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THE GALVESTON DAILY NEWS. SATURDAY MARCH 27, 1886.
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Classified Advertisements.
HELP WANTED—MALE..
xSl^TOAKS PANTALOON MAKEUS
J wanted. Apply to G. A. GIBBONS,
A 1,,D 44 Main St., Houston.
Wanted—a First-class Barber. None other
need apply. A good place to the right
wan. Apply 3bth and Broadway.
c5aiF?M\N for Texas wanted by the largest
O Whisky House In Baltimore. Applicants
■will please give reference and full particulars
regarding themselves; also am't of trade they
■ control at present and grade of goods sold. Ad.
Tho Ullnian Goldsborough Co., Baltimore, Md.
W"ANTED—A good carriage blacksmith and
painter. Apply to W. K. MEN'DENIIALL,
j Ctorlage Manufacture; .Houston, Tex.
W"ANTED—One Hist class tailor for general
work: also, one first-class coat-maker, at J.
B. Babble's,on Postoflice, between i!2d and 28d.
■"j^ANIED—A good Coat Tailor Immediately.
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m. GLAllSTOXK, Lampasas, Tex.
ANTED—A young man to drive wagon,
TV one who can keep wagon accounts. Also,
a boy about 15 years old to tend store. Address
C. D., News office.
OU-N'l, MEN and BOYS trained for actual life
at CONYNGTON'S BUSINESS COl.I.EGE,
south we&t corner l'ostoflice and 22u streets.
HELP WANTED—FEMALE.
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Wanted—White Girl to nurse u seven
months old child. Apply N. E. eornor 15th
ilikI PostolHce streets.
WOMAN to assist in cooking and do house-
work. Southeast comer H ihid Twenty-
elgbtli street.
AGENTS WANTED.
WANTED—Agents address Marsh Electric
Lamp Co., St. Louis, Mo., for circular, cuts A
terms for5(>-candle power Marsh Electric Lamp.
TXT ANTED—Agents in every county in Texas
W to sell all " EDUCATIONAL BONANZA."
Useful article; easily sold; good pay. Address
W. F. TURNLEY, Southern Agent
White's Physiological Manikin, Galveston,Tex.
*nSCELLANEOTJS WANTS. ^
WANTED—A partner with $4000 to $*1000,
to engage In the wholesale and retail
drug business, In a thriving town In the geo-
graphical center of the State; a good opportu-
nity. Address DRUGGIST,
P. O. Box (3, Brownwood, Tex.
EDUCATIONAL,
MISS KATE WILEY,
ELOCUTIONIST,
163 Avenue II, opposite Bail Building.
Only those desiring full course need apply,
and no pupil will he received after April 15.
IGE1{MAN and French Classes for Ladles and
Gentlemen will commence, about April 1,
Conyngton's Business College, under a thor-
oughly competent instructor. For terms, etc.,
address THOS. CONYNGTON,
Corner Postoflice and 22U sts.
v * NOTICES, ETC.
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J^OTICE—LETTERS TESTAMENTARY ON
the estate of James P. Cole, deceased, was
gianted tbe undersigned by the Probate Court
of Galveston county, March j"), A. D. 1880.
All persons having claims against said es-
tate are required to present the same within
the time prescribed by law.
Residence and postoflice address, Box 97,
Galveston, Tex.
JAMES I1. COLE,
JOSEPH P. BOONE,
. Executors.
MATZOS—The undersigned will be pleased
to receive orders from their friends, as
nsnal. MAXSBERG & DREYFUS.
I CIS-Wholesale and retail dealer In
BOSTON ICE.
Office and ice house corner avenue A and 18th
street. The lirst cargo will be here in about
thirty days. II. PRINCE.
PROFESSIONAL.
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DM. S. E. BOUDKiiS, I'raeticiiifs Physician.
Ollicc Hours: 9 a. 111. till 13., ut McCul
lough's Drug Store, corner Treinont am! Mar
Jcet streets. Residence, south side Church
etreet, between 11th.and 12th.
L. McKEEN,
DENTIST,
16!) Market street.
DB. J. T. FR Y offers his professional services
to the people of Galveston. Office opposite
the postoflice, on 20th street.
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PERSONAL.
Anyone knowing the whereabouts
of THOMPSON PATTERSON, originally
from North Carolina to Alabama, now sup-
Eosed to be in Texas, will please inform
r. E. E. PATTERSON, Riverside, Texas, of
same.
ROYAL HAVANA LOTTERY, conducted by
the Spanish gov't. Ordinary drawing, Mcli.
27. Price of tickets: whole, $25; half, $15; quar-
ter, $7 50; tenth, $3; twentieth, $-2; fortieth, fl.
#84 prizes amounting to $510,000. Apply to A. VV.
SAMUELS, corner Strand and 22d street.
RS. LOU PATTERSON, V. I).—Clairvoyant,
LPhysician and Business Medium, gives sit
tings daily. No. 18 Winnie, b<;t. 24th and 25th.
PERSONAL—I will not and can not be under-
sold on Baby Carriages, from $3 to $30; Rub-
ber Bicycles, $12 to $;}<); Girls' Tricycles; all
colors Window Shades, 75c and upward; Cor-
nice Pools, 60c to $1. A full line of Willow-
ware, Toys, Brackets, Step-ladders, Fancy
Goods suitable for wedding and birthday pre-
sents ; Pictures framed and Looking-glasses re-
fitted, at 1. C. LEVY'S, Market, bet. 21st and 22d.
^ ^ PIANOS.
