The Labor enquirer., 1883-12-01
DYNAMITE is strong to-day at 47c.
..srHrKrs AND LocKouTs. !,

DYNAMITE lS strong to-day at 4lc.
asTRIKEs AND LOCKOUTs."
The above was announced as the subject
upon which the Rev. DR.. Moore, pastor Of
Evans Chapel would discourse last Sunday
evening, and, a am rather interested in
the subject, and, besides, have fallen into
the habit Of frequenting churches lately,
went up to hear for myself what this
bankers son, who has had so much to say
concerning working people lately, would
advocate.
will be honest, and confess that was
prejudiced against the speaker before |
entered the chapel. I have been reading
SOME Of his sermons recently, and, as am
only human, / could but form an opinion
of the man and his character by the ex-
pressions credited to him in the daily press
What was the character of the opinion can
readily be understood, without mentioning
now, by every intelligent man who has
been through the mill of hard labor and
oppression. .z~s y s.s
But, though 1 had formed an unfavorable
opinion of this man, was ready to listen
to him thoughtfully and allow him credit
for reasonable argument were any offered
by him. am not pleased to find in any
person an enemey to the poor and hard
working element Though | shall make
it my business to placard all such when 1
find them, I would prefer that there be
little posting to do, - ~
So, I say, that though was justly preiu-
diced against DR.. Moore, I listened at
tentively and hopefully to him during his
entire discourse 1 was hopeful that he
would say something that would disabuse
my mind of the thought that he, a pro-
fessed apostle of the meek and lowly Jesus,
was entirely given over to the enemies and
oppressors OF the poor. The hope died
a'borning. 4~
Before tell you some of the things he
said and give you my ideas-and l think
Sours-I want to say word about the
surroundings. 4-,g I I.'s3s..
There were only about seventy five peo-
pie in the chapel, among which number
there certainly wasn't more than dozen
but who are known as "high- toned folks
and know no more about STRIKES and
lockouts," as applied to workingmen, than
does the man Moore, who soils his tongue
and shocks the aristocratic ears of his
hearers by talking about the "barbarities"
of the common people" There were a
few present who looked like they might be
working people, but there were none whom
/ knew.
l noticed something else. 1t was that
every pew was labeled with some name
many familiar to me-which signifed that
some particular person had paid so much
. lat auction, belieye) for the purpose of
having his Christianity served out to him
on certain spot in the chapel, and that
any other sinner receiving spiritual in
struction in that pew would do so by
special permission of the monopolist of
that spot, OF be an interloper. A great
many of the seats were vacant; knew why
after the conclusion of the sermon.
The speaker read text" from the bible;
don't remember from what part, and
don't care. 1t (nor anything else Godly)
didn't figure in the TRADE pronounced by
Dr.. Moore on workingmen, trades-unionists
particularly. For about twenty minutes
he spoke of strikes; the time devoted to
lockouts being about two minutes, He
didn't care to say much about the latter
as he feared to offend the rich men who
rent the pews and pay him his salary. a.
l. The treatment of the subject of strikes
was no treatment at all; it was merely q
mangling of this important matter in the
struggle now going on between honest
labor and helhsh greed. The doctor" had
a great deal to say about. the rights o1
capital, but he didn't explain to his hear.
ers what capital is. He didn't tell them il
is an accumulation of unpaid wages. He
didn't tell them that the dollars piled uI
by the employer was money stolen from his
employes, I tell him this, and stand
ready to prove it, the principal rock upon
which found my proof being the teach
ings of the man Christ whom he talks Sc
much about and either knows so little O
or fails to properly appreciate.
This Christian gentleman (the doctor
said that the capitalist had rights which
the laborer had no right to jeopsrdize by
striking work and preventing the opera
tions of the masters establishments Doe
the doctor know that under the law o
God 3 man has rights in just 50 far that ht
does not infringe upon the rights of others
Does he know that chief among thest
riahts is that of every man to the means
sof LIE and the pursuit of happiness
Further does he know that when an EN-.
p,auw attempts to grind the workinsman