Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-04-19
An Impartial Observers Views on the oio-
MARKET Hall Meeting.


should like 10 trespass on yout sa 80
strikers, meeting at the 0ld-Market nalll
OF which see in your issue very co1fee'
Being DISTINGUISHED try TO give the
v1ews 81 an impartial outsider.
( ca, only wish that the other speaker,
rad Observed tho Same moderation anu
spirit OF Justice that our respected hiaSo.
impressed mo With. -. ..ob
Mr.. Wisdom at the outset 10 LIE cps .,t,i.
Laws as the lions ct erigo2' OF tne uouua0
"an effort of the new Inanageussus ~ a. !,
dermine skilled labor for little prom.
With the exception Of The new supeIin-
tendent, Mr.. Z. f. Q. Davis, there nus pen pssa
no change in the management, tnat ! Iays
heard of for some time past. ana ILLS snaie
must be here intended for him;
Later on in his speech. MIR. wisdom 40,
dressed himself directly and with ungloyedi
hands to Mr.. Davis, while TO the boaru Oh
Directors he referred in complimentary
manner. .,4-.d;c
ton. Does not the board openly enuoiSo
Are thew not, each and every one.
equally guilty of any misconduct TOWARDS as
the strikers? To accuse DAVIS anu 70
relieve the board is plainly to stultliy the
Can ANYBODY believe that Davis acted
otherwise than under the direction Oh tue
board and with their approhationI
Is this effort to make Davis scape-gsosas
An endeayor to open path OF reconclila-
t;on tor the strikers to enable them to
come back?
IN seems to me cowardly to try to cast on
one man the odium of causing this strike;
when there are others, unlmpeacned anu
rnimneachable witnesses, who openly. con-
fess themselves equally implicated,
/ feel confident that the board Will never
be guilty of the objectionable sin OF sacrl-
fcing Davis. If he goes, they must go
With him.
while he was berating Mr.. Davis for COM
inc down here from Pennsylvania 70 IN
teTmeddle that he was p0rttctps crluin,s.
I don't think that the reputation thus
ascribed 10 Mr.. Davis by Mr.. Wisdom Is
conourred IN by many, since persons VINO
have known him well both here and in
Pottsyllle think very differently about
him, and are glad to welcome here gen;
tleman of great intelligence, energy ana
Imay add. too, that it seems against all
r,,les Of iustice openly to condemn man
upon nothing but the hearsay evidence Oh
those antagonistic to him- ~, 1,,,-,
. IA 10 the point made by Mr.. wisdom,
that the hoard acted improperly in not APP
nearing in some way at the meeting last
pight / cannot see with what proprlety the
gentlemen were called upon TO arralgn
themselves before this self-constituted TIL
bunal. III.
they had already stated in the public
prints their position as clearly as ~ was
possible for them to do. and their appear
ance at the Old-Market seems TO have been
desired by Mr.. Wisdom with view 10 ele-
yate his own Importance.
The refusal OF the board to submit 70
arbitration is not by any means necessarily
10 the detriment of the board.
II is customary with persons who con-
sidor they have clear case IN their favor
TO decline arbitration. Besides, the poaru
seem to recognize the TACT that TINS Is .
campaion of education and enlightenment,
IN which must be definitely settled the
rights of each side finally and for a long
time to come, and that no compromise can
effect this object.
To offer to arbitrate is to concede pos.
sible error on the otterer's part. Arbitra-
ton never settles wide principles OF right
IA to the insinuation by Mr.. Mullen that
| the pistol-shot was fred at the instigation
| of some member of the management, TINS
| is too silly for comment; but ne was evl-
| IDENTIFY laboring under mental alteration
when he supposed that the manifesto from
the management was intended to be sign
ed by the stockholders. :. =,
II was signed by the directors (all, ]
think and no one else pretended TO sign
it, All of these gentlemen i've mere IA
! Richmond, and l have heard that they
| owned most OF the stock.
The stockholders OF q large institution
are generally scattered from Maine 70
Texas and from New York to San Fran
cisco, and commit the management to the
! directors.
While greatly respect Dr.. Parker, / dc
not think that he has reached the true So
| luton Of this difficulty.
ASH said efore.compromisesand arbitra.
! lions settle no principles, and IT seems tha'
| this unfortunate strife can only be upon the
! lines first mapped out by the contestants.
PAX.
Richmond, Va, April II, 1891.