The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-04-25
CONTINUED from 1st Pdge.)


court for another reason. That
schedule was adopted without az
fording to the men or their repre-
sentatives any opportunity to be
heard. This was in violation OF the
agreement existