Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-10-25

down the leaders Of the strike and break
1t up, but now they called IN the militia
and United States troops. who We're up
held by the law. When the pinl,crt On
men were whipped at Homestead labor
ing men all over America threw mp
their hats and shouted, "Durrah, we have
defeated the Infamous Pinkertons" But
the militia was called in, and so We're the
United States troops, aud the law step
ped in and PUT the strikers ia prison
The majesty of the law" said Mr.,
Rogers Systematically, was upheld by the
militia and the United States troops,
called out by a hypOcrlte who posed rs
u Christian philanthropist.'
The speaker then recited number of
cases where no property or life was in
danger from strikers, but where troops
were called In to stop the earnest efforts
of organized labor Tor redress, ond IN
every instance the troops were upheld
by the law. In Instances where strikers
had not yet bcen started the courts had
actually ordered engineers not 10 leave
their trains under penalty of arrest
This was the case under the old sy3-
TEN of organization. Strikes are now al
most useless. except IN certain cases in
the northwest. The old combines and
complicated system Of ordering and
managing strike WAS Of NO use so far
rs the end 10 h. Obtained was concerned.
There are 100000 railroad men In the
United States and CANADA. aud out VI
these less tlnn 100000 are organized,
aud of these the locomotive iiremen had
expelled about one half, and there are
| now from one cause aud another, less
| than the number expelled az lhr present
| in the organization. These small organ
| izu;iOis We're unable to cope with the
great corporations with their vast power.
| Tie general managers of the railroads
knew their constitutions rs well rs they
! did themselves and they Were smart men
4 t,ln fltll f1ltN
parntiycly handful Of mon, organized in
! such a manner.
Mr.. Rogers then named some Of tic
| defects of the old organizations. TO be-
| long IN them n man had To be at least II
! and not over 40 years Of age, while the
| American railway union says: Get ON
/ the inside of your organization every man
| who could take your place II you Were 10
| strike" The old organizations were
| lodged by social barriers. To join man
must have been In the railroad business
one year and six months in the place
where the applicant asked for admit
lance, while the new organization didn't
| cafe where tley had been or how long
tliey had been there, the question being
''can they do the work. Another thing
about tie old organizations was. the fact
| that three men could blackball man
| who might be In every way a worthy
member. while under the new system
| ANY railroad ulun Ot. good character could
| he admitted If majority s1 decided,
MANY good mon Lad been made "sclhs"
by being lackballcd from railroad organ.
| izatious by three men for spite
Ihe insurance feature of the cd sys.
tom was also disadyantageons. lis cost
was greater ON account of the compli-
ratel methods ana the large number II
sranl officers and Tile various attendant
| exnenses, There were no grand nognls
ar liz officers 10 the American Railway
union. It's methods of working were sim
plr nnd expenses small. IL had board
az directors In whom the local organize
tinns reportcd when local settlements
| roui1 nor he affected and majority Of
thc ms9heys could 1rler a strike ut any
line when they were in the right, With
AMI going tLroiigh a lengthy correspond
ance with grandma sters, who very often
bampered The cause of labor by cere-
o@ied and 4 voted under The new system
without complications and delays The
new order was big round house under
stalls.
MIR. Rogers sai9 that ne hal orsanllei
nearly sixty unions Win an average
membership IN each Inc ehure mon
Pacific system Of irmbinen belonged 10
1t. 1t embraced all The classes OF Fail-
rled lnrn MeleaS snr o'i, ,
9ny ADMIT ,.,.',' SI-i,h NJ MAUI
duclqfs anu n.eple1 isn w t',,,,ri.l
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