The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-11-17


est Of the immigrant or those who pre-
coded him to land him here without
money, without friends and without
knowledge OF the conditions which he
must face in his struggle for bread. II
is not because he cannot earn liveli.
hood in his own land that the foreigner
comes here; it is because the institu.
tions OF greed Of older growth have
taken deeper root.
1.-The rapacitv OF employers Of labor,
the greed Of the owners Of steamships,
and the moral cowardice of our public
men have prevented the enactment OF
legislation which would have long
since relieved the strain. We can bet
ter afford to aid the European in bat
Ting down tho institutions which crush
him at home than to continue system
which will inevitably reduce our own
workmen to worse condition than
those now experienced abroad by those
who are looking to this land for relief.
What will you do on the immigration
question on strikes and lockouts?
RECENT OCCURRENCES. :
During the last six months the peo-
pie Of this land have witnessed such at
tempts ut making the power of ex-
aggerated wealth supreme as were never
dreamed Of before. Whether it be at
Ceur dAlene, at Homestead, at Buffalo,
or in Tennessee, the instinct which
guided the rapacious hand was tie
same. The underground wire which
detected the attack ran to the same
centre from all OF these places. Cen
trhized wealth drew the scattering fire
OF divided labor, and as u natural result
labor lost in each battle. II the lessons
are carefully taken to heart the sacri-
tices may not be in vain. The campaign
which Just closed witnessed very in
teresting, il not intelligent, discussion
OF the tariff, but there is more OF rev.
enue illegally drawn from the pockets
OF merchants, manufacturers and wor k
men in one month OF the year by the
railroads and telegraphs than We pay
in tariffs for year.
"These and all other questions con-
nected with them must occupy the at.
tention of industrial organizations OF
the future, and the strike OF the future
must be u strike for the rule Of the
people. We cannot decry politics as
we please, but we must be politicians or
the slaves Of politicians. We may shirk
our responsibilities of a citizen, but we
arc only piling high the wrath which
follows neglect Of duty. In a word, we
must DO lawmakers or law-breakers.
When We in the last extremity are
driven close to the wall and deprived OF
right and privilege, it is done through
the law. II the law is obscure or defec-
tive, hireling Judge can always be
found to construe in favor Of the wealthy
as against the poor. If every citizen OF
Pennsylvania understood and knew his
rights; il he performed his duty under
the law intelligentiy and as he ought to.
no Judge would dare charge treason
against workmen who but struggled for
recognition. The battle OF the future
must be fought out on different lines
from those which marked the shifting
progress OF the past. These lines must
diyerge from and centre at the ballot
box. Not slaves to party bent on obey
ing the will OF boss or master, but as
free men, who value freedom and would
maintain it should we vote"
The speaker advocated utilization with
the farmers alliances and other similar
recommended the organ
ization of social or beneficial features OF
the order, and in conclusion said that
he knew OF nothing he had done during
the year that he would not do over
again under similar circumstances.
THE EXECUTIVE BOARD. L.
The general executive committee, in
its general report, approves the plan
adopted last year OF requiring each
member in good standing to pay five
cents to fund for the payment OF rail-
way expenses OF delegates. The case OF
the suit brought against the order by
William Witty, OF Amsterdam. N. Y,
for an alleged claim for goods furnished
strikers in lSS6-S7, was detailed, the
board stating that while victorious it
would have been cheaper for the order
from financial standpoint to have set
tied the claim, butthe,report says there
is evidence conclusive that the case was
but a part OF a plot by which the enc
mics OF the order hoped to continue its
ruin, and your board believe that had
the case been settled in any other way
there would have been brought a series
OF Ubiquitous claims we would have
been called upon to defend.
Much space is devoted to the review
OF the trouble with the combine OF
clothing manufacturers at Rochester,
n. Y, and the effort that has been
made to settle it.
The trouble between the Knights OF
Labor and the Worlds Columbian Ex-
position was given atgreat length, to-
gether with the efforts made by the
knights to settle the difficulty. II was
stated that all local assemblies were, by
u circular emanating from the board,
urged to press upon their members III
Congress that no money should be ap-
propriated for the exposition until the
labor question was settled.
The report then continues: "The
local assemblies promptly acted. with
the result that the proposition to APP
propriate S5,000.0O0 was voted down.
Another conference between the board
and the exposition was then held with
the result that satisfactory settlement
was secured, and an agreement entered
into which, it is believed, will prevent
future trouble. The house and senate
conference committees were then told
that all difficulties were settled, and
that the opposition to an appropriation
The question Of the secur-
ing of land by the order in that mem
bcrs may be assisted to procure homes
was mentioned, warning being given
against the introduction OF any plan
which might be adopted OF speculative
features.
Another paragraph Of the report
spoke OF the laws regarding employers
liability in case OF accident 70 employes.