The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-02-17
THE LOCKOUT.
Few Facts Further--Why "orh
SbouId he Resumed at Once.


The statement of the situation IN labor
circles which appeared III our columns
Yesterday. met with very general appro-
val from ALI classes of the people, ana
many of the workingmen, we are glad 10
learn. signitied their accord with 1t rs the
,rue,t and fairest exposition Of affairs yet
mt forward. Indeed, the leading points
were but presentation Of the thoughts
that have been uppermo>t among them
through the varying stages oil the trou-
Bile. The basis of the original reiusa! to
take reduced pay was Of course Il belief
that the manufacturers could do better;
and though so long as there was ground
10 cling to this conviction, few, If any Ot
the pudlers would give under, now that
the incapaclty of the manufactures to
comply with the old terms is perfectly
clear. nearly all must see that 1t would be
folly TO remain idle longer.
When the lockout had become thing
definite and beyond recall when per
suasions and entreaties had both failed to
secure a compromise, the influence OF
the mill-owners did not deter us from de-
Tending the puddlers from what we con-
celved to be too harsh and unwarranted
criticisms. We We're at pains To set iorth
all that might be considered in the hight
Of Justification for their course, But no"
that events have shown the utter non
sense and great wrong OF further suspeh-
sion, u like spirit Of candor compcI- Us TO
make known the conclusion, and to IN
slst that the workingmen can have no
possible excuse for, or hope from, con-
tinuance of idleness.
As we have said, the lockout has com
plcted the purpose for which 1t was III
tended. to wit: the testing of the ques-
tion whether or not the manufacturers
can do better than they offered. That
question is decided. Tie manufacturers
cannot do better until business RECEIVERS.
Common sense, then, declares the lock-
out ended. The men must go IN at the
best rates that the mill-owners can pay,
and wait till times brighten for better.
We are told that Il great majority OF
the puddlers have already arrived Ut this
conclusion; but that the leaders OF their
Union are preventing resumption. Now
this is another piece of folly. The lead
rrs of the Union should be- making II
reputation for good Judgment at such u
crisis rather than playing the part "i
,tand-betweenS Itthcy persist against
this friendly warning they will break the
back of Their Union before they know 1t.
\ Union manager must not stand III the
way of common sense. Hemust not, the
above facts considered, stand i'll the way
/ of work. after IL record like the following,
taken from the Telegraph OF last evening,
and by that paper obtained from the Oh
flee of the Guardians of the Poor.
Wife of south side puddleri four emil
drcu; one dollar i'll cash; February llth
Wife of Brownstown puddlcr; sIN chII'
drcn; two dollars cash.
Wife of puddler at Reese Il Graft :; on,
child; one dollar; February 9TH.
Wife of puddler ut Jones n Laugh
Inns; four children; 81 90; February 9th
Wife of puddler from south side; 81 co.
February 9th.
Family of puddler, Klomans mill;
sick husband; attending whole family;
one child buried.
Wife Of puddlcr, south side; four chill
. uTtI, - W..
Wife OF Brownstown puddlcr 81 90;
February ID.
Wife of puddler Kloman's MILL two
children; s. January 2Sth and - Feb
ruary 10.
Wife Of puddler from Brown-town1
assisted on February 6; further assisted
January -.
Wife of puddler at Meningitis, South
side; two children; January q and once
since. 81 each time.
Wife of another puddl"r from same
mill; 81 January -.
Wife of puddIcr certified to by Alder
man Barr; -; January y.
Wife of puddlcr recommended by
Alderman Barr; three childreni ST. Jan
uary Is.
Wife OF puddler in Kloman IS mill; five
children; recommended by Alderman
Barr.
Thus far we had got with the name,
when the members of the Board request
ed our reporter not to give the names.
Ifnow that it is definitely known and
in every possible manner assured that
old prices cannot be- had, amy Union
manager wants the condition ot things
implied in the above extract continued,
let him be brushed aside. The orderly
and reputable way of adjusting this diff
Guilty for the present, Is for the Union 10
declare the lockout, or strike as il may
, be, at end. Ii the Union managers
won't do this, then let puddlers turn in
and start TO work again, without regard
to the Union managers,
The fires in our mills should be re-
lighted by Saturday We speak to tn,
men and for them. See to it then, pud
dlers. that as you have shown yourselvc:
free agents against what YOU supposed tc
be an unjust combination Of capitalists
ven fall not slaves to few among your
selves.
Let us have the smoke again rolling
up from our furnace stacks next week
and trust to the bettertimes of the futur
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