, 1873-01-14
A C0OtiE STRIKE.
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Pittsburgh Ra- t'aV ,rg y ,i:e5s ceTsspe"da ss'
About seventy OF the newly imported Cs1
man employed ut the Bearer; Falls cuIg!
! Works are ut the present moment. CO. ~
for higher wages. It Is amusing to rsls9t u
these heathea have been but thres n11=1ss
! in learning the trick OF combining to =
! tho real worth OF their labor Thero ~1ss s'ss
! indignation manifested in working circles -
aix months ago over the trensports.ioa
coolies by this manufacturing firm, Which =
ploya soYernl hundred hands. On 1h7s
OF last year ssventy-dve Chinamen ;ssGe
Beaver Fal1s and at once .took t.
places OF that number OF whito men. IEspes
and the public wero unanimous IN then e
deumation OF the movement, but the opposes
accomplished nought- for tho Managers q
concern we're determined to introduce aEea
hor, and the result WAS tho coolies want enz
to work, and their wluto brothers in itns - =,
OF time securing other employment: tas g g: :
Guilty waa soon forgotten. Tho services aii
gang Of 0rientals was secured for = conEsz'
ton Of Is cauts per day in gold, each:
we're industrious and performed the Vasf sa1
ted to them in most aAilful manner, - =
company Wero 30 thoroughly satisfied WA 2
result that they resolved to import nnothah& ~
The second inst1Iment Of cheap labor, si1tFs5
in number, arrived about the 1st day Of Dafs
bar, 1872, and these, though not less cleraW
men than the former, were paid hut 60 ceataF
day in gold. The last invoice OF aInaoa9@:a-
gentlemen soon learned that there WEB d.;
encs in WAGES paid to EespectiTa ganys,a !,
considering that ono Joss wo1saipper FHx
good as another, q delegation called upoa = !.
Superintendent and requested th1t he ~ !:
give thea lift in their wages. The supsdistE
dent informed them that ha would lAy ths - :
ter before the proper purtiea, and, with ta1
surauce that the inueaae they asked tcs VI
bo granted, they returned and raduns@ -
work, abiding their time. Tic matter suoeeisst =
y was brought to tho attention Ut tho eos.t
Managers, and after some donferation ~
fused. It was feared that il tie CerFs>
would muck1e in this instance, John ehsaa1 +
might put On airs and covet . further 1n:teT r. E
wagea. Tho Ce1eatia1s were notified that " & &
demand could not be complied with, aoa ~ II &:
upon they coogrogatcd, big, h1le,, yqaash ~ s:
Old, and resolved to knock .oI until As9 s,n IL Il t.
American brother, they would get sol7.5 ss5 +:
like fair days wages for q feir deys $:
They wander now about the nelganoktaes1s III E
tho works With their hands IN thsn =. ~ =
ss t5susss ssanss Rsssets & tRRnnfE Rs54 fE.ppy 'ss
countrymeu, audA equally iudi1sta9Itz udia9 81 I:
or approximations. They Hat' -.
- payeo," and won't return t.. romm rommaf:
until the Company eignify thur WIPE = rs
to comply with their deinaals., Il u.,5f
strike; but m instructive one: I,
lost the white skilled labosars, the CoHPs4k,
nov at the mercy Of the Monsolians' = ". IN I
but fair to presume, will NOT be s1cw 70
Ind improve tho situation. The stt;sa = ia4f
son which workingmen .ill not ne5lees e9eesltsf
Tor it Btrikingly illustrates tho aksutdlly ISt1
tears thai the; era to be ruined BY "a inTar w. RI
II Chinese cne.p labor. Tnis tao3, ~ 4s;57
other labor, will, to some extent Ut eas:, ett
evel and demand it's comparative unL T..
also IN evidence that the Chin.nan u sa ps n
,oyering that his work il almozt as fatsssh,:
hat Of tho white man, aad in c11ze4af9
entitled to demand nearly as much fotMs osa4
The Lesson will not be lost on iron..Hmi
,ero, who had in contemplation TOO agP imRhs3
Il cheap 1abor from As;a, ard who 1nE7' .sn.5l.
SIZED to work with thu Labor mA:etlN thrt&+
estly have. Il is reported this asSnias III ..stH
Of the Be.7or Falls Wo1gs ~ L.-+eAts,
0 the nltimatnnn Of the C!ii1an1eu, .e.tss1 IS; s;
I'LL go against their gza:n Eisa ssas
hat portion OF the works, however, ~
he Celestials wero employed, T. s!a2f; s;aa =
nd, as the Company have no dlspofn fn+t
uch stete Of a17aiIs should couslnE.1, H. oc< 8:
ength Of time. they will ahila BY =, 49,
uonces Of accedins to :ho 'dr2csnas' Ss
imported employees. -. s:s