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THE GALVESTON DAILY NEWS FRIDAY. APRIL 23, 1886,
the company, which information Mr. Gould
promised io furnish hereafter.
Mr. Burnes inquired as to the general ef-
fect of the pooling system, and Mr. Gould
replied that its general effect was beneficial
to the public, because without it most, if
not all, the railroads of the country would
be in the hands of receivers.
Mr. Humes—Why would that be the re-
sult?
Mr. Gould — Because of the low rates
from excessive competition.
Mr. Burnes—Then competition is not the
life of trade?
Mr. Gould—No, sir; and the result would
be that wages would have to be cut down 50
per cent. Labor is a very large element in
the railroad expenses. Directly it amounts
to about (K) per cent., to say nothing of the
steel rails and othor railroad materials.
Mr. Burnes—If pooling is beneficial to the
railroad companies, it is also beneficial to
the people. ,,, ,
Mr. Gould—1 think it is. The public is
interested in having strong, able roads,well
equipped. I have always found that real
estate sells higher aiul the people would
rather live on the lines of railroads that
are financially strong.
Mr. Burnes inquired as to the general
proportions between local earnings and
through earnings of railroads, but Mr.
Gould declared himself unablo togivoany
information on that point.
The chairman remarked that ha would be
very glad to have the scope of the commit-
tee's examination enlarged so as to extend
it to the mineral regions,because if tho com-
mittee meant anything it meant to quiet the
unrest in the country, and to provide a
remedy for it.
Mr. Gould—(Good humoredly], I shall
be very glad to read the opinion of the
committee when a formal report is arrived
at, and 1 will keep any investments 1 may
have to make in abeyance until then.
The Chairman—I hardly think you will do
that if you get a fair opportunity to have a
shy at Wall street, and I would like to be in
partnership with you.
This closed Mr. Gould's examination,
which extended over four hours. He gave
his testimony very briefly, and in a low
tone of voice, and did not volunteer any
statement, confining himself merely to an-
swering the questions asked him.
Mr. Hopkins, the vice-president of tho
Missouri-Pacific railway, was then sworn
and examined. He corroborated generally
Mr. Gould's account of the interviews with
Mr. Powderly, at which lie was present. He
had always believed in arbitration as a
means of settlement, and he saw no objec-
tion even to compulsory arbitration, pro-
vided that it was made compulsory
on both sides. But such arbitration
would have to be between the em-
ployes themselves (actually at work)
and the company. That was the point iu
this whole matter. Railroad employes had
no better friends than the managers of tho
road. There were no antagonistic inter-
ests between them. The managers want-
ed to accomplish the best results,
and in order to do so they should
have good men, and should be iu accord
with their men and in friendly
relations with them. He thought it
should be made a criminal of-
fense to have a strike on a
railroad. If before the days of railroads
there was a strike of steamboat hands on
the Mississippi river, and the strikers at-
tempted to prevent the passage of boats,
surely that would be such a case of inter-
ference with interstate commerce that the
general government would disperse the
strikers and say that traffic must not be in-
terfered with. There was no objections to
the men quitting work, and if in the
present case the strikers had confined them-
selves to that, the company would never
have stopped running trains. He was asked
as to whether he had any knowledge of
Wall street speculations in connection with
the strike, but all he knew on that subject
was what he had been informed—
that -persons connected with the
Knights of Labor had been noticed
in a broker's office. He promised to give
the names of such persons as had been men-
tioned to him in that connection. He closed
by paying a high compliment to Mr. Hoxie
for the manner in which he ha3 adminis-
tered the affairs of the company.
The committee at 5.30 adjourned until 11
o'clock to-morrow.
a message from the president.
