The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-06-25

give it up for starvation. You may not iii
the line of steamers that you are sailin
In. but do not jump overheard in the mid
die of the Atlantic. Be little earle
than usual at your post of work while tn
turmoil lasts. and attend to your occups
tion with little more assiduity than ha
ever characterized you.
Ny brotherly counsel, in the secon
place, is to those who have resigned worl
1t is best for you and best for everybod
to go back Immediately. Do not wait
see what others do. Get on boar
the train of National prosperif
before it starts again, for start it will
start soon and start mighty. Las
year in the city of New York there wer
forty-five general strikes and 1T sho]
strikes. Successful strikes, ninety-seven
strikes lost. thirty -four; strikes pending
at the time the statistics were made, fifty
nine; strikes compromised, thirty two
Would you like me to tell you who viii
make the most out of the present almost
universal strike. can and will. Thos.
will make the most out of it who go first te
/ work.
| My third word Of lrotherly advice is to
another class of laborers-namely, those
who have been a long time ont of work.
How many of them! Before this present
trouble began there were nearly 2,oe0, 600
| people in this country out of work and
could not get work. have worn myself
out again and again, as many OF You have,
to get employment for those who be-
sought ii. In some cases we succeeded, in
others failed. My brstherly counsel is to
the nearly 1900 900 people who could not
get work before this trouble began, and
who have themselves and their families to
support, to go now and take the vacated
places. Go in and take these places
a million and a half strong. Green
hands you may be now, hut you will not
be green hands long.
My sentiment is full liberty for all who
want to strike to do so, and fnll liberty for
all who want to take the vacated places.
Other industries will open for those who
are now taking q vacation, for we have
only opened the outside door Of this conti-
nent, and there is room in this country for
500, oOo,O 900 people, and for each one of them
home, and livelihood and God.
So, however others may feel about this
excitement. as wide as the continent, am
not scared bit. The storm will hush,
Christ viii put his foot upon 1t as upon ag.
itated Galilee. As at the beginning, chaos
will give place to order as the spirit of God
moves upon the waters. But hear it, work.
ingmen of America! Y our first step toward
light and betterment Of condition will he
an assertion of your individual independ-
ence from the dictation OF your fellow
workmen. You are free man, and let no
organization come between you and your
best interests. Do not let any man or any
body of men tell You where you shall |
work, or where you shall not work: when |
you shall work or when yon shall not |
work. II man wants to belong to labor |
let him belong. II he does
not want to belong to labor organization |
let him have perfect liberty 10 stay out.
You own yourself. Let no man nut 4 |
manacle on your hand, or foot, or head, or
heart.
belong to . ministerial association that
meets once a week l love all the menu
,ers very much. We may help each other
n hundred ways, but when that associa-
ion shall tell me to quit my work and 70
'omewhere else, that / must stop right
O690
'adly treated down in Texas, will saw to
hat ministerial association: s.Uet thee
'ehind me, Satan" Furthermore, have
J right to resign my passionate OF this
hurch and say to the people: 81 decline
work for you any longer. am going,
Good-by." But linger around the doors
n Sunday mornings and evenings with =
hot gun to intimidate or hinder the min.
ter who comes TO take nv place. may
uit my place and continue to be a xentIe-
ian. but when ! interfere with NV sue
sssor in this pulpit l become q criminal
nd deserve nothing better than soup in q |
n bowl in Sing Sing penitentiary. Here
statement that l would have eyerv
lhorer put in his memorandum book or ,
aste IN his hat, and every Newspaper put
the head OF its columns. There are :
ow about II ,0o0, 900 people in this country 1
'ceiving wages. and about 6OO.O00 be-
nging to organizations that control | /
leir labor. would have all the !
900 do ~ they please, AID I would | {
I've all the other II. 400 900 do ~ they I
ease. You win adult that the 600 900 in 8
lch organizations ought not TO control {
. II 400, 900 laborers not in them. Your :
Ut duty, laboring man. is il to your 6
miiy. Let no one bat Almighty God b
ctate to You how you shall support q
en- Work when Won please, where you o
Ease, at what you please, nnd allow mo n
. for hundrelth- miilionth part Of q D
cond to interfere with yonr right. When q
emerge from the present unhappiness. D
wesoon win. we shah flnd MANY tyran. ii
% broken aud labor and capital win Il
srch shoulder sn shoulder. q
Relief will com "a tho working classes N
this counfr, .hrs ugh better UNDER C
'nding heswe-h capital and labor. Be-
e this contest goes mucl, further 1t viii I'll
found that interests are idsnti..ai: what r
lps one, helps both; what INJURIES one. d,
ures both. Show me any point in the OF
rid's history OF 800 years where can Il
was prospered and labor oppressed, or %
ere labor was prospered and capital op- "a
,ssed What Is the state Of things nowY pz
Dor ct its wits end to get bread. Cap. u
! q tts wits end TO pay the taxes and ca
'p the store and factory running. Show nc
any point in the last fifty years whore Ii
'ital was getting large accumulation. II
1 win show you the point at which nc
or was getting large wages. Show me n
0iut at any time Il, ~. 1..< a | =.