The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-02-22

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it had to be met with such measures rs
became the manhood OF SELF respecting
street car workers OF this enlightened
age OF tho nineteenth century who are
all American citizens and Taxpayers"
"Wny, Jack, you're getting eloquent"
swell, you see, I've been reading one
OF the proclamations OF the union, The
two men were suspended or discharged
Friday afternoon. President Chew, oil
the union, promptly informed tyrnt
Jolly by telephone that il these men
were not reinstated by Sunday morning
he would Ito up the road"
Did they let the road be tied up for
such thing as that"
Yes, indeed. The intimation that
the road would be tied up was spurned
by tyrant jolly with the most eXtraor-
binary degree OF cool contempt and in
tolerance known to the labor unions OF
the Ohio valley, lie even had the au-
dacious etlrontery to ask President
Chew il he mad the power to tie up the
road Sunday came and still the two
men were not reinsIated. SO the strike
went on"
swell, then what?"
"Why, the company already had
| few black sheep on hand who knew all
about running electric cars, and more
a.coming. Seems like they came
swarming in as soon as the places were
vacant. You SEQ those fellows knew n
fat thing and they were alter it. Then
they claim that us it isn't case OF cut
in wages, or an increase OF hours, it is
not scRb job and that consequently
they are not black sheep, Some OF
them belong to unions, they say"
ibid tho union try the company on
arbitration"
swell, not till after the strike. The
arbitration committee of the Trades
Assembly tried it after the strike was
on, but Judge Jacob, who is president
of the company, talked in his slow deli
berate way about the proposition COM
ing too late. He had the impudence to
insinuate that il the union wanted to
submit proposition Tor arbitration
they ought to first put things as they
were before the strike. aud 20 to work
and let tho road be running full, as it
was before He didn't even say they
would arbitrate II tho men would do
that. He showed the same intolerant
tyrannical disposition that jolly show
cd. The company simply refused to
have anything moro to do with organ
lied labor on any other terms than that
the man should 60 back to work first.
OF course, that wouldn't do. If that
principle was carried out it would
abridge the natural and lnalienable
right OF every FREQ American laborer
that belongs to union to go out on
strike whenever the union orders it,
and to stay on strike as long as the
union requires il"
YES, George, everybody recognizes
the right OF the men to strike. l sup
pose that contract did not bind the men
to work up TO the first OF September ii
they did not want to-"
~ hardly know about that: 1twould
not be binding anyhow. 1t was only
signed by u committee. | guess the
union is not Incorporated; so it cannot
be sued. But then there would DO no
use OF strikes II you recognize the right
OF other men who do not belong to the
union TO work when they please and as
company Along with the strike there
must, in order to make the strike sue
coed, be also the right to keep other
people from working. Ii we do not es-
tablish that right why then as long as
the strike would be taking the bread out
OF the mouths Of the wives and children
OF honest American citizens, every one
of whom is tax payey, the wages
would be going to the black sheppard
putting bread into the mouths OF Aleir
wives and children, and the strikers
would getleft.
But, Jack, want to know how the
public takes it all?"
"Why they Just have to swallow it.
You see the unions use such very
honorable and efficient means that the
public can't altod to go back on them.
In the first place the union takes good
care to sec that the company's business
is paralyzed. They make it uncomfort-
able for anybody-even strangers-to
rido on the cars. Then the strangers
carry away bad reports from Wheeling;
probably take along some OF those
proclamatons OF President Chew's, and
the public is afraid that that will dis
courage other foreign capital from com
lug to Wheeling. Of course, the public
wants TO get more foreign capital here.
The public is puzzled and frightened,
and totally unorganized. So they do
pretty much as the union requires.
Tho union tells them to stay out OF the
cars, and they obey, and that sustains
the strike, OF course"
Look here, Jack, isn't this strike in
juring business right here in Wheel
ing?"
policy, don't you see? The more you
injure business the quicker you bring
everybody that's injured to join in the
effort to require an honorable settle.
ment. No settlement is honorable that
interleres with any Of the rights OF
organized labor. No settlement is hon
orable that will leave the company ut
liberty to employ man who doesn't
belong to the union, or that will allow
the company TO discharge man with
out tho consent OF the union, If he
doesn't suit the company. No settle
ment is honorable which will interfere
with the rightof the men to strike-to
quit work in body whenever it suits
them, and then turn in and do the com.
pany ali the harm they can. These arc
principles of tho greatest importance,
and they must never DO yielded at the
dictate Of any employer, and particu-
larly at tho behest Of foreign capital"
Another thing I'd like TO know,
Jack. Isn't this strike going to make
lot OF business for the courts, and
harvest Tor tho lawyers, and perhaps
furnish a pretty good crop for tho peni.
tontiary?" '
~ don't know much about that.
Tho mon have taken tho advice OF