Washington, April 22.—The president to-
day sent the following message to Congress
on the subject of labor troubles:
To the Senate and House of Represent-
atives: The constitution imposes on the pre-
sident the duty of recommending to the
consideration of Congress from time to
time such measures as he shall judge
necessary and expedient. I am so deeply
impressed with the importance of imme-
diately and thoroughly meeting the problem
which recent events and present conditions
have thrust upon us, involving the settle-
ment of the disputes arising between our
laboringmen and their employers, that I am
constrained to recommend to Congress le-
gislation upon this serious and pressing
subject. Under our form of government
the value of labor, as an element of nation-
al prosperity, should be distinctly recog-
nized, and the welfare of the laboring-
men should be regarded as especial-
ly entitled to legislative care. In
a country which offers to all its
citizens the highest attainment of social and
political distinction, its workingmen can
not justly or safely be considered as irre-
vocably consigned to the limits of a class
and entitled to no attention and allowed no
protest against neglect. The laboring mau,
bearing in his hand an indispensable con-
tribution to our growth and progress, may
well insist with manly courage, and as a
right, upon the same recognition from those
who make our laws as is accorded to auy
citizen having valuable interests in charge,
and his reasonable demand should be met
In such a spirit of appreciation and fairness
as to induce a contented and patriotic co-
operation in the achievement of a grand na-
tional destiny. While the real interests of
labor are not promoted by a resort to threats
and violent manifestations, and while those
who, under the pretext of an ad-
vocacy of the claims of labor, want
only to attack the rights of capital and
for selfish purposes, of love of disorder,
sow the seeds of violence and discontent,
should neither be encouraged nor concili-
ated. All legislation on the subject should
be calmly and deliberately undertaken,
with no purpose of satisfying unreasonable
demands or gaining partisan advantage.
The present condition of the relations be-
tween labor and capital are far from satis-
factory. The discontent of the employed
is due in a large degree to grasping
and heedless exactions of employers,
and alleged discrimination in favor of
capital is an object of governmental atten-
tion. It must also be conceded that labor-
ing men are not always careful to avoid
causeless and unjustifiable disturbances.
Though the importance of a better accord
between these interests is apparent, it must
be borne in mind that any effort in
that direction by the federal government
must be greatly limited by constitution-
al setrictions. There are many griev-
ances which legislation by Con-
gress can not redress, and many
conditions which can not, by such means,
be reformed. I am satisfied, however, that
something may be done under federal au-
thority to prevent the disturbances which
so often arise from disputes between em-
ployers and employed, and which, at times,
seriously threaten the business interests of
the country; and in my opinion, the proper
theory upon which to proceed is tnat of
voluntary arbitration as a means of
settling these difficulties. But I sug-
gest that, instead of arbitrators chosen in
the heat of conflicting claims, and after
each dispute shall arise, there be created a
commission of labor, consisting of three
members, who shall be regular officers of
the government, charged, among other du-
ties, with the consideration and settlement,
when possible, of all controversies between
labor and capital. A commission thus or-
ganized would have the advantage of being
a stable body, and its members, as they
gamed experienoe, would constantly im-
prove in their ability to deal intelligently
and usefully with questions which might be
submitted to them. If arbitrators are
choosen for temporary service as each case
of dispute arises, experience and familiar-
ity with much that is involved in the ques-
tion will be lacking. Extreme partisanship
and bias will be qualifications .sought on
Ihe other side and frequent complaints of
ad-
a
unfairness and partiality will be inevitable.
The imposition upon the federal courts of
a duty so foreign to the judicial
function, as the selection of an
arbitrator in such cases, is at least
of doubtful propriety. The establishment
by federal authority of such a bureau
would be a jus! and sensible recognition of
the value of labor and of its right to be re-
presented in the departments of the govern-
ment. So far as its conciliatory officers
had relation to disturbances which inter-
fered with transit and commerce between
States, its existence would be j ustitied under
the provisions of the constitution which
gives Congress power to regulate commerce
with foreign nations and among the several
States, and in frequent disputes between
laboring men and their employers, of less
extent, and the consequences of which are
confined within state limits, and threaten
domestic violence. The interposition of sucli
commission might be tendered upon the
application of tlie legislature or execuiive
of a State, under the constitutional pro-
vision, which requires the general
government to protect each State
against domestic violence. If such
commission were fairly organized the risk
of a loso of popular support and sympathy
resulting from a refusal to submit to so
peaceful an instrumentality would con-
strain both parties to such dispute to in-
voke its interference and abide bv its de-
cisions. There would also bo good reason
to hope that the very existence of such an
agency would invite application to it for
advice and counsel in cases fre-
quently resulting from inadver-
tency, contention and misunderstanding,
If the usefulness of such a commission is
doubtful because it might lack power to
enforce its decisions, much encouragement
is derived from the conceded good that has
been accomplished by railroad commissions
which have been organized in many 8
which, having little more than
Visory' power, hav6 exerted
most salutary influence in the
settlement of disputes between conflicting
interests. In July. 1884, by a l^iw of Con-
gress a bureau of labor was established
and placed in charge of the commissioner
of labor, who is required to " collect in-
formation upon the subject of labor, its re-
lations with capital, the hours of labor and
the earnings of laboring men and women,
and the means of promoting their material,
social, intellectual and moral prosperity."
