Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-04-09

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John Derrick; ave miputes' talk ON
Andrew jackson, Il. II. Uber; music;
critics report. The music will be under
the leadership of Z. 7. sammons.
Trades Unionism ON Exhibition.
The following is the third of the periea
OF articles from the New York Jour
nal of Commerce" ON Labor and CAPT.
tai:
As long as the Communists met only
in secret conclave, holding themselves
out to the world rs the devoted friends
of the poor, the down trodden and the
de stitute, whom in some mysterious
way they were to raise to Fl sedem and
q iuence, they were regarded as an as
ISOLATION of harmless fanatics domi-
mated by o single impraoticable idea.
But when they were led TO hoist their
| flag, open their sessions to the public,
and TO preach q crusade against all
that Ia sacred In the home, the church,
aud the State, their true character ~as
discovered, and they shut themselves
out at once from the sympathy o. every
right minded man.
In the same way the true character of
trades unionism Is coming to be better
understood, as its mem bers act out Its
Il
thus placed on exhibition before tn.
Il world. In the contests they invite and
Il promote there may be an avowed pur.
pose of moderation and she use ouly of
peaceful measures, but where the re-
II SIT moe Is stubborn, and concessions are
refused, there is always the same RS
sort TO violence and reckless damage TO
persons and property. IT 1t 10 an as
Isociation OF miners, the bludgeon, the
lt)Vch, the knife and the pistol come
early into play, and there 10 scarcely
) and apology among the best of them for
the resulting arson and murder. II
there is q strike on q street railroad, the
cars are not allowed to run, no matter
how many willing hands outside of the
, uuion may offer 70 man the places dc.
: serted by driver and conductor.
. The volunteers are beaten with stick
: or pelted with stones; the cars ar,
Il wrecked, the tra:ks are torn mp, thu
etreets are barricaded, and even tn
whole police force Of the city Ia Insult
c,ent 10 restrain the bowling mob II
y their work of violence. The officer
Q may issue bulletins calling on their fol
It 10 wers 70 abstain from any overt acts c
10 hostility, but theee are intended enl
n for the public eye, and the writers kno'
IS that they will be wholly disregarded b
q the excited throng to whom they ar
addressed.
y The only way TO prevent q wholesal
obstruction of property, and seriou
loss of life, is for the employer to r.
main Inactive aud to allow the striker
10 to have their way. A resolute purpos
l. any " here during the past year on th
le part of firm or corporation to main
A. tain unimpaired the right 10 continu
1.-The business thus suspended has PR
10 voked riJt which the local authoriti'
10 have been powerless to quell. Only b
concession aud compromise has an
VI sem blance OF public tranquility bee
Cn aihtained in the heat of such q COL
b. ttst
no The new wespon borrowed by Il
he | trades unions from the malcontents
cd Ireland has been directed against eyel
yn m aterial interest in the country, al
,er the combat thus waged has borne mo
nd heavily in it's effects uPon tho
with whom the strikers have had !
~ cause of quarrel L. is the most rec
'o9 less form of warfare the world b
ever known, since the blow not on
on falls alike on friend aud foe, but
for fiicts q vast amount of damage
ie- the innocent without any correspou
IL signed to punish.
In. Some one in Texas offended KING
Nd Iof Labor by discbarging man, ave
aIa eddy for inebriety and Incompetence
$40 demand for his restoration WAS refus
IN and the offender was "boycotted."
as could not be coerced into submissi'
the and his friends and connections q
to Ievery industry in which he W as direc
ion or remotely interested we're suojec
ark to the same treatment. Railroad lii
TO were suspended because they carr
his freight, and other railroad Ii
mes. because they w.uld not Join In
- movement aud sever their connects
until traffic on q large part OF the Sou
,ney western railroads was absolutely al
a 10 coDed. Goods were piled In ws
the houses, and even exposed to storms
Incii the open air awaiting transportat
and Families over large dist.ict who
are taken no part In the disturbance v
not left without Oil for light or Goa
vars burn, and many cases absolutely W
Ia Iout the necessaries of life. Trade
z isuspended, even in the eastern ci
Aous because the purchases co Md not be
they ried nor delivered.
gain The boycotting was extended to
that minutest details wherever the stri
good had the power. Every man who W
our mot join them was followed about
sahie store to store where he went to
This bread for his family. II q grocer
- :" him a bag Of -four or pound Of tt
~ sugar, he WAS compelled by the nj
STU ists to return the money and get
ana the property or to close his store.
what offender who had no well on bis
the place Was Obliged to 60 two mile
much water, all his neighbors being forbi
setter Ito duench his thirst under thres
?. Ifshaving their supplies cut on and
"a shet houses burned over their heads.
and Ithat he had done was to keep
Il hn+ ling house where an offender hs
=, meals. Butchers had their meat 81
u 'He on the hooks, and many dealers bs
bankrupt because they dared n
;, could not sell against the order
was Knights who had waited upon hir
J, con- The worst of the conflict has no
The told In the public prints. Not
exec pit the papers are under the control
.yor of torgknization which made the hgh
sannh- lis responsible for the outragesi
onra,a Hthdse that are not thus managed
"a a. mot deemed 1t prudent to fill thei
sno umps with the actual facts. TIL
30 ne Itress extending over q wide a
es neg lcouhtry has been almost beyoBt
his bill G 4pk zion. Many commuaities w
be no receiver for months, perhaps for
NO the nm the blow they have reoeive
II this fierce conflict.