Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-10-18

him who. With less intensity a. frs' but with peI-
covering ssslduits. continues faithful Va bisWots
Rarely has anything valuable cenaccDn piHpen
IN any pursuit without pcrsevcriu- Application.
An In portant quality, cUnsitvred With roterencV
b. your suc-css in life, Is seif-reliance-not thas
conc'ltei seif-cDinion witch in dispi.'ed OF
doubtful matters believes The whole W1ril Wrous
and Itself only right: not the Determined rest
ing upon ones own labor which would reject all
aid whatever. bg. an estimate cf your Own pow
ers, removed alike from an exaggernfed dini-
dence and inflated and unfOunded concel-
Self-raliance does not mean independence
Of ali aid whatever. To act upon such an as-
sumption would be 10 reiort all the wis
dom ani information which has been accumn-
lating for ages-to refuse 20 use tho means Whieh
We find conyeoient for our purpose without the
unnecessary labor OF prOviiing them ourselves
Let mo hero aiiuie 10 the importance cf tha duIy
equally incumbent on al, tnat our labor snonn
have q tene0ceat tendency, that our Vows
should not be circumscr bed by selfish desires
for ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. but should have higher
and nOhler aim. Those who have no useful puT-
poee IN life sadly fail in their obligations
"Instead Of being, a. al true men may,
Part of tho memory 81 all great deeds.
Tho inspiration Of all time TO come.
They ltnger 10 their graves with empty hearts
And adj their little haIdfll 20 the dust
As valueless and frail n fallen leaves
EDUCATE THE MASSES.
Accumulated labor IL capital. Ono H. wholly
dependent uuol the other nOt SithstandiDR tho
fact thai many corporations AT the present day
are pleased 70 Ignore II han seems 10 have
becn endowed with large amount OF selfish
ness, and wish many this Is the only Rift culfi-
yated hence the necessity ot an arbitrator be-
tgeen mems might and men'a rights. As
means % end this 20 have organized labor Just
~ We have combinations of capital The one
betng hight, the other il equally right. IL being
then natural and right 10 aspire even To Olympic
heiRhtz. 20 keep pace with the march OF miud.
A. Va oar duty, ge 4hould bear with patience the
restlessness OF mankind, believing II 20 be as
raff a1rtfr artrIrf
beyond. Let us work steadily on, nor be dis
furbcI ~ this discomfort which seems TO have
setzed The mas OF laboring men iiko plague,
Causing them 70 regard the results OF another $
energy with enyious eyes, deorning anOthcrs
rain their Ions. There Is but one solu-
lion 70 tnis perplexing poblem. and for tha We
must loo4 % education and Christianity. As
Clels the laDOring pgonie Oi Ameffca would be
content under fair aud hon. 81 ,reatmen, wege u
moi fr acitat1rs torn 70 produce nothing bat
di-cord and hloOcshsd, who sail alTuss seas ana
traverse continents, dropping scpis OF discon-
tsuf and mischief from cOast ~ 10 ist The seef
soWn yields an abundant harvest. Ignorant
minds grasp with nyidHy tho absurd idea
that over revolt, mGnsl1ughter, and de-
structlon they viii rifle free 10 Wealth ana
fame. Az n result our prisons are ilhed Hlth
wasted lives there nr- widows and orphans lelt
dcsutnte 20 li'fe die as they may. irepeat only
b. educhiing the masSis and by brinfing them
under the nfusnce Of that Chrisdanity which
brnEs peace ana goodwill % all alike can the
dinlcu!ty be overcome.
THE 80" STRIKE.
We nnd ourselves upon the threshold o. new
year and before turning oar attention 10 the
work which pertains 10 tho future, u is hitting to
pause an Instant ard strive 20 gather up In
thought the results Of the year hat is done.