The commission which I suggest could
easily be engrafted upon the bureau thus
already organized by the addition of two
more commissioners and by supplementing
the duties now imposed upon it by such
other powers and functions as would permit
the commissioners to act as arbitrators,
when necessary, between labor and capital
under such limitations and upon such occa-
sions as should be deemed proper and use-
ful. The power should also be distinctly
conferred upon this bureau to investigate
the causes of all disputes as they occur,
whether submitted for arbitration or not,
so that the information may always be at
hand to aid legislation on the subjoct when
necessary and desirable.
Grover Cleveland.
Executive Mansion, April 22, 18SG.
trouble anticipated.
Chicago, April 22.—Trouble is feared in
connection with the Lake Shore strike to-
day. If the plans are carried out a force of
150 or more deputy sheriffs and 50 of Pink-
erton's men will be put in the company's
yards, and under their protection an earn-
est attempt will be made to set the freight
trains in motion. The strikers are appa-
rently determined the trains shall not be
moved, and a collision of more or less
seriousness between them and officers
seems imminent.
deputies assembled.
Chicago, April 22.—Shortly after 0 o'clock
this morning a force of twenty-five regular
deputy sheriffs assembled under orders at
the sheriff's office, waiting for word to
march to the scene of trouble at Portv-first
street. Pinkc^Jon officials t'-;= -- -ae-
clared that n<^ " f' -o join
the sheriff's posso.
deputies anB dictiu-».
At 1 p. m. Deputy Sheriff Morgau re-
ceived final instructions fromHanchett and
started for the Lake Shore yards, at Forty-
tliird street. The deputies have all quietly
gone in small squads to the scene of the
trouble. Pinkerton's Detective agency de-
tailed 100 men in civilian dress to assist the
sheriff, and Mooney & Boland furnished
about 100.
switchmen sworn in.
On board of the same train carrying the
deputy sheriffs, were sixty switchmen, who
had been employed to take the places of
the strikers. The deputies are all armed
with hickory clubs and are displaying no
firearms. A number of switchmen also
have been sworn in. In addition to the
regular deputies, there were forty men
from Pinkerton's agency and about sixty
men from three other detective agencies.
A squad of twenty-five police were taken
from the Twenty-second street station and
posted along the track for some distance
north of Thirty-ninth street, within the city
limits.
warning tnem not to interfere.
When the train arrived at Forty-third
street, the officers began at once to serve
writs on the committee and the leading
men of the strikers, warning them not to
interfere with the company's property. This
process was gone through with very quietly.
The strikers did not seem surprised, and
accepted the papers from the hands of the
deputies without a word, and put them in
their pockets. Then the deputies stood
around and watched the crowd. At 1.30 the
crowd at Root street had increased to fully
500. They surrounded the car in which the
new switchmen were, and the strikers
pleaded with them to leave. One of the lat-
ter responded, " don't care." He was
greeted with cheers, and was borne away
on the shoulders of the strikers.
swelled to two thousand men.
Chicago, April 22.—At 2 o'clock the
crowds in the yards at Sixty-third street
swelled to 2000 men, which deputy sheriffs
were trying to drive away preparatory to
starting out the train.
a collision feared.
Chicago, April 22.—At 2.40 p. m. the
crowd in the Lake Shore yard was growing
largely, and the deputies appear to make
but little headway. A collision is feared if
the attempt is actually made to move a
train.
ran the engine back.
Chicago, April 22.—The engine loaded
with deputies and policemen was run out
of the round-house, but before it reached
the main track it was surrounded with
men. One of the strikers spoke to the en-
gineer, who immediately reversed tlie en-
gine and ran it back to the round-house
amid the yells of the throng of onlookers
and sympathizers. Another attempt to
start a train will be made shortly.
praying for an injunction.
Chicago, April 22.—The Lake Shore Rail-
road company filed a bill in the Superior
Court this morning praying for an injunc-
tion to prevent a further interference by the
strikers with the operations of the compa-
ny. Judge Garnett issued an injunction
against the men, and a train loaded with
200 deputy sheriffs left the Lake Shore depot
for the scene of the strike to arrest the men
and bring them to the court.
made a stop.
Chicago, April 22.—The special train over
the Laks Shore road, containing deputy
sheriffs and new switchmen, bound for the
vards at Forty-third street, made a stop at
Thirty-ninth street. Here a committee of
striking switchmen waited on Superintend-
ent Alsden and asked him to allow one of
the men to go into the rear car and address
them,
In accordance with the request, Tom Col-
lins got on the car and spoke as follows:
" We want you men to hear our side of this
matter. You have heard the company's
side, and you should hear both sides. Come
over to our hall and hear us, and if you do
not want to go there fix any other place.
