Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1891-08-06
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likely to be OF use 20 TO the Free
Trade propaganda. The prediction
has speedily been verified. TIE
ex-Congressman with tin mouth
has forgotten his extreme solicitude
for the welfare OF the American
workingmsn and insoientIy slapped
"organized labor" ~ the face.
William Weiche. president OF the
National Amaigamated Association
OF Iron and Steel Workers, has gone
to st. Louis to try and arrange the
difficulty that has caused the work
men in Mr. Niedringhaus's iron
rolling mills TO strike. Heading q
committee Of strikers, ne called on
the "little tin god" Niedringhaus
refused to permit the committee to
enter the sacred precincts Of ms
private Office, but coming out INTO
his main office, where he was sure TO
find an audience OF admiring clerks,
he waived the visitors aside with
his lOrdly arm and refused TO confer
with them, a. u committee. though
as individuals applying for employ
ment he was willing TO incline has
august ear to any humble petition
they might desire to offer. A tin
tipe of the scene would have q
sale that would exhaust the whole
output of the American tin piase
mills, now that the one Welshman
who ran Niedringhaus's own TN
plate mill has joined the strikers.
The angry president of the associ-
alton with long name has been
moved 10 make some revelations that
demonstrate his right 20 a respectful
hearing 1T the hands of Niedrirc
haus. They were accomplices in
criminal conspiracy. or 1T least
partners IL swindling business.
MI. We!cha says that when the Ne
Kinley bill vas pending, the tn
plate associations weie afraid to go
openly before Congress 10 ask FOR
an increased tariff on tin plate, and
therefore they went 30 the workmsn
engaged in making iron and steel
plates and asked their help. saying
that II was necessary 10 have la
borers go Def ore the committee. The
workmcn Of the association with tie
long name very naturally wanted 10
know what there was in it for thsln.
The wofkmen oi the association
after much talk, finally agreed ,has
II the Mckinley Diii became u law
they would pay Ia per cent. extra
for soft steel work and 20 per cent.
extra for changed iron and steel. .
We do not know now much this
amounts to, but 1t was evidently
sufficient to induce Mr.. Weiche and
his associate lsboring men to join,
IN the name OF organized labor, in
demanding increased duties on tim
plate. Having got what he wanted
Mr.. Niedringhaus refuses 70 even
recognize the association with which
so SO eagerly treated some months
ago.
We have no sympathy whatever
with the cheated and insulted work
men. These associated iron work
ers have there headquarters in Penn
sylvania. and they have long been
in league politically with the ring of
protected employers in that State.
This incident shows the reason for
that unnatural alliance. The work
men are bribed. That il what was
done In this case. Mr.. Weiche need
not pretend that he was deceived.
he did not care a brass farthing
for the fact that al increased tariff
on tin plate would add something
to the cost of living OF ali working
men in the United States.
He saw plainly enough that Med
ringhaus and his crowd expected to
make money by the change they
were urging, and he refused TO help
them unless he and and his crowd
were ''let ill.," As soon as that
was fixed. Weiche began clamoring
for an increased tariff, injurious 10
workmen in general, and he was
animated in this matter by precise
ly the same selfish motive that gov
erned his fellow conspirGtors. He
became catspaw to rake chestnuts
out OF the fire for Niedringhaus &
Co., and he now has nothing to
show for II except burnt toes. We
arc glad of it. We hope II will al
ways be SO with these fellows WAC
are secretly hired to endorse the
demands of mouopolists sin the