Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-09-09
SPECIAL NOTICES.

RSTHE COMMITTE OF BRICKLAYERS'
6y Joseph Collins IN lis card to the paSie
inssr in & lest It. ,6e
70 imnolate the gentleman martyr to the cause Of
that perons quarrel with Mr. G. viii not inform Or
interest the general public.
District We VIII not % diseuss an scsidsnt over
which be had no control, but make no apology for
pedss o made
No l. by his refusal to contribute one dollar to the
relief Of the widows and Children Of deceased members
zaon and bis pledge as membp eVen alter his small
ers nsa been paid by of his fellow
honorable intention to sever his Connection with our
Ti nnion This Is the manner in which Joseph w Col
Now This II his card to the public state. that
ne Is conductng bis business equitable basis
81 81 wage earning and wage paying viz That he judges
Seriously ask the intelligent pubic Il this man !;
posss s as s ds tSe in who Il Il holds 6s
protected employe and the profits Of the Judge that
when he dumps the ability Of bis Employs in the scale:
the wages side will always be the hghter that his
pressure Of his arbitrary thumb as the nnscrupnous
his So bis he
pays the most Of his men the union of may
opinion we submit he WHY hs el empoyar pSSf
pay the highest rate of wages when his employees
unable to command even the lowest rate, and in
the helpless condition of accepting any rate this boss
The organized workingmen Of this city, though
S1'e args per cent Of the general public are barred
the highest wages to some Of his employees that the
average rate much less and to be able to underbd
N me hts sS shs
tSo-hrds of dozen Of rotten eggs, will add another
and thus undersel the honest dealer win it satisfy
,od oS % tS Of the to Be
market pricef It is not the intention of the commit
principles Of trade orsanzation Il is enough to know
that they have resulted in the education. social sd
the workers Of our country which evotes that sympa
fhS which will make the world akin It is by unset
that labor organizations have been maintained, and
We have no excuse to offer when to maintain our or
ganizaton we exert to the utmost all moral and leg
mate force to drive from the fied an enemy who has
pedses aud who. Judas ' Ike 0 would niuGe sn
sn When S his .p
!ourneyman. Then he fully understood the fact upon
which the maintenance Of Of wages is based He
an arbitrary rate; that minimum rate is established
to prevent cut. wage competition and thus destroy
after year farge per cent of members receive
made By the empoyer because Of sher s69y and thy
character of their work that the paid above the
poyer and employed. Yet he compiacentiy i declares
that he recognizes the right of workineme to organ
e ,q ne as
right to hx rate Of No questions his right
the mutual agreement" in this case is Of the nature
OF the relations existing between the owner and the
overworked donkey:
Poor Jack worked from day to dsy,
Fed on tuft Of musty hay.
Master and donkey had agreed
That JACK should work for the musty feed.
~, ike Hxta2m's ass Jack could have spoken.
The agreement Jack would soon have broken
But master owned load and Jack and feed
And that was why they both agreed.
This Is the old story-stale and false There n no
mutual agreement between this boss aud his employees
average rate between the highest and lowest paid
his employees which is much less than the wages paid
union men.
His assertion that his men were solicited to join
the unon that he would employ union mem that this
committees were not natives, and that the union was
hled with imported men is false and silly. With such
assertions as these he would for public sympathy
and patronage. Is it for this that he became non,
union employer We leave him to answer and the
pubic 70 judge DENNIS FERRY,
MILFORD SPOHN,
FRANK BUGDEN,