Come out and talk it over. This
is a question between capital and labor,
and the time has come that the conflict has
to take this shape. We do not want to in-
jure the company's property, but we want
our rights." Collins then left the car,
followed by three of the imported switch-
men, and the cars were surrounded by
strikers and their friends, who used every
argument they could to persuade the
switchmen to leave their cars. Up to 2
o'clock in all seven men had left, some
going through the windows, and some out
of the doors. About 2000 jaw surrounded
the train at Root street. The crowd in-
creased momentarily, until fully 50.30 men
were in the yards. The critical moment
was at 2.30 p. m. Engine 458, with Engineer
Mid Caddy, came out of the rouad-honse,
clanging its bell loudly. Ten deputy sheriff s
guarded it in front, rear and sides. Be-
fore the engine reached the main track,
the deputies were almost lost in a mass of
excited men who crowded the tracks. Tom
Collins mounted the engine and began talk-
ing to the engineer. The wheels soon
stopped, when Collins was heard to say:
" Be kind enough not to do this. You are
capitalists. For God's sake, run that en-
gine back for us laboring men. Do it, will
you!"
The engineer reached for his lever, the
great wheels were reversed, and the engine
started back to the round-house amid deaf-
ening cheers from switchmen and their
friends. When opposite the tank, Superin-
tendent Wright got on the engine and
talked with the engineer while the engine
stood still and there was silence
over the great crowd. Coddy shook
his head and ran the engine
into its stall. Superintendent Wright was
asked if he could not get a man to run an
engine out, and said: " I will try again. I
think I can." The officials of the company
had repeated conferences with individual
members and with the committee of the
strikers, but no arrangement was arrived
at. On the outskirts there were many
women in carriages, who waived their
handkerchiefs when the engine backed into
the stall again. The committee of strikers
kept at work at the switchmen who had
been imported by the company. They ar-
gued with them; they begged them to show
themselves men and get out of the
car. They told them: "The' castle
you are now in will tumble
down and the railroad magnates will be
buried with you in the ruins."
"Have you got a family? So have we.
Here's if5 for you to come out and here's
$10 more, and the bills were put up before
the window."
" If you don't come with us you can go to
tlie uttermost parts of the earth, and the
odium will follow you."
Up to 4 o'clock the railroad officials were
endeavoring, unsuccessfully, to get the men
to run the engine on the main track and the
strikers were laboring with the switchmen
to try and make them give up. At 5 o'clock
fifteen of the new men had joined the
strikers, and the supposition then
was that they would to a man
join the strikers. Six of the
strikers were arrested on warrants sworn
out by the company. At 0 p. m..the sheriff
ordered the deputies to return,to the city
until 9 to-morrow morning, the railroad
company having decided to make no fur-
ther attempt to run trains until that time.
It items impossible to induce the engineers
to take their engines against the wishes of
the strikers.
A reporter who talked to several of the
engineers claim that they are afraid to do
so, and it is said that the railroad officials
are uncertain as to what move to make
next. Everything is quiet at present.
strikers locked up.
Chicago, April 22.—A deputy sheriff ar-
rived in the city this evening having in
charge five strikers who had been placed
under arrest by the sheriff's posse. They
were arrested on state warrants sworn out
before the justice of the peace charging
them with conspiracy to maliciously and
feloniously prevent the free and safe pas-
sage of trains and freight cars.
The prisoners were taken to the Harrison
street police station and locked up.
It is said this evening that the strike
has ramifications that are not fully under-
stood by any but the men themselves, and
it is not at all improbable; that the
switchmen in the country, at least those
between here and tho seaboard, stand
ready to aid and abet the Lake Shore men by
striking whenever called upon to do so. It
has been persistently denied that this strike
was under the direction of the Switchmen's
Mutual Aid'association, and this may here-
tofore have been true. But the informa-
mation gained to-day is that the Aid
association would only bo too
glad of the opportunity to i take up
the side of the striking men, and this op-
portunity is doubtless now presented. All
day to-day J. T. Monaglian, chief of the Aid
association, was busy among the strikers,
and it is reported this evening that the com-
mittee would meet for the purpose of con-
sidering the advisability of making the
strike a strictly union affair, and making
use of all the power in the organization to
gain the day for the local strikers.
no general tie-up ordered.
