Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-08-30
DAILY p0ST-ISTELLIGehCER
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osher victory ever ;ts WABASH oi1-lzss'
sod nov IL svpssrs, - might have S@+s
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uuhiie we're a; afss ID 70 h~lisTe. 10
fact tie strike Sss !sss .shi. ors, arc
the ssssaa u the Essgais q Lso1r vas
preysksd By the fsiisfs Of tes e"1-
pany's ofss.rs 70 keep &c Asrserssr'
into rhich tkey bad entered. u iii b.
renemb.rsd sAa. ss,ans nssstfs sso
strike .oDk FiAcs sn0og The srn sl9y's-
Of tie Wabzsh system, shieh g fsasisn
Cd s~roas rssults. The sit1siton Ess
alarming IN TIE eTsssrDs, and trS1bis %
tbs m@st ssrious Estsrs ~2s osTiA.fa
salg By iss Efforts u tie GgTsrsors q
M,asoagi and Esusss, taroagn Shs~s
mediation 80 sgrsezsni Sss rsasosc
The company yislcsa - he pFinslpsi
dsmaEds Of sbs stnksfs, snd . zas al
noanosd thai % = osrtzis day cork a.
she ysri0ss shops would BE- resumed a.
usual. when The time came, boSsyes,
the men isArnsd THAI msrabsFs Of tue
knights II Labor sosld not be taken
back INTO the sGSpgoymsut 81 the sots
p1ny unless they severed their s0nnsciion
vith THAI orgAnizAtios- Tns great tbs
jority 81 them rssosed 10 do this. ard
they we're accordingly thrown cot %
employment
TITS action on the part q the spnD-
pany was pniasti5sbis. IL had bseb
agreed by both parties thst certain
usints should be submitted 10 srsitrs
tion. and both we're in honor tcgnd b. |
Accept the result Of that arbitration 10 |
good fsit1. The COMPANY sas not keep
ing faith 9th its men, vixen, after tie |
points Ia dispute bad been settled, It re- |
fused 10 take q greater number Of
them back into its employ. The men
would not have Submitted thsir
grievances 30 arbitration II there bad
been svsn an intirnaiion that dis
elimination Of suob a naiars vas 10 b.
made between those strikers xso we're
Knights Of Labor and those Who we're
not. The strikers we're virtually hood
winked into Dropping the strike while
the company could wfeak its vengeance
upon the organization 10 whose ipfa-
enos Il attributed the trouble. With sli
the knights forced from among its
workmtn ami xith only uuofRaniEsa
labor With which 20 deal, the Wabash
managers could very soon have rrgainsd
all the ground vhish they had los,
through the arbitration.
The executive committee ~ the
Knigkts did ths wisest thing that could
have been done under the circnm-
stances. They made no objection 20
The oompany's action and appeared 10
he satisfied With the coarse Of affairs.
In the meantime, however, thsy prepsr.
ed for a supreme effort. and as soon
- thtAA ktAaa NEA1 HFAtfESF1s
dsrsd a strike. or more properly bsy.
colt. They attacked the Wabash In a
way that injured it intellectually. On
every road connecting With the Wabash
system the wo kmen refused 10 handle
Wabash cars. Freight consigned 20 the
Wabash could not 10 delivered. Ia no
shop voald the men repair wabash en-
ginss or oars The road Was completely
boyoottod. and its officials could do
nothing bot yield. They did this as
grsoefslly ss they could. and the dis
charged Knights of Labor will be re-
ceived back into the oompanY's employ
This. then, from the peculiar eircam-
stanoss surrounding Il. vas strike In
which public sympathy could be unre-
servedly with the strikers. They CON
mitted no tIeesses sf any kind They
tran, eressed the Law in no particular.
They simply forced the company To live
up 90 the spirit OF the agreement by
which they had Submitted seIed qaes-
tsons TO arbitration. The one thing
about the strike which excit amaze
ment IL the ease with which the Knights
Of Labor enforced their demands. The
machinery of their organization work
ed withon, brrak and without Jar.
Eysn the most inereduioas anst nov
admit that theirs has srises in the field
OF labor = new force of xondrous pow.
o., which. a. 10 IL managed wisely or
without wisdsm. will vieid tremendous
innaeace working good or evil 20 Amer
loan labor.