Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-07-22
LEIGH.
THE STRIKING TELEGRAPHERs
AND THEIR RIGHTS.
The Hair Holiday Plan In Cbscago-sunday
Observation-Disclosures Lecture
Minor City Notes.

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. Correspondence OF the Gazette.
chicago, July 12.-There is good
deal OF excitement all over the coun
try concerning the difficulty between
the telegraph companies aud their Cd.
orators. Strikes are bad things and as
a rule do more harm than good, but
there are cases where strikes are more
lustifiable than I'm others. Employees
have perfect right to make their de-
mands as they are not unreasonable,
and they do not resort to force i'm
Keeping others from taking the places
which they throwup, nobody ought to
find any fault with them. When a
person strikes he is supposed to have
reached point where he would rather
leave his situation than to stand his
grievances. This he has a perfect
right to do, but any interference with
those who would accept tile situation
which he could not stand is illegal.
Anti-monopoly fanatics and strikes
as usually carried on do more HARM as
a rule, than good. but, Mt the same
time, nearly AL will admit that the
heel of monopoly is set down with
merciless, grinding force too often. A
more gigantic monopoly than the
Western Union Telegraph Company
tAiStS, anu Wullt III has IlOl
done nearly so bad as it might with
the power which it Yields, its manage
ment should blush for shame imag-
inc, If you can, blushing telegraph
man y at having done so badly. and
treating its employees so niggaidly as
it he's.
The demand of the Te'egraphers
Brotherhood that women should re-
ceive the same pay ms men for the
same service Is q commendable move
| on its face, but 1t has doubtful face
1t Is probably move to remove all the
women from the service. AS opera
tors women are less stable than men;
they seldom, If ever, pursue the work
for lifetime, and having to be ex-
cused so much oftener are in reality of
less value to the company. This is the
ground which the officials take. and il
! they should have to pay women the
same as men they would soon employ
only men. They keep women because
they are much cheaper, and while they
do work, do as well, and i'm some cases
better than men.
SUNDAY PICNIC-iIALF HOLIDAY.
On Sunday last one Of the best
| known of our retail dealers in every
thing from tin-whistle to the most
useful household article, who has a
number of mammoth stores all con-
nected, and who gives employment to
an immense number of cash girls,
boys, sales-iadies, ETC., rendered his
employees a picnic. A heavy train of
! passenger coaches WAS chartered and
! the party was soon whisked out on the
lake shore to Il place called Sheffield,
| Ind, about seventeen miles from Chi
cago. There was all of the regular
picnic pastimes and amusements, and
the generous employer left nothing
unprovided in the way of ice-cIeam
nd necessary articles of food to make
the occasion an enjoyable one. Among
other things was a foot-race for cash
girls ten to fourteen years old for s.
81, s. and 81 as prizes to the girls who
should win them in their order. The
| day among the trees, on the shore of
the great lake, the bright sunshine and
absolutely pure air, together with the
sports and pastimes provided, was GER
tainly a great treat for the little ur-
/ chins who are on their feet very long
/ hours every day, and who seldom have
an opportunity to get out where pure
air and sunlight are found. This is all
! very good, but IL does not seem just
the thing ogive the hard-woyked and
small-paid children such u treat on
| the Sabbath. In the fact that 1t oc-
Cured on the day of rest and worship,
am not so sure that there was any
thing wrong. Probably the day
| would not have been spent half SO
probably by the party of young folks
had they remained at home and spent
the day as best they could amid the
noise, fumes, confusion, heat
and brick walls of the city;
but think that the gentleman
who has shown so much consideration
4 for hissJ eem4Rloy es, should give them at
Maa|a az 9sys @YyI ssasshneln b bs
that means, and.the public would Not
be slow to appreciate such piece of
generosity. One of the strong objec-
tions to closing store for half-holiday
on Saturday is the general habit which
people have of doing most Of their
shopping on Saturday afternoon.
This difficulty, however, would prob
ably be overcome in a short time, for
the people would soon be glad to ac-
commodate themselves to the new
order of things.
! The half-holiday plan is being adop-
ted by a great many commercial
houses during the summer months,
/ and is good one 1t should be more
generally adopted. But, where en-
! ployers of boys and girls do not with
| to give them five hours week, they
can do nothing better than give them
! frequent outings on Sunday.
When one stops to consider how
great proportion of our girls are com
pclled to work, day after day, at the
most combining work. and In the most
cra,nped and unhealthy surroundings,
the question Of rest and recreation for
them becomes Il serious one.
Though very slowly, we are coming
to pay more attention TO muscular
development There are many things
which the older countries cannot teach
us. but this is one which England
in particular. with her merry,
robust lasses, who think nothing
of walking or riding before breakfast
ms much or more than the average
American girl would undertake in a
day this physical development Is
something which old England could
well teach us the value of if we would
but follow her example. We need
more equestrianism, pedestrianism,
gymnastic, and outdoor sports of all
| kinds for our men and women and
girls and boys.
SUNDAY THEATRES.
Last winter / had the pleasure of
hearing very able lecture on the
past, present and future OF the, press,
II Il