The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-07-11


Well, that depends. IL by strike you
mean, has man right to quit work, TO
leave his employer In the lurch, to take
his hat or coat from the peg and cast
get-off- the earth look from the floor to
the ceiling, siam the door and walk out,
the answer Is positively in the affirmative
But when the striker has struck that
should end the matter. The blackmail
method should not be allowed to exist OF
influencing Others who are in no way
connected with the business which fur
nished employment fer the striker who
struck. IL is the nature OF some men 10
! do things contrary to common sense.
sheep once demonstrated to wolf that
mutton was less wholesome than grass.
me sarIgamesnt ,sa s was .sI i%pseg ns6ls.
mediately eat up the sheep, blood
bones, demonstration and all, and he did
this simply because IT was his nature to
doit. And there you are. The frog in
the well never sees q wide horizon.
What am trying to impress on the
mind ~ the reader Is this: people are in
fiuenced as they see things. The bars of
| the United States have been down SO
long that the riff-raff pauper and criminal
element of foreign countries have gotten
fiimsy foothoid and as they are blind
to all that means free institutions and
good government, they act accordingly.
| See?
But what is the use of talking? Even
while am writing perhaps there Ia job
being put up by the representatives of the
great union of Intelligent compositors and
telegraphers throughout the country to
stop the printing OF newspapers and the
distribution OF news. What very
curious community this would become II
the people were suddenly deprived of
their favorite newspaper and had no
means OF hearing what wae going on In
the outside world for even "a hours. But
II Will never happen. The people are In
no humor to be further inconvenienced,
and outside of Darkest Chicago" don't
imagine that the order to generally strike
will amount to much.
Let us suppose case. A man goes out
on strike. Another man in another part
OF the country remains at work. The man
who Is working Is supposed to chip in
to keep the striker from starving. How
long Will he who is at work and receives
barely enough to maintain his family,
continue to contribute? John McManus
menced their bona fde forced, on account
OF the recent fire, mark down sale). As q
matter OF fact the man who il at work In
not going to contribute over once or
twice before he rubs his eyes and looks in
the glass and beholds great big chump.
men with money who are naturally mean
and men with money who are naturally
good. had q chance to see this verified
In this city last winter while soliciting |
funds to feed the hungry Sunday |
mornings. sord From December % to June
bread which the charitable furnished |
the means to purchase and at the end of |
the season the exchequec was lacking a |
necessary s6S. / found some generous
noble hearted men In Providence, for the |
most part men Of the world who had a |
soft spot in their hearts for the despicable.
-drankeny unfortunate hungry will 20
into details later and contribute some /
incidents which will interest the reader.
AS was saying, you take . mean man
with money, and, oh, how mean he can |
pe Take good man like the late q. w. |
Childs OF Philadelphia. for instance, and |
what power he made his money for the /
bettermeDt OF his fellow man. Take |
Alexander Stewart and Peter Cooper of |
New YORK. The formers name Is men
tone OF reverence. Both had the same op- |
portunity and the former had more money
than the latter.
was In John McManus & Co. q. yestcr-
day just as the insurance adjusters were
shaking hands with the head of the firm.
After IL hours of hard work the business
was over and the allowance to be made by
the insurance co1ipanies for the goods
damaged by smoke and water was mutu-
ally satisfactory. Now the public will
have q chance to receive the benefit
OF the ridiculously low figures at which
has been marked. You will
see card on nobby suit of clothes read
ing, "was SIS now sf0," and everything in
proportion on account of slight damage
by smoke, water and the dust and debris
from the falling walls a portion of which
crushed In the roof OF the McManus store.
As was saying the other day, the pub-
lie is bound to be the winner when any-
hing happenf where 1t is obligatory on
The part OF tho man who sells to reduce
the price OF his goods. AS far as the dam
age goes to the goods referred to, those
WHO take advantage of the sale early may
pick out plenty OF suits and parts OF suits
which have only been in pile where the |
top suit was dampened by the water and |
IN hour in the air will eradicate all of the
smell OF smoke.
What the People Would Like to Know.
II now that Debs is arrested he will give
,he public rest.
III Prendergsst is not sorry he killed
carter Harrison, ~
II the Britannia is as fast as her owner.
How THE News excursion can help be-
ng the event of the season.
Who really hit Billy Patterson.
Twas talking to Mike Flynn, the boot
,lack, last evening. "How's business,
dikef" ! asked. "Well, it's no good as to