The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-09-12
DEpEw DIsAppOINTs THEM.

The New York Central strikers have
been patiently awaiting the return of Pres
ident CHAUNcEY NJ. DEPEw. They have
said that if he had been home at the time of
the trouble the strike would not have &C.
CURED, as he was the friend of the work
ingman and would have been SO fair and
Just to them that no occasion for q strike
could have been found The strikers have
also expressed the belief that upon his ar
rival and resumption of his place as head
OF the great railway the men would be re-
stored to their places. 1t seems that the
men knew Mr.. DEPEw less than they
thought they did, and also that they gave
him credit for less intelligence and business
capacity than he possessed. A committee
OF strikers called on the suave presidsnt on
Thursday and laid their grievance
before him, evidently expecting he
would espouse their cause and
give them back their places Mr.. DEPEw
listened to their tale of woe, and then in
formed tbs gentlemen that as they had
voluntarily resigned their places had been
filled, the action of his representative in
the premises having been approved by the
board of directors, there was nothing for
him or them to do but acqueisce. The men
retired crest-fallen.
1t is to be hoped that their experience in
this case will teach them to be wiser men,
and that hereafter they will be governed
by wisdom. and common sense. One of the
most foolish strikes that has ever occurred
was that on the Central There was abso-
lT1ta -
ployees on that road are well paid and well
| treated. They make no complaint as to
their pay or treatment. a few men had
been dis charged, when men from another
state who had no connection what
ever with the road Officials OF the
labor organization to which the dismissed
employees belonged) demanded from the
Central managers the reasons for the dis
charge Of the men. This was impudent and
suggested bu ldozing to which no self-re-
speeding person could yield. Vice President
| WEEP could not tolerate the Interference il
his affairs. TO have complied with the
request would have been to recognize the
right of outside parties to exercise more Oh
less control over the business of the com
pany, and to say that the Central directo e
had made mistake in selecting men tc
manage the affairs OF the road. WEBB re
fused the request and thereupon strik;
was ordered, which necessarily came II
grief, as have several hundred of the fool
ish men who obeyed unwise officials instead
OF being governed by common sense ant
their own ideas of right. When cite(
before the state board Of arbitration
and questioned by an authority which hat
the right to ask, Mr.. WEBB did not hesitate
to reply. He said the men had been dis
charged for INSTRUMENTATION, for drunken
ness and for failure to do their duty. L
an employer has no right to dismiss hi
workmen under such circumstances, hoV
long will it be before men cease to employ
The Central strike was 5lundcr, and i
should result in the dismissal from thei
places of every one of the knights of Labo
officials who ordered or sanctioned it. The,
ought to be made to go before they hav
done further mischief and brought troubl
upon more of their honest but misguide,
followers. There is sympathy for the poo
men everywhere who find themselves GU
of employment as consequence Of Blind,
obeying unwise or vicious bosses, but tner
is no sympathy for the bosses who hav
used their authority with such injuriou
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