The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1886-05-01
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Hs ~ fstaiaa spirit
ssw Yuae. Apnl g5 tnH as lhf
tfuahles between tbe northern and
souihem states Jed year bg year through
anamhor n decades 30 ihe struggle "
twenty Eve gean aqt, s0 bare Che dinef'
tbfea batweeH capital and labof becH
gradually approaches iht dhli struggle
II has been said u late ihit slNkfe Hil
osef ihc country ar indicative tlat Mo
period {. at hand WHOM The millionaire
lnd corporations 0n ono sldc and iho
Wafh lnamtn ON tie other side must come
"A y satisfactory and ilnal understanding
Whlrh 4 "a be lht suprtnIary If no 0ng
0t the other. The strikers in 4 inUuuiy
u instances have met with sucrrsa in
times past simply because they were Of
gaslzsd hut recent Information Indicates
thar the mi;ilonircs md corporations
have also organized,
n n learned that from the day last sum.
ttiet when Mr. Gould wnA forced " bow
the knee t0 the Knights aud grdut iiIe'f
demands Tor an adjustment VI grievances
on the Wabash system, that capitalists
aud large corporations, seclug the baud.
writing oil The wall, have heon preparing
Tor n 1nal struggle. Practically speaking,
great union OF the moneyed interests
has been In course Of formation for many
months. At FIRST the surface railroad cor.
purations Of this city DID not belong 10
The union, and they were forced 20 grant
the demands Of their men IN January.
Since then It can be positively stated that
the presidents oi the roads have joined
the big union, subscribed anywhere from
81 900, 600 and upward, and are now pre-.
pared tn give battle 10 the Knights When
MFR. Hoxic turned bis back upon the mem
1 bcrs Of the general executive committee
/ Of the knights Of Labor, he knew that all
the roads leading Into East 81. Louis mad
subscribed s2j0,OO0 az a fund 10 defeat
the strikers; be knew that all the other
roads Of the country had subscribed, OF
were willing to subscribe, hundreds OF
! thousands to crush the knights OF Labor
and the labor unions Of the country.
The last 10 come into the big union arc
the sugar.rchners Of BROOKLYN. Tucy
also have subscribed to the big fund and
are prepared 70 fight To the bitter cnd
They are even moir defiant than Mr
H0Xie They refuse absolutely tg take
the strikers back at any thing Ike thcll
former wages. They will shut down en-
tirely they say knowing fun well that a'
the Knights oi Labor have reserve iunt
from which 10 draw support, thcy alsr
have a fund running up into the Million
from which 10 draw susiennnce. i Ger
tain president of one Of the trunk line'
said to-day that this company stood read
TO subscribe 100000 10 the big fund n
the nrst indication 0i trouble from "
employees. Whether Mr. Gould Is th'
general master workman Of the Knight
Di Capital can not be learned, but such &
The report. This big fund hss enabled
the corporations 70 scour the country 70
non-union men, and Il can be stated poJ
lively that Ia the event Of a general tlc-ul
of the railroads 10 this or any Of the Othe
larger cities, there are men who sthn'
ready to take the places Of the strikers.