The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-10-17
Railroad President Addresses
Locomotive Engineers.
RELATIONS or MEN TO CAPITAL.
POwderly's Organization Attacked
Amid Loud Brotherhood Cheers.
shoenakers Not Competent 70 Redress
KaiIroad Mems Grisvanoss or Order
strikes-New York Central Trouble
Chief Arthur Dsnnes His Position

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Onauncey M. DepeW, president OF the New
York Central Railroad Company. The ap-
pearance of the distinguished gentleman
was the signal for the widest anplause
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MT. UepeW spoke OF the aA.perva0mk
idea OF the past lew years OF trusts, and
said this universal effort to absorb individ-
ualitv. to divide the people into emplovirn
comnanies and emnloves and destroy cam.
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hsve been ~ several smbitiors sttemnts q form
gigantic labor trusts, which should combine an
der one central and autocratic authority every
occupation In which wage-ean ers could engage.
IN al sucn associanons OF trades and occupar
s.ons s.san - n.vans no'nns ~ c0mmon csr...s qu.'
nsv -, nsn;nr,.,;ne csvcu.s. "a cor vsrsars
push to the front msnv men who know little q
nothing of the great interests coniidcd to their
care.
Labor must be a. intelligent o capital upon
its own grounds. committee which calls
upon q railroad or corporation must know its
own business q well a. they know theirs other.
wise from angry contentious because of irno-
rance comes the exercise of brute farce and
violence fails to secure In nine cases out Of ten
that which could be had by an intelligent pre.
sentation. Hundreds OF committees OF our
employees have been to see me.
and can safely say that after The full and
free discussion which always took place not one
of them went out of my Office except to carry
back satisfactory news to their constftuents
The reason for these ready settlements was that
the men understood their own business; knew
precisely what they desired and how much the
company could afford to concede. But in the
operations of what may cali the labor trust
have had different experienced.
Mr.. Depew cited an incident of where
fifteen men at one point on the line we're
ordered out by the chief OF their local as
sembly, who was Z shoemaker and who
took that action because he had row with
Q passenger conductor. On another occa-
sion, q high official in the order called on Mr.
Depew, who soon discovered he knew
nothing of what he was talking about.
The official confessed that he had never
been IN the railway service in his life.
Such representatives of organized labor bring
1t into disrepute. both with employers and the
pubic. A commlttee calieo upon me last fall
VIII se,s' :, ai.. wnicn were
qu wads ssmsnd n hehsif os ~ tSe ,cooa,, nsy snen
SINGERS when 7 informed them ths. nj sn.
could speak for itself, they said their object was
to break up the organizau n of locomotive en-
gineers and gather into one organization every
department OF tneraiiwsy service, II the man.
aeement Oh .ne New o,x oen.r.l "ouid recog-
NE .,,,. 0,a .uv ha hro,sht sbout ana .n.s re-
i"wer hssis th an the brotherhood con,a .dr,,,
and il we did not do so they would srrike and
tie up the road Informed the committee that
they might do their worst. nut that in matter
affecting the bro,nernooo ! would recognize
only that BODY. Tne threatened strike never
came.
Speaking of the great Central strike. Mr..
Denev said that wears of successful trial of
f.;r trork and friendly discus.;on ur;.h ~.
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