Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-10


regularity. You scarcely cy 'h parfI
these men now. True. Ws,,1 hear I
stu writes a weekly letter ~ McAlltts
papers. and equally trtie ~ ~ sha nes,
may read 1t. But there Il ns refs.s
about u now. The vcrIeH; ~ Nhn1t
tiers social know as thev SS,D' IN mai
know That Mr.. MoAlllstn,. ~ not oae
never has been llctator l., not ID.
society any more than ,yas rNeN ftd
famous hexton OF Grace h,.--.e"n, d.
The fashionable men and wor1h' lvhel
York went to church forte q Nsu
Brown was Il tyrant In ssais asi
funerals or weddings he callsd way d
In accordance with his own cafriigsI
and by his Will society for Ina ,,msst VII
WAS graded. The first carris une b,l,,
was that Of the most Importsr,e ealhl
aseraeeordlng 10 Brown, ma lpefitr-
continued good all down The iinA we ny
,hg 70 broWh-and 80 society %, az ae'lfl.
to Brown -aecctd1,
McAlister never had 1.-THE o, n.
pomer, re was made by the mr. ,sssAnl
row that the press is ailowirns' ess a..
drop no one seems 10 vvns,s him /,
liability Of things human i ne IN,
the best. 90 puzsllng a
In these times, when vo.
Brooklyn are still far recnyo,., 'o'k al
effects OF the late railroad '.. ltam iis
come 70 me front that had for ma
peeh forgotten. ! met one OF 49,. uus
terday walking the streets on W. VIZ yes
practically unrecognlzed sava L.. ieii
newspaper men. He never was ~, ~
known to the general public, ~, 's' "a
was time when he. with hsts ~'n
others. practically controlled Is. = e0'.a
OF Labor, held General Mastss r, AasAis
Powderly In the hollow Of ~. M0tNan,
treated railroad presidents a. sln''
ana boldly boosted that they co,,,s
would destroy our whole so,,si =.
economic fabric and establish a. AZ
new one. The name of this man !, ',,4ei
Quinn, and he was the chief lssa.. 'sHs'
was the organizer of Dlstr,c, 4. =
40, X of L.. the dominant assero, ,s'snei
order OF the knights In the palmy A., j,
that once great organization. An asa..
sized man, bearded of somewh'. W.T. Il,
same cast Of features as GeneraI n =
anu quite as taciturn as that p,,.e =.
der, That IL Quinn. He glorlAi i.
cretive methods. 1t was and /, a.. ~ =
boast that the thousands of wort,,.
who under his orders would on,, -.
and tie up a railroad. or sone ON. ~ ~
OF industry never knew from wbor, ~.
orders came. Blind Obedience ws, wy
acted. and for several years was va
"A little circle Of half dozen man NJ,
to meet around table In a small 49, !.
the east side OF New York CITY nnd X al
minutes could tie up hundreds Of rrn.,y
railroads, and order 5000 men MI IA
ness for weeks. But Quinn and NJ f.l,-i'
We're too ingenious and were hnl,lsi II.
their own pctard. The circle raj ~.
formed was so small that some M.
1t were able to rebel and upset tber y,
mer leaders. and so today Dctator AZ,
Is d.scredited in the Organization .hs, 4,
himself formed. 1t Is the old. Ola NJ,
labor matters. Martin Irons who tleS ~
Goulds Southwestern system and b,,r.
ed that railroad magnates must cors
him II they wanted to do business lsra.
ming saloon somewhere down In Mi,
Powderly was deposed by his own foi,r
ers. Gompers, as the head and froul .
the American Federation OF Labor I
having all he can do to hold bis IN
DeDs OF Pullman fame Is between 4.
deVl ana the deep sea, legally spealsf
1911 80 A''AA hAAANfEf WIN mas lOile utt1 N
leader of the 5000 or more vlctius Z
the sweater system in New York ani 3
jacent towns, has been turned down b
his own followers. and so the thing ~
The lot of a labor leader is sameirs
happy enough for a while, but 1. ks
uncertain that 1t is just as well to aNl
II as rule.
one of the moving features Of M
York life is the delight that the ,a.a
takes In any assault that may be mla
on Russell Sage, the septuagenafiah q
lionaire. He Is the one very rich nii
In New York with whom the Ner IA
public has no sympathy whateyer n
Nanderbilts, the Goulds, and, IN a lss
degree, the Astors, are In way p,3la
Sage is the reverse. People wese irzi
away on the occasion OF the last s
brought against Sage by his former "a
Laidlaw, who was so badly inlatd
the occasion when Norcross, the dyn.n
crank, tried to blow Sage up Vic
bomb. Laidlaw has always conrs
that Sage used him MS a shield iai
saved himself A jury thought The IN
way, and gave the clerk substantial q
ages. Sage appealed, and new "a
was ordered.
AhN NAAAANNHtH ave ever WA A
ugely treated as was Sage by JOSEF
Choatr. the great lawyer who
long odds the most vitrlotic cross+ii
liner at the New York bar. He rs
Sage without mercy, using all his ~
edge OF legal trlcl, and device Y
cutting things without falling unla
displeasure Of the presiding jugs Y 3
barb of wit end sarcasm was NJ q
laughter from those present in NE =
room and II was all that the eeus Z
GERS could do to keep down apA Il
plause. The aged fnaneler siocd
guns manfully, but those who loone d
would not give him credit for rs vi "a
They put II down MS lack OIL ~ n,
Most men would have paid the ~
in the case rather than stand WAL =
was forced to stand. But the ven. y
Wall street Is not that sort Oh
When he gets money he holds On ]
His lawyers bills are already srelM u
the sum I.aidlaw asked fof, ps'
won't give in.
Elsewhere I have spoken Of lcsr NJ
Choate and HIS ability as a cfos Il
liner. I had occasion to meet h1 nsr
more favorable circumstances ~ nhl
ings ago, and was struck by ING :. sil
ence between Choats the hvl1 "a,
Choate among his friends. ! asr a,h
hiia in legal battles with Rosces n.
ling. ex-Secretary Of the Nav ~. II
f. Tracey and other legal gianss = W (
such occasions he had the habt Z, n. n
Ifs jaws tight and square ana :. = "a
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