The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-17

the Sf prompt arrest and PUNISHMENT Of The par:
over over Us. n the authoritles would only
n%s %ona he Ans All ae S
have no cause for feor: but the recent acts Ella
weakllnR Governor and political coward IKE
think that they not, only have riaht on their
eide and tho Sympathy OF 'he people. but that
they also have the officers OF the law favoring
Can you not continue your good work and
cal! upon tho authnritics to arrest the guilty mt
mouthod fraud 0'Dunnell and tho sacri egious
minister Milyer2 Yours truly. MEEcHANr.
TO THE EprToR OF THE SuS-Sir: I have read
your editorials in reference to tho Homestead
troubles and cannot soc how any person with
good common sense can find any fault with
them. You have, in my estimation. treated
the matter boldly. but temporarily. l have
also road the communications published from
day to day. and 1t does me good to see that
there aro some who feel TINT tho labor organ
cations should not control every man. woman.
and child in this United states. To my mind
the labor organizations in this country excr-
cise rs great n tyranny over the workingman
rs any experienced in any civilized country in
the world.
nm native-born American. ana have sup
posed until tho last few years that this was
FREQ country; but when q man has to get the
consent OF o labor union before he will be al
iowed to enrn support for himself and
1t seems as though a man that does not be-
right to .eSist.that Il II tho eyes q the union
likes and for what wages he can get; and that
ter; and the sooner the American people come
to TINT decision and demand that the labor
the sooner the labor troubles will cease.
is no skilled labor outside the unions and the
forty years as mechanic h.vs found Sd' as
unions. and cannot see why these mon. the
majority Of whom are natlve-h horn Anne rican
e. sh t.
lilies as those that belong to unions. l am not
opposed to orGanized labor. but am opposed
and murder those that do not am Late with
them, as is the case at Homestead and the
When we read that the labor organizations
IN different parts Of the country are con-
formulating arminR and drilling their members
ihope not II they do they DO not deserve " to
The way thincs are shaping now the time
T rise n thsr might and these ass0
BATH BEACH. July Is.
Sound Sense Does Not Allow Arbitration.
To THE EDITOR OF TIE suS-Sir. Tho press
OF this country. with q unanimity quito sur
prising when the manifest injustice OF such
proposition is plain. clamor for arbitration Of
the questions at issue between the Carnegie
Steel Company and some OF It's former en-
ployees at Homestead. II the workmea re-
farraf RI fho 1ohI
alone were competent, II even a majority Of
them were dissatisfied. then the decision OF q
Board Of Arbitration. selected In tho custom
airy manner by the parties to tho controversy.
would be fair although not necessarily tho
only equitable method OF settling the matter.
In its sympathy for the locked-out mon tho
press loses sight Of that vast number OF I'M
employed workmen who need work. or. hav-
ing low-priced employment and abilities for
tho better-paid positions. desire to secure
them. The Amalgamated Association OF Iron
and Steel Workers does not claim even q
moiety OF the Homestead employees as men,
bers. nor more than twenty-five thousand Of
Q membership. all told. and Of this total a very
small percentage is dissatisfied: very large
proportion being now at work under o scale OF
wages. approved BY them. for the current
wsge-year. or. as in the majority Of mills in
the Pittsburgh district. arranging satisfactory
terms with their employers by conference.
The scale OF wages presented by the Carne-
gle Steel Company to govern rates In their
Homestead department appears to possess
moro terrors for the Amalgamated Association
for results that may possibly follow in the
future from its adoption than for any objec-
tionable immediate ones and this disposition
OF the association to speculate on future pos
sible loss to them was at the bottom OF their
refusal to accept it In the present condition
OF the steel market. relative to values. the as
ISOLATION cannot-would not. II pressed to an
official decision-say that the wages offered
are too low for the service to be rendered. In
view Of this manifest fact. OF what use is ar
bitratton in settling tho wage rate2
II the Carnegie Steel Company has decided.
for reasons sufficient unto thems selves. to dis
continue the employment Of members OF the
association at Homestead. what equitable rea-
son could be urged to oblge them to favor so
small q contingent OF tho workingmen OF the
country and close their works against all
othersf Have the latter legion no rights that
either party to this controversy should re-
spect2 Are they to be set aside until all men,
bers Of the association are securely settled in
the better paid positions and then be satisfied
with what remains and continue subordinate
without possibility OF promotions
1t Is not possible. in the light OF the official
action OF the association In demanding recoR-
milton. that their arbitrary control OF the
management OF tho several plants they domi-
nate may be the principal objection to their
recognition Recognition romprehends the
right OF tho lodges OF the association. through
their mill committees. ITO dictate terms Affect
Ing tho management which places the latter at
decided disadvantage in competition for tho
market with those establishments not thus
embarrassed. and this without compromising
advantage We're 1t possible to agree upon a
method OF management OF the beginning OF q
wage year that would be continuous in its
action throughout the year. the Eiill commit
tee would be eliminated. but rs the policy"
OF tho association is to control affairs OF man
agement by a constant surveillance. and to
interrupt operations at the pleasure oft self
appointed committee in every department
regardless OF the rights OF the manufacturer.
no method Of operation can DO relied on,
and heavy pecunary disadvantage to the
lnttcr is the result. What could arbitration do
to improve such condition OF agreement