Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-07-10
opposED no STRIKES.
povderiy says lie Never ordered
single strike.

single strike.
Press Report,
New York. July st. V. Powderly.
ok Master workman Of the knights OF
Labor. delivered a speech at neeuhs
held In University Temple, Prohibition
Park, on the subject Labor ana Solle
~ It's Deadliest Foes" II was thought
this lecture would have an Important
bearing on the present railway strikes,
and there was great curiosity az 20
what his sentiments were on the SUI
joct ,,,
incidentally TO the railroad strikes, tne
giat OF his lecture being on the temper
~ suppose" Mr.. Powderiy said,
there will be some here VINO VIII I'M
apine that among the foes OF labor l
will refer to Grover Cleveland the WI
son bill, the present congress ana nlnhy
things which are blamed Tor the pres
emf Industrial stagnation, but while
,hev may he and no doubt are, potent
factors in shaping political AFFAIRS NJ
ihis time. and while they are passing
tbrot,rh n period Of business depression
Tint many people attribute TO theun'
there are other things when are aiso
contributing causes. T'he question
who and what are the Toes ol mr.,
interests those who labor and those VINO
cnpinv labor, as wen MS those VINO are
not iaborers and think they are.
Labor Has Enemies.
"1yo have enemies. and I speak MS
q ,,',ristmrnan. Who assai us most Bit
terlv and who do us more injury than
nnv others can do. who are closely ~,
liza tosus and might say, closetei
with ourselves. You know most men
think they should keep those tnihss IN
the background that they think .ney
can do better than anyone else W.,
neglect them utterly sometimes hou
have often heard that man 10 oiteh
his own worst enemy "a a.
"The lesson Is a familiar one, ana is
taught in the saloon as well AS IN the
church. a, to
eve hear of strikes every day, he
said "and while you have all heard OF
what n terrible man have been. order
ing strikes, 1t is claimed, OF thoushnus
"a naonle at a days notice, DRIVING
thousands out Of work ana causuhs M
tense suffering TO their families nave
n confession to make. / have not r.
formed a bit during all the twenty
years | have held ONCE nov,
IL a. neople have seen me al many
sfrikes. but IL Is n fact that IN az thg
twenty years / have been In once l
have not ordered a single strike lhe
strikes at which | was seen were pls
ciuitated before / knew. They Here VI.
dsrad before consulting me, ana Wnth
they were ordered trleu W ni'Ns
best of bad bargain. ,-
81 do not believe in strikes, ne CON
ttnted II have no use FOR STRIKES
believe that the men who engage III
strikes should turn their eyes eisu
where. 10 the causes OF the strikes, ana
II they did so intelligently there wou'u
be no occasion for a strike
a. not
uatchinc. the papers for news OF the
fr,oat strike out West. You ask. What
viii he the outcome OF this striker
name of us In the East can tell. We
do not know. -, -,
zone thing we do know-thnt every
strike on line OF railway is a strike
against the whole country. Mark II
well, because our raifohus ese s
closely. SO essentially connected with
The well-belng and life Of the nation
| that when YOU stop one of Its great
| arteries YOU stop to a certain extent its
ne blood. You injure those you did
not intend TO injure.
~ do not mean to say that the inten-
| ton of those taking part In this strike
was to injure the country, but II does
/ inture the country. There IL feeling
Of unrest everywhere. There was Il
time when the workingman stood by
| bia employer and his employer stood
Inv him, when they consulted together
IN the workshop and by the bench.
| when their interests were considered
mutunl. when the Workman bade MS
| employer good morning pleasantly
/ when he came TO work and wished
| him good night when he went away
They knew each other, and there was
n bond OF sympathy between them.
"But those times have gone by. never
10 return. The great Juggernaut Of
machinery has come here 10 stay for
good or III, crushing millions in It's
march. Men have left the little work
shops for the busy hives OF industry.
| the great factories, where the clang
/ of the machinery browns everything
else. and the workman Is only one
| among a thousand. In the old days OF
| stage coaches, the driver knew every
passenger who was In the habit OF rid
ing; now. the conductors on the trains
see too many faces TO remember people.
Our Modern ways.
"Today we have steam engines the
like OF which the world never saw be-
fore. These agents do the work OF the
nation The other day heard
strange sound at the railway station
In my own town. l looked and saw a
new locomotive, larger and more pow
erful than any that had ever been
used before.
ait was twice as powerful as the old
locomotives The engine Of 1893 is only
able 10 do half the work OF the engine
OF 1894 1t must be so In the future
II requires this DEVELOPMENT OF ma
chinery 10 meet the wants Of the peo-
pie all over the country.
Look back for some time and you
will see strike after strike. each. while
Il lasted parnlyzing industry and COM