Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-17


bishop shot as be tries 70 Quell the mob,
ana every man and woman armed with
kplte or pistol or biudgeon. lot this coun-
try take one good, clear, scrntinizing look
at anarchy before il is admitted, and It
VIII never Dc allowed 10 set up it's reign
in our borders. Mo- there Is too much
good sense dominant IN this country to
permit anarchy. All good people will,
together with the officers OF civil govern
menf, cry "Ieacew and IL will be re-es-
tablished. Within six mouths there will
be kindlIer understanding between labor
and capital t6an has ever been known in
this country. They have had demon
strated as never before, their absolute de-
pendence upon each other.
Meanwhile, my brotherly counsel is to
three classes OF laborers:
First, to those VINO are at work. Stick
90 IL. DO not amid the excitement of
THESE times drop your employment,
hoping that something better viii turn
up. lie who gives up work now. whether
be be railroad man, mechanic, farmer,
clerk, or any other kind of employe, Will
probably give 1t up for starvation. You
may not like the line OF steamers that you
are sailing in, but do not jump overheard
IN the middle OF the Atlantic. BE little
earlier than usual al ymr post OF work
while this turmOil lasts, and attend to
your occupation with a little more assid-
ulty than has ever characterized you.
NY brotherly counsel in the second
place Is TO thoee who have resignad work.
Ii is bestfor yAu and best ior every body
to go back imn{ediately. Do not wait to
see what othoIs do. Get on board the
train ofnatlonal prosperity before it starts
again, for start it will. start soon and
start mightilys Last year in the city of
New York there were 45 general
strikes aud III shop strikes. Successful
strikes, 81; strikes lost, "a; strikes pend
ing at the time the statistics were n AIDE,
50; strikes compromised, 33. Would you
like me TO tell you who will make the
most out OF the present almost universal
strike? | can aud Will. Those viii make
the most out Ot it who go first 10 work.
Ny third word OF brOtherly advice is to
another class OF laborers, namely, those
who have been long time Gus OF work.
How many of themy Before this present
trouble began there were nearly 1000, 600
people in this country out Of work and
could not get work. | have for the last
ten years been busy much Of the time in
trying to get people worG who asked for
it. have worn myself out again and
again, as many OF you have, to get en-
ployment for those who bes0ught it. In
some cases we succeeded, in others failed.
My brotherly counsel is TO the nearly
100000 people who could not get work
before tnis trouble began and who have
themselves and their FAMILIES to support,
to 90 now and take the vacated places.
90 in and take those places a
million aud q halt strong. Green bands
you may be now, but you viii not be
green bands ie0g. My sentiment is full
liberty for all who want to strike to do so,
and full liberty for all who want to take
U0RQfnA nfaoaa
open for those who are now taking a vaca-
tion, for we have only opened the outside
door OF this continent and there is room
in this country tor SOC, 10000 people and
for each one OF them home and a livei-
hood and God. SO, however others may
feel about this excitement as wide as tue
continent, am not scared bit. The
storm will hush. Christ will put his foot
upon it as upon agitated Galilee. as at
the beginning, chaos will give place to
order as the spirit of God moves upon the
waters. But hear 1t, workingmen OF
America! Your first step toward light
and betterment OF condition will be an as
sertiOn Of your individual Inde-
pendence from the dictation Of
your fellow wOrkmen. You are
a free man and let no organization
come between you and your best in-
terests. Do not let any man or any body
of men tell you where you shall work or
where you shall not work, when you shall
work and YOU shall not work. II a man
wants to belong TO labor organization
leJ him belong. II be does not want to
belong TO labor organization let him
have perfect liberty 10 stay out. You
own yourself. Let no man put manacle
on your hand or foot or head or heart.
/ belong TO q ministerial association
that meets once n week. ] love all the
members very much. We may help each
other in hundred ways, but when thai
association snail tell me 10 quit my work
and 20 somewhere else, that [ must stop
right away because a brother minister
mas been badly treated down ia Texas,
Will saw TO that ministerial association:
sect thee behind me, oatani" Further
more, have right to resign my paste.
rate OF this church and say 10 the people:
IL decline TO work for you any longer. |
am going. GoOd-by.' But / have no
right, after nave quit this pulpit, TO lin
ger around the doors on Sunday morn
ings and evenings with a shotgun 70 in.
timidate or hinder the minister who
comes 10 take my place. l may quit my
place and continue to be gentleman, bat
when | interfere with my success sor IN
this pulpit become criminal and de-
serve nothing better than soup in a tin
bowl IN Sing Sing penitentiary. Here Is
a statement that would have every Ia
bOrer put IN his memorandum book or
paste ia his hat, and every newspaper
put at the head Of it's columns: There
are now about twelve million
people in this country receiving wages
and about 6O0,0 900 belonging to organIza-
tions that control their labor. / would
nave all the 500, ,OOO do az they please, and
| would have all the other 400 900 do as
they please. You will admit that tho
GOO, 600 in such ORGANIZATIONS ought not 70
control the 100000 laborers not In them.
Your first duty. q lab0ring man! is 10
your family. Let no one but Almighty
God dictate 10 you how you shall support
them. Work when YOU please, where you
please, AZ what you please and allow no
one for a hundred milliOuth part of
second 10 Interfere with your right.
When we emerge from the present unhap-
piness, as we soon will, we snail ind
many tyranuies broken and labor and
capital Will march shoulder 10 shoulder.
This day declare the mutual depend
ence OF labor and capital. An old tent
maSer put II just rigbt-l mean Paul
wnen be declared; "1he eye cannot say
10 the hand, have no need Of thee.r You
have examined some elaborate machine
ry-a thousand wheels, n thousand bands,
thousand levers, thousand pulieys,
but all controlled By one great water
wheel, all the parts adj0ined 90 that II you
Jared one part you Jared all the parts.
Well, society ~ great piece OF mechan-
ism, "A thousand wheels. thousand pull
leys, thousand levers, but AL controlled
by one great aud evcr-reVOlang force
the wheel OF Gods providence. SO thor