New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-04-29
DECLINING TO BE AN ARBITRATOR


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WITH STRIKE IN PITTsBURG.
PITTsBURG, April Is (SpcciaD.-J. b. Corey
the coke and coal operator has declined to act as
member OF an arbitration board settle differences
between the slreetcar men and the companies Mr..
Corey was asked TO serve representative OF the
panes and in his letter addressed 20 President Patrick
OF The Birmingham Line he says:
To consent to niermeide with what is TO be mani.
testify other peoples affairs be to stultfy myself
in nv own eyes and to trampe upon all my con
What is there to pO arSi,roSe ei The The F cS%.
mon sense. honest and business principle.
the man. or men, doing the work. belongs the question
and duty ofdccidng hours Of labor and for the
Affairs. and settled upon such weil-tried principles OF
common sense and equity, that cannot conceive OF
allow any to interfere with his own business II
could consistently grant your request would willingly
I and every good citizen owe to our
business and civil relations to refuse to encourage
the unlawful attempts OF the socaed ghrs Labor
In usurpIng the constitutional rights American
zens and whose acts OF law e-sness such 0oycOtng
wreckng railroad trains, and murder Of daily
occurrence To give character 10 such bad principle is
the work Of sensational religious mOuntebanks trucking
newspaper publishers and political delnagogues who
catering or the influence votes and approval OF these
labor parasites. have wrested the word arbitration
from its true place and meaning. and converted
INTO the speech or cant phrase OF adventurers To
attempt 70 dignity or give character 20 such unmany
unAmcrican principle the sO-caled Knight Labor
- ~ slch acts a. that OF tho.e chvalrous
Knights WHO bockaded the streets OF New York recently
IN 10 DOycOJ one MIS- tray, VINO refused
'cudI-r M'n III nrr employ lOr refusing 10 JON the
knights IN knightly principle for American manhood
10 uphold or encourage. woman recognized wherever
Christian civilization Is known entitled 10 mans pro-
lection bounded aud assa ed her effort earn living
by knights Of LOafers under the heroic cry cap
ita and labor. For me 70 lend Influence In any way
10 such puslanimOus spirit would be to outrage all
my convictions OF what Is manly, Just to through
perunctory service OF saying what you must pay your
drivers ana conductors, when said drivers and cOnduc
tors could engage with the who would agree
10 give them higher wages; and that, too IN face
OF the threat OF Master Workman Evans, that
unless you comply with the terms OF his de-
mand and commit the management OF your
business into the hands OF irresponsible part your
charter privileges and right OF private contract Is
nnled THIS. IN my humble judgment. is opposed any
principle OF Justice and law. | would rather he com
PEELED 10 fOregO the accommodations OF ant
walk the balance OF my life, than a principle
that takes away from every American citizen his right
TO manage his own aaiIs The prOverb says "He that
passeth by and meddeth with strife that beongeh
To him, 10 like one taking dog Ivy the ears" 1t looks
me "a II 20 Mrs Gray. OF New York, will belong the
honor OF reIeeming our manhood from the ndignites
attempted upon our constltu i0ndl rights free
CONCERNING THE KNIGHTS OF LABOR.