New York, April 22.—After a long ses-
sion, the meeting of the executive commit-
tee of the Empire Protective association
and the Third Avenue railroad strikers ad-
journed at about 3 o'clock this morning,
without having taken any action toward
ending the strike or forcing the company to
terms. The subject of another general
tie-up was discussed for hours, but the
executive committee of the Empire Protec-
tive association decided at the hour of ad-
journment not to take that step to-day. A
prominent Knight of Labor, who is a mem-
ber of District Assembly No. 75, of Brook-
lyn, told a reporter last evening that there
was a serious revolt in the order in regard
to the foolish manner in which the present
strike had been conducted, and that loud
demands were being made for the removal
of O'Donell, Best and James Graham from
the executive committee of the Empire Pro-
tective association.
matters quiet.
M atters were quiet at the offices of the
Third Avenue railroad this morning. The
cars began running at 7.45, and 500 police
were on hand, but no trouble occurred.
sugar refineries shut down.
All the great sugar refineries in Williams-
burg and Green Point, with two exceptions,
locked up this morning and the workmen
went on a strike. The owners say they
have a large quantity of sugar on hand and
profess to regard the situation with equani-
mity. The men who struck had been re-
ceiving $1 35 per day and asked for $1 75.
strikers rioting.
Hunter's Point, L. I., April 22.—About
1.30 this afternoon the strikers at the llave-
meyer Sugar refining Company's works, at
Green Point, began rioting. The police
were called out in full force against the
strikers, using their clubs freely, but the
strikers outnumered and overpowered the
officers, attacking them with staves and
brickbats. Three policemen were severely
injured and removed to the hospital. One
striker was seriously injured also and re-
moved to the hospital. Several pistol shots
were fired, out no one injured so far as
known. After driving the police from the
works the strikers captured several wagons
loaded with sugar and dumped the contents
in the streets. The rioting still continues.
the riot quelled.
Hunter's Point, April 22.—The fighting
between the police and the strikers, which
began about 1.30 p. m., was quelled about
3.10 p. m., when reinforcements from the
Sixth, Fourteenth, Eighteenth and Sixteenth
precincts arrived, and the Seventh precinct
men having been supplied with their night
clubs were oetter able to cope with the mob.
This evening everything is quiet, though
further trouble is expected before
morning. A cordon of police surrounds
the Havemeyer Sugar refinery, keeping the
strikers at a distance. Most of the strikers-
have been drinking all day, and are intox-
icated. They held a prolonged meeting, and
appointed a committee to demand $1 25 per
day for all laborers, and ten hours to con-
stitute a day's work. The Havemeyer com-
pany refused to receive any committees, but
said they would treat with the men indi-
vidually. There are about twenty employes
at work in the sugar house, who are boarded
and lodged on the premises. The police are
also fed on the premises.
another phase of the st. louis strike.
St. Louis, April 22.—Another step in the
aggressive warfare of striking Knights of
Labor upon the Missouri-Pacific railroad
was taken this morning at 10 o'clock, when
500 employes of the Missouri Car and Foun-
dry company stopped work and joined in
tlie strike in obedience to an order of Dis-
trict Assembly No. 17. This move had been
contemplated ever sinGe the knights found
that the company was supplying repair ma-
terial for the Missouri-Pacific and Iron
Mountain shops, where, it is claimed by the
strikers, the new men are not sufficiently
skilled to make their own material.
A MYSTERIOUS SH00TIN3.
W. ALEX. ABEY ATTEMPTS HIS OWN LIFE
The Cause Cloaked in Mystery—Not Expect-
ed to Live—How the News is Re-
ceived at his Home.
Special to Tho News.
Terrell, April 22.—This morning about
{) o'clock it was reported on the streets that
a man had been shot at the Harris hotel. A
News reporter immediately visited the
hotel to learn the particulars. In the office
of the hotel there was a crowd of forty or
fifty, mostly members of the Grand Lodge
of the Knights of Pythias, now in session
here. On inquiry it proved to be that the
retiring grand chancellor, W. Alex Abey,
of Longview, had accidentally shot himself
with a pistol, the ball having entered his
breast just left of the heart, passing out of
the back under the left shoulder.
mr. clbmons's statement.
Learning that Mr. Joe R. Clemons, of
Longview, who was yesterday elected grand
master of the exchequer, was in the room at
the time the shooting occurred, lie was
sought, and made the following statement:
Mr. Abey and 1 have been intimate friends
for six years, both being charter members
of the same lodge of the Knights of Pythias.
