The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-05-07

The Cnpltnllses and Corporations Orgee'
tied FoP : stubborn right with OrgAa-
lred Labor In General and the knights %
Labor IN Pnrsiculsr--Jsy 0eald Said -
No the Leading spirit.
NKw YoRk. April 25.-Just - tho
troubles between the Northern ana
Southern States led year BY year through
number Of decades 20 the struggle o.
twenty-five years ago, 90 have the diner
cnces between capital and labor been
gradually approaching the final struggle.
Il has been said q late that strikes ~
over the country are indicative that ne
pcrIod n q hand when the millionaire
and corporations on one side ana tho
workingInen on the other Sic must come
20 q satisfactory and dnn1 understanding
which II 10 be the supremacy d the one
or the other. TIE strikers In majority
Of instances have met with success 10
times pnst simply because they were or
gnnizcd, but recent information indicates
that the mlllionaires and corporations
have also organized.
tits learned that from the day last sum-
mer when Mr.. Gould was forced 70 DOW
the knee to the Knights and grant their
demands for an adjustment Of grievances
on the Wabash system, that capitalists
and large corporations, seeing the hand
writing on the wall, have been preparing
for final struggle. Practically speaking,
: great union Of the moneyed interests
has been In course OF formation TO. many
months. At first the surface railroad cor
porations Of this city did not belong 70
| the union, and they were forced TO grant
the demands OF their men In January.
Since then II can be positively stated that
the presidents Of the roads have Joined
| the big union, subscribed anywhere from
| 81 900, 900 and upward, and are now pre-
pared to give battle TO the knights. when
| Mr.. Hoxie turned his back upon the mem
| beers Of the general executive committee
| OF the Knights Of Labor, he knew that AL
| the roads leading into East st. Louis nad
| subscribed e250,000 as . fund 70 ucIeas
| the strikers; he knew that AL the otnei
| roads Of the country had subscribed, OF
| were willing to subscribe. hundreds Of
| thousands 10 crush the knights Of Labor
| and the labor unions Of the country.
| The last TO come into the big union are
| the sugar-renners Of BROOKLYN. They
| also have subscribed TO the big fund and
| are prepared to fight 20 the bitter end
They are even more defiant than Mr.
Hoxie They refuse absolutely to take
the strikers back at any thing Ike thciI
former wages. They will shut down en-
tirely, they say, knowing full well that ~
the knights Of Labor have q reserve funf
from which to draw support, they also
have fund running up into the millions
from which to draw sustenance. Ger
tain president Of one OF the trunk lines
said to-day that this company stood read.
10 subscribe e5O0,000 10 the big fund
the first indication VI trouble from u
employees. Whether Mr.. Gould Is tn
general master workman Of the Knight
OF Capital can not be learned, but such i
the report. This big fund has enabled
the corporations to scour the country 10
non-union men, and It can be stated posi-
lively that In the event OF a general tie-u
Of the railroads 10 this or any OF the othe
larger cities, there are men who STAN
ready to take the places Of the strikers.