The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-02-29

stopped to such mean and treacn-
e1ous, unmanly conduct. A man Who
takes the place of another, when that
other engages in struggle with cor
poration, is a scab, neither he be
member of the Brotherhood or
the Knights of Labor. When
Charles Wilson ordered the meEbe
OF the Brotherhood to take the places
OF members of the Machiuists' and
Blacksmith Union in 1872 and 1873, he
did an unmanly, coWardly act. When
Arthur allowed members Of the
Brotherhood, over which he exercises
such severe discipline, to tamper with
the rights of striking employees of the
Missouri Pacific and Wabash systems,
two years ago, he too violated that
principle of honor, which should
restrain men when about to do wrong.
The taking of these mems places
was mean and dastardly. II their &C
tons were taken with the sanction OF
the chief OF the Brotherhood, he too,
was mean and dsstardly; but 1.-TWO
wrongs never make right" and what
is mean and dastardly in member Of
the Brotherhood cannot become grand
and noble in members of the Knights of
Labor. No knight should belittle his
manhood by STOPPING TO such dirty
work. If it is the habit of the
Brotherhood men to do such
work as taking strikers places,
why, in heavens name, let them have
the monopoly of it. Knights, if you
take my advice, you will stand back and
let the struggle go on. Let the Brother
hood demonstrate its power to stand
alone without 'entangllng alliances with
0@L ot hn no
ten; no matter how bitter you
remember they have not stepped
out of the ,rut of seIfshness
yet, and it is best to teach them what
manhood means, by keeping hands off
| the Burlington strike. The spectacle
presented by the men of labor who be-
long to different organizations rushing
at each others throat wherever strike
takes place, must be a gratifying thing
| for employers to look at. 1t must
indeed give satisfaction to corporations
to know that neither Knights of Labor
nor Brotherhood men dare in future
ask for better treatment with any
assurance of receiving it. Labor will
forever be bound hand and foot at the
feet of capital, as long as workingmer
can be pitted against each other. Nc
strike should be entered into until the
last effort consistent with manhood
has been made; then if it is determined
the last thing possible to be done tt
avert the trouble, every detachment OF
Iabor's army should be wheeled
into line in defending the rights of mel
in the breach. have never seen suci
a strike and never expect to, until tn
narrow prejudices of the past ar
buried, AMI the principles of Knight
hood properly understood, then WI
will have no strikes. Knights of Labor
from Maine to California, stand back
keep your hands eff; let the law OF re
taliation be dis-'gsrded NM, ,er N
men Of the Burlington Railroad wi
this strike if they can.
CHICAGO, February 2S.-Oficials c
the Burlington road state that applica
tons for positions as engineers an
fremen are coming in constantly fror
all over the country, but as the com
pany does not accept anybody, excep
after rigid examination. the process C
hiring men is slow. and Consequent
they dc not expect to be in runDin
order for at least ten days. About fit
men, so far, have been selected.