This morning, when I got up at the hotel
and came down into the office, some one of
the brothers told me Brother Abey had been
looking for me, and left word that he wanted
to see me. I started up the street and was
told again that he wanted to see me. I
went over to the postoffice and met Abey,
and he and I went up to the lodge-room.
There he asked me if I had a good pistol.
I replied that I had, but it was in my valise
in room No. 7, on the second floor of the
Harris building, and to go down and get it.
He replied that he would not, as he did not
propose to go through my valise, and asked
me to go down with him. He and I walked
down to the hotel, I going into my room
and lie passing into his, which is-No. 2, just
opposite. He immediately followed
me into my room and took
a seat on the edge of tho
bed, having in his hand a pistol which In
said was rusty and in bad condition and
did not revolve well, and wanted one that
was sure. I turned my back and stooped
to open my valise when I heard a pistol re-
port. I took mine from the valise, laid it
on the dressing table, turned as soon as I
could and Abey's pistol fell to the floor, one
barrel having been discharged.
The reporter asked Mr. Clemons if he
knew of an feud existing between Mr.
Abey and P. S. Wren, of Galveston, who is
in attendance. He replied that there was
a mystery connected with the whole thing,
and'that Mr. Abey had sent tor Mr. Wren
and had a consultation with-him after the
shooting. Of the particulars of that conver-
sation he knew nothing, and suggested that
Mr. Wren be interrogated the reporter vis-
ifed the room in which the shooting was
done and found Mr. Abey under the charge
of Dr. Mings, of Terrell, but too weak to
make any statement. Tho doctor remark-
ed that he might possibly recover, but the
chances were very much against him. Mr.
Wren could not be interviewed by reason
of his being in the lodge room.
mysterious
There are many speculations as to the
cause of the shooting. Some think it was
with suicidal intent, others claim that it
was an accident, but are unable to account
for Mr. Abey wishing to arm himself with a
good weapon just before the time for open-
ing the Grand Lodge, as perhaps it was not
more than ten minutes prior to the time of
opening when the accident occurred.
Mr. Abey is a lawyer of Long-
view, is unmarried, and for the
past year lias occupied the best posi-
tion in the order of the Knights of Pythias
for the state of Texas. He was also for a
number of years proprietor of the Long,
view Democrat and secretary of the State
Press association, composed of a number
of the daily and nearly all tlie weekly pub-
lishers. He recently sold out and retired
from journalism. At 5 o'clock Abey is
still alive, but little hopes are entertained
of his recovery.
the news al longview.
Longview, April 22. — [Special] — The
statement of the suicide, by shooting, of W.
Alex. Abey, grand chancellor of the Knights
of Pythias of Texas, at Terrell, this morn-
ing, has caused the greatest excitement
here, where his home is. He was a peculiar
man in many respects; had no
fear of death, nor did he care
for the expressions of the people
of any action of his. If he was
satisfied with his course, it was the busi
ness of no one else. He has often remarked
to the writer of this that a man in trouble
showed good sense in killing himself. A
later report states that the shooting was
accidental. Intense gloom prevades the
city by reason of this sad accident.
POLITICAL.
Some Reflections Caused by the Becent Gath-
ering at Dallas.
Special to The News.
Dallas, April 22.—The gathering of poli-
ticians was for a purpose, of course, but
there was no public conference (no one ex-
pected it), and theae was little street corner
chat. Maybe Swain was afraid Ross would
be here, hence Swain came. Ross was
sick and could not come, and Swain said
he would not take any advantage of
Ross, and Swain made no speech. It is
said Swain was telegraphed to come here,
and this report proved true. He was booked
for a speech at Luling on.the 21st, as The
News telegrams show, but came hereto
answer the telegram sent him.
A. M. Taylor, of Clarksville, a Swain
man, is here, and was .much with Swain.
So here is a pointer.
Charles De Morse was here also, and he
is dead against Swain, and wants to be
governor himself. Here is another pointer.
Colonel Shannon and Sam Stinson were
here and as they are strong Swain men
this may be taken as another pointer. Now,
De Morse would have been glad to have
secured an indorsement as a candidate for
governor by the veterans, but he did not
get it. Ross did not get it; Swain did not
get it. Maybe a certain one did not get it.
Some one's little game was blocked, and
no doubt of it As for Swain, he openly
stated that so long as Ross was not here,
he would not take any steps of any sort iu
a political way, nor would he allow his
friends to do it. Still Swain hobnobbed
with the boys, old and young, and left
wnen the tea-party was over, but why was
he telegraphed to come here? Gen-
erally speaking, to help watch his
fences. Nobody doubts that. Par-
ticularly speaking, maybe De Morse
had a plan well put up and Swain and his
friends got here in time to nip it in the bud.
