Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-08-19
DAILY pOsT-IATHLIeEHctR


Tie ship hands Of the Wsbash sosbA-
whose asGisaitsss vita the aOmpzny led
to lbs sgfio1s strike a . fss zsoraths
asto, bsys 0Bss Gons stopyed sork. 1bs
rshs01s for the pzsesns Oasbrsak bass
nos yst bss1 made pa5lie. stthSush rts
irasnedizts esaas 81 tie strike - ssid 70
hass bssn refusal On ths psrs Of the
Wsbssb ofHcIAIs 10 INST . eo8utttes
sppofntsd b. tkls knights u Lsbor 70
treas vifh stssai for sessismsnt 81
somIs ds8 nltiss sxlssipR between shs
company and iss employees Is u ssfs
90 assume that the tss& esass Of ahs
strike vas not the s1as reserved - t5S
osninsftsse. bat the difisaitiss Which
made the spDoist8sus % sach . s<xE-
nfsfss necessary. The refusal 10 meet
the con nittes vas looIss ppon by the
V0rkmen ~ refusal 70 hear state
nsrt Of their RrisFsnees, and the strike
vss sooogdissiy ordered. IL mass be
rsmsmbesed THAI the principal Agencies
fss Ehe transmissios Of news ass asd@s
tbs isfasnss Of eaploysrs, rather than
lAnHsrs, aos that toe snplsyers' story
OF d labor dffhs1liy invariably reasses
the psbsis long before Ihas Of the stfik-
ssa. Men usually hsvs suns rssi eau g
for csmpisisf b,sfaEe shsy break @ttt
thsir employers. and In most Gases .
prssty fair story cais Be told By sitssr Of
the sontsnding parties 10 sueh sariks
o. that iass izaaRarsted.
The sass With wnseh the Rxscutivs
Cosnmistss Of this Kaiahis Of Labor tan
order ssn 70 stop 's0rk in dszn or
hnrzrsd cities and the implisit oks-
dissaes Ehieh The nssn Fssdsr 10 Eash
orders shox wftk startling distiDesEeas
the vsst ssasas whist has bsan wrought
ID Tia conditions ~ tie Labor proslsD
uitlain the pass fsW years. The shsnas
IL still going on, and ws cannot yet tell
whashsr ils RsnsraI eject npos the
human race viii ~ bsrlsaeisi of osklss-
uisa. We ali kn,v ths poins ffom
whiuh ve started. hat the vtssss oannss
tell where We are going. Originally ali
power vas 10 the hands Of the enploy
srs and woFkmea had no eourss bat 70
aseslps such wages and sueh work ~
sers offered tbsss. A wise uss Of %
ereas psspondssanss Of poser in ell
eases could NOT be exDsstsd outside OF
Uto,gia. There vsse ab'ssss, and thsJ
wsnb elafing ones.
These abuses mss viii resIssanot a.
sosa 80 vorssngmaz beosns lstslliGsns
enough ~ kasW Essir poser. Trades
Iinions cans into sxistsnes. The rpsn
who organizsd TIE Afss Of these psobA-
big iitls seaIizsd the srsatnsss sad i'm
persanse Of the mlOvslnsnt whioh thsy
wers inaaeurating. Thsy psObssl,
aniaed for temporary purpose and np-
on she atsainmsnl Of their obisos DIS
banded. Bat tue idea. once realized in
action. could not die. IL v0aId not even
slssp. The briGhter naieds among The
wsrkiagmsn readily psrcesysd tbs ire
fnsudoas power which Orgsniz aiion and
united 90 boa ssuld plaos In their haods
They bad found The ksy Of the sitas-
tiop, aod they ~ onos proceeded " 6t
II 10 the lock. Trades unioas we're or
eaniz ID svsFywhsse. The greatest ef.
forts vere made 10 efnsh thsm eut.
They were laRislaled against and
prssehsd against. To be Q trades
uaioniss vAs popularity considered asosi
~ horrible a. "a, Be thug. Bot in
spits Of all. The unioEs lived and noos-
izhsd. tbs great idse had bssn fairly
Efsspsd and tha ssrargAe bssvees aapi-
ssl and organized labor Vas fairly lean
gsFatsIi.
For many yeanH the unionists bad the
most tsnabIs position, aud tho arRu
ments which they brought forward in
fassF Of strites we're snanswsrable.
No one would think Of dispntise The
right Of 9 workman 20 refuse 10 work Il
the wages did not sait him. the ease
was no, altered whsn q thousand vosk-
men acting IN sonesfs refused to WORT.
sooa the trades unionista. OF union
rnsis, 20 they came 10 be ealied, 70.
faxed 10 work 10 the same shops OF fac
toriss With nea uhion aasn. THIS posi-.
tioe, alien oonld be defended with very
plansibls srsusssnts. sTha right Of
wotkmsn 10 rsfuis 10 vpFk side By side
viih man who 10 otnoxious 10 him."
reasoned the unioa man, "eanaot be
denied. II Saith and Joaes, who wosk
~ adjoining banshess eannos &c, along
tcssther, Zones can awe up bis siiua
lion aud lsavs saith 70 work alone 81
long a. he breaks no contract with his
employer, no ona woald think Of aues.
itching bis right 70 do 90. BE, II Smith
were obnoxtous TO all his fellow work
men, they might all rufuse 10 work With
him. Eos. No lsy dswn the principle
that non union men generally asa OBJ
noxioas 10 us aud Ne fesnss 10 sork side |
BY slde With thsm. when unr employers
insist apaa eur dining %. we simply stop
working, And thai ID 9 siriks.r So
srxsed he unian msa. and 10 musa be
confessed that 10 is nes easy 70 Dad q |
weak point In hia reasoning.
In later year,. however. The question
has changed. Tue anions we're gen.
orally successful, and they became con.
hiefit. Nos many Of then claiu, sos
only The rieha 10 stop WORKING them
sslvs's. bat svsa The right 10 pnsven,
their employers from hiring other work
msn. Any astaupt 10 hire etAsrs is re-
sisted. sometimes BY violenss and
semhtimss BY ottsr means equally sIse-
\ tive. TIE ecnass Of reasoning Which
has insiined The anioniss before. breaks
desa here. Ihe employer eAn uow 70
tAliate With, ~Whila Jones' can ssoe
work u be does net shoeas 10 work Be
side Smith. be has 40 rieht 10 compsi
ssAth 10 stop. de has no right 70 .,
\ saclt tae or INV business hep.ilsa I