The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-18

strange. indeed. II. in tho $4,000 men who are
mot members OF the association the com pany
should not be .ablo to nick out all the expert
SSt o ten a. s0st am or tsS
ment. that tho company cannot MI the
better these men rghb than aTsy was
has not been forced TO give in to the work q en
about s2VVo a day This ! is cold cash right
out Of their pockets. and most Of them CANT
sffe That thoy arc able 70 sa care
the sufferers, and know. too. that they mean a.
what they say but they VII not 69 a6le t to a., 90
contributions Of money and other things
needful that are coming in from the outside;
put those contributions arc going to end and
a." It 10 the history Of. such affairs as this that
there IL great deal 81 help to begin with. but
the outside haye use for their money them.
s mogy DAY puts ~ esopy bSh
and II Of possG. arc for to
wsh Is the sT %s s9T Fsf the@
Efsas rush e get BACK 70 WORK. All ,Sey nse q
This then it Is not likely that there will be any
S II that thsr WI
has received thousands Of applications from
competent workmen, and that he can get all
h rs sendsSes Of tEe in its
strength and In the outcome OF the strike
however. is nothing Mt all compared with the
Der II tho Amailgamated Assosiation WHO. II
H;gestIoned would not S1ynWhy, ny dear ear
winning this strike. Our position to-day is
Can't you see It Ter yourseliT We have moppey
money too. but 1t has not tho men. and It
can't get them until We decide to go back.
Why Why. the idea OF our losing the strike is ae
10 ascertain Just how some OF the leaders
s on hem SN sosh Of
the Recognized head OF the strikers. said:
for us. We were afraid before, they came that
come harm might come to the works St and d. t
de1 az ro lie sSp Us dG i've sS
devote ali our tlmo to sitting still! and looking
9n W. are f sit s 0 wos
playing big i game % 81 BUN They think that
i will create a stampede among our men. but
they are mistaken Al o9r r, men know that G
hunting in ali parts Of the world to find enough
were the laborers or assistants who were
thS strikers the company might o sasiy w,n
workmen at a moments notice he means or.
he wants to- But do you suppose that ne can
get rollers or shaerers or METERS men who
command from S25 to $50 a week. at a mo
ment's notice? The very idea is absurd, The
notice which he issued yesterday. sayin e thai no
men would be taken back after July Is only a
blum. calculated to, Brighten us. Il l were q
betting man would no willing to wager all
] have that II the members Of our associa.
ton all applied for work at the end OF next
month they would I'LL be taken back. 1t was
our men who built these works and gave them
the reputation that they have. We know all
the furnaces and the blasts and the machinery.
Many OF us have been brought UP among
them. and the mpany knows that, no matter
how much they pay US. they make more money
than II they employed strangers, New men
OF dollars worth Of machinery and boilers be-
fore they got the hang OF things. Do you sup
pose that we feel worried over the few men
that nre at present in the yards? Why. we
wouldn't care II they put thousand men
there.
by some scheme they managed to run the
works. Do you suppose that any railroad in
the country would handle their goods Every
locomotive engineer and fireman In the coun-
try is on our side. and If the company man:
aged to run their mills without us 1t would
raise howl Of Indignation throughout the
civilized world. and every union man in this
country would como to our aid. No. we are
question OF time"