IfDeMorse had come here with the indorse-
ment of Red River county, the county of
Swain and DeMorse, there would have been
a high old time if the veterans had declared
their choice of their worthy brother for
governor. But Red River did not give the
indorsement. Indeed there is no
positive sign that a meeting was
contemplated to give it and the veterans
did not turn their social union into a politi-
cal shop. There was a report that a con-
ference as to a slate was held, but the slate
business is pretty well played out until
about convention time, when the delega-
tions can trade direct and watch each other.
Friends of Ross assert that he will open
the campaign at Sulphur Springs, and
Swain told The News man that he would
be on hand at that time. This is very na-
tural for two reasons. Swain must be on
hand to answer Ross, especially when Ross
opens his campaign in the very bailiwick
of Swain.
The arrival of the comptroller simulta-
neously with the meeting of tlie veterans
proved a subject of much comment among
politicians and others present. He took up
his quarters at the Grand Windsor hotel,
occupying room 69, on the first floor,
h proved to be a center of con-
siderable gathering and of no
little important conference, the
nature of wliich can only be guessed at.
The reporters observed that his door was
closed most of the time. Other politicians
also found comfortable quarters at the
Grand Windsor, notably Shannon, Stinson
and Taylor, all well-known friends of Mr.
Swain. Wnat did the latter go to the con-
ference for was the suggestive ques'tion
asked on every side.
A News reporter saw Colonel Swain and
asked him to explain the coincidence of his
_ present.
an engagement to make a speech at Luling,
on Ban Jacinto day, when he received the
telegram.
Being asked if the telegram had any
special significance, he replied that he did
not know what it meant beyond the fact
that it summoned him to Dallas.
" Well," said the interviewer, " you, I
suppose, are here in the hands or your
friends," but the colonel did not seem dis-
posed to turn on any further light on the
situation.
Lieutenant-Governor Gibbs was present
and in the course of conversation he took
occasion to refer to his interview, recently
published in The News, on the action of
the federal authorities with reference to
strikers, saying he was opposed to any
tyrannical and oppressive action like that
which characterized the action of Judge
Pardee in the recent trials at Jefferson
of all the principles of free government by
trenching on popular sovereignity and pav-
ing the way for centralized power it
di
the
federal government, and for the interfer-
ence of that government with liberty of the
citizens.
The reporter then asked Colonel Swain to
speak his mind on the stirke and its effect
upon the country, to which he replied that
• * • • fij * "
he was l
r deliver
preparing and would shortly
at some point in th8 State a speech cover-
ing the subject. He said lie lif J
considerable thought, and he
it
He said lie had given
could ex-
press his views" on it clearly. He
had, however, referred to it iu
a talk he made at Bonham while en route
from Clarksville to Austin. He said on that
occasion, and he would say now, that all
citizens should pursue tlie method of right-
ing their wrongs that is outlined in the
constitution and the utterances of their
wisest leaders. If they have wrongs
to be remedied, he continued, let
them commence at applying the
corrective by bringing them before the peo-
ple at the primaries, and carrying them
through the county, district and state con-
ventions to the legislature. This would
be a feasible, honorable and reasonable
method of presenting their grievances. The
lights of labor and the rights of capital,
said he, are recognized by all hon-
orable men, and these rights must
be presented to the people in a peaceful
and sensible way to command respect. He
expressed himself as favoring the election
of a state commission, whose duty it should
be to take cognizance of railroad matters,
and after investigation of all complaints
against railroads, and of matters of differ-
ence between railroads and the people, re-
commend legislation.
" Do you fielieve," tlie reporter asked,
" that such a commission would have power
under the law to take notice of such a dif-
ference as that which existed between the
Texas and Pacific and tho Knights of
Labor?"
He replied in the negative, but his further
remarks indicate that he thought that tho
commission in the exercise of its duty
under the laws of the State, would, by their
investigation, anticipate and adjust many
troubles that without such a provision
might afflict the country.
The reporter subsequently learnad from
a reliable source that ex-Governor Roberts
is grieved over the depleted condition of
tlie treasury, and if offered tlie nomination
of governor by the State convention will
accept it at the sacrifice of his permanent
position in the university. Like Gladstone,
lie is committed to the wellbeing of his
State, and would make the closing act of
his life one of relief to the people.
