The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-08-02
CAPTAIN OLIVER AND UHE Az
LANCE

NtIIi WINS. Ut " HN-Nis NdN Nirti itl -ttl
cerail OF hi. employees because the,
bad traded az the Alliance store iu-
stead Of ihe company store, twas an
outrage.
since then Capt Oniver'. eSplana-
ton ha, come to hand. TO ,a, the
least ofit, it is a very lame excuse aud
not one that merit, any consideration
whatever lie open, his explanation
with the assertion that he would not
notice the charge Il il had not been
circulated for the purpose Of miuriuq
'the Mississippi Mills with the Farm
ers' Alliance (" and well may he fear
IL would do that very thing.
Tie goes further on TO explain that
the mill. employ about 1000 persons
pay good wages buy their raw mate
rial direct from the farmcrs7-which
Of course, is no advantage 20 the mills.
a. the raw material would have to be
bought from somebody else who had
bought it "dircct from the farmers.
The farmers should feel compliment
cd that the mills are furnished by
chem directly
Continuing his explanation. be- >ay-
In order to work successfully cu-
ploycrs and employees must be on good
terms" This is no doubt true: but
Capt Olliycr's idea of being on good
terms seems to carry with 10 the sight
90 say where his employers shall spend
their money after they have honestly
earned it, If they submit then Capt.
oliver is on good terms with hts em-
ploycs II they refuse 20 submit to
such an outrageous, infringement on
their rights, then Capt. oliver is iu a
hun and the offending employees are
discharged in the name OF not abciug
ON good terms
The concludingpor Of Capt OF
liver- explanation will be found Ia be
rich reading ia the light of the pres
ent idea Of the rights and privilege.
of the American citizen. Iti,a- fol-
low, ~
I'm order to work successfully cm-
ployer and employees must be on good
terms, aud more particularly is thi,
the ease ia large mills like ours. The
Mill. own the greater part of the town
az Wes,ou (iu which the mill, are To-
cated) and we have ia our town ten or
twelve as good and reliable merchant,
a. can he found in any town It's size in
the state.
The town Of Beamcgsrl. a., YOU see
from the telegram at the head Of thi,
article, has in il what they claim to be
4 Farmers Alliance. and they have in
duced quite number ofour employees
lo Join them. as their Telegram SETS
forth. to build up the mercantile bus
mess Of one " j. Biggs About a
half dozen OF our employees were very
sctive in trying to persuade other, to
Join, and it really became a labor err
ganization 0r wa. one at Beauregard
from the start. and the said Alliance
simply took them in under their wings.
The whole object was f. iniure the
trade of Wesson and the Mississippi
Mills and / claim the right to dis
charge any one in my employ when /
find them working against the inter-
est Of the Mississippi Min, or when
becoming dissatisfied with any one in
my employ, | discharged them with
ont fear or favor. as believe any 9th.
or man would do if he did his duty.
A. sta,ed before, we have no fight to
make with the Farmers Alliance. and
We do not for moment believe the
well meaning Farmers Alliance of
the country will sustain the action of
the Beauregard Alliance in this mat
ter They have no right 10 come and
interfere with our employees and Try
10 dissatisfy them and bring on trouble
between employer and cmploye"
The animus of the whole affair j. in
the opening paragraph of the fo?ego-
ing. The Mills own Wesson, and an
opposition store at Bcauregard might
damage the trade Of the Wcsson mer-
chants Was there ever more alb
,Wd position taken by any man short
Of a Russian autocrat? The 'pluck-
me- stores Of the coal mines of Penn
sylvania are conducted on the same
plan The miserable and helpless
miners are compelled to buy their
goods of stores owned and run by the
companies on threat Of discharge if
thcy do not trade there The impor-
taiion of the .Pluck-mo" store system
Of Pennsylvania into Mississippi
should not be allowed to 60 unrebuk-