Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-29

P~ho@o htAabS eAS JO'AhNSs
"MB. WARD" ONE OF PISgERToS's MEN.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, February 2o.-
The man who inserted advertisements in
to-day's papers and who received appli-
cants for employment on the Burlington
and Quincy was known as "E. ID.
Ward" but as matter of fact he is none
other than Captain Douoherty, chief nj
the Pinkerton forces in this section, and
is the man who had charge of the Pin
kerton police" Arrangements at Port
Richmond during the strike at that
point. II was amusing to see such men
as Sharkey, Gleason. and McGill,
leaders Of the Port Richmond strikers,
in close conference with "Mr. Ward
at the station tonight, and was
made all the more so when it was re-
membered that the local assemblies TO
which these men belong and OF which
they are officers had time and again
passed resolutions denouncing Pinker-
tons men as thugs, cut-throats, and
scum of the EARTH" and these leaders
were the loudest adherents TO the senti-
ments expressed. Captain Dougherty
acted more as an executive chief OF
the forces at Port Richmond, leaving
the active work under the charge OF
Captain Eckstein, and this explains why
the men were in such blissiul ignorance
of his identity, as he did not come IN
direct contact with them at any time,
his headquarters being at the office OF
the compsny's superintendent
PowDERLY OPPOSES RETALIAToBY MEA-
sUREs.
PHILADELPHIA, February 2S.-Mr.
Powderly telegraphed from Scranton to-
night long letter prepared for publica-
ton, advising the Knights not TO take
the places of the striking Brotherhood
men on the Burlington and Quincy road.
In il Mr.. Powderly says he knows no
thing OF the merits OF the controversy
between the strikers and the Burlington
company, and says: "But if ii is true
that the men are making an effort to do
away with the European custom of
grading men up and down, regardless OF
merit, then they are in the right in
making a fight for equality. My opinion
of man who takes the place OF another
who is struggling for his rights Is
that he deserves the contempt and
scorn of every man who loves justice. 1t
is true that members of the Brotherhood
have on repeated occasions taken the
places of membe OF the Knights of La
Dor. II is true that away back in the
early days of the seventies the Brother
hood men did the same thing with ma
chinists and blacksmiths atthe command
of their chief. 1t is true that Brother
hood men stabbed the Knights Of Labor
in the back on the Southwestsystem, not
only by taking theirplaces but by urging
them to strike, with prefer OF assist
ance if they would do so. 1t is true that
the Knights were used as cats paws by
Brotherhood men in the struggle, and 1t
is true that many engines we're burned IN
raking out chestnuts for others. ltistrue
that Brotherhood men did take the places
Of Reading men in the strike on that
road. The merits Of various cases herein
mentioned have nothing TO do with the
principle OF honor which is involved in
all of them. Ii is to the eternal shame
of the Brotherhood men that they
stopped to such acts OF meanness and
treachery and unmsnly conduct. The
man who takes the place of another
when that other is engaged in a struggle
with corporation is scab, whether he
be member of the Knights of Labor or
a member of the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Engineers.
Mr. Powderly carries his arraignment
of the Brotherhood into further detail,
and proceeds to say that the members Of
the brotherhood were not obliged to
make cravens OF themselves-as many
did, both on the Southwest system and
in the Reading strike The taking of
mems places was "mean and dastardly."
If these actions were taken with the
sanction of the chief of the Brother
hood he, too, is mean and dastardly {;
but 1.-TWO wrongs never make right, ]"
and what is mean and dastardly in a
member of the Brotherhood of Engineers
cannot become grand and noble in a
member OF the order of Knights of Labor.
No Knight of Labor 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,
in Heavens name let them have a mo-
nopoly of it. knights of Labor, if you
take my advice you will stand back and
allow this struggle TO go on. Let the
Brotherhood demonstrate its power to
stand alone without any "entangling al
liances with those of other trades" Let
the past be forgotten in this strike. No
matter how bitter you may feel toward
these men, remember that they have not
stepped out of the rut of seltishness yet,
and it is best to teach them what manhood
means by keeping hands off the Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy strike. The
spectacle Of men OF labor who belong 10
different organizations rushing at each
others throats whenever strike takes
place must be a gratifying thing for the
employers of labor to look at 1t must
indeed give satisfaction to corporations
to know that neither the Knights of
Labor nor Brotherhood men dare in the
future to ask for better treatment with
any assurance of receiving it. Ii must
be a consoling thought to the monopo-
list to know that his power is not half SO
dangerous to labor organization as the
possibility that another labor organiza-
ton will espouse his cause through re-
venge. Labor will forever be bound
hand and foot at the feet of capital so
long as workingmen can be pitted against
each other.
After some general observations upon
strikes as a means of gaining the
objects of labor organizations, Mr. Pow
derby concludes: knights Of Labor,
from Maine to California, stand back ;
keep your hands of. Let the law of re-
taliation be disregarded, and let the men
of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
railroad win the strike If they can.
BoYcorTNa THE STORES.
CHICAGO, February 2S.-Ihe following
telegram was received to-day by General
Manager Stone from Division Master
Mechanic Forsythe, of Aurora. Ill. !:
"The firemen and engineers have boy
cotted the stores from selling our men
provisions. Can't get them anything to
eat. Have a dining car sent. Can'tyou
make arrangements to get us provisions
from Chicago ?" The request was COM
plied with