The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-02-26
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A correspondent at Pittsburgh writes
as follows on the cheap labor Ques'
tion now sgltsting the public in West
ern Pennsylvania
The employment OF Chinese coohe
lsborers in The cutlery works at Beaver
Falls has created considerable discus
sion throughout this section OF the State
as the introduction OF the gentlemen
from the Fowery Kingdom into the
several departments OF the works has
caused the dismissal OF corresponding
| number OF white workmen. The prob-
lem s difficult one, and efforts to solve
, it have been ursvsiling. From time 10
time rumOrs have been afoat oi personal
violence TO which the American work
men had resorted, in order TO oust their
"foreign cheap labor" competitions
Though all rumors OF that character
were groundless, there have been periods
when a repetition OF the scenes enacted
in San Francl-cc, AT the time OF the in
/, PRODUCTION Of coolip workmen into thu
city, seemed imminent The coolies
nave been introduced into the works by
small and gradual instalIments, each
instsllmeut dIsplacing, a. previously
stated, a corresponding number OF ma
tive mechanics, until AT present there
are two hundred employed in the sev.
eral departments Of the company, Al
wages wholly inadequate to smp-
port white workmen. The experiment
hss proved saIls actery to the company,
az the heathens perform their work full
lv as well ~ their predecessors and al
much lower rates. The experiment has
been 30 satisfactory, in fact. the COM
panv has ordered one hundred addition
al Cinnamon to he imported, This
latter "Order" tor joss House worship
pers, who are said to be on their WAY
from China, has added a fresh impetus
10 the excitement at the Falls. and un-
less the demands Of the citizens are ac-
cedpd to, it il feared that matters will
assume a decidedly unpleasant aspect
when this additional importation ar
rives. This opposition ia not confined
have been displaced and those who an
ticipste the same fate when this addi-
tional number arrives, hut there il a
responsive objection throughout the
country; and public meeting WAS held
at the Falls. and decided protest made
against further importations by the
company, Resolutions were adopted
which condemned the importation OF
Chinese laborers INTO thc fnled States
IN the manner IL IL done.
Frst-Because there is nothing in
their natures that fits them Z. to he
brought in contact with Christian
communities, and that their enforced
intrusion among III discloses an inten-
ton to plant slavery in the North
far more banruI in IT, effects than
African slavery ever wss in tie
South.
Second-Becaus their habits and
mode OF living are so different from
ours as to forbid competition by our
people, and to subject them TO such
competition il more than they should,
can. or will bear.
The resolutions express regret that
loss has been sustained hy the Har-
mony Society in operating the cutlery
a. Beaver Falls; AID express firm
heliet that much more speedy re-
covPry OF such loss would be accomp-
lIshed by the immediate removal Of
the coolies now employed, aud the Sc.
lection OF citizen mechanics. They
slso selected delegation, composed OF
a hundred citizens, to present TO the
Harmony Society at Economy q copy
o. the resolutions, and TO descrbe in
person the impending destruction OF all
business interests throughout that acc.
tiOn of the country. Throughout the
meeting intense excitement prevailed,
and it was evident that the people had
fully decided no longer TO permit them.
selves to be subjected 10 such competi-
ton. The President urged that the
problem be dealt with 10 moderation,
and without any attempt At violence.
The only thing to be done at present
was to wait quietly until the result Of
the conference with the Society was
made known.
Another meeting was appointed to be
held the coming week. when the result
Of the conference will be made known.
and any additional action taken that
will efectuslly bar John Cbinamsn
from their ueighborbood.
The subject is obviously one Of great
Importance and its ultimate settlement |
will be watched with no small degree
Of interest. II is not one that the work
mel Of Pennsylvania alone wilI'study, |
but is one in which mechanics in gener. |
81 have deep interest, and they will
zsalonslH watch with nnnuinz An riety