The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1886-01-19
lSOYcOtting.

the hands Of The lahur organization of
this country, and organizations Of va
,ious kinds IN the British dominions.-
The rapidly nsfessing frequency of its
use h,s attracted general attention, and
excited no small degree Of anxiety.
The nsrDe, ds many. OF odf readefs are
aware, is taken from Captain BaYcoTr,
IN irish landlord, who fell uhder the dis
pleasure OF his neighbors, the land
leaguers. and they refused to buy of him,
sell to him, for him, or In nfy tsav
to recognize him OF any one who did
recognize him. The result vas that, at
ter defy ing them for time. he was
forced 10 abandon his estate. and leave
Ireland. fence "bGtco,t" and boy.
eoting."
Tbe lsnof haiohs we're gr;ck 10 per.
fce,ve its power and incorporate 1t into
their organizations. One OF their or.
saus, JonN SwINroN's paper, says:
! "Tn bovcoit Concern simply means
to re'rsin from having ANYTHING TO do
with it. Y,u hovcott dry goods frm
bv refusing to deal With III YOU boycott
newspaper by ceasing 10 buy it; you
boycott a ciearmaker by avoiding his
cigars. Orgsn'zh bnvCottins OF con-
Germ is carried out when the Trades Un-
ions unite in refusing to purchase any
of its wares or to have any dealings with
1t, and thus attempt to break down the
husinsss Of the concern which is antag-
ofiisic to them.''
But SwMFos states the case too mild.
w. The boycotters no! only retuse to
huv the boycotted newspaper h6f the'
refuse to deal with any man who afvers
,ises in it. Ther not only refuse TO buy
the cigars OF the hoycotted manafactur-
'er, bat they refuse 10 buy ANYTHING from
n dealer who sells them. Furthermore
it is 20, always necessary for the Trades
Unions to uni.e.' as any local organiza.
lion miy boycott independently of other
Unions
The spirit which afiifisfes ttie unions
in employing this terrible weapon is
made apparent nv the following promul
CATION in the New Fork Boycotterf
In hovcotting we believe il to he Ie
81 innate TO strike man financially, so.
.cisiiy OF POLITICALLY. We believe in hit.
ting him where It will hurt the most -
We believe in reno selesslv crowdiBg
him to the wall. But when De is down,
instead OF striking him, we would lift
dim DIP and stand him once more upon
his feet"
The number OF times this agency has
been employed in the United States
within two years is about z40, more than
iour.6f,l s of which have heen in the last
ear. o tie victims As have been ne VS.
papers. % hat manufacturers or dealers
26 cigar, Is carpet, IA clothing, and 10.
nail manufacturers.
TIE offenses for which a boycott ls
''put on" are several, but nine times out
OF ten it is becsu.e an emptoyer hires
workmen who do not belong TO trades
union, or refuses to pay the rate OF wa
ges fixei upon by the union. In one
ca he is notified to discharge the OBJ
iectiorable employees; 10 the Other the
employes are ordered to strike, and 10
either case unless he satisfies the union
il given time be is boycotted.
Last Summer the proprietor OF the
Fifth Avenue Hotel OF New York EN-
ployed painters who were not in the un-
ion, and a boycott was put on the Hotel
Circulars were printed and sent to lead
ing men known to be its guests, in which
Ethe onion threatened to boycott the CUES,
unless be ceased 10 patroniz. it. Gen
RCrLER AMI S.nator SHERMAN we're
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among those notified. SHERMAN is mn
known to have been ir New York since
but BUTLER has, and went defantly back
to his old quarters at the Fifth Avenue
Notwithstanding tn. fact that near'y al
the votes he received for the Preeidenc,
we're from members OF these unions.
| Another boycott, AMI not q creditabl'
one to the trades onions, was that o
s2TaArToN an SToRM. the great New
Yo:k cigar manufacturers. This firm
employed only union workuen, and pai'
union prices, yet it was In vain that the
Etrietf for m',nths 60 fearu why their ci
gars we're boycotted. In despair the
closed their doors, thro wing two thou
sand workmen out Of employment
These / lie men set about seeking th
cause OF the boycottt and in time Ascel
ftslnei that it bsi been engineered b
rivals in trade. Wne1 this disclosur
was made the boyco't was removed, an
1 the wofkusen s.ain employed.
e It is ns,ural for the people general
to sympathlza with labor 10 its conte'
j against capital, AMI for this reason ii
# unjust actions of these unions are all II
n rore to be deplored. 1t is right th'
8 labor should he organized for its ow
n protection, bu, When it's organization
y hecome tvraHical and outrage we'll esta'
e lshed rights they greatly weaken I'll
al Foundation on which their structure res
e --shs goodwill OF the people.
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