New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-06
ship of sundry Revolutionary documents with


ship of sundry Revolutionary documents with
which he has been credited and there was no
report from the committee appointed last year
to erect monument or statue to his memory
But if the celebrants were slower than usual In
the Jefferson business, they did.not forget the
workingmen or fail to put flea in the ear OF
the "toing masses" A series of resolutions
were adopted regarding the wages OF labor and
the price of meat, which cannot fan to touch
the heart of every laboring man who is fond OF
meat. In the midst of the festivities OF TINS
anniversary, after Mr.. Kelly had surrounded
the gathering with an atmosphere OF cheerful
ness by an address of two hours duration, ana
the spirits Of the audience had been kindled
into enthusiasm by letters from Perry Belmont
and other statesmen, at the summons of Mr.. j.
Fairfax Mclaughlin the society paused, struck
n serious attitude, and began to contemplate
the spectacle presented az a season of unusual
prosperity of the refusal of the great corpora
= tons to pay living wages to laborers."
They contemplated it in series of whereases
and resolves offered 10y Mclaughlin. In these
they say there is a fictitious scarcity OF many
" of the staple commodities of life, especially IN
the supply of meat, which is known to be
"abundant,p and that this scarcity has been
@created by syndicates of spectators to force
"up prices and place prime articles OF food
"beyond the reach of the great body of the
"peOple except as occasional luXuries." They
then go on to say that 4" the producing classes,
switch are the creators of capital, are not re-
"ceiving a fair remuneration for their labor
and that the great monopOlists OF the country
"are conspiring to prevent any improvement
"in the condition of the tOiling masses" Also
that I" this unnatural attitude Of capital and
"labOr has been brought: about by the greed OF
"indvidual monOposts and soulless corpora
q tons to consolidate the wealth of the country
a" in the hands Of the few who have resolved to
"revive the slavish feudal system OF Europe IN
America, which would covert the poor into
" serfs, and to build up in our midst the most
"odicus of Oligarchies-a mOneyed aristocracy."
Nor DO they stop with this general statement
In separate resolution they "partlcularly
stigmatze the refusal of The corporations to
"increase the wages of the fre:ght-handieEs
" three cents an hour as cruel oppressive. and
unjust" adding as IA snapper that at the time
that this refusal is given the treasury of the
"New-York Central Railroad is running over
"reserved for handsome dividends on watered
stock"
Having thus defined the attitude of labor and
capital, and traced the causes Of the present
trouble to their source, they magnanimouSly
offer to the toning masses " the sympathles
"of Democratic Tammany Hall in this great
"conhict." 1t being the Fourth Of July, and
they being in the midst OF celebrating 1t, they
could hardly be expected to do more than SYM
pathize but no one who knows anything about
the Tammany Society and the deep interest its
members have in the tOiling MASSES can
doubt that every member of tie society who Is
an "individual mOnOpOlist" or director in a
"soullcss corporation went home that night
determined to increase the wages of his en-
ployes. Mr. Augustus Schell. who is a Sachem
of the society and also director of the New
York Central Railroad, whose treasury, the
resolutions say, " is running over with surplus
"of fifteen millions of dollars reserved for hand
"some dividends on watered Stock" was not
present. 1t is surmissd that lie was engaged
in an effort to induce his fellOw-dlrectors to
accede to the demands Of the strikers and to
divide the fifteen millions surplus among the
"toiling Masses Meantime, however, the
Tammany Society accompanies Its prOher OF
sympathy with a shrewd suggestion in the
form of Il final resolution setting forth that
- the people, the bone and sinew of the land,
shave the remedy in their own hand at the
"ballot-box" And of course that remedy is not
in voting for the opponents Of Tammany. BY
no means. Tammany sympathzes with the
"toilng masses = let the "toiling masses "
reciprocate by voting for Tammany
The interesting fact is recorded that after
the passage of the resolutions the toiling
masses went dc wnstairs and drank lager, while
the gentlemen VINO sympathlzed with them
drank to the memory Of Jefferson IN champagne.