Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-02-18
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do equivalent WOrk 10 men snail receive
similar pay. In business there is no re-
ligion, politics or social law. Suppose
you were New York exporter, and there
were four ships at the wharves, one flying
the Prussian eagle, another the Chinese
dragon, third the, French tri-color, and
still o fourth the blood-Ied cross of Eng
land, the several agents of each offering
to ship four cargoes. How say you. II
is a matter of business, and all Other
things being equal you accept the
lowest bidder; that's right, it's bust
ness Now 1 want you to tell
me on your honor as gentleman,
is il right or Just to discriminate against
q woman when she can deliver equal OF
better service than the other sex2 II is
we'll known that in ante-bellum times in
the south that women working side by
side in the cotton fields did more work
than men. Their wages in the past, that
is to say for similar work, has been l0per
cent less than mans We warn you, you
must bring their wnges up or the terrible
retaliation will come On you OF capital
making use of them TO bring your wages
down. Great applause.
What do the Knights of Labor say about
the penitentiaries and convict labor.
Well, We'll see that the laws are oLeyed.
Tom, Dick, or Harry must be arrested il
they commit misdemeanors, but when the
man is in Jail we shall object to his labor
being placed on the market at 40 cents O
| day, or at q cent less to contractors OF
| anybody else than the market value OF
the free white mans labor, skilled and
unskilled, and mind you, we'll see that we
are obeyed. Loud and continued APP
| plause. A man from Michigan said he
would mike us repeal this law in the
empire state of New York. What did the
Knights of Labor do? A little correspon-
dence, manly in regard to certain legis-
lators retaining their positions in the as
| sembly which depended upon our votes
| quickly settled the matter, and the party
in power, with most undignifed hurry
said "We'n do what you want right
now" Derisive laughter.
Texas gave 3,O00,OOO acres to build a
new capitol. The lind was worth 81 an
acre. Charles V. Farwell of Chicago got
the land, and in turn sold it to an English
syndicate for $4,000 900. don't blame
| Charlie Farwell but condemn the fact
that 2, 900 men are raising the stone TO
build that capitol but not one of them all
| q free man. What the Knights of Labor
say is that the land shall be sold in open
market, dollar for dollar, and the structure
be erected at free labor rates. You
remember, years ago, in Penn
sylvania the Mollie Maguires. Judge
Pershing of Schuyllzill county, stated
| to me in regard to them that not
one of the unfortunate men who fell vic
Tins to their assaults was ever found
robbed. It is now well conceded fact that
these breakers of the law were goaded
and provoked to the terrible excuses by
| the action of then existing statutes in re-
gard to payment in goods instead of cash.
| I've seen the people ask at the stores for
sirloin steak, to which the ticket value
properly entitled them, and they receive
scraggy neck.
Some years ago in Tioga, Pa, the work
ingmen had the temerity to ask third Of
| their pay in cash. Immediately certain
man went to Harrisburg to get bill
introduced into the legislature to make
such payment not legally necessary.
| That bill became law within seven days,
one of its counts being that the trans.
| gressor s'shall be eyicted within 10 days
The company refused to make partial
cash payment. The men struck, anC
within 10 days, by the laws of the state
hundreds of families were thrust oRt init
the snow, many to perish. / do not want
murder, but under God, believe tina
what caused these Mollie Mcguire muir
ders was the deliberate act of the stat
Legislature,
Tho Knights of Labor say there shall b,
nothing accepted for labor, but what il
legal tender for all debts, public and pri
vate. We deny TINT we are in favor o
strikes. But 1 say if property owner
have right to put price on their goods
we have right to put price on ou
property, that is, on our labor. We den,
too, that we are debating to capital. Tha
assertion is branded as q lie. A few mel
in black broadoloth and white waistcoats
meet together and the resolution is passed
"Be it resolved, that the price of Goa
goes up one dollar a ton. "That isnot Gale,
strike, or debating; it is the board o
trade meeting. But suppose that trades
men and mechanics did that with thei
property would IL be Il strike ?
The speaker then explained the extrem
strictness of the code of Knights o
Labor upon subject of strikes. Thi
cannot be undertaken at a within o
fancy. You will not be supports
in that; act. The employer or fore
man must be properly approaches
upon the subject of the grievance. Th
whole matter understood, scommitteet
umpires or arbitrators appointed an
every effort used TO avoid extreme meas
ures. 1t is only as last resource that
strike is resorted to or supported by til
Knights of Labor.
We had strike in the Hooking Valley
The mining company wished to pay onl
, so cents a ton, the miners desired y
cents. Colonel Rem, a neighbour
, mine owner, asserted that he could live {
; SO ceuts ton. The Hooking Vale
Company told Colonel Rem that if L
> did not bring his rates to 60 cents b
} would not get car to draw his coal
5 The papers got hold of the matter.
8 was thoroughly ventilated. The Hoclkin
, Valley and the Knights of Labor agree
7 TO leave the matter to arbitration. Allu
Q G. Thurman was invited as umpire, On
, after days of patient investigation
8 that ''noblest Roman of them all
. declared that go cents is an honest pric
5 The miners got go cents ton. Evel
!, Knight of Labor must subject himself
y arbitration or an umpire. Oh, but SO,
Q some one, il I'm q Knight of Labor I'll
Il turned off. You prove that TINT is Il
# only reason you are turned off and We
n let that company or person SO severe
n alone that his business will die of itsel
Is laughter. What terrible words those
h scripture are "Let Ephraim alone to b
n idols" A publisher in New York want,
to leave some Knights of Labor alone.
RS 10 weeks the sheriff was heard in l
10 place: "Going, going gonei"
at We have engaged to do another thin
1r namely, to make labor respectable.
~ honest labor is respectable. You d
III tinguish between the trades and pi
le LESSONS. What good is a lawyer, aI
Id how? He is a necessary evil in b
ca society, and yet you poor galoots Ell,
o, them every time to make your laws. Y
or ask, can a poor, black coal-miner b.
ca gentleman. If you had seen what l hi
IN seen, you would coucede il quite possib
"a It is his laborious, persistent toll Il
ot keeps us all warm and comfortable
he winter. The mother hugs the shiy
ne ing child to her breast and hum
It; along the cold street TO the welco
ne warmth OF the fireside. The coal mi
nd is inspired aud elevated under the
ny huence of the knowledge of what he d
I'd to make human life endurable and hap
*, Even the scavenger does his sh
gil of honorable contribution to
Ish needs of civilization. Ask the doci
It about the value of cleaning the quit
We about the conditions that give rise
Get typhus, cholera and other troubles.
ose scavenger need not be ashamed of
nd province. The value of the scayeng
Iii work to society is more than that of
viii the tight-panted dudes the whole of y
Dor mington will raise for the next 10 ye