Telegram-herald., 1890-05-19

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ths head u American labor. ana orit.rle
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heart A. result II one of oar sFSat
American strikes yea had that ne oDsrs-
I've losG fsur hundred thousand deliars'
worth II wages, AID lave ha4 poorer Nszes
ever ssncs. Traps sprung suddenly upoa
employers, AID sIolenoe. never took one
knot or ~ the knuckle II toll or ulf one
tzrtLing u wages into c4Iols palm
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civilization. AArk That
ErEEAAL justice colnsANDs.
Frederick tie Great admired sope land
near his palace Al Potsdam AID he resolved
70 get il. II waS owned by miller He
offered tie miller three times The value Of
IL
il, because IL wAs the old homestead. and
be felt about il As Naboth fslt abou, ais
vineyard when Akab wanted IL. freasrick
+ the Great was q rough and terrible man,
and he ordered the miller into hls presence.
and the king, with a stick in his hAnd-a
stick with which he sometimes struck his
officers Of sta;e-said 20 this miller. Now,
have offered you three times the value Of
that property, and II you won't sell il II
take il anyhow" The miller said. your
majesty. you won't" Yes" SAID the king,
/ Il will take IT, Then, said tie miller.
'if your majesty does take 1t ! viii sue you
/ In the chancery court AT that threat
Frederick the Great Yielded his infamous
demand And the most imperious outrage
ageinst the working classes viii Yet cover
before the law. Violence and contrary 10
the law viii never accomplish GnytL ny,
bat righteousness and according 10 law
VIII accomplish Il.
Well. if this controversy between capital
aud labor c&nnot be settled by human wis
dom, il is time for us TO look somewhere
else for relief, and il points from my text
roseate and jubil2nt, and puts one hand on
the broadc!cth shoulder Of capital. anf
puts the other hand on the honsespun Gov
cred shoulder Of toll, and says, with voice
that viii grandly and Cloriously settle this
and settle everything, Whatsoever ye
would that men should do 20 you, do ye
even so 70 them" That is, the lady OF the
household will say: Il must treat the maid
in the kitchen just rs / would like 30 be
treated II ! were downstairs, and IL were
nv work 10 wash and cook, and sweep,
ana II were the duty Of the maid ia the
kitchen 10 preside In this parlor." The
maid IN the kitchen must say: IF my en-
ployer seems 70 be more prosperous than !,
that is no fsnlt Of hers; / shall not treat
her as an enemy ! viii have the same in
dustry and flelity downstairs as | would
expect from ny subordinates if happened
10 be the wife OF a silk importer"
The owner IF an iron mill, having taken
q dose Of my text before leaving home in
the morning, will go into his foundry, and,
passing into what is called the pudding
room, no will see n man there stripped 70
the waist, ard beswested and exhausted
with the labor and the toll, and he will say
10 him: "Why, it seems 10 be very hot in
here You look very much exhausted. |
hear your child is sick with scarlet fever.
nwant your wages little earlier this week,
so as to pay the nurse and get the medi-
cines, rust come into my office any time.
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market and there is no more demand for
the articles manufactured in that iron mill.
and ths owner does not know what TO do.
He says, shall stop tie mill, or shall
run it on half time, or shall cut down the
mems wages" He walks the floor Of his
counting room al day, hardly knowing
whist to do. Toward evening he calls ell
the laborers together. They stand all
around. some with arms alimbo, some
folded arms, wondering what the boss is
going 10 DO now. The manufactures says:
Men, business Is bad; ! don't make twenty
dollars where l used To make one hundred.
Somehow, there is no demand now for
what we manufacture, or but very little
demand You see, | am at vast expense,
and have called you together this after
noon TO see what you would advise.
don't want 10 shut up the mill, because
that would force you out Of work, and YOU
have always been very faithful, and / Ike
you, and you seem 10 like me. and the
BARNS must be looked after, and your wife
viii after awhile want a new dress. /
don't know what to do"
TIE GRATEFUL WORKMAN.
There is a dead halt for minute or two,
and then one OF the workmen steps out
from the ranks of his fellows and says:
Boss. you have been very good TO Us, and
when you prospered we prospeTed. and
now you are IN a tight place. and ! am
sorry, and we have got 20 synpathize with
you. don't know how the Others feel.
bat propose that We take of twenty per
cent. from our wages. and that when the
times get good you will remember Us and
r.;ise them again The workman looks
around to his comrades. and ssys: Boys,
what DO you say to this' All in favor q
my proposition VIII say ay." "Ay ayi syi'
shout two hundred voices
But the mill owner, getting IN some new
machinery, exposes himself VERY much.
and takes cold and it settles into pnou-
mona and be dies. In the procession %
the tomb are all the workmen. tears roll
ing down their cheeks and of upon the
ground. but an hour before the procession
gets to the Cemetery tho wives and the
children OF those vcrkmen are a. the grave
waiting for the arrival of the funeral
pageant The minister of rel -ion nav
have delivered An eloquen. euloEum before
they started from the house. bur the most
impressive things are SAID that dsy bT The
working classes standing around the tomb.
That nizht ia ali the cabins of the work
ing people where they have family prayers
IN. vidouhocd and the erph4nage in the
mansion ara rensm herei No elaring
populations look over he iron fence q The
'-snstery. INT. hovsTing over the seene. tbs
oeneiicfion Il God And man Is coming Tor
tss fulfllrleut % the Christlike ir Junction
'Whatsoever - would hat men should Do
b yor. d So even - O. them
Oh. says some man here that y a.
-torian, thar is apocrgphsl that i7 i-1poe
Hhls" No. cut ont ~ a psper tbs, ore