, 1890-10-23

week. After vain efforts for an amelio-
ration of their condition they struck.
The government instantly filled their
places, put q policeman beside each new
man and distressed the gathering of old
ones. In Germany the government
owns the railroads. The locomotive en-:
,inecr receives about $40 q month, and
II he deserts his engine becomes subject
to severe punishment. Libraries have
been written upon labor and capital.
They arc mostly trash. In the varying
condition of our complex civilization no
general plan seems possible which will
be applicable to all cases as relief for the
antagonism between capital and labor.
Every difficulty must DO solved upon
its own merits. IL is just here that in
telligent labor organizations which seek
TO right or redress wrongs can meet
their employers upon grounds which
Will show their mutual dependence and
promote their common benefit. Ii Is
Just here that Ignorance or incompetence
on the one hand produces irritation and
resistance on the other The period
ought to come when the employees In no
Industry shall be arrayed in hostile
camps over the whole country against
their employers in the same business
when com binations will not be OF work
ers on tho ono hand and officials on the
other against each other, but when, with
bpV' oehso uhNA u hlSlOosNi'hf
they shall meet upon u common ground
for the common good and an overwhelm-
ing sense OF com mon interests"
CHIEF ARrnURs ADDRESS.
Grand Chief Engineer Arthur was
next introduced and was Enthusiastically
received. He congratulated the brother
hood on the healthy condition of its
affairs, and said in part: although
tho "a "a n n thar,s Ia n
diversity oi opinion, aud We hopo during
the course of our debates to find the
equation by which the problem of our
difficulties and differences may be
solved. BY honorable action we have
achieved success as labor organization,
not by might, not by the loud, boastful
assertion of what, owing to our member.
ship, we might compel others to do. No,
that never has been our policy. We
ask but fair and just treatment,
nothing :more. If there be those
who would array labor against capital,
am not one OF them, or with them. IL
there be those who regard the interests
OF labor and capital as naturally or prop
erly antagonistiC, l don't agree with
them. The interests of labor and capi-
tai are Identical, or, to be more accurate
reciprocal. Any argument with respect
w iuDoT topics which iOeS nOt ulStlIlCt-
ly recognize and concede the truth of
this proposition must needs be iallaci-
Gus, and, rs matter of fact, IL 10 recog-
nized and conceded Dy all eminent au-
thorities on the subject"
The insurance feature of the Brother
hood was touched upon at length by the
speaker. During the past fiscal year tho
brotherhood has paid to widows and
disabled members 1922, 500, making
grand total of So, l22, GO.
OTHER ADDRESSES.
Addresses were also made by q num-
Der of delegates referring to the Chicago
telegram, stating that party of West
ern engineers had left for this city to
champion the cause of federation. First
Grand Assistant Engineer Hayes said:
81 know nothing about them. We
anticipate no trouble when the time
comes for considering the question of
federation. | understand that the ma
jority Of tho Western delegation favor
such plan, but as to what the outcome
will be, will not venture an opinion"