The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-06-24
ALohn % in New England.

In our issue Of yesterday morning We
gave a report OF m interview between
"AH.SlNG," the leader OF the Chinese Op
ativcs recently introduced into shoe
manufacturing establishment in Massa'
chusctts, and one Of the New York HOrtd'
reporters. That our readers may know
the reasons for their Introduction into
that region and branch of business, We
give the following extract from one Of ouI
exchanges:
The quiet town OF North Adams, Mass.
was the scene, Inst week, Of the com
mcncemcnt of Il new order Of things
among the operative community in New
England. The arrival of Seventy-tivC
Chinamen to work at the business Of
shoc-making for three years i'll the en-
plOy of a single firm, has put n new and
very important element into the rapidly
eliminating struggle between capital and
labor. 1t is not strange that this move
mcnt should be regarded by the operative
class with great apprehension, nor tha
some OF the more reckless and desperate
Knights of ST.. Crispin at North Adam!
should have deemed It proper tc
hurl few stones nj the intrud
ing Mongolians. The Introduction o
these new and cheaper operatives, whicl
promises to affect SO directly the future
rates Of skilled labor in our manutActo'
rics, is the direct result Of u labor move
mcnt organized to coGrCc capital to its
own terms Since the formation Of tht
St. Crispin society in 1868, the NortL
Adams employers have been in constant
trouble with their employees. 1t wA'
difficult nj i'll times To make their scales o
prices tally with the unalterable edict o
The union. Finally there occurred, las
May, in the mAnuiactory Of Mr.. {. 7
Sampson IL crisis, hercsults Of which AIT
now before uS. Finding prices declining
and Il largo amount Of made up work 0l
hand awaiting sale, Mr.. Sampson Assem-
blcd his employees and asked ifthey wouIt
he willing to submit TO Il temporary
reduction Of ten per cent until tradI
revived, when former prices would agalI
he paid. The operatives were willing Il
do this, but the union forbade them, ant
they left their work. The same after
noon MIR. Sampson's agent left for Cali
lornia, and on Monday evening last ther'
arrived in North Adams seventy.tiv'
Cinnamon engaged at $9S per month to
tho first, and 1888 per month for the twt
succeeding years, and capable, If rcport
he true, Of filling perfectly the places o
the disaftected Crispins. They all ar,
skilled sllOemakers by the Chinese meth
DDS, and being so thoroughly apt il
imitation, have already surprised their en-
ploycr with their proficiency. All are I'M
der the control of leader who Inns livc'
eight years in this country, and has givel
up his paganiSm for the "Mclican Joss
and is now faithful member 0fthe Meth
odiSt Church. This man "Ah Sing" o
more iamiIiary, Charlie" is TO reCeiv
their wages, buy their supplies, ftlrnisI
their pocket money, and send the remain
der Of their earnings to the Koong Chonl
living Company Of San Francisco, wher
it will be kept on deposit to their credit
Thus in less than six weeks the question
between the Knights Of Saint Crispin AM
their employers has been definitely solv
cd, and another significant chapter addC
to the history oflabor unions In Americ;