Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-04-08
NATIONAL PROBLEMS.
ARTICLE XIV.
WHAT DO THESE STRIKES MEANT
THE INDUSTRIAL RRV0-
LUTON.
Chains Of the worlsmea-Their Hostir0y q
German Socialism and Harmony with
the Anglo-saxon spirit OF Liberty.
BY PROF. HENRY G. ADAMS.
OF the Departments Of Political Economy in
Michigan and Cornell Universities.
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Clearly ana "ltnout heslDaeon lesPcVune
q struggle that touches our own lives. la
this great theater of the world while the
pIav is vet going on, the side lights are SO
strone, NV reason of their noarness that il
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run Which piVJeVes itSeii MY euo lueulo
IL ls now heard on All sloes that laoor re-
latlons are passing through q revolution
and certainly the strikes and lockouts
that are continually occurring, the space
given to 'labor items" in the daily press
as well as the sermons preached on social
topics, warrants such conclusion. But
If this be in reality resolution, it is Of
the greatest Importance that we know
what 1t means. What is the real point
over which men are quarreling? What
will the historian who writes OF the nine
teenth century hundred years hence say
of the strikes Of 1885 and 1856?
lthas been my custom for some time
past TO collate the causes forwhich strikes
have been set on foot, as wen as the man
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as the result OF this, one TACT ut least has
oeen presented clearly TO my mlnd' Inc
lsoor agltatl9h IN inns country IS now pc
ginning 10 Jake upon llseh new mean
ing, because the LABOR organizations nave
SET before themselves new purpose ING
right OF combination Is no longer denied
Ihere Is no DANGER az present thaI leaders
OF trades-unlons VIII be prosecuted under
InlnGE they
lence' 1t IS Wen recognized that the
methods OF modern Industries compel the
concentration OF capital, and that men
VINO are without property Ia tools or shor
must unite or they will surely get the
worst OF any bargain. lndividualism tol
them Is social suicide This was the
state of affairs before the present move
ment towards the federation OF the var
ious trades into greatlabor organization
began. But IL is not necessary for my
present purpose TO show how unions OF
trades came TO take the place of unions OF
men in trades; for it is the use that is be-
iug made of organization, rather than the
nature of organization, which Is of i'm
portan-e.
An EYE TO THE FUTURE.
Until within n few veors. the cuest,one
which the 6Unionsn endeayored to settle
were questions of wares ~ boprs ri
labor and OF opprentice reon1ations Rnt
tho sad experience Of struggling after i'm.
mediate results. while permittino The
futnre To take care of itself seems tS bsyn
suggested new idea II ia now sear
that there "a sometime more in the Iohor
CONTROVERSY than onestions of ,vasoe
hours and apnrentine rngulofions In 10
settlemeat Of actual dificult;ess' tho
Thought naturally sugqested itseIf ,bot
some provision o1ght ia he made for mo
settlement of fntnre diF;cplti"s VIII o 49,
the loss recesseriIv ,ttandant ~ 80 80
tracted efrnggies This ryaa +,, "a a. ~,
80 new densrtnre If led necesss ILL, ~
demapd that boords ~ arbItr r,'pl',S b ~
established to which ali ouestions sbnnIS
be referred for settlement n e. nnt tao
worIraen ~ the Ifnit 'n Sta tees alne Tue
r G1' 80 " 'me onl'eo otTGes Stana com.
Labor place II az an ir,nor ae MINIS 5I ol
their platform and more than o. p'n go -,
devoted 10 tbe interests 90 th M p"pei
Garner adontS If ne an eo onnro.; vue wase-
woRrrNGMyy w MT Tp pv p, ~ n,oslo
But other claims have boaN ~ aSj i.il9' :,
the demand for erhitra+io,, H., ~. ~
yersies which have recently taken Mace
The most important of these is what mov
be termed a demand for tenure as emplov.
ment dpring good hebavinr. and ~ ~.
quires but slight analysis OF this to see
that the end which the workmen have in
view is to establish for themselves n ripbt
Of implied partnership. 1t makes but In.
tie difference what strikes we consider for
testing this conclusion; the diplomatic
notes. that pass between the conten1ino
parties will show the real poiut at issue
to be one OF organization. For example,
in the late strike on the Gould gystem al
railroads, the Knights of Labor presented
the following claims:
/. That there be no reduction In tbe
rate tWagsr OK any employe OF the roa0
unlss TO Gccilsd by an arbitration
eo%ts' 900 Shr sFi*ead compare 10 an
point three ana the Knignts Of Labor
three.
X. That no employe be diecharred
without just cause, said employe hayin9
the right to ask for IN Investigation II he
thinks he was nnjustly discharged.
4. That all promotions, such as foreman.
DC maue from the ranks.
g, II it become necessary 10 radnco ov
whetherj n shall ha yv as 70
Q reduction OF men.
Il That should any come no between
the employees and the company, d shol,
be decided by an arbitration conmjttee
81 six, three from the company and three
from the Knights OF Labor, aud the com.
pany and the knights of Labor agree 10
abide by their decision.
IS 1t not clear from reading these
claims, that the workingmen are eraeay-
oIlng TO create for themselves, upon the
oasis OF an agreement, certain rights not
reeoSnieed In the present organization OF
The editor of the Globe