Hon. J. S. Woods, of Kaufman county, is
being urged to enter the field as a candidate
for Congress from this congressional dis-
trict. To a News reporter he said to-night
that if he should announce himself lie will
not run on old prejudices against Mr. Well-
born, hut will run on principles such as
have been announced by Judge Terrell. He
was. he said, opposed to such encroach-
ments upon the rights of the States as are
involved
Pardee.
in the ruling of Judge Don A.
FROM WACO.
Work in the United States Court—Incendiarism
—Preparing for the Confederate Reunion.
Special to The News.
Waco, April 22.—The barns and stables
of John A. Warren, near Hewitt Station,
were destroyed by incendiarism last night.
The forage, harness, etc., were also con-
sumed by the flames. Loss, $1500; no in-
surance.
In the District Court the case of Bob John-
son, charged with incest, was dismissed.
A writ of habeas corpus has been sued
out in the case of Tobe J ackson, the alleged
Georgia dynamiter, and the hearing set for
to-morrow. Requisition papers are looked
for to-night.
The recused criminal docket will be com-
pleted in the District Court this week and
Judge Williams will probably occupy the
bench again next week. Should he not
wind up Judge Hall's recused docket at
Cleburne, however, Judge Hall will pre-
side.
In the federal court a verdict for $150
damages was rendered for plaintiff iu the
case of E. Prathers vs. the Erie Telephone
and Telegraph company. The action was
for $5000.
Judgment by default for $1347 95 was ren-
dered in the case of Gale & Bowling vs. T.
E. Kennard. . ,
The illicit retailing liquor cases against
Charles Williams and R.Cranfill were com-
promised and ordered dismissed by the
court.
The indictment against S. L. Howard,
held for mailing indecent, obscene and las-
civious matter, was quashed by order of tho
court.
The jury in the case of H. C. Clark, in-
dicted for passing a counterfeit gold coin of
the denomination of $10, returned a verdict
of not guilty.
The jury in the case of John McCarthy,
charged with passing a $5 counterfeit bill
on the Traders bank, Chicago, Ills., is still
on trial.
One hundred and fifty head of stock be-
longing to John Kirkpatrick, Center City,
were sold by Deputy Marshal Van Hall yes-
terday to satisfy an attachmen run by
August Bernheim & Baker. The stock
brought $1102 50.
A New York syndicate of capitalists have
directed Colonel Wm. A. Taylor to make
horse-back survey of the proposed line of
the projected Midland railway. He left
yesterday, accompanied by the engineer
sent here for the purpose. The route taken
by the gentlemen is from here to Palestine;
thence to Shreveport; thence through
Arkansas to some point on the Mississippi
river.
It is known that the master mechanic of
the St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas railroad
has received orders to at once double the
force in the shops at Tyler, making double
hours on day and night. All the narrow
guage engines are to be put in thorough
good order, after which, they will be ad-
vertised for sale. To replace them a con-
tract has been closed with
the Baldwin Locomotive works for sixty
standard-gauge mogul engines and eight
straight mail coaches. They are to be ready
next fall and winter. About seventy-five
miles of the broad gauge steel rail have
been laid between Waco and Texarkana
and the tracklaying force are now putting
down steel at the rate of about a mile a
day.
Every endeavor is being used by the com-
mittees having chargo of the preliminary
details of the confederate reunion to secure
proper provisions for tlie entertainment of
the thousands expected here next August.
General Felix H. Robertson is chairman of
the committee on arrangement; Ed. Rolan,
chaiiman of committee on finance; General
J. W. Speight, chairman of the committee
on contributions. Waco is determined to
maintain her reputation for hospitality.
CAMERON.
A Child Burned to Death—Damage by Grass*
hoppers.
Special to The News.
Cameron, April 22.—In endeavoring to
kindle a fire under an iron pot in the house-
yard, with kerosene oil, Clide, tho 12-year-
old son of Mr. Z. T. Bisson, was burned to
death by the explosion of a five-gallon can
of that fluid. The flames burnt upward at
least two feet above jtlie poor child's head
and although immediately extinguished by
the agonized mother, who rushed from the
house for that purpose, tho flesh was liter-
ally roasted and burned from the bones and
the unfortunate boy expired within three
hours from the time of the accident. Clido
was buried to-day and the entire communi-
ty deeply sympathize with the bereaved
parents.
The grasshoppers are committing serious
ravages in Milam county. Our citizens ear-
nestly hope that Professor Lawrence
Bumee, of the entomological department of
Washington, will visit the couuty very
soon, if he can suggest any relief to the
plague.
The injunction case of F. M. Hefley vs. E.
Edwards has been on trial two days before
Judge Antony.
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