Morning journal and courier., 1886-07-24
AN OPEN LETTER.

AN OPEN LETTER. To the Subscribers of and Advertiser in the Journal and Courier and to The General Public.
 It appears from what looks like an official
 communication from the boycotters in the Register of Wednesday, that the boycott o1 the COURIER is to go and that we, the subscribers and advertisers, are directly and
 personally to be brought under the attack of
 the boycott.
 The communication says: "We are in this fight to win. We believe that we can get our men into the CoURIER's employ and shall try to do it. The present COURIER force can get work elsewhere. The verdict will not stop boycotting. We have 8 full list of the CoURIERs subscribers and advertisers. These people (we) will be told that organized labor has resolved not to do business with the COURIER, or with anybody who patronizes the COURIER (us) until it employs union men. The advertisers and subscribers of the COURIER will find that the COURIER is one but organized labor is many.'
 We, therefore, who are the su bscribers of the COURIER, are plainly told that the boy cotters, masquerading under the name of organized labor," will not do business with us as long as we take the COURIER and as long as the COURIER does not discharge it's ''present force" and employ union men.
 It is most brutal statement-one which the editor of the News justly characterizes as "detestable," as an 'tabuse of personal liberty" and Ian injury to society,"" and still the News editor scolds the jury for condemn ing such ''detestaole" practices.
 Well, "Ephraim is joined to his idols" We care not for the News; and if Judge Stod- dard has charged the jury as the boycotters say that in no way affects the demands on us, the subscribers of the COURIER, to the boycotters.
 Let us then get clear view of this affair. These facts cannot be disputed: The COURIER never made any objection to it's men joining the union, and does not now make such objection if the men wish to join and the union wishes to take them.
 The men all did wish to join the union, and all but one did file applications to join the union. One man-Gleason-after ex- pressing his wish to join the union, learned that he would be surely blackballed and did not make application. So inveterate the spite against him that in the union, without his authority his name was put up and blackballed.
 The men, learning that nearly all their number were to be refused admission to the union, agreed with each other to stand to- l. +Io 0f the rejection of all
 All but four of the men were, in fact, re- jected and only one was to be allowed to re- main in the CoUR1ER's employ.
 The men, therefore, could not get into the union, most of them on any terms whatever, and none on terms that to them, and every other fair man, seemed honorable. There fore, the brutal demand was made that the COURIER should discharge it's force and em- ploy union men.
 These men, if discharged not being able to get into the union, could not obtain work at their trade in the present condition of things, in this city certainly, and probably not anywhere if the union could prevent it.
 The COURIER refused to discharge its ser VAIlIS 6Ou0 O1 WuOIA uehO OOCh III lC5 CAbPAOy for many years. For that and for no other reason it's business is to be injured to it to discharge those men.
 Now, we know that if the COURIER had complied with that demand it would have lost our subscriptions, and as we asked by the boycotters to take up this quarrel, in their behalf and for their benefit, it becomes necessary for us to look at the matter square lv in the face and see what it is that is asked.
 Now, how do the boycotters propose to "win'' in this fghts Have they got any tale of wrong and oppression on the part of the COURIER to tell which will put it to shame and put us to shame for dealing with ita
 Not at all Whether looked at in the light of interest or honor, there was but one course for the COURIER to pursue, and that was to say, "We will not discharge and do injustice to our present werkmen, merely at your die tation. If you, organized labor,' will not take your fellow laborers into your organiza- ton, you have no right or equity in asking us to take your part in your quarrel with your fellow laborers."
 How then do these bovcotters propose so to injure the COURIER as to compel it to do an act of fragrant wrong and injustice to poor, defenseless workmens
 Think of it, subscribers, advertisers and citizens of New Havenl The COURIER is to be compelled to do the bidding of the boy cotters-to discharge it's old and tried ser wants and to turn them adrift, because we, the subscribers and advertisers, will get hurt if we do not cease dealing with the COURIER We are to be drawn into this dispute not because we want to be drawn into it, to sup port demand of these boycotters, which if we yielded to it would make every man of us blush with shame at our disgrace, and we are to be drawn into it under threat that the Knights of Labor will not patronize us if we do not take their part. What answer shall we make to thiss
 If any individual should make such de- mand on any of us we should at once tell him that the less we could have of the pat ronage of such men as he the better we would like it. We have no other answer to make to the "many," if there be many ,masouerad- ing under the name of ''organized labor" We owe it to ourselves to see that this most detestable demand and boycott shall fail We owe it to ourselves to see to it that the advertising columns of the COURIER are ex- treme1y valuable That is the key-the cen