New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-16
TOO MANY DEBsEs AND sOVEREIGNS.
THE REV DIR WILSON WARNS WoRklN"NHN
AGAINST THE pEMAGoGIC LABOR AGiTAToK

TOO MANY DEBSES AND SoNEhhl"No'
THE REV. Up. WILSON WARNS WoRKiNGNEN
,c,,xsr THE pEMNGoGIc LABOR AGITAToR
The Rev DR. James A. y. Wilson delVereu
scathng dcnunciation OF Debs. Sovereign ana laoor
agitators of the same stamp from the pulpit vi
tho ciphtecnth Street Methodist Episcopal Church
last evening in the Of a sermon on Inc
Workln gman ard His Masters AFTER d"elhns
on the importance of the laboring element IN so
cietv the preacher drew "A striking confirms" pe
,woon the conditions prevailing thirty-fve years
ago when he said there we're no raWp3 ana II"
mlonaires and when every poor man looked
forward to owning a home, and those of the pres
ent day when he said. the tramp class was mum
bered by hundreds OF thousands. and no poor man
dared 10 think of owning his own home. Referring
10 labor troubles. he said;
I hav. often acted as informal arbiter In SET,
ting disputes Of the kind. and want mere , anu
now 10 say that in the majority oil cIS'H my
found the unreasonable oppressor TO be. nor tne
r,nnloyer but the dcmagOgue- tho lazy scoundrel
who. too mseraby lazy 10 WORK, put WIN Pa, NJ
BILE tongue In his head. found 1t more - ms INK
ing TO run labor unions and draw a good salary
from the hard earnings OF his victims " ~ ne
Wso IN 5h bosom Of thu aBorns man
tent ANA hatred Of his employ"r ,-, g.. ,.,or
How many employers have been ruined ny lappr-
ing men following the advice Of the walking dele,
enemies OF labor In this land is the so-called labor
leader There too many men OF the l,ebs ana
sovereign ste mp and not enough Of the Powderly
kind The great unrest and misery prevailing TO-
dav are not caused by uncertainty Of the tarn
leg station only but because manufacturers. hiild-
ors and other large employers cannot depend upon
the Iaborrrs employed boy them. They are no
LONGER permitted 10 run their own business. IN
some cases they do not dare 90 dlscharS" cool
for-nothing drunken man; and N others they
are unable employ good workman II IN" laf-
Tor be- unwilling to spend his money to foster and
maintain some annrchlstic union.
The principal business Of the workngmen In these
davs is To- support lot Of law blackgulrls who
cpuld not talk straight United States II the saliva
ton OF their miserable souls depended on H. These
fellows many ~ whom ought 20 be IN the pen-
ren,iarv can AZ any time disturb Industrial "Ond-
lions and cau~" the ruin % employers 10y prevent
INK The filing Of contracts mad" upon - lar margins
When will Woikingn"n learn that these unprln-
ciplc1 Sroundrsls. living on the sweat OF other
mems faces their worst enemies separating. AS
they DO. ami destroying n" cpnideuc" between
those who ara natural friends? repeat that ON
plovrr and employed have q community % interest
and are natural friends. ana friends they would be
Tho worklngman has only been degraded by this
foreign Importation OF trades unionsm Whom
American worklngmrn began e. submit themselves
20 these foreign conditions % labor they began 20
sink 10 tho moral and social condition Of The Euro
penn workman. And after all those years ~ strli"
who has been the gginer-fhc demngogu" or h's
luues' Workingmen, as your friend J tell Nou
that your employer IL not your enemy He cannot
AFFORD 10 be He aims 20 b" the personal friend OF
every faithful helper You and he ought by COM
mon Interest - be friends tell you that most "
the unions AMI their leaders who seek 70 set You At
variance with y0Ir employers ar your enemies.
ana the very worst enemy you have Is the labor
leader.