Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-09-08
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A Large Attendance and Pleasant Ezer-
cisps at Sheiipat Grove.

clsBs ht Nneitpnb 1fof's
When the i4nhor Day parade dis
banded Tuesday afternoon the partiGl-
pants proceeded TO Shcllput grove,
where pirpic was held Until u late
hour last evening. Several thousand
people were present and tho pretty
copse was thronGcd. The speakers Of
the OCCASION were j. Alexander tult2n
Of Dover and james lTarnnn Of Chester.
After Goagraiulatirg his audience
upon the happy conditions under which
II was assembled Mr.. lNnltnn said il is y
source Of satisfaction and ronlentment
10 tho whole state that COED UNDER
stGndinr and mutual respect exist be-
tween The employers ana the employees
III Delaware, You haze, SO Tar as am
Informed. he remarked. no serious
differences with your employers, ana |
infer from this that there has been no
reasonable cause for complaint or con.
tention You have had no strikes ard
no lnckou's. How Fortunate for beth
parties IL is; aud how great the mis-
fortune where it is different. Strikes,
he declared, ara always unfortunate.
BESIDES the great loss in money caused
W. them the moral lnss Of confidence,
Of good will aud mutual esteem
i siiil more dnplornblc. In my iudg-
mnnt no strike should he ordered unless
FIR the best sc reasons and after mature
and serious considerations II Is q very
grave matter and involves very great rr-
sponsihility 10 threw thousands OF in
dustriOus men who live BY their daily
Toll, out Of employment and Thus stop
their daily supplies. Apart from con
siderlttonR If s~lf-intrrcst and Self-rc-
sp0ct it should also he remembered that
innocent parties always suffer by these
unfortunate strikes. While | say this
much by way Of cuution | do not gay
! that strikes are not sometimes iustiiia-
| BILE. When such is clearly the case,
when they become n real necessity IN
| order ~ correct u great wrong not
| otherwise to BE- rcnicdicd, then lnl them
| be as strict and stringent as possible
| aud let the exact cause be fully CN-
| plaincd 50 that the strikers Will be fully
| justified by in impartial public. II
this course be pursued strictly, thcy will
| not only be sustained by their own
| fellow workmGn, but will have the
| sympathy aud encouragement of the
| whole community.
Speaking Of the strike NJ Homestead
he suid The employment Of Pinllrrton
detectives there was unlawful and dis
graceful. The punishment Of lams, he
asserted, was II disgrace 10 Pennsylvania
and illegal. ln conclusion he alluded
| 70 the poor condition of workingmCn.
| lie was Of the opinion that some of the
| troubles of the poor man are due 10 bad
| laws. Congress has not for years pHssed
Il law tlat II wholly for the benefit Of
| the wOrkingInun. This State is gov
erned as well as any and you cannot
find law passed in recent years exclu.
siyely for the benefit of the workman
Bondholders and stock owners should
be taxed as well as the men who own
small farms.
Mr.. Farnan said the time is coming
when the political speakers Of both
parties will 60 about and tell the work.
men that this is happy and prosperous
country and that the workmen are con-
tented and happy. 1t was his misfor-
tune to be horn poor, and il had always
seemed to him that some one else had a
portion of that which belonged to him.
The older no got the harder he had to
work. He had known many of the
men before him for years, but none of
them were getting richer. Read of the
|
you will see that this is not the happy
and prosperous country that it is pic
tured, Look how Homestead has suf-
fered. The capitalists tell you that
Carnegie lives but to do good hut they
tell what is not true, Chairman Frcl5
Of the Carnegie Company, he declared,
was the man who had turned out Ameri-
cans from the coke burning districts
and supplied their places with men who
cannot speak the English language and
who came here with Il price set upon
their heads. All that tho taxpayers of
Pennsylvania have 10 regret is that
Carnegie and Prick were not between
the Pinkertun murderers and the mob
when the guns were fired. He closed
by advising that workmen be elected to
office.
A concert by First Regiment Band
followed the speeches and subsequently
there was dancing, The celebration was
u success.