Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-01-15
A FAILURE.
Taschereau's Letter Kills the Quebec
Printers strike.

/ Taschereau's Letter Kills the Quebec
Printers strike.
QUEBEC January 14-The failure Of
the striking printers belonging 20 the X.
OF l.. is now certain.
The newspapers that were forced to sus-
pend publication have reappeared, while
those that were only able to print half
sheets and single additions are now pub.
lished in their ordinary form.
\ large number Of the knights still hold
ont, but they must either withdraw their
demands or seek employment elsewhere.
Many OF the offices are exceedingly short
handed but they will contriye to pull
through until the arrival OF the printers
from Belgium, who have been sent for 10
replace the strikers
The actual cause oil the failure OF the
strike is Cardinal l'aSchereau's opposition
to the knights. 1t is believed to he at his
suggestion that the leading French Cana
q an publishers ui the city CLbled tor BEL
9 an printers, who are said to he ready 10
work t0r s. 4 week. Since the suspension
oil the Cardinals condemnation Of the
| nights, year ago or more, recruiting for
tt Knights has gone on actively in this
Dty, and 1t is slld there arc now 10000 Of
them here They inClade most of the laC-
tory operatives, and il the strike OF
the printers had succeeded, the
former were to have struck for nine hours
,,4V i,-t.pl .,f t.p NgHthnut a., ,,F
responding decrease IN wages. Nearly al!
the city hackmcn, mechanics ami ship la
b0rer, have enrolled themselves III the
order.
The inhucur, po,s-,s,r! 10y the Quebec
knights may be Judged Of from the fact
that they control two of the three parlia
mcntary divisions dI the Ctty. This grow
ing influence OF thr Knights must have
been particularly CALLING to Cardinal
TaNchereau, especially us IT has been open
ly proclaimed by their leaders aad incnds
that despite his opposition, tary had tie
approval OF the Church. !!:a EmEInce
aud his clergy were well .N.Gr that
it WAS the success ui Cardinal
Gibbons mission to lsOmc that %gye
the recent impetus To thr spread OF
the order among the Roman Catholic pop
uhtion Ol Quebec. The strike afforded
them an opportunity "t c"untrractlmr 1t
so ar - their own ilJUk wds concerned.
Hence Cardinal Ttscherau's pastoral OF
Sunday last, the way for which was paved
by articles which appeared in the clerical
pIpsIs Ut the city last week, pOuntin" out
that the evil effects ot the existing strike
were evidences OF the wisdom displayed
by HIS Eminencr in his pIonounrrmenis
agan-, the order. and regrrtiiug that
Cardinal Gibbons hIl seen ui t. adopt 4
contrary course.
The apparent purpose OF the pastoral
wa- to correct the idea that Rome had APP
proved the knights Of Labor. Between an
approved society SAYS Ills Ennracr, aud
one that has been COndemUrd by the
church and OF which the condemnation
has been simply suspended, there is a wild"
difference HE reminds tie faithful that
one Of the conditions upon which the Goa
dcmnation of the society wa, susprndrd,
was that such OF it, members ~ wee al
mitt,d to ahs0lution should hold them
selves in readiness To leave the crdyr when
called upon 10y the church To do 80
To those acquainted with the disposition
of the French Canadians it will no; We sur-
prising To learn that on the day following
the reading Of the pastoral - number Of
them returned to work, and that other
Quchcc Knights have already withdrawn
trou the ord"r The principal stand
Ir,ir.' the ecclesiastical 0Uthorilr@ in
thrs matter Is taken by the !rsh huiyrt-,
wh' openly proclaim that they will not
submit