C. Janke. C. J. Groenwald.
Q JANKE & CO.,
State Agents for
MATHUSHEK & SON,
CHRISTIE & SON
And
GABLER PIANOS.
Bend for catalogues and prices.
177 Postoflice street, Galveston, Tex.
E WILL SELL YOU A RELIABLE PIANO
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on easier terms than any other house.
THOS. GOGGAN & BBO.
STECK PIANOS AKE THE BEST. FOB PAR
tlculars address H. 11. HAZZAIW A CO.,
Bole Agents, Austin, Texas.
FINANCIAL.
SECEEtXkY'S o/riCE GALVESTON REAL
Estate and Loan Company—An installment
of 10 per cent, in liquidation of the capital
Btock of this company has been declared pay
able on and after date, on presentation of coi-
tificatesol stock. I. LOVENIiEItli,Secretary.
March 2a,18»i.
rjmXAS STATE, COUNTY AND CITY BONDS
M. bought and soid by Panhandle National
bank, Wichita Falls, Tex. Jno. {j. James, Pres.
L. BROWN, 122 West Pecan street (or box
. 683) Austin. Established 1883. Ueai es-
tate loans of any amount from $1(100 to $100,000,
Hodelay for reference. Period to suit. Favor-
able terms and lowest rates current.
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DRESSMAKING.
DRESSMAKING by Mas. si. WALKER (suc-
cessor to Miss Everitt), 207 Avenue II, be-
tween 20th and 21st streets.
ISS A. M.PRALL, Dressmaker, 53 Church,
opp. Harmony hall, guarantees a perfect
I fit; uses S. T. Taylor's system, also teaches It.
FISH. OYSTERS, ETC.
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(> A1AESTON F1SII and OYSTER COMPANY,
T P. O. Box 13. A. J. MUSGROVE,
Galveston, Tex.
JL. BELBAZE, Hcalei In FIs., and uyaio.s.
• Red Snappers always on hand during the
season. Country orders solicited.
JBIAGIN1, Wholesale Fish & Oyster Dealer.
• Hotel? & families fully supplied. Country
orders solicited & promptly executed. Box 130,
CI- B-MAKSAX & CO., Wholesale Dealers In
» . Fish and Oysters.
Orders solicited from the country.
QCIIOOI. HATS, EMBROIDERIES, UNDEU-
O wear, Babies' Furnishing Goods, Shirred and
Lace Caps, Imported Novelties, at M. LALOR'S.
GROCERIES. ETC.
LADIES,LOOK—Sweet Cider, pure: Stuffed
Mangoes in bulk; the finest Crackers; fresh
Preserves, the best; sweet l'icljled Gherkins.
Call and taste for yourselves.
J. I>. BOONE,
Twentieth street, bet. Market and Postoitice,
COAL.
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QOAL COAL COAL
ECO TONS GOOD STEAM COAL, for sale
cheap by carload. GALVESTON COAL CO.,
Nineteenth and Strand.
F. C. JEFFERY, Manager.
UAL—A rail stock oi best quality Hard and
Solt Coal, also best Cumberland Blacksmith-
lng Coal, Ht lowest prices, by
GALVESTON COAI, CO.
F. C. JEFFERY, Manager.
19th street and Strand, Galveston, Texas.
REAL ESTATE.
I^oiTsale—
1 At a very reasonable price, a new one and
half story cottage, containing six rooms, with
one lot of gi omul on S. E. corner avenue N
and 13th street. Terms made to accommodate
buyer. II. M. TltUEHEAUT ACQ.
"L'V >U SALE—My residence, southwest corner
1 Broadway and Trcmont st. (lots (>, 7 and E.
half 5, block 143), with furniture, complete.
High Ground, thorough Drainage, beautiful
Shiubberv, large Live Oak Trees.
g health
pel sacrifice of b .
IF NOT SOLD BY 15TH APRIL, WILL LEASE
of best location in city.
FOR TERM OF YEARS,
at reasonable rent, to desirable tenant, who
■will purchase furniture and fixtures at iioinl-
nal value.
IpOR SALE—The beautiful cottage residence
' of the late Fltzhugh Ward, on L, bet. 31th
and 8M1). GEO. 1'. FINLAY, Administrator.
COTTAGES—Different sizes and locations,
and grounds for lease or sale.
SAM MAAS, corner N and 21st.
FOR SALE.
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IfOR SALE—Owing to our Mr. B. S. Castles's
continued illness, he will be compelled to
retire from the mercantile business; therefore
we offer our stock of
GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS
for sale at Dallas, Tex. The stock is entirely
new and in first-class condition. For particu-
lars address CASTLES BROS.,
512K Main street, Dallas Tex.
1 POSTMASTERS ATTENTION— I have on hand
a complete I'OSTOFFICE OUTFIT, consist-
ing of 06 Y ale lock boxes, 50 glass call-boxes
of improved pattern, a general delivery-case
wire bottom, and other paraphernalia belong-
ing to an office, which I desire to dispose of at
a bargain and on reasonable terms. For parti-
culars address W. C. BAILEY,
Hearne, Tex.
AY FOR SALE—Will sell Texas Hay in car-
load lots at warehouse adjacent to Inter-
national and Great Northern railroad depot,
Houston, by H. II. DOOLEY.
First-class hotel business for s ale-
Tlio well-known Barnes House, Albany,
Texas, including the furniture (all first-class),
and everything necessary to conduct a first-
class hotel business. This hotel has the pa-
tronage of the commercial travelers, and Is
situated convenient to the railroad and busi-
ness center of the city. The building is leased
until October, 1888, and contains 26 sleeping
looms (eight double), office, wash room, sam-
ple room, fine parlor, large dining room,
pantry, kitchen, etc., etc. Hotel abundantly
supplied with water—cistern for drinking—and
waterworks. Only reason proprietor has for
selling Is to go to a larger city and Invest
money made here in a business of same kind.