"Gono before may be said OF many of our
number who. Obcdieut 10 that Divine summons
which cometh when We least expect, dropped
the tnroad with which they were weaving the
fabri; Of their lives. and Joined
That innumcrable caravan which moves to-
ward that Mysterious realm
Where each shall take his chamber In the silent
halls Of DEATH
As We miss familiar faces the words" De 20 also
reqdy - spring 20 our lips, and while memory
drous n nient tear in token Of remembrance
duty bids us be up and doing. As an organiza-
lion we have witnessed the severest conflict In
the history Of thc BrOthprhOOd-namely, the
strike on tho Chicago, burlington and Quincy
system. Never. even In our earliest days, when
the powers then IN existence strOyo 20 crush us,
have we met with such stubborn resistance
against simple night and justice. The Whoe
matter has bccn clearly aud explicitly placed
before the public that IL seems hardly
necessary 10 dwell upon IL now. We wish
20 say, however that every known expedi-
cnt WIS tried 20 bring Rbout settlement
between the company and men, only 70 meet
with the utmost Indifference, and we were force1
20 Weld 20 the Inevitable and sanction strike.
Had either the President or General Manager
shown the slighics. disposition to treat the men
fairly, "a TIE managers Of other roads have
done. there would have been no strike. The re
quests OF The men were fair and reasonable; all
they asked va 20 D. paid the stTne rntcs az The
other competing lines wore paying for the same
servfre rendered. Surely therc was no good
cause why they ought not % Day Their engi-
ncefs and lremen as much as uer coin
petitOrs. They 10th admitted MAT thoT
ha. az good a class OF men as thofe
we're on any road in the country. yOt rather than
grant tho requests Oi tholr OLD triod ana u nc
men eoma of whom had grown gray in the seT-
al. raN
ntbers, regardless Of their ability and qualiDca-
tons a. men or locomotive engineers, paying
them higher rate Of wages tan wo wore ask
ing. besides boarding aud guarding them WITH
PinkertOn detectives. virtually squsndsrinR over
nvs million dollars Ia their MAD nttempt r.
coerce the old men into submission We Know,
"a y rtlla, there Is nothing 20 be ghnod by re-
sort.up 70 sfrikeA Ihcy ere the bano Ot every
orgsni alton that engages IN them. They create
distrust and suspicion. engender n-teelIng, and
eutail m-ery ana suffering upon innocent Wo-
men and children. lt Is ana has ever been inc
policy of both BrohcrhoOdd 10 avOin tuom ~
much as possible, and hossrs. Ponin5 ana
Stone aIt the nfsf railway oflcials W.
have been unable 70 soitlo with during
the past eleven years We iAu 10 uh-
derttand what they exported to gain by the
cour-e hey pursued 4 largo percniaGo OF the
men they employed arc unreliable and incom-
ls,te,ut-ruch men a. they would not employ
prior to the strike II We had made unIedhOnH-
bio demands or Attempted In any way tO dictate
tD them how they should Operote their ROAD
tpey would have been perfectly justified In re-
slstng IT, But when W. expressed Willingness
% 81 Dmit our claims 70 anT three generai man
ayers I'm Chicago and abide by their decision,
and they were unwilling 70 DO lReWlse. IL
showed that they know that they were IN the
wrong. 1t has been our constant aim 10 cultl-
vato and maintain friendly relations with rail-
WY officers, 90 educate ue mo1 10 higher
etandarn u excellence In their profession, ifn-
prove their condition morally, socially, imam
cially, and intellectually. thereby enAbhng
s..afff. ffrHn
ASK in return r. a fair com mpensation com =
inensurate with tho service rendered. 80 it
said 10 the credit Of our men that hey acied IN
unison, ana exhibited throughout patience, pru-
depce and fOrbearaucp, and were NJ All times
ready ana auxloas 10 bring the matter 10 n fair
termination dcpming n wRcst and best to make
some sacrince rather than prOioDB astruagle that
couid scarcely end fairly where tyranny, act1ated
by solnshness, WIS the enemy. fhe grand officers
OF the two Brothorhoods were upon tne scene.
and acted seemed best for the organlzauons
undor their guidance. All was done that could
bo without eacnncing pnuciplc ana the dignly
OF our orRanizatiJn. Never for an instant could
We sanction the lowering ~ our STANDARD Tor
honesty aInd integrity OF pnrpose, nor leVel our
selves 70 those with whom might " rlSht Nnen
thai shah be done the name OF BROTHERHOOD OF
locomotive Engineers and Ffremen shall be as
dust beneath the h'et Of honest men.
TROUBLES ADJUSTED.
Your Chief Executive has besn called upon
during the past year 10 adjust differences Dc
tween nnd Olleofs On.lf ioliONluE-
named roads: Louisville. New Albany Aid hi-
caeo the president OF which threatened throw
me out OF the nuth-siOry window, but be ala nOt
DO H. lie gave "a au annual pass aud pulled
our train over his road. ile dh not feel. after
seine us, a. he had Expressed himself before
hama. Men often say thugs IN haste that hoy
do not really mean. This was small read.
Then there are the Belt Limo Of Chicago; Chica-
90 Milwaukee aud ~. Paul: Evansville and
| Terre Haute; AtehisoD, Topeka aud Sa IA
Fesystem; Missouri Pacific; Savannah, Florida
and Western: Chicago and Alton; Louisville, ~
Louis and Granville: heokuk and Western: {:
Negport News and hissis-ippi-Valley and At
lantic sy-tem OF southern Pacific road, and in
each case 80 honorable and amt-able adjust
mont was effected. Why, Because the dill
Guilty was between man and man, not between
man and a demsgOgue whose narroT-ninded
aud siill more Hunted vision could neither thinG
nor ace beyond his Onice. We shall mover regard
the Chicago Burlington and Quincy strike a
failure. except on the part OF the road 20 make
its expenses, for it viii serve 70 purge tho BRO
rherhcOi OF dangerous elements and ~ add fafve
nun Ders as IL has already done, who will con-
tribute 10 its strength. dignity, aud usefuiuees
Time will demonstrate the wisdom OF the course
pursued by your Cnief and prove the honesty OF
MS intentions. To each man, a. delegate, /
would say;
BE siropg-backed. hrm-handed, upright as
your pines;
By the scale Of a hemisphere shape your de-