The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-07-18
LABOR AND LAW.
Tho Perils of Proml.cuOu' Immigration
Anarchy and Labor.

Tho Perils of PromIscuOuS Immigration
Anarchy and Labor.
The Rev. Peter Ainslic. Of Baltimore,
preached very practical sermon at the
Church Of the Disciples last Sunday
night Il deserves to be widely rcau
by employers and employees. LIS text
was this verse OF Scripture, VIZ:
All things whatsoever ye would that men
should do 10 you, do yc even 40 TO them.
And upon this text he made the iol'
lowing remarks:
"If BY this code employer and EN-
ploye were to be tried doubt not that
both would be guilty, Tor while you hear
OF one employer expressing his em-
nloyS there are a hundred employees
shrinking their duty and trying to get
iull nav Tor work half done. SO long as
the empl oyer care nothing for his EN-
t;loye except for his labor and the en-
ploye cares nothing Tor his employer
except for his money the chasln be;
tween employer aud employe will
widen, and the only bridge that can
span il Is that one upon every arch ana
pier anil girdeE Of which ia written All
things whatsoever ye would that men
should do to you, do ye even go to
them
"The workingman fiils both an honor.
able aud q vital position, for no is no!
only tho vertebrn OF our commercial
fabric, but he is the very backbone Of
our republic. As Il fcllow-worker with
him | am his friend, and my respect Tor
him oitou passes into admiration, Tor
the drops Of sweat upon his brow are
the gems OF coronation. But ! am NOT
in sympathy with this worklngman 8
craze. upon which the politicians are
riding into office and By which organl'
zations arc aspiring to prominence.
"With Il population so heterogeneous
ne ours the American worklnRmnn
should think we'll before hs acts. Burn
ing cars and intimidating men is not
spite against tho railroads, but rebell'
ion against government, aud every
time strikers roughly handle n non
union workman or destroy property
tbey Justify whatever intolerant and
selfish methods their employers may
have used. Whatever amount OF prop
erty is destroyed will have TO DO re-
placed through taxes, which come
ultimately from labor. This rash and
senseless method OF employees is 30
thoroughly permeated with anarchy
that it should be spurned by every
American. Thee dOcirfHcs are Of foreign
birth and haze sprung up from te tuGrfI9s
that has ben dumped apOn our shores
through European cItGnUels.
"Ehe rights OF tho workingman arc as
sacred as those OF king and he has as
much right to form unions ms capital
has to combine, but he will never attain
TO those rights by trnnscending Justice,
violating law and declaring war upon
his employer. he has as much right to
set his prices for his labor us the mnIiu-
facturer has for his goods. he has a
right to IeRve a shop when the price
fall or at any other time, but he has no
more right to interfere with the man
who takes his place in the chop than l
have 10 interfere with q man who takes
my place in the pulpit. When his right
to interfere is declared lawful you may
fold up the map Of this republic for the
next decade, for 1t will DO the inaugural
ton Of the reign OF anarchy.
"Greatly TO the disadvantage and
Giscredit Of tho workingnan the labor
unions are usually led by anarchists,
and the anarchist has no respect for law
or order or government or God Al
mighty. Moved by jealousy and crnzei
for powor through paths OF human
blood, he is the everlasting enemy OF
mankind. Instead Of Breathing the
pure atmosphere OF our American FREQ
dom. | ain mild when l say that he
should BIO looking out from iron.grated
Windows. We are sleeping white tho
enemy IL sowing tarcS. aud some day
We shall open our eyes to find that it is
too late,"