Tills point being the terminus of a railroad,
and flattering prospects for another, makes
this property very desirable. Write us for full
{lartlculars, and we will promptly answer all
nquirles. Address WEBB A WEBB,
Albany. Shackelford County, Texas.
FOR BALE — Hoe Drum-cylinder Press, In
good order. Size of bed, 3fix52 Inches.
SHAW & BLAYLOCK,
Galveston, Tex.
MATHUSHEK PIANOS; Domestic,New Home
am! White sewing-machines; latest Domes-
tic patterns. E. DULITZ, 15B Postoflice street.
FOR SALE—Pure bred unregistered Jersey
heifers,acclimated,bred to Great O'Rex's son
A. J.C.C., 11,281. Ruther Glen Stock Farm, Dallas.
IIAIVI THE TOWN RED—With an advertis-
lug Stencil and Increase your business. Buy
one from FRED. A. SMITH, 120 PostolHce St.
ROCHESTER LAMPS can't "break or smoke
the chimney, and give light equal to 65
candles for y, cent per hour. J. P. LALOR, Mar-
ket, between 24th and 25th.
OR SALE—20 new Buggies, to be sold re-
gardless of cost. J. LEVY it BRO.,
Church, between 22d and Trcmont.
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TO ARRIVE—60,000 Welsh Slate, 400 bbls Plas-
ter, 1500 bbls Portland Cement, carload
Stone Ware and Flower Pots, etc.; also full
stock Building Materials, Paving and Orna-
mental Tile, etc., on hand at low prices.
W. H. POLLARD & CO., Direct Importers.
lit liAO BBLS. C.&S. Rosendale; 7500 bbls,
il/.UUU Alsen & J. B. White Portland Ce-
ment; HiOO bills. Ex. K. Plaster Paris. Full stock
of Building Material. Having the largest stock
of any house In the South, can offer better
terms. GEO. H. HENCHMAN, Direct Importer.
FOR RENT.
"T?OU KENT—
X1 Elegant high raised Cottage, 011 avenue I,
between 12th and Utb, furnished, for a term oi
six months.
Apply to
WM. li. JOHNSON.
JfOH RENT—
' The oft ice and cotton-room now occupied
by Jas. A. McVitie, in the Ilendley building,
Strand and 20th street, being one of the coolest
and most pleasant ortices on the Strand. Pos-
session given 1st April. N. N. JOHN.
ATWO STOkY HOUSE with 5 rooms, on M,
between 16th and 17th. Apply at northeast
corner of M>£ and 17th.
I)UII.I)1NG 24 rooms. 24th and Church; good
) tenant, low terms. Information of purchase
of business or terms, apply J. C. TKUBE.
f^OR RENT—A cottage on Market street, se-
cond house west of 8th, north side; also a
cottage on Bath ave. near ave. L. Bath Avenue
and Avenue I, Drug Store, DR. J. L. LARGE.
S'
TORE FOR RENT-
Inqulre next door.
On 32d and Broadway.
ROOMS AND BOARD.
I Burnished south rooms to rent to gen-
' tlemen, with board, at Mits. HELLER'S,Win-
nie St., bet. 20tli anil 21st. Day boarders taken.
VrlCELYl^urlflsiieirsouth rooms AND
li bath room, with board, for two gentlemen
and their wives, in a private family, s. w. cor.
live. M and 27tli st.
For rent, a two-story six-room house, on ave.
M, bet. 27tli and 28th sts. 1'. 11. hennessy.
HANDSOMELY Furnished Rooms, with
board, 163 ave. H, bet. 21st and 22a, oppo-
slte Ball building. Day boarders will be taken.
FOR RENT—Furnished room, exposure
east; good summei location for one or two
gentlemen. Avenue O and Twentieth.
UP.N1SHED OR UNFURNISHED ROOMS,
with board, in private family. Ave. H, third
door from corner 26th St., north side.
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OOD BOARD and Lodging, $4 50 per week;
night lodging, 25c, at Mug. GOMBERT'S,
E.S. 20th street, between Market and Mechanic.
tr«URNISHEirROOMS TO RENT—With or
r without board, 51 Winnie street, corner ol
24th street. Day boarders will be taken.
MACHINERY, ETC.
FOli SALE—One forty-horsepower Boiler,
with lire front, safety-valve and mud and
steam drum, for $150. JOHN A. COTTEU,
West Mechanic street.
MACHINERY for SALE —One Horizontal
Engine and Boiler, 45 h. power, good as
new, and can be seen running. One Portable
Engine and Boiler, 15 li. power. One National
Bolt and Nut Cutter, complete. One 30" Auto-
matic Improved Knife Grinding Machine. One
Saunders Improved Power Pipe Machine. One
6 ton Chain Hoist. Also, manufacturers'agent
for Horizontal and Vertical Engines, Boilers,
Steam Pumps, Iron and Wood working Ma-
chinery, Shafting, Pulleys and Mill Supplies.
JESSE ASTALL, West Strand Ironworks,
67 Strand, Galveston, Texas.
ROOFING.
BROW.NK-
V. SLATER,
and dealer in Rooting Slate. I have tlie largest
and best stock in Texas, just arrived. Call
and learn prices before going elsewhere.
Yard: Avenue A and 21st street.
TRUNKS.
