The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-03-09

Wheeling again, l see."
EYES, Jack, Pm around once more"
"pm glad haven't caught you on u
street car this time"
"No, l haven't been on a car yet. l
see they are still running, however.
Are President Chew and his friends
still keeping up the racket"
"Well, President Chew has taken q
Job. He has gone to painting, and l
guess he doesn't do much in the street
car line any more, except to "Baa" at a
black sheep occasionally, Some, OF the
other men have gone to work for the
company. / understand that a few
have taken jobs in the mills, The rest
OF the members and their friends-are
still on a strike"
VI hope there are no painters so un-
kind az to Bag at President Chew,
Does he belong to their union2"
10, | suppose he must under
stand that some painters looked into
the matter when he first went to paint
ing, and found that he had not with
drawn the forfeit he had in the hands
OF the street car company. So he sent
around and got his money"
"Well, II they have got things fixed
now so that he can paint without losing
his standing l suppose he will at least
have to keep up the 'baa' business"
Eyes, but he does it under ditficul.
tics. A week or so ago a Main street
firm where he was working Kicked on
his leaving his work to 'baa' at a street
car"
"How are the company's cars, and
the unions wagons or buses getting
alongl"
well, the union men have hired
still more teams and are running
strong. They take in bridgeport now,
and still run day and evening"
"How about the carsP Can they run
in the EVENING""
Eyes, they run now except on satur'
day night; they don't venture then"
"Haye they men enough?"
"Yes, they seem to get all the men
they want. A lew get scared out, but
others take their places as fast as
needed"
care the people still afraid to ride on
the cars?"
Eyes, many Of them arc, but the police
arc more in earnest than they were.
They interfere moro with the move.
ments of the strikers, and the chief has
discharged n man who wouldn't stay on
duty where he was ordered. Still the
black sheep have a pretty tough time,
especially at night, and down town"
'Howabout the buses? Doesn't any
body turn the tables and stone them,
or threaten their passengersp'
"Not that | have heard. Oh, there's
no danger Of that"
(which gets the most ~passengers?"
"Why, down town the buses do, but
over the river the cars do. There
hasn't been any violence on the Island,
and the people owe there don't get
scared much. They are mostly against
the strike anyhow, 80 the cars there
have fair trips generally"
Then the company must be gaining
ground"
"Well, no, I don't admit that. The
City Council has adopted u resolution
recommending arbitration. The union
is circulating q paper for people to
sign, asking for an arbitration. Some
preachers have been interviewed on
tho subject. One did not know enough
OF the merits to prescribe for this par
ticular case. Another appeared to have
one prescription for ali kinds Of con
troversies = arbitration. Another
thought arbitration and the golden rule
would fix it. Another didn't believe in
strikes or mob methods as u means Of
settlement He wanted property pro-
tected and the peace preserved as the
first thing, and declared that arbitra.
ton was out OF the question under exI
listing Conditions-wages not being in
volved. He would call tho militia II
necessary to protect property and the
rights oil the company and its new en-
plOyes. You ought to SEQ how the leg.
isiative committee OF the trades assem-
bly, 20 for him for recommending force.
l atand by the legislative COMMITTEES.
They say that when u labor ~organiZa-
ton forces an increase OF wages for its
members or any condition that the
workmen are fairly entitled to, they are
certainly not ~transGressing tho civil
rights sof their employers.' The gov.
eminent would not allow labor unions
to exist for a moment il there was the
least suspicion that they ~transgressed
tho civil rights OF the employers OF
labor"
"Then, Jack, tho preacher is wrong
in recommending any interference with
tho methods Of the labor unions"
Certainly he is"
"And tho logic OF the union-or OF
tho legislative committco-is that tho
simple fact that the government allows
the unions to exist is proof that they
are right in all they do to bring about
by force u condition that they determine
tho laborers belonging to their union
are entitled to-"
"Ycs."
"Woll, We all live and learn. l won.
mont, the men who said: All men are
created equal, &c, would think II they
were to wake up and DO brought upon
tho scene in this advanced age, I'm
sure the trolley would DO newer to thom
than tho views OF the committee. There
is history for anarchy, but mont for the
trolley"
"why, George, you don't call that
anarchy. Tho unions aro formed for
legitimate purposcs-tho protection OF
labor. Isn't that all rightT"
"Yos, that's all right. Tho object
originally Is all right, and as l said tho
other day, the need for organization al.
ways will exist. But, unfortunately,
laborors, us n rule, have thought too 1T.
Ito or looked too narrowly upon tho
problems Of life, and questions Of Jus.
tico and social duty. Tho reault Is that
ihoir orgnuiynIinna anuntimna fail n
PROV TO the meanest and most selfish
mon in their ranks-tho a]gitators, who,
with little knowledge, and narrow zeal,