The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-06-22
ANOTHER BIG STRIKE.

The Associated Press brings the an
nouncement that Mr.. ANDREW CARNEGIE
and his employees have been unable to
| come to an agreement as to wages and as a
consequence nearly five thousand men will
go out of his mills at the close of the
month. Several weeks ago the men. whose
pay had been cut down several times, rep
resented to CARNEGIE that they could not
live decently, not to say comfortably, on
what they were receiving. They said that
they had submitted to reductions during
dull times, and now that trade was brisk
they thought it no more than right that
they should have an increase; they, there
fore, asked for 10 per cent more pay.
Mr.. CARNEGIE took the request under
advisement, and after considering the mat
ter two or three weeks, sent his reply.
Instead of complying with the reasonable
request, he informed the men that com
mencing with July their wages would be
reduced Is per cent. This was a rise with
a vengeance. Half starving on the old pay.
the men were necessarily discouraged and
disheartened. Further conferences with
CARNEGIE's representatives were held, and
an honest effort made to bring about an
agreement which would avoid strike: but
the millionaire employer was memorable,
and the result is that on July l fully $4,000
men, women and children who have been
drawing their support from the CARNEGIE
mills will have to look elsewhere for bread
Mr.. CARNEGIE is the man who boas is
that his income is 81, 10000 year He is
among the most liberal contributors to the
Republican campaign funds. He subsidies
newspapers and writes argumentative ar
ticles to prove that the industries of the
country would go to the dogs if it were not
fort our high tariff. During the last Presi-
dental campaign he urged his men to vote
the Republican ticket, saying the success
of that ticket meant high wages, while a
Democratic victory would bring American
wOrkingmen into competition with the
''pauper laborers" of Europe. He knew
when he was talking in this manner that
he had imported more of the ''pauper la
borers" than any other man, bringing them
over by hundreds and thousands to
take the places of Americans who could not
work for as low wages, because they could
ilOG llN = lLhC IdIJlC MI. AARN EGlE SAYS ne
will close his mills. He may do so. but in
a little while it will be seen that he will
have full force of hands, brought here
from abroad-men who will work for if
teen per cent. less pay than the strikers are
willing to accept The anti-contract-im-
migration law may prevent the importation
of ministers Of the gospel and learned pro-
fessors to teach in the Catholic university. |
but it will not stand in the way of Mr.. CAR
NEGIE bringing over all the cheap men he
may require to earn the million and half
Of profits year of which he boasts.
1t is not to be wondered at that men
strike in cases like this, nor is it surprising
if they sometimes, in their Encouragement
and anger, are guilty of violence; but it is
astonishing that the workingmen voters of |
this country uphold men, party and sys-
tenn which make it possible for the CARNE-
GIEs to rob the public through high prices |
for Sheir wares, and grind the poor laborer |
down to starvation wages.