RH. JOHN, the trunkmaker, 70 Tremont
. street, lias the finest assortment of
trunks, valises, etc., in the State.
BUSINESS NOTICES.
IfLECTROTYPING—Our electrotype foundry
is now complete and we are ready for busi-
ness. Send in your orders. CLARKE It COURTS,
Stationers and Printers, Galveston.
T171T1IIN THE 1REACH OF ALL^SKVENTY-
Y\ jive cents for six months. Delay not.
Keep posteil as to the markets. Full and ac-
curate reports n each issue of The Weekly
News.
HOW THE STRIKE STARTED.
HALL AND CR0SBIE OK ITS ORIGIN.
The Great Struggle Starting from a Trifling
Misunderstanding—History Told
by Both Sides.
Special Correspondence of The News.
Marshall, March 26.—Charles A. Hull,
the man who lias suddenly leaped from ob-
scurity into a national if not an interna-
tional reputation, is a broail-shouldered,
thick-set, light complexioned man of middle
height and quiet manner. His head Is
large, his eyes blue and his face sunburned.
A very small blonde mustache adorns his
upper 1 ip, and he wears small side whiskers,
cropped close. His voice is low, and when
he speaks he does not look directly at you,
but keeps his eye fixed on the ground or on
the sky. An intelligent man, rather in-
clined to be retiring than to push himself
forward. Hall is a native Texan. He was
born down on the gulf coast somewhere
near the mouth of the Brazos river, thirty-
five years ago. He is married and has
three children. A month ago nothing
'seemed more improbable than that within
thirty days this obscure and quiet me-
chanic's name would be in the mouths of
millions of people.
about twelve months
before Mr. Hall had greatness thrust upon
him he was active in a strike against the
Texas and Pacific Railway company, in
whose employ he was, not as foreman then,
but as an ordinary workman in the coach
house. All the world knows the momentous
consequences which have followed from his
discharge on February 14. Hall himself at-
tributes his dismissal to the unhealed ani-
mosities of last year's strike. " The railroad
has had a grudge against me ever since,"
he said to rue the other day. " It was really
that, and not my absence without leave or
my incompetence, that was the cause of It.
The officers could not forgive me for being
active in the last strike." There are two
sides to every question, and this statement
of Hall's called to my mind a remark
which Colonel Wheelock had made to me a
day or two before: " The case of
the man Hall," he said, " was aparticularly
aggravated one. He had made himself
most obnoxious in the trouble of a year ago,
and we only took him back for the sake of
peace. But we went further than that; we
promoted him to be foreman of the freight
car repair shop, hoping that the favor
would encourage him to attend to his wosk
faithfully and give no further trouble. He
has proved incompetent, however, besides
being more troublesome than ever." j
a talk with hall.
I had a long talk with Mr. Hall to-day and
got him to give me his version of the per-
sonal difficulty from which this tremendous
strike has gro vn. I took down what he
said exactly as he spoke it.
" I am glad to have a chance to tell the
whole story just as it was," said he. " So
many different accounts have been printed
piece-meal that people must have a wrong
idea of it. Where shall I begin?"
" At the beginning, if you please. How
long have you been employed by the Texas
and Pacific Kailway company?"
•' Four years. 1 was foreman of the
f reight car repair shop five months."
" flow long havo you been a Knight of
Labor':"
" Since March 17,1885. 1 was one of the
charter members of the lodge in this town."
"What-was the beginning ot the present
trouble?»
" On the morning of February l-t, which
was Sunday, I asked Mr. Crosbie's permis-
sion to attend the moeting of District As-
sembly 101, Knights of Labor, that would
convene here on the next day, Monday, the
15th. Mr. Crosbie is tho genei'fil foreman
of the car shops, and was next over me. I
told Mr. Crosbie that I would be in the shop
a couple of hours in the morning and a
couple of hours in the afternoon, but would
j otsibly be absent two or three days; that
is, that the meeting would probably last
that long."
" Was any third party present?"
" Yes; at the time he'was talking
to a i'auty from de soto, mo.,
John Thorburn, who was a delegate to the
assembly. He overheard the conversation
and I have a statement to that effect, and
he corroborates my version."
What purported to be a copy of this state-
ment was shown Tiie News correspondent.
Mr. Hall said the original was in the hands
of the executive committee of the Knights
of Labor.
The copy roads as follows:
I, J- A. Tliorburu, was standing talking
to Mr. Crosbie, when Mr. Hall came up, ac-
companied by another party, and Mr. Hall
said that he wished to get off two or three
days, but stated I will be at the shop iu tlie
morning, noon and evening to look after
the men. The said Mr. Crosbie said that it
was all right. J. A. Thorburn.
" I said to Mr. Crosbie," continued Hall,
"that if there was any objection to my
being absent, of course,'! would not be ab-
sent, and his reply was ' that's all right.'"
" Did you understand that to be permis-
sion to go?"
" X did, because it was a
direct answer to my question.
That was all the permission anybody ever
fot—verbal permission. At least, X had
een off a dozen times and it was all X ever
said."
"Where did the conversation take
place?"
" On the depot platform, Sunday morn-
ing, February 14. There were two or three
with me, and I remarked to them ' there is
my boss, and I must get his permission to
attend the assembly.' I walked over to
him and then returned and told them it was
all right, I would be there."
" VV hat kind of work did you do?"
"The work was the general repair and re-
building of freight cars."
" Had there ever been any difficulty of
any sort between you and Mr. Crosbie? "
"Never any difficulty. There had been
some difference of opinion on the subject of
wages; not my own wages, you understand,
but wages of the men under me. I believe
in paying a man what he is worth; he be-
lieved in paying a man as little as he would
work for. There was no loss of temper,
only friendly discussion. On Monday X
kept my agreement. I was in the shop
a couple of hours morning and eveniug on
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. On
Wednesday noon the assembly adjourned.
