men In the west, at meeting today
confined their expression OF sympathy
10 a tender of financial aid. but ID
Gilt ed to strike
Locally feveral Of the orgnnIzat tons
members OF the federated trades. have
given II to be understood that they do
not intend TO go out Furthermore IL
is Known that here was large com
sentative element In the representative
Trades meeting which passed the reso-
luton having a strike In View. and II Is
Understood that they have been oar
nestly at work ever since to minimize
the results Of that action. In tile mean
time continued improvement I'm the
railroad situation here and elsewhere
except at Sacramento and Oakland,
Cal, Is noted
At the former federal troops were
landed this morning, but the state MI
htia stationed on the water front to
cover their landing were fired ON from
ambush after the regulars had moved
away. and train which II was sought
TO send TO San Francisco under guard
of government troops was thrown from
trestle and fired Into by the strikers,
resulting in the death OF one or the
ensinemen and the woundng Of sew
eral soldiers The general public. as
wei as organized labor. Is looking
forward with marked interest to the
meeting Of the executive board OF the
American Federation OF Labor. per-
haps the most powerful organization Of
the kind In the country, IN this city
tomorrow. and its actions II expected
to have marked effect on the outcome
of the present Industrial struggle. II
is known that the position OF Samuel
Gompers, It's president, has been one
OF opposition to a sympathy strike OF
federation men, at this time and that
he looks on the existing situation as
critical. He has invited the heads OF
other labor organizations TO meet him
here at that time and the belief ~
that he win strenuously advocate meas
ures TO bring the trouble 10 an end
now feature was Injected into
the situation today when 1t was an
nounced by some OF the labor leaders
that they were ready TO go before the
federal grand jury with proofs that
the general managers OF the railroads
had conspired 10 delay mail trAinH as
a part Of their fight against tho
American Railway union and would ask
that body to indict them.