The Texas Miner, Volume 1, Number 27, July 21, 1894 Page: 3
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THE TEXAS MINER,
at any-cost. Debs, the leader of the strike, is under $10,000
bond to answer to the charge of obstructing the United States
mails.
i The employes of the Fort Worth & Denver shops, in this city,
had all arrangements iriade to strike Wednesday noon. The
company being aware of the fact notified them at 11 o'clock that
the shops would close at noon until further notice. This effected
about 200 men, and to say the boys were glad don't express it,
as now they are all sure of their old jobs back when the shops
open'..again, which will,probably be just as soon as the labor
trouble is settled. iThe boys were well satisfied with their jobs,
butnvouldr have went out one and all as per instructions from
Chicago,if the company had not closed the shop to avoid it.
The Fort Worth & Denver City has issued the following circu-
lar: "Mr. C. C. Drake is appointed general agent of the freight
and, passenger departments, with headquarters at 401 Main
street,irFort Worth, Texas. Effective July 15. 1894.
"D. B. Keeler, G. F. and P. A,
"Approved: Morgan Jones, John D. Moore, Rec eivers."
Mr. Drake has been chief clerk in the general freight and
passeqger office for the past six years. As general agent he will
have charge of the city ticket office, relieving Mr N. S. Davis,
who will relieve Mr. YV. F. Sterley, local freight agent, who in
turn .will take Mr. Drake^s old place as chief clerk in the general
offices. Ajax.
.OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
FROM AN OLD THURBERITE.
New York, July 16, 1894.
Editor of The Texas Miner :
NO doubt your readers will like to hear what is going on from
week to week in the metropolis of the United States and I
have undertaken to give them a summary.
At this season New York is a little quieter than usual, but the
steady stream of s rangers from everywhere and all over makes
it lively, even if the residents have departed for the seashore and
mountains, and while our fashionable avenues now are deserted
on Saturday afternoons and Sundays, life is still rife in New York.
The theatrical attractions have all centered into the Roof gar-
den. Vaudevilles with good musical accompaniments are just
the proper places for the "stay-at-homes."' and the strangers vis-
iting hereto while away the summer nights and enjoy the.cool
breezes. 'Judging from the crowds that gather there they have
become quite popular.
This week has been one of great excitement, owing to the
strikes, details of which have been published all over the country,
and has caused a general depression in all branches of trade,
besides untold losses to property, which in money amounts to
millions and even to bloodshed, but the President of the United
State's timely proclamations had considerable to do with putting
a quietos to it. and as one of our leading New York paper fittingly
remarked in commenting on the President's action, that he was
"First in war. first in peace and first in the hearts of countrymen."
Speaking of the strikes, it would be very proper to ask, whether
labor unions are of actual benefit to the laboring man or not?
Would he not be better off in many instances as a free agent to
lure himself according to his worth, as clerks, as salesmen and
other glasses do who have to earn a living? Does he not suffer
very often when he knows he must work and wants to, but can-
not'because he has been ordered out, by whom ? By the presi-
dent of some labor union who does not labor for his living but is
paid handsomely'to be an officer, and who dictates what shall be
done, and sometimes for no other reason than to become-popular
by egotistical ambition, who otherwise would be lost to sighrand
never heard of. Are all employes so constituted that they do
not appreciate the man who labors for him faithfully? Is it not
better for him to act with his employes individualy, knowing their
qualifies and defects, than tohaue some uninterested go-between
come:in and order this and that?
These unions instead of benefiting the workingman, and
many a one if he dare speak would gladly say it is compulsion
that makes him a union man. otherwise, he is ostracized and
cannot obtain employment. The hue and cry of "capital against
labor" comes from the labor union managers, and is food for the
anarchists and socialists. E. Danziger.
Héndersonville, Tenn., July 15, 1894.
Editor Texas Miner :
IN reading over the report of the jolly times that you with the
Texas & Pacific folks had on the 4th inst., reminds me of the
jolly time I had with the Texas & Pacific people the 4th, one
year ago. You were nof there at that time, however, to enjoy
the Fourth with us, and I was not there this Fourth with my big
load of watermelons and cantaloups, as I was last Fourth. I was
managing the garden for the Texas & Pacific Coal company. If
the boys could see the cantaloup field that I have this season
they would look with astonishment. I have a field of fifteen
acres, which 1 could supply the boys plentifully with if I was
close enough.
I was born and raised up in this state, but spent last year in
Texas. Most of the year was with the Texas & Pacific people,
and it seems 1 am like most others—one trip to Texas and then
back to the old home; then again back to Texas to live and die.
I imagined that Texas would not produce vegetables like Ten-
nessee, that it was too dry and hot, but I have concluded that
Tennessee is about as bad as Texas, or at least this year has
been so far, as it has been cold, hot, dry and wet, all at the wrong
time for the vegetable family.
The Fourth is spoken of in The Miner as a very hot
day at your picnic; I must say it was exceedingly cold
here that day. It was cloudy and cold enough for a coat
to feel comfortable.
Well, the strike don't seem to worry your people very much,
while we are worried pretty badly, as we were in the midst of
shipping potatoes to the northern markets, and on account of
the strike there are thousands of bushels that will be a total loss,
and the saine with all kinds of fruits and vegetables, which will
be a total loss to the farmers. However, it seems like we will
have to do like we are doing, just grin and bear it, and wait for
something to turn up, and prospects are that I think something
will turn pretty soon. Wishing The Miner, the Colonel, and
all the T. P. boys, a long, happy and prosperous life, I am
respectfully yours, Producer.
A large and commodious shed has been erected on the ground
in the rear of the general store and the same stocked with road
wagons, carts, etc.
PROVERBS BY A MODERN SOLOMON.
A false balance is an abomination, but an honest coal dealer is
the noblest work of God.
Do not rob the poor because he is poor. It is easier to buy
his real estate at a tax sale.
The wicked flee when no man pursueth, but the officeseeker
abideth with us forever.
A hoary head is a crown of glory, but a deadhead is a holy
terror to the railroad superintendent.
Look thou not upon the poker chip when it is red, lest thine
adversary have an ace up his sleeve.
Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart
be glad when he slippeth on a banana peel.
The weather bureau is a mockery, strong predictions are rag-
ing, and whoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of campaign excite-
ment is like a broken tooth and a foot out of joint.
Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old
he will not chew plug tobacco or play on the accordeon.
Be not a witness against thy neighbor in a contention over a
line fence. Say not "I will do him up as he hath done to me."
A prudent man forseeth the stovepipe hat with a brick in it
and passetn by, but the April fool kicketh it and howleth with
rage.
Whoso keepeth a crabapple tree shall eat the fruit thereof, but
whoso cultivateth the melon patch imparteth chastisement and
cramp colic to the small boy.
A soft answer turneth away wrath, but a tough answer, in the
hands of an unskilled carver, scattereth gravy and confusion
throughout the family circle.
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McAdams, Walter B. The Texas Miner, Volume 1, Number 27, July 21, 1894, newspaper, July 21, 1894; Thurber, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth200474/m1/3/?q=%22%22~1: accessed June 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Tarleton State University.