In the afternoon 1 went through the shop in
eomp; ny with tlie delegates with Mr. Cros-
bie's permission. The delegates had that
permission, and I went as one of them;
only, as X was acquainted, I showed them
around. After they left, and a short time
before the whistle blew, I found on my
desk a notice from Mr. Crosbie.
as near as i can remember
this note was worded iu this way:
"' Dear Sir: Your services are not longer
required. Please call at the office for your
time-check. J, A. Crosbie.' »
" What did you do then? "
" I went to Mr. Crosbie. He was outside, a
short way from the shop, and I asked him
what it was for. He said he didn'tknow as
it made any difference. I asked him if it
was for incompetency, or insubordination,
and he said it was not, and then said it
was for being absent without permission. I
asked him why it was that he didu't have
manhood enough to tell me that he would
prefer my being in the shop instead of giv-
ing me permission to be absent. He said
that did not make any difference; " the men
are no* afraid of you',' says he, ' and I want
a man they will be afraid of.'»
" What did you say to that? "
" I believe I said ' no, thank God, they are
not, and you'll hunt a hell of a long time
before you find one that they are afraid
of.'"
" What then?"
" Then Mr. Crosbie volunteered tho state-
ir.enf that ' the mill man doesn't seem to un-
d«6tiUid his business, and X'tn going to
make a general sweep.' The mill man is
the foreman of tho wood-working machine
shop. With that I walked off and left him.
I did tell him, though, when he spoke of my
being absent that I could prove that I had
his permission. I don't remember that he
made any reply. That same night, being a
regular meeting of tlie assembly, I laid the
matter before the local executive commit-
tee. I had previously told Mr. Crosbie that
I should demand an investigation of the
charges."
Mr. George N. Bibb, one of the Knights of
Labor, here took up the
thread op mr. hall's story.
" I am a member of that committee," said
Mr. Bibb. " We waited on Mr. Crosbie that
same night, February 17, and asked him
why he discharged Mr. Hall, and if it was
on his own responsibility. He replied that
he discharged him for being abseut from
the shop without leave and for incompe-
tency, and on his own responsibility. Then
we asked Mr. Crosbie to reinstate him, if
that was the only reason he had, on or oe-
fore February 2!i. He replied that he would
not do so unless ordered by higher author-
ity. That was all we said to him that night.
Next day we wrote a letter to the master
mechanic."
The letter is as follows:
A. H. Watts, M. M.—Dear Sir: We, tho
undersigned committee, are instructed to
submit the following to you for your action.
Please inform us as early as possible what
you will do in the matter:
We, the undersigned committee, waited
on Mr. Crosbie, general foreman of car de-
S art me nt, and asked him his reasons for
ischarging Mr. Hall, and by what authori-
ty he discharged them. Mr. Crosbie replied
that he discharged him on his own respon-
sibility for incompetency and abseuce from
shop without leave. This committee can
prove by a reliable witness that Mr. Hall
was granted leave by Mr. Crosbie. Mr.
Crosbie denies having any conversation
with Mr. Hall on the matter. This commit-
tee is willing that Mr. Hall's competency
shall be tested by the company's books
compared to his predecessors. Unless
more satisfactory reason can be shown for
Mr. Hall's discharge, we are instructed to
demand his immediate reinstatement.
George Bibb,
Robert Hanson,
W. Ij. Dearling,
J. W. Little,
D. W. Leach.
" That evening,"
mr. bibb continued,
"we went to Mr. Watts and asked if he
could give us an answer. He said no; lie
could not give an answer before Sunday or
Monday; that he had referred tlie papers to
Mr. Crosbie, but he would most probably
sustain Mr. Crosbie. We never received
any other answer from Mr. Watts to this
day. Well, then we had a meeting of the
local executive board that evening. We
went to Mr. Crosbie and told him that we
were investigating the case, and asked him
to bring what evidence he had before us.
We also stated that on the incompetency
question we were willing to abide by the
books of the company."
" How would these show Mr. Hall's com-
petency?"
" By corresponding with my predecessor,"
said Hall, as to the amount of work turned
out. number of men, etc.
'• Was there ever any complaint against
your predecessor for incompetency?"
" Yes, they fired him on that charge."
" Then if tlie books showed you did as
well as he did, would that show your com-
petency?"
" We propose to prove that I turned out
more work: and, besides, Mr. Cuming, tho
former superintendent of the Texas and Pa-
cific, has repeatedly said to me and others
that I gave entire satisfaction, and he wrote
a letter to that effect."
A copy of this letter was shown and was
as follows:
toe letter.
Texas and Pacific Railway Company,
Office of the Superintendent, Marshall, Jan-
uary 1, 1S80.—The bearer, C. A. Hall, has
been connected with tho Texas and Pacific
Railway company for some years in the car
department—for the last six months as fore-
man of freight repair shop. In the capacity
of foreman he has done very well and given
general satisfaction. X can recommend him
as competent to take any position in the car
department. W. Cuming,
Superintendent T. and P. Railway Co.
"I have letters as to competency," said
Hall, "from every master car-builder lever
worked under; three of them,"
" Mr. Crosbie came to our headquarters,"
said Mr. Bibb, "and said he wasn't pre-
pared ; wanted more time to make his state-
ment. That was !) o'clock a.m.; we gave
him until 4 p. m. He came at that, hour and
showed a statement, he said, that was taken
from the books, showing the amount of
work under Hall compared with his prede-
cessors, Ogle and Schofield. The statement
covered one month. He read it, but refused
to let the committee have a copy. Then we
went into a lengthy examination of Cros-
bie. The final question was: 'What do
you now sav you discharged Mr. Hall for?'
He said: 'For being absent without leave;
it fretted me that he should be away with-
out my permission.' We asked him if he
had thought of discharging Hall until the
day he did discharge him,and he said: ' No.'
The executive board of assembly No. lill
had another interview with him just before
the strike, and asked him to reinstate Hall.
He said it would be humiliating to him
(Crosbie) to do so. Then they asked him
if he would give back tlie job in tho coach
shop which Hall had before he was made
foreman: he would be still under Crosbie
there. He said no; that Hall would soon
root him out of his placo if he was taken
back. The strike was then ordered, after
ail interviews and peace proposals had
failed. This is the true story of the origin
of the strike."
the other side told.
One story is good till another is told.
On the same day X had a conversation with
Mr. Crosbie, and he had a somewhat differ-
ent version:
" On Saturday, February 13," Mr. Crosbie
said, " Hall came to me and asked if he
could be gone a couple of hours on Monday
to attend some meeting or other. The next
day, Sunday, he spoke to me again, and X
supposed it was the same thing he had
asked me about the day before. I told him
it was all right, although I didn't know as I
had any right to do so without coming and
consulting the master mechanic. The idea
I got was that Hall had some business to
settle up, and I understood that he would
get relieved from any further duty. Ho
was absent a good part of three days; I
was hunting him two or three times to tell
him about a particular piece of work.
The men said he was about the shops
when he was not. I did not see
him Tuesday or Wednesday until Wednes-
day evening; thi n I waited for him. I told
him and also le: t a note saying that I would
have to dispense with his services; that 1
had no further use for him, and telling him
to call at the office and get. his time clieck.
He made some talk, and said I had given
him permission; and then he wanted to
know if I would iut him back in the shop
he came from. I said I would not; I had
discharged him and that was the end of it,
unless some higher authority ordered other-
wise. That very night, before tlie whistle
blew, he went and had a meeting, and they
sent four or five men to my house after I
had gone to bed. They got me up and
asked the reason why I discharged him,
and cross-questioned me as to whether X
did it on my own authority. I told them on
my own responsibility. They wero not
satisfied with that, but cited me to appear
before
the local executive committee.
" I studied over it some time before X de-
cided whether it was right for me to enter-
tain such a matter. I was not hired to run
after committees. I did make up my mind
to go, not to meet the committee, but in
justice to the men under me. X went at 4
o'clock on Saturday, and they cross-exam-
ined me until ti o'clock—as many as six or
eight of them cross-questioned me. I had a
statement of the work done tinder Hall and
his predecessors. Thai; asked if Mr. Hall
had not done as muchwork as his predeces-
sors, and I told them he had not, and gave
them the figures."
"Here they are,"said the master me-
chanic, Mr. A. H. Watts, drawing a paper
from his desk.
comparative statement in the 0. a. hall
case.
J. Schofield, foreman, 18-84—Number of
men 38, cars turned out 44, Hours, 0077,
money spent per car $147(1 80, average car
per iiian 1 0-14, average hours per car
168 27-44, average money per car $33 5G; W.
J. Ogle—Number of men 20, cars turned out
2!», hours 0842, money spent per car <1521 95,
average car per man 1 3-20, average hours
per car, 235 27-29, average money per car
}52 48: C. A. Hall—Number of men 34, cars
turned out 29, hours 9124, money spent per
c ar $1988 90, average car per man 29-34,
average hours per car 314 18-27, average
money per car $08 58.
" This showed Hall's incompetency." Mr.
Crosbie went on. "The committee then
asked me to let him go back to the old place
which he had before he was foreman. 1
said X would not; it would be just like ask-
ing me to resign, for X would not stay if
Hall went back.
then they dropped me
for a time anil came to see Mr. Watts, but
he told them he would talk to them only on
paper."
" Tlicy demanded to look over my books,"
said the master mechanic. "I told them
very distinctly that they could not see the
books, but if necessary X would have my
clerk make affidavit to anything which bore
on I4ail's case. They dropped me then and
went back to Mr. Crosbie."
" I put tho dismissal of Hall on the ground
of neglect of duty and incompetency both;
X told the committeo so. 1 don't remember
saying anything to Hall about incompe-
tency the first time, but might have done so
afterward. After all this, the kniglits cited
me to appear before the executive board of
District Assembly No. 101, which covers the
entire Could system of the Southwest, as
they wanted to see me. I told them I would
meet them here in this office (tlie master
mechanic's) at 8 o'clock in the evening.
Some of them waited a long time at the
other office, but finally they came down
here. One fellow pleaded manfully to get
Hall back in his old place in the coach-
shop, but I told them I would not put him
back. They wanted to know if X had con-
sidered what power they had, and what it
might bring about. 1 said I didu't
know anything about that, but that I had
made up my mind X was right and would
make no concessions. I told them 1 had
nothing against any of them, but I had no
right to be there at all or entertain their
propositions. That was the last I knew
about it until Monday, when Mr. Watts told
me the men were going to strike that after-
noon. Sure enough, when the whistle blow,
they all went out."
" We had been giving into them for six
months," said Mr. Watfs. " We wanted to
keep peace if possible, but the more we
yielded the more arrogant they became.
Ogle, whom they made us discharge, was
one of the best men we ever had. I only
wish we had him now."
how TniNGS look at the storm center.
All towns like to be distinguished
for something, and Marshall feels
quite proud because it originated one
of the greatest strikes ever known.
Nevertheless, if there is a man here who
does not wish the trouble at an end he must
be found in the ranks of the United States
deputy marshals, who are drawing $5 a day
for their endeavors in behalf of tho public
peace. There are about 200 of these
deputies, and it does not require any great
mathematical ability to arrive at the con-
clusion that Uncle Sam will have a very
picturesque bill to pay if the strike lasts
much longer. Whether such an army of
government policemen is really required to
protect the prop&rty of the road from in-
jury and the persons of
its servants from assault,
is a question upon which there is a differ-
ence of opinion between the United States
marshal and the railroad officials on one
side and the strikers and local authorities
on the other. Of course the United States
marshal believes there is peril sufficient to
justify the employment of so large a force
of armed men, or he would not have sworn
them in. Per contra, I have heard tho
statement of City Marshal Floyd, who
ought to know something about the temper
of the people here, that there has never
been either any disturbance sufficient to
warrant police interference, or any indica-
tions of such a probability. He did not be-
lieve that violence or interference of any
sort with the railroad or its present em-
ployes had been even contemplated by the
strikers, either as a body or as individuals.
Colonel Wheelock agrees entirely with
United States Marshal Reagan as to the ne-
cessity for the armed force. " The coming
of the marshal has
had a very salutary effect,"
said he to me; " before that time the strik-
ers swarmed about us, walking over the
property of the road and by their prescence
and language and gestures intimidated the
men who were working for us. Neither our
men nor ourselves were safe from iusult,
nor even from assault. Now they do not
congregate here as much as they did, and
with the marshals here, having the author-
ity of tlie United States government behind
tliem, we feel that the property of the road
is safe."
"Has there been any actual attempt to
injure the property?" I asked.
" The burning of the bridge was an exam-
ple. There can be no doubt at all that that
was done by the strikers. Very likely no
formal action was taken, but we are satis-
fied that it was the work of some of the men
on strike. We havo not so far discovered
the names of the guilty parties. Then there
was our cook, a colored man; they threat-
ened to kill him if he cooked anything for
our employes to eat. XXe was scared, and
had to leave his place. Why, this whole
town was
in a reign of terror,
and is still, for that matter. There has been
no such thing as free speech here since tho
strike began. Some of tho leading men of
this town have come to mo and confessed
that they daro not—absolutely dare not—
speak their minds about this strike. They
would be boycotted, annoyed, insulted and
very likely assaulted. When our new men
came here there wasn't a place in town
where tliev could get anything to eat or a
place to sleep. They would have been iu
danger of starvation if we hadn't contrived
to get them something. Mr. Perkins, here,
from New Orleans, has undertaken to feed
and house them; he will tell you how he is
getting on."
" 1 fed eighty this morning," said Mr.
Perkins, " and to-morrow shall be able to
supply 100 with food at one sitting. There
will be no trouble in my department after
this."
" We can't find out who the men were who
intimidated the colored cook," Colonel
Wheelock continued; "if we could we
would have them arrested. We have se-
cured good cooks now, however, from New
Orleans. Every man or woman employed
on this road
is going to be protected.
The road is in the hands of the United
States government; every employe of the
road is an employe of the government just
as much as the employes in any of the de-
partments at Washington are. Could a
mob go into the treasury department and
interfere with the clerks in the discharge of
their duties? Wouldn't the whole force of
the government, if necessary, be usod to
drive them out? Suppose they did not
actually use violence in preventing tho
clerks from working; suppose they merely
stood around and threatened the clerks, or
requested them not to work, which, under
such circumstances, the law considers the
same thing; would the government permit
that? Any interference with the manage-
ment of th'is road is a rebellion against the
United States as much as any soldier of the
Confederacy was in rebellion twenty-five
years ago."
" The strikers think that the marshal had
no right to make the arrests," said The
News man.
" Well," said Colonel Wheelock, " if they
saw his writ they wouldn't think so. The
marshal knows exactly what he is about.
He is a very clear-headed and a very pru-
dent man; he acts strictly according to the
letter of his instructions, but he can not be
deceived or intimidated. The men were
arrested for deliberate imposition on the
company. It was a put-up job on us, in-
spired by the strikers. The men never had
any intention of going to work and
they were arrested on my affidavit."
"They say that affidavit was not made
until after they were arrested and had been
in jail all night."
"That is not true."
" How are you getting on at the shops,
colonel?"
" Nicely. Here is the schedule which has
just been handed me by our master me-
chanic. It shows that 182 men are at work,
of whom seventy-eight are skilled laborers.
Of course these are not enough to fill up
shops that have a capacity of 400 or 500
men, but the master mechanic assures me
that he is getting more work dono than lie
used to get out of the whole force. We had
a car to repair yesterday that would havo
i equired two or three days time at least,
before the strike, but our new men did the
work in less tnan ten hours, and made a
better job of it than the old ones would
have done. We can get all the skilled
workmen we want with a little time; the
country is full of them—men willing to
give honest work for honest wages, and no
nonsense about it. Wo havo a full bridge
gang, and have had all along, witli the ex-
ception ol two or three days."
attorney for the knights.
Later in the day I met Major Turner, who
is one of the legal advisers of the Knights
of Labor here.
"Major," said 1. "what do yotl think of
the legal aspects of this case? "
The major steadied himself on his
ciutches. pushed his hat on the back of his
head and raised his hand in an emphatic
gesture.
"The reconstruction days were bail
enough, heaven knows," he said, "but iu
that time there never was a more high-
handed outrage committed in this State.
