Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-04-03

duties. What workmen required was
perfect understanding. When they had
perfect organizations and came to rail-
road corporations and demanded arbitra-
tion they would not only get it by the
force they had in their organization, but
they would be welcomed by their employ
ers mere as they were now in Great
Britain as bringing great solution to
the question. Pass this bill and reliance
wOrkmen on themselves would be trans
terred and this reform would be put back
for century.
WANTS GOULD DEAD.
MIR. Lawler, OF Illinois, declared that
without wishing to become communistic
IN his utterances he was free to say that
ii Jay Gould was hung To lamp post in
New York it would be a blessing to the
community known as the United States.
Laughter The action of Jay Gould
might cost hundreds and thousands OF
lives throughout the Western States. The
death of man like this was nothing COM
pared with what might occur if the diff
culties were not settled in those States.
There was no sentimental basis in this
matter. 1t was justice to the workman.
There was no harm in this bill and dis
cussiOn of it had had a healthy effect
upon the country. 1t was an honest bill,
and il there was anything wrong with il
Congress could repeal it at any time.
MR.. BRECKINRIDGE's MOTION DEFEATED.
Mr.. Breckinridge's motion was de-
feated.
Mr. Farquhar, OF New York, spoke as
a representative of skilled labor. He
could not see how skilled unions were in
any way interested in this bill.
Membership Of trades unions, the Knights
OF Labor and labor unions, as near as he
could learn, amounted year ago to $780,
600. Probably half OF these belonged to
the great organized trades unions, twen-
ty-one in number. This bill did not deal
with that class of trades unions at all.
1t simply dealt with the employees OF rail-
roads and railroad corporations, but 1t
was not for men like the gentleman from
Ohio (Mr. FOran) and himself, who had
borne the brunt OF the battle OF trade
uniOnism, to put straw in the way OF
this bill.
PRINTERS THE PIONEERS.
The organization to which he belonged
was the first one which had resorted to
arbitration. Since 1856 it had been a
standing rule of the National TypOgraph-
ical Union that all matters in dispute
should be submitted to arbitration. For
which had amounted to millions of dollars
to reach the point that the proprietor
must arbitrate or a strike would come.
1t did not intend to invoke statutory en-
actment while it had brains and vantage
ground to place its grievances first before
a board and then before the general pub
lie. But he hoped this bill would result
in good. The cardinal mainsprings Of the
Knights OF Labor were agitation, organi-
zatiou and education.
LEGISLATIVE SYMPATHY.
He believed there were men who knew
a little of trade unionism who would
think that the sympathy Of the great leg
islatIve branch OF this country was on
their side for fair play, and they would
accept this bill as q boon and as a
help. In his own trade strikes were so
few now that even arbitration was hardly
known. 1t had paved the way for men
like the knights of Labor. These OrganI-
cations We're controlled by conservative,
patriotic men, who would never sacrifice
the power and dignity of their organiza-
ti0n to become a mob, seeking tor that
which was not their inherent right.