The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-15
sTRIKINa PRINTERs FAIL.
Those Belonging TO the Knightn OF La.
Dor Defeated.

QrFnrc, Jan. II. The future ~ the
striking printers belonging To the
Knights of labor !, now certain.
The newspapers that were forced
10 suspend publication have rcappcarcd,
while those that wcr only able Ia print
half sheets aud single editions nc now
published in their ordinary form. \ large
number 81 the knights still hold out, but
they must either Withdraw their demands
or seek employment elsewhere. The
offices here arc many oi them exceedingly
short handed, bat they will conlriyc To
pull through until the arrival VI printers
from Belgium WHO have been sent ior Ia
replace the strikers The actual cause ~
the failure oi the strike u Cardinal liisch.
cnu's opposition 10 the Knights oi Labor
II Is believed At his suggestion that the
leading Frnch.Cannldian Publishers oi
the city ciblcd ior Belgian printers, who
mn sud 10 be- ready to work ior - q week.
Since the suspension ui ll,c Cardinals con.
dcmnaion Of the knights q year ago or
moc, recruiting Tor the knights has gone
ON actively In this city, and II {. said thcp
arr now 10000 Of them here. They in.
cludc most oi The factory operatives. and
u the strike Of the printers had succeeded,
the former were all Ia have Surk ipr the
nine hOum per day, instead ri ten, with
out any corresponding decrease in
Wagrs. Nearly all the ciiy hack
men, mechanics aud ship lnburrs have
enrolled themselves IN the orlur The M.
iluplrc possessed lay the Quebec knights
may b. Judged VI from The lacl that they
control two orthpc parliumcnlar, divisions
oi the city. This growing influence Ut the
knights must have been particularly gall.
Ing 10 Cardinal lHsChcru, especially ns II
II has been openly proclaimed 10y their
leaders aud friends that despite his up.
position, they had the approval IT the
church. Ills cminrnCc uul his clergy
were well aware that u Nns the sucrrss NJ
Cardinal Gibbons mission tp Rome that
gave the recent impetus ~ the spwad Of
ihc order among th1 Roman Catholic pop.
ulniion II Quebec.
The strike afforded them nn opportunity
Oi c0unlcHcting Il ~ lar ~ their own lock
WIS concerned. Hence Cardinal Iaschrr
aus pastoral III Sunday last the way Tor
which was paved 10y article, which APP.
pcapd In the clerical papers oi the city
last week, pointing ont that the evil effects
81 the existing strike wrr evidences Ut the
wisdom displayed 10y his cmincncc IN his
announcements against the order and ~.
GREETING that Cardinal Gibbons had seen
No ~ adopt q contrary Courr.
The apparent purpose oi the pastoral was
a. correct the idea that Rome lad approved
lho Knights Of Labor Between an ap.
proved society. says his cmlncncc, and one
that has been condemned by the church,
aud II which the condemnation has been
simply suspended, there h. q wide differ.
cncc. he reminds the faithful that one Of
tho conditions upon which the condcmna.
| ton u tlic society was suspended was that
| such 0i H. members M were admitted 10
aljaoution should hold themselves In
readiness 81 leave the order when called
upon by the church Ia do 10.
To th0so acquainted with the disposition
OF the Fpnch Canadians II will not bc sur.
prisng 10 learn that ON the day following
/ The reading Of the pastoral, number OF
| them returned 10 work.
The principal stand against the ccclcsias
/ teal authorities ia this matter u taken by
the Irish knights, who openly proclaim
they will not submit