Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-03-20


tb.u, Il, ,.,Iu+. 10 Term, Not only working
men hut profeSSioual men aad business
men nf the cit, were extremely sorry that
any serious trouble arose. and the feeling
seemed general that the MhiteIry~ should
haze permittr,I the men to continue work il
rn,.y 50 desired. and have waited for the
Knight, ut Labor tu make the strike But
il mus, be. remembered that all persons
have A LEGAL and a moral right to empluN
such men As they desire who are
willing To- work for them Nu
man or organization uf men have a
lpsraI or moral right 10 dictat, tu others who
shall and shall NOT b,. rmpl,,,d II i said
th,. Whirrl,y> " in ht. ..bn,cuttrd:" will ht
,.r,,,h,d W.1 thai i, A big lob. II il
comes If will h,, a heavy crash Who will
M. Lr,t" What other br,rt, and other in
trr,.,t, will be. mad,. tn bleed l. it not safe
tn "a, that at least .5Dn wurkiugmrn
y,,,u1d h. thrown out of work. and at least
Il 600 additional rrr>on> whum those |. 800
vnrLIugru,u >uppuTt be- made tn suffer-
True NOT kui,rntS If Labor vet working
mon inst A. true and r. good ~ their frl-
urkiulrut,.II who Hr,. kuiyNt~u uf .anuT.
What business man. " hat professional man.
what labnriug man would rejoice Ia see our
,,r,ud ChuuuinI City ~u frrlihIy aff1ictrdH
No one who has a true heart Even
thr knights of Labor who now feel
,rri,Nrd AMI vrur.r,.I will SOONER or later
LINK -, ti,r,,. NATTER, differently The very
hard fines and want of pmpIuynrut make
man, IahnriulrIuru rudnrS,. unreasonable
demands nu curiraI that they Will not favor
,,hru lime, iruIrr,r and ,.Ipl1aI will bring
h,.rt,.r r,.t;IrI,~ and ray better wages
TIE. KNIGHTS of .ahur have and are doing
many unreasonable things. acts that will
hrru,r atfIirtinn on themselves. Take the
, extensive strike now nn Gnuld> railroad
.,.r,m ordered hy ih,. Knights of Labor
IN. Strike WAS moi for better pay. nor for
I,.., ar rp,rc bur,r, of work. hui because one
,.iaI and by the way, branch line with
who's. uauagrmrnt Mr.. C,nuId had nothing
Ia do The Knights Of Labor demanded
that this man h,. .rt-cmnluyrd The demand
was refused \ strikrwaS ordered and Ia
extended tiIl now 10 900 wnrkimgmen are
iII. and all freight traffic Stopprd, bringing
h.ay, Ins, and Inconvenience tn all classes
nf rrnnl,. not only along this entire system
uf railroad, in the southwest. but in outside.
sections. II i, such action A. this that will
GuaI,, DESTROY the, good features that NAV
exist i'm the, knights of Labor organizations
Rusin,.Ss commenced to boom but has
lately received good many hark~rtS
While material has advanced, manutactur-
ing indictments have not. and will not dur
ing this season. As farmers have not Yet full
IL recovered from the past two years of de
preston. But increased sales are expected.
and il i, hoped that the business results of
This wear will give manufacturers sufficient
encouragement To- commence work for 1881
on longer time and better wages.
II is true that we have some cranky lrgi>-
latnr> at Columbus. endcavoring to obtain a
little uuturicty hI presenting bills making il
a criminal uffen>e. punishable with fine and
impri>onment for any manufacturer. in
fact any rmpuvrr. except farmers. to even
permit men ia their employ to work over
eight hours per daN. Don't these cranky.
Self-appointrd labor defenders know that
the majority of workingmen prefer to work
more than eight hours a day. and that work
mgmrn receive more pay for nine or ten
hours than for eight hours work:
Also. that most wurkimgmrn in
manufacturing shops are paid either by the
hour or piece work. and that the value OF
labor is based upon services rendered In
this connection We will mention one cast
that will illustrate hundreds OF Others II
our city. \ certain mechanic working dur
ing INS5 for manufacturer received ~
cents per hour. and obtained eight hours OF
work per day. Last fall. when the East
street shops started up he obtained wOrR
al the same price per hour. but for ten
hours per day. His former employer
anxious To obtain his services. offered him
- cents per huur and promised him steady
work of eight hours per daV. He declined