New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-17


sta.:hfsetcrtly adjusted. Then they made demand
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RAILROADS AND THE PUBLIC.
Tho duties Of railroad to the public. are now %
clearly defined and we'll understood that all Of u.s.
In whatsoever grade Of SERVICE are In certain sense
the servants Of the public 10 close line like the
New-York Central and innict tho attendant hardshps
upon hundreds Of thousands Of people and the enor
nous losses upon business men ind wageeaners ahke
Is 30 great . calamity and 30 near 0tne nat those
VINO are responsible and in tho wrong AFe bound to
suffer- Public opinion is tho mighty arbiter on such
On occasion. against the corporation, 1t cannot
resist but must yield; II It be against the class of
employees which are causing the trouble. the road will
surely win. Years OF successful trial, Of fair, frank
and friendly discussions with the employees Of the
Central. upon questions OF dinorcnccs which arope
from time time had led me to believe that strike
was impossible upou tho line OF that road. In that
trust went abb oad - my annual holiday during the
summer to have my hopes rudely shattered, whilo
musing Ut Oberammcrgau Sunday evening on the
happy lesson Of peace and goodwill among men
taught BY the Passion Play, by cable announcing
that the words "websters Dictionary" flashed over
the wires had caused thousands TO desert their posts
and the greatest artery Of commerce and travel in
the United States to lie STOPPED But you were true
to the relations which fir many years had been es-
tabshed and sustained, and reinvigOrated my fading
faith in the efficacy Of any effort to maintain sats
faotory and permanent understanding between capital
and labor The citizens Of NewYork and Of tho whole
country owe to the motherhood Of Locomotive En-
gneers debt Of gratitude for the courage, fidelity and
intelligence with which they stood by their posts ana
locomotive engineer has necessarily the qualities
which make success In the railway world: The fire
mon are the recruits for your brotherhood but there
often 'S spstmes at0E & Claimed ss Should 50
only by seniority o: service But there mo nremen
in y years would never Pc a5%4aa enes some
men are too lghtheaded and will pull out o. sT tn
efGl TIE me next turnout 50 that
CURING with their trains Some are TOO bumPtsYgss and
engineer IS always man Of sense, Of quick thoHght
miles an hour and the safety Of hundreds OF passen'
DsSe at aRf9 n and the
saves the train from destruction many unes tnS
ae Paoe ocatucn upcr tic tracs the switch
The Opportunity is before him to reverse ana JUMP Of
nine cases out Of hundred he ntters bret prayer
BIDS mental goodby 70 his wife and ntus e, one dss,
In the riots Of 1863 when the city Of dso R Tr
In tho possession OF mob trains OF the uGso rer 'f
hHaS So wer9 'HRpHS unable to get homes
The rioters threatened to XII any one VINO and
wheel s tai tae sns nas tram the on
either side Of the road were men enSe1 deed
with h aTn We're so 'awed by Of this en-
gner that he was permitted 20 the Central this
engineer Henry lihen Joined TIE silent sSn aSc
liz name stands among the unheraldea heroes WIN "''
the pride and the glory OF our humanity
LABOR AND CAPITAL.
,,ro.os have been written upon labor and capital,
Int they are mostly trash. Labor cannot i've "i.nou
,ta, 10 furnish It employment. and capital without
a, 20 enable e to increase and multiply is as useless
=. diamonds ON a desert island to shipwrecKeo anu
st,,dnr mariner When capital selfshy strives TO Sc
,e an Unfair proportion Of the profits BY rcdhclns
the laorer to conditions which endangef 1'Se i".
morality and education Of his family II Is ccr'a',i
,ncite a revolt which will end In Its lmpa'rhe' VI
Destruction When hbor pushes its demands 70
-. zrrera canitaI receives return or incurs loss
the business stops end employment ceases I'D t'o
VARYING conditions Of complex clvilzauoN anu .o
conditions produced by machinery, INVENTION new III
dustres and rapd settlement no general rule seehS po
s,a which shan be applicable to all cases as panace"
fr the antagonisns between capital ana laoor GNels
dimcn,tv must be solved upon It's own merits. IL Is
,st here that an Intelligent labor organization CON-
posed only of the occupation which seeks 70 SECURE
right or redress wrong, can meet us employer upo
grounds which will show their mutual dependence anu
promote their common benefit 1t Is Just nero thaV
IN
itation and resistance the other and capital loses
its earnings and labor It's wages. o,,,,oves IN anv
The period ought to come when the Ss over a the
whole country against their employers ~ eno - the
when tho aad The % %cers or firms on
the other as against each other but with E9o1 se thsS
friendly feeling and kindly tsmpe nSs for the Common
good, and an overwhelming sense Oh COno from the
PRESIDENT nsa down e corporation; IKE the S
central or the Pennsylvania Railroad VIII pc wn.ea
serve thu best equipped the most attractive and the
most formidable In THO field OF competition; most put
factory and it viii command patronage Of the en- p1 tSes
Then communities which are dependent on S
uences increasing populations and general ;hs psos
ery which % Thed sSe ad s
pOyes alike will share in the prevailing good tmes'
The Grand Chief Engineer P. NJ. Arthur. was next
introduced and was enthusiastically received BY the
audience lie congratulated tho Brotherhood on inc
healthy condition Of It's affairs and added
We come from every quarter Of the United states,
Canada and Old Mexico. 40 men representing 452
Sub divisions. comprising membership OF 27:o0 az
Though there Is q oneness of purpose there ls o.
versty OF opinion and hope during the course OF
our debates TO find equation by which the prooiem
strike R Balance between capital and labor a. far as
we are concerned between the radea! and d CONSERVE
Il by honorable action that we have achieved sue
cess as labor oreanzation not by might not Dy ,oro
S.a might COMPEL Corporations to Do No that has
never been policy We ask but fa ar b }ps' % e
h1t d To ~ hours q rest deserving has
the same needs feels the same longings ana dsSes s
in his oo and directs the work Of othes fns s
10. on ~ thcro nor with them. II there be those VINO
"sr' the interests Of labor and capital as naturay