The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-08-29

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The New York Central STRIKE
vx.n.s,lis cearnr.
The conduct OF tho Vice President o
the N. y. Centrsi. Webb. son-'n.m~ -
Vsnderbilt's dishonest millions, nss ossn
ill.mannercd and imperions rom -.
6rsr. Whatever may DO The merits -
,he issue between him and bic employees
~ has no right to treat them - slASes-
No risht 10 refuse them the respectsui
consideration which every employer
lowes - bis employe
The People OF the United STATES nsve
moi forgotten that II Was one o. me ~
lderhjlts Who expressed his contempt ios
ruhllc opinion IN the phrase: ine
puhlic be damned" and they will meas
ira the conduct OF son-in-Iaw and vice
president Webb. BY the standard q
patriotism which Vanderbilt declared .
that n the New York Central ks''roau
Company. Indeed. Webb's Insulting
and cxasperating treatment Of the repre-
sentatiyes OF the striking employees
demonstrates clearly enough that ne
shares The Indifference Of the vanderoit
family "a ali other intercsts ulan those
which affect the Vanderbilt millions. 81
Of them gained BY dishonest methods
sucn n. on 4 smaller scale, sublect ihc-e
who practice them 10 the penalties pre-
scribcd for gaining money under is'se
pretenses. Its with the Vanderbiits' q
With most OF the quick rich--sheir money
has only given emphasis 10 'heir -
breeding aud bad manners. no gentle
man Al heart would ahront and insuH
man simply because, having been non
eat. his fate IN life is 10 labor for MS nv
ling. At least. that Is The courier
opinion, aud II II 10 correct, Mr.. WebO'-
ldemeanor towards the strikers has been
that OF beastly brute. Ills assumption
thst because the Vandcrbilts swiudied
their way into the Ownership 81 major
Nv Of the stock OF the New York Central
Railroad. he. Is one Of them by mar
rage. IL the superior OF the employees "'
the system, IL impairment aud ~ every
wav opposed to the facts. Doubtless,
Nj. Webb IL very important iActor ~
tho management and operation " thf
| Vanderbilt eysiem Of railroads. out ne
makes the mistake too common smoug
railway managers. that he is OF more i'm
portauce to the operation Of the property
than the Locomotive Engineers. the Con-
ductors. the Firemen. the Brakemen OF
the Switchmen. A mstter Of fact the
men who risk their lives every day ~
making up trains-the men who drop
linch pins into their places -contribute
az much 10 the successful operation Of
ANY railroad property Is the highest
magnate as. ociated with II. IL would be
impossible for the greatest OF railroad
managers to make either money or repu-
iaiion without the faithful services Of
these industrial heroes. Yet they are
held in low esteem by the heads Of de-
|partments, because their labor IL merely
mechanical. But what would become Of
the Vanderbilt millions. plundered from
The People, without the services Of these
men? Webb, and his kind, answer con-
Men are plenty, and L.
Dor Is cheap. II these fellows quit work,
We can find others 70 take their places.
And 90 they can. and so they do, because
every fortune. such ae the Vanderbilt
have accumulated by refined methods Of
swindling, enormously reduces The op-
portunitIes Of the Masses TO earn : Iiv-
ing. Every such fortune becomes bur-
densome tax upon the toiling masses, and
so cheapens labor that there have aIwaye
been found plenty Of idle mon, wiling 70
work, to take the places Of those whom
the grasping greed Of colossal million
aires and consciencelees corporations die
placed because they will not submit 70
al Of the conditions Of sbject physical
slavery.
But suppose. some day. the millions Of
men in enforced idleness and the millions
Of men who are toiliDg day after day for
wages 90 small that nothing can be pro-
vided for Old age-suppose these millions
of employed and unemployed should
some day reach the point where longer
would only cease TO Be vir-
tue, but would become : crime against
What would BE- the relative
Importance OF Vice President Webb, the
Vanderbilts and their millions, and the
thousands Of employees who now work
from years end TO years end 10 earn
for the the interest on sWindIiDg stock
and thieving bonds-whst would be the
relative importance OF manager and men
ID such On upheaval q would follow the
revolt Of the organized masses against
their masters? Open the food gates
that hold 10 check stored waters, and ses
In the awful ruin and wreck IL their
wake - they rush with . sullen roar TO
find their level, . feeble illustration OF
the horrors and dcvas'ation with which
public wrath unrestrained will sweep
aside orr social fabric. The man OF the
Inch pin then viii, nj least, have an
equal chance with the proud and stiff-
necked manager. There viii be no one
50 bold % TO say: ''ihe public b.
damned IN that day. The voice OF The
People will then DO the voice Of God
visiting retribution upon those who have
outraged justice.
An Epidemic or Bloody Flux.