The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-07-29
CAPITAL AND LABOR

ri CAPITAL AND LABOR.
4 Correct Americas Priselr
ni EloquentIy End0rsed b. 4
's Locked-Out Homestead Wei
. ers.
III On last Pridsv the sdvisosy Co.
i tee Of locked-0ut workmen issued - =
dress 10 the American people dealia~ Nv
4 fundamental. underlying priDciplss, =.
!. lcesssry 10 the preeervslIon Of I1bor
Z guarded By law. They were drives
D this course By the usurpation of despo
: lsuthority BY Gen. SDoWden g. e
: Homestead AFFAIR. Unquesllonably C.
E Pattison made the mistake OF his r.
d when he ordered the State militia ooe r.
r compel honest workmen 10 submie ~
the despotic commands Of Carnexio g
Co. Disguise II o. they may, that
What The ordering OF the military ill.,
} amounted to. The folio wing 10 he =.
dress of the advisory committee;
u The most evident characteristic r.
our time and country ID the phenom
.enon Of Industriai GENERALIZATION. vhfr1
;, 10 putting the control OF each Of our 9rcr1
national industries into the hands of g.
or few men, and giving these mes -
enormous deepotic power over the Iivro
and fortunes OF their empIoyes Ana s~R-
ordinates. the great mass or the peonIe
= power which evIscerases our nstioooi
constitution and our common lav. -
directly antagonizrs The spirit OF unjver.
sal history in iss world wide struggle r.
Ter lawful liberty; . power 1htcR
though expressed il terms OF curron6
speech - .the right Of employers % wsn.
age their business 70 snit themselves. = ~
coming 10 mean in effect nothing -
than right to manage the countrv -
suit themselvea-
"Ihe employ es In the mill Of Meocru-
Carnegie. Phipps 8 Co. at HomeseeoG
Pa, have built there . town viii ~
homes, its schools and lie churches havo
Tor many years been faithful co-workorrr
With the company In the business of ~
s1iti have Invested thousands or dolloru
o. their own savings in said mill ID a.
expectation Of spending their liVeo - w
homessesd and of working il the mlm NJ
during the period Of their s1icieDcy. =
addition 70 The ordinary gifts and sdvan~
tsges Of Our government the naiioooo
iegssIaiuve hes seen 6t 10 specially foster
snd protect By public TAXATION The T.
nusery Of their miils. and the state o<
fenusylvania 10 to-day guarding q 6 8
great and extraordinary expense
theresore. their committee desire e
express 70 the public = iss Gsm ooo1G
tnss ootc me public ard the employeo
aforesaid have equitable rights asd fe-
teresss y the said mill which csn poe -
modified or diverted without dee pro-
cess o. law; thst The employees havo sho
right 70 consinaoss empIoyaesa - sho
ss'u mill during efIciency and good ~
havior, without regard 20 reIigioss -
political o. economic opinions and aspo-
citations; that IL is against public policy
and subversive Of the fundaanenssi prio-
cipies Of American liberty that vholo
community Of worker should b denied
employment, or suffer any olher social
lictrinens, on account Of membesship q
; church, : political party or : trndo
nnion; that IL 10 our duty - Americnn
citizens 10 resist BY every legal and o.
iinary means the unconstitutional. -
lrchic and revolutionary policy of eho
carnegie company. which seems u
,vincc contempt of public ana privsse
onscieuce ~ IL refusal - s.h..;s -
awfuI arbitration. ana b. the .vn.so