The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-05-01
aouLp,s LApoM LOGIC.
rhs Outcome OF Present TroublOs- Rem mediO
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NEw YORK, April SO,-The Times to-day
has a lengthy interview with lay Gould
IN the labor situation. In answer to an
inquiry as to what he thought would be
the outcome Of the present discomfort and
agitation among workingmsn Mr., Gould
said:
~ look for little good to anyb1dy, least
Of all TO theworkiug people who are direct
~ and vitally interested, from the species
Of agitation that is now shown to US most
conspicuously. 1t gives uS strikes, boy.
cottg, intimidation aud threats OF disorder
in a thousand forms. 1t seeks, practically,
70 plunge the country into civil war. II
places an embargo on everything akin 10
personal independence, The workingmen,
10 fur rs We see them in these bodies oi
the stamp OF the knights Of Labor, are do.
ing themselves an ineBtinable deal Of
harm, Organized labor, as we get u pres
,nt view Of It, is in the wrong path. Un.
.crupulous and desigalng leadorsare blind.
ing the masses.
the speaker. '"DO not take the idea from
what have aaid that am opposed to the
organization OF labor. Far from that be-
ing true, l am All earnest believer in the
union OF iellow.workers. | see abundant
advantages sure to accrue TO the man who is
banded for mutual benefit with his brother
Iaborer. The properly organized laborer
must be q stronger man, q better work.
nan, more careful, more thoughtful and a
better citizen.
oRoANI2ATIoN'S TRUE MISSION.
"What, then, would be your idea OF
proper organizltion2"
~ think the true mission Of labor Or
Kanizsuon should be TO properly educate
their members, weed out tho black sheep
md provide lie Insurance. scheme whose
benefits would be worth working for.
The worker should be able to feel sure
that II by hard fortune he becomes in
capacitaLed there is still protecting hand
70 give his remaining days some bright
ness, that there is safety from the poor
aouso and freedom from the anxieties and
tortures OF an absolute poverty, and that
in case OF death there would be something
% support the Wiie and children other
gise thrown on the merCies Of the
world. Here the workingmen would
nave something TO live for; ho
you'd not feel himself cut of from
III tho world; he would not bo con:
Ir0nted constantly with expectations Of
misery. .Manliness would assert itself
.here would never he danger oil disloyalty.
The laborer would be patriot always.
He would never be a law.broaker. For a
long time have been revolving In my
mind various sencmes by which | have
hoped TO bU able 10 work UP TO the real-
izstion Of this condition Of things. II has
oeen one OF my fAvorite dreamI, and In
| the eud | am confident that will be able
70 establish Just what seek In this direC-
lion. Such ali organization as / have out
lined Ia practicable. II would go hand In
hand with the railroads. Indeed, | have
| 40 far con yinCed myself on this point that
| have discussed details OF such project
with number Of my assistants"
| wHkRE THB TRoUILE LIES.
Elm asserting that wicked leaders have
used unions for ignobls purposes he said,
"the fact is too patent to permit Of dis.
ouise that the workingmen Of the land 10.
day ara under the leadership for the most
paTt Of loud.talking demagogues Of the
worst type-nen who left their native
connirieB for their native Countfies good.
Nen who In Germany OF Russia would be
locked with their incendiarisnl within
prison walls are heroes here. They are
leaders, and the blatant outcry Of their
shameiu ideas wins applause Men who
we're born Of patriotic parents, who were
reared In families where honesty was In.
unlaled and tile iesr Of God and Justice 10
4 nneia iellow.men taught as chief OF virtues
and duties, men who all their lives have
heen lndUstriuus and honorable, such
,nen--Had as the Abatement OF the fact may
be-srch men have been bpfogged by the
shouts aud impFeCstions and aehdlsh
Ieacbinqs Of these imported communists
WHO pfeach, In the name Of suffering
humanity, doctrines that no man could
declare who was not made III the fumes Of
lie msaneBt dtsgs Oi,NililiBm.
HWhaI do think Of stfikesp They are
Renseless, delenseless aud perniCious To
the last degree. They are born Of an
idea that does not rise 10 tue level Of FIJI
. IBlandeIs tactics. The boycott, II 10 a
BilllnOFB run mad men who use u are
Bmashing their own skulls TO pieces"
RKMRDiRs sVouEsTEp.
"Can you suggest any legislation, ia.
tional or state, which would tend 10 pre-.
vent slrlkes2"
7 "The arbitration plan lately proposed
! by President Cleveland 10 the most pfaetl'
eSl goluuoh Of The labor problem yet pre-.
SInied, and / ainasfely h0pe that Congress
viii plsS d bill that Hill Eiye eject % BIZ