Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-11-14

-HiShBpi NV lt.--lne Runway Age
in Its next issue will contain a reply
to the report Of the United States strike
commissioners. address, ID TO thos, gem
tlelhvn. 1t says in part:
Tile personal petitions as conveyed
IN the report of the federal strike c ! =
mission are Invested with unwpn ed
interest to the public at large from the
tact OF the official dignity with which
th'y nave Deen clothed All good eiti-
&ens must OF necessity be Interested In
the commissions 1nicial conclusion,
and II appears to be the part OF citl-
zenship TO call attention to and If pos
slble correct any oVersights or mis-
statements Of facts into which the
commissioners may have fallen. The
report says 1t should be noted that
until the railways set the example a
general union Of employees was never
attempted. The union had not then
gone beyond enllstlng tile men on a
ullIerent system In different trade or
sanizaticns'
That statement is wholly false. The
report Itself says In another place: The
order OF the Knights OF Labor, with an
estimated membership OF from i5O. OO0
10 10000, has always advocated the
solidarity of labor
me history Of railway organizations
or the last twenty years is lnrpely
llAue up OF what the report says was
never attempted, Again and again
nave efforts boon made to consolidate
tolerate or absorb various existing or.
ders into one. Again and again in
strikes have the different classes OF
lHpor on the same road and the-same
clacsss of labor on different roads stood
together Again and again has the IL
ned labor of several companies b. n
called en- 10 enforce the demand of one
Grass or labor agains. one company
me 'S"oranc, OF this fact and Of ti.o
further fact that 1t was the prpeatad
experience Of II which at Ii myth drnS,a
the railways reluctantly 10 unit. also
In selt-defense. Is to any one at all IA.
inl!lar with labor almost lncomprehensl-
Die. The mis-statemt hts are made
more gross by the In .portaEce which
ule commission seems to attach to lis
assertion. HS
THE report, speaking Of the Pullman
phase OF the trouble, SAYS. The on.
IN wages during this period ayerag sd
no peI cont about. This is not true.
The amount OF the reduction 10.
placed in evidence before tho co,,,,i,
sion In great detail, The average re-
auction In wages for journeymen ANIL
mechanics was % $40 per cent AVA
t.le average reduction for ali ctha,.
shop cmploNts was II 1-9 The avs.
age redec'hn for all shop employees
was 10 per cent
Asan' the report says: Under the
e"l '.letS ittween railway companies
~ u.s suliman eclnpany the railways
each mile run by Pullman cars '
This is not fact, nor from the ono
torni OF standard contract plncsa in
eFlaenee pefore the commission was n
yHsl'hed IN concluding II to be a foct
Ahe contract specifically provides Ia,
exceptions to this rate Of payment
when enters into the aggregate bust
ness OF me company with the railways
is made. winch
"on page ses the renort sou.
Throughout the strike the s,r,ea 80
Simply over handling Pullman enrs ,Ss
ilSh oelng ready to do their duty oihar-
WISE, Ihls IL not only untrue hut 10 a
inuleal misrepresentation OF the cniirA
of The strike. II IA nni,.
neeessary TO point out that the etrI,,s
e 8 among other roads IN m
SSttiieil,sen Central, Lake Shore ma
sn,ehlseh, southern and Wabash COM
fs'''sss, On which no Pullman cars we're
~ u, ors.atioh' The statement uuoted
SHOWS an amazing and almost inrnm-
prehensi6le Misunderstanding ~ M 80
sehtiai elements OF the strike. rur,hsr
"a ,he report says In reference 10 Inc
fH,ltnah tenants. AS the bank is IN
eent si9r 1t presses for tie rent ana ,s
en'ys IN eolect,ng 1t by Il know ol:e
oh the part OF the tenant that he rsor,
mat he may lose his position on v,ha,
was tins knowledge basedg During ai,
ny seaFs mere has never been a case
where any employe lost his lob for n nom
p pas lisns OF rental and the employes
,fatem nOwi o',s OF that. How Is the
very next ssntenee: al he ,i,a me
,, nv, .s strife S1O'oeo OF unpaid rent ma
and the debtors SIN ,,s,a
n .I possession OF their Jobs. ' "''s
.ha tse, 0oiiiin,5sion omlts also 10 state
4 the time Of the strike lass 49, mat
,nird OF the shop employees wers 2 ,sr
y nv, :. ., me company and the ouestien