The idea of a United States marshal arrest-
ing men without process of law for con
tempt of court! Making himself a judge
as to what constitutes contempt of court."
" Don't you think lie had a right to do it?"
"No, sir: no more than you have. Tho
power to punish for contempt is tho most
arbitrary a court can possess. Mr. Madison
held that it was inconsistent with a repub-
lican form of government. At any rate, it
is a power that no judge can delegate to
any executive officer. Delegate, indeed!
The court to the marshal, and the marshal
to his deputy, who is often illiterate and
sometimes a ruffian. It is these persons
who are to be trusted with discretionary
power to arrest for contempt 1 These men
from New Orleans were not only illegally
arrested and kept in jail four days and
nights, but they were treated with needless
cruelty; seven of them were kept all night
standing in a cage with two negro convicts,
having not a bed nor a chair, and hardly
space to stand in."
" If the men were illegally imprisoned
haven't they a remedy somewhere?"
"Of course they have. I am going to suo
every person concerned in these arrests,
from Don Pardee down, including the rail-
road."
The case of the man Auler, who was ono
of those arrested but was released from his
bond yesterday, excites considerable com-
ment among the strikers.
"It was because he went to Colonel
Wheelock and offered to pay for his passage
from New Orleans." said one.
"It was because lie was a German subject,
and the German consul demanded Iris re-
lease," said another. " It is a pity that wo
don't live under a government that can se-
cure us tho common rights of man."
" 1 don't know anything about law," said
another, "but I know we were arrested be-
cause we wouldn't work for tlie railroad
company; just that and nothing more. X
asked the deputy marshal who arrested mo
what X had done. ' you, why
don't you go to work ther.?' says he."
" We were all deputy marshals ourselves
at the time," said the first. "Can onedeputy
marshal arrest another deputy marshal, I
wonder?"
" It looks like they did it, anyhow."
All the strikers I have talked with say
that no acts of violence or intimidation
liavo been done by any of them. They say
" we burned the' bridge," said one, " but
there isn't a bridge on the road that is not
soaked with oil; a spark from an engine is
liable to set them on fire at any time. If
anybody set them on fire 1 would a good deal
sooner believe it was somebody conueetetl
witli the railroad company."
I can detect no signs of yielding on either
side. Each party, however, claims that the
other is on the point of surrendering.
United States Senator Voorhees, of
Indiana, says St. Jacobs Oil cured him oi
rheumatism.
Tins year Easter, for the first time sinco
1734, falls upon April 25, which is also St.
Mark's day. There is a concurrent tradi-
tion that a late Easter makes a late spring;
and tho colorod people at the South often
say: "It's no use talkin'; there will be uo
good weather until after Eastor."
Increased Shipping Facilities.
The Texas Express company is constant
ly extending its lines and opening new
offices. Among those recently established
is an office at Coleman City, tho present
teiminus of the Gulf, Colorado and Santa
Fe railroad. Matter for the following in-
terior towns should be marked and sent via
Coleman, viz: Ben Fieklin, Concho, Glen
Cove, Paint Rock, liunueis, Santa Anna and
San Augelo. '
A Most Romarlir.lile Caso.
During the summer of 1881, suffering from
blood poisoning, the result of a gun-shot,
wound received during tho "late unplea-
santness," mv attention was called to the
remedy of S. S. S. through the public press,
and I wrote to the proprietors of that medi-
cine, describing my ease, which I repeat for
the benefit of other sufferers. The ball
struck the elbow joint and went through.
It completely crushed all the articulative
surface of tiie humeral so that both con-
dyles and say four inches of the shaft of
the bono were removed by the surgeon. It
also severed the ulnar nervo. The opera-
tion left tho arm much shortened and lim-
ber, hut it was very useful. Some time in
the fall of 1879 it commenced to swell and
inflame below the elbow, and soon after it
suppurated and discharged horribly offen-
sive matter. The bone spread until the en-
tire forearm was a putrid mass, encroaching
both on the back and palm of tiie hand. X
was warned by the surgeons that this might,
happen iu after life from nerve and blood
poverty below the elbow. My condition
maybe imagined at that time. Tho wound
was so offensive that 1 could hardly remain
in a close room. 1 tried many remedies,
external and internal, but to no avail.
In June, 1884, I saw the advertise-
ment of Swift's Specific m tho city
papers, and 1 wrote immediately to the
house in Atlanta, receiving the following as
a reply: "We fear our S. S. S. will do you
no good except as a tonic." The very frank-
ness of the reply induced me to try it. X
was a good patient and rigidly followed tho
directions. The first bottle nearly drove
me crazy with symptoms 1 can not describe,
but it (and I feel a lump in my throat as 1
write it) entirely revoved the frightful
smell which had tormented me and all who
came in contact with mo for so long a time.
As X continued the use of the medicine, say
in a month or six weeks, marked improve-
ment was apparent, until, as the winter set
in, it had so healed that I could and did
wear a sleeve on my underclothing, which I
had not done in tlireo years before. Tho
ulcer was very obstinate, and it was not until
the middle of 1885 that it was entirely well.
All redness and soreness had disappeared.
Hair is growing on the arm as before, and I
ascribe all this to Swift's Specific. Had X
dreamed of such success I would have had
the arm photographed before taking tho
medicine, that ail might see tho improve-
ment. 1 have lived here for forty years and
iim well known, and am ready to answer
all inquiries from sufferers iu reference to
this case. Jxihn P. Smith, Attorney-at-Law.
56 Carondelet Street.
New Orleans, February 25,18S0.
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