Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 227, Ed. 1, Friday, August 22, 1884 Page: 3 of 8
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A PETITION
irt Convention
Getters and V
Asking a
into
Tareitigation
ftflling the Oapitol
Austin
from the
Worklngmen
the Man
at
nntj Member
orV AtemllcJ Chaliinun t Houston to
° B w iB AJmlnlitrallon for
JJ ilnom these present ui r
0 Your petitioners stone
other
rn ami worktag
edlve or class or otlier eon
eifully request your most
jlderatton aud at the satnu
but rcpcctfiilly call for
ly this convention as may
twlsaom proper to pro
i alleviatethe wroura ami
citizens of this
of o >
who have
1 9 and others
In vain
meagain apjiKiled
M and In a peaceable man
those Invested with
jto
of Eovernnient In this state
has coine and
rnoredres
rtoior Invested with the
lie government so appealed
Jten no heed to remon
jr 9 or petition they not
I Invested us they stHte
essary authority or audi
e most respectfully call-
a of this convention to a
d but few of the many
stalled tipou yr retiilon
nsof this state govern
diets Irrespective of class
inbvthe total disregard
Iples which underlie lil >
Involved
iiovernment by
and manner of conduct
11115 of the new state capl
c towlt
lltlonerB while respect
ing the contract do not
he contract for buildlug
itol Is based lu equity or
ctor for the beet interests
Maw linpalnug the obll
atracts stiould be made
br bulldine the capllo
fctlv enforced aud irupu
ettnt perious employed
ecttjd with responsibili
ty of government to see
enforced without further
Uerwlw the contract as
idedahould be annulled
Id bv law
tract us It now stands di
h lullllous acres of laud
perpetuates monopoly
and Is contrary to ttie
of free government de
lopmeut of the states re >
he introduction and Im
f manufacture and tne
pievents enlightenment
of tlie population by lu
slillled labor lu place of
p rieuied
I contract In no partlc
couiplicd with either In
fact that home produc
> en tet aside for Inferior
ctloiisj that changes have
ueand again Involving
o the state and the per
tbe building that a spirit
njthose in charge ot the
make concessions time
ft Interests of the cor
wtors that only by mere
closest watchfulness
outside Inllueucts the
Kurnet was llnully n
h laue of inferior granite
I and now this beautiful
iTexS it Is said will be
icrudtic manner In place
kin a skillful style aud
fits will be Insisted upon
I tore
ltuudlug the various
fonceasions from time to
that the contractors
the second installment
lands without having
ktive value In the work
Jthe contract aud consc
Butte not eutitjed to the
l > or In each profession
tho
building art is calltd
Depilnuiry act of the leg
F ty lll coutrout
put lu wich brauch in
ul unskilled untutored
heed persons have been
Ming employed both b
Ariimeut and the
synd
Irs In carrying on the
s
Y such importance aud
iiferring your uonor
e accompanylug
petl
cc s other than tho e
Ireteutedat the called
fgMaturetu 1SSIS and
lot acted upon wo relt
pwrges untdu there
ill I
fully r utst
be taken
that
by i
1 t o Instruct t
quwt the legislators
he
to
e complaints and
> Intelligent lnipnrilul
manner
at the next
Wouti Secretary
IkSenate ana House
of
Iexm
nfd would mot
nl to honorH
your
l g facts in
or
re
ible
nee
ot the state carltolnov
1 course
of construction
rshave hud advettec
u Kasteru aud even
a papers for stonecut
ue highest wages The
that stonecutters are
ruhlng to this city
9 lu the full expfcta
good pay many of
apltol quarries Ifthev
LUeyHud the prices fall
kso email that they
linlna like reasonable
u If they could make
bey cannot make full
lM thai the contractor
fulllcient force of
toyed to furnish the
as fust us needed
are idle a large por
> walling for stone
pelled to board ut the
ullottlioiiue a notice
wlug cotiitplcuously
re furnished is
Hty aud often
ouantltv They
uunksa la Chinese
titer fortyeight men
1 In one room o0x20
room slxtyfour men
foul air In common
work he his either to
ntt regular monthly
UQUey or take a time
contractors will then
° f at leest 5 per cent
ipg to the urgency
the Individual what
billing to sacrlrlce
itom those who quit
work that the contractors force this
discount By fulse preteuses they
mnnage to extract it even from those
whom
they discharge
The mk before Christmas thev
desired to discharge a lot of men
Now if they told the
men
they were discharged of courso
they would have to pay
them In full They tlaicforo told the
men that they would have to lay them
olt for iii few days until fter ChrH
mas Upon the men asking for their
money they were told they would have
to wait for pay day or take time
check 1 hey took the time checks
came to Auatla and the contractors
ca hed them at the usuil dl outtt On
returning to the works they were told
that they wire dl churged
If any of the menhaving no Money
need clothing between paydays he
has to buy it at the contractors
commissary t abotli double the
market rates 01 course no civilized
Mug will bubtult to such treatment
longer thau necessity absolutely com-
pels them Not one of the many sioue
cutters residents of thK cltv prior to
and at the starting of thecapltol build
ing has gone to work on the Job
Not one But strangers com
ing here in response to the
advertised misrepresentations of the
contractors ana after snendlug
all their money to get here must sub-
mit to anything in order to live aud
earn sutllelent to carry them away
Enticed here under false pretenses the
contractors taking advantage ot their
poverty and necessity compel them to
work for the merest plttauee live on
the poorest food and lodge uuder condi
tions and surroundings too foul and
lllthy to describe to your honorable
body To add humiliation to their
squalid misery they are sub
jected to a sec of rules and
regulations prescribed by the
coutraitora aud more fitted for
convicts lu the penitentiary thau for
freemen in a free couutry The con-
tractors had brass tags made with a
number stamped on each Each man
then numbered hud to wear or carry
around a brass tag numbered to corre-
spond Man name and identity Mink
lu the numbered serf Every
appendage of penal servitude pre3 <
eut except the clanking chain
Shades of Fannin Travis liowle
Crockett Is it for thl < you died
The brass fcollar of Qurth the
Saxon thrall chauged to the brass tag
of the American ntone cutter wage
slave
Still the stone cutlers Hock herein
response to the advertised misrepre-
sentations to be doomed to the same
cruel disappointment on arrival many
to want and suffering Those
who have money to pay their
fare promptly leturu whence
they canit Some have gone to work
at laboring when such could
be found many have left the city
through the generosity of frleuds
others less fortunate huve tramped
out Heeklng wotk elsewhere There
are scores ot firstclass stotie cutters In
this city Idle mostly stranger many
of them moneyless friendless aiut
afraid lest they be arrested as vagrants
by the city authorities It is pitiable to
wituess the wretched condition of there
unfortunate dupes of mis-
representation Many of them
having left families in far-
away homes and Illy provided for
possibly their last dollar paid out to
reach here then to find theunelves
the victims of a wanton foul con-
spiracy with the alternative of ac-
cepting the conditions of virtual
slavery pr take to the highway penni-
less tramp
We would lurther reptesent toyotir
honorablt body our opinion as practi-
cal workmen Individually experienced
In the business is that a large portion
of the stone already cut la utterly tiu
lit for such a building A certain
tlilckuetsnl the ledge of rock in that
quarry is good firm durabln stone
The remainder of the I ilge Is a differ-
ent species which will soon crumble
upon exposure to the elements Both
kinds are used In what is cut
It may not be out of place here to
advert to the experience ol the stateof
Iowa In building her stale capltol at
Des Moines A ctrtnlu quality of stone
was decided upon the bulldlngstarted
and iportion built Ilh the proper
grade of stone Then an lufeiior
grade wa introduced aud considerable
of it built in the wulls before public
attention was called thereto An In-
vestigation was held aud the legisla-
te le ordered It torn down aua re-
moved It co3t the state upwards
of S33000 besides retarding the
completion of the building
Aud finally at the lato of progrcis
the contractors huve made thus far aud
with the smull force of men now em-
ployed It would take more than twenty
years to complete yourcapitol
Signed
jeo AibucUle Joelirottiiiijor Har-
ry Boyne AugUrubst A 1C Brown
Robert Mcintosh Peter Eslle Jacob
Fitn W II Fluke Georgrt Foster B
J Hodgx Joe Kidd Aug Klndler
Cha Kriihke John Kuukel John
Bernett Joe Braudell Andrew Buck
Fled Beaumeister Ed Connor
Harry Crosttmn James Qlbsou Henry
Grohs Charles Heiu M Hurey Pat
Harford Geo Tmuslde Geo
Kausler Win Jveuner
J Layman Jules feouunh
John Mitchell James McCarthy
John Corbctt M Kinney Henry
Meyer JMoCalloin Dau Mackenzie
Wm McGregor Ed lloran E P
Webster Nell McKlnne i E Molt
Chas Bergen Chas Hoeckl Duueim
Mlrkel John Bennett Bohr
Mlshaw IuWp
Hose David Mckenh Amos
Nowliouse A Ivrel ht f
John Ire
OMnlley JauieN OMalley
Emanuel Sifter lied Matlo
mez
M Boturluo Frank upoleon Louis
Winkle E Keez X Muhleman Aug I
HermrlelUtobt McCulloch F Crook
Jlnio
John JVdille H D Tlwtr a PUnuU
FerrlaKobt WhltUlde Ja Civan
U Ke olvwl that the iiomlueej ot lUU
couvcnllou areuow itnl herey n
ttructed toassUt Inecurluj an Intel
liiinaitlal and tho ough iuveft I
liient
tlKfttlou of th srlevanc of tbeje iet
t liouers and that immbir of the
li i that uiuy bb deenud ti reaaryl
thS l JHtre icrfllil rtate
to Protect
build
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bulWtan AHitin ami I
nLMhe tapltol
tBUchpoweralutht chW
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BtateH Interest moy be better pro
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Hhpitihers tmnention
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Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 227, Ed. 1, Friday, August 22, 1884, newspaper, August 22, 1884; Fort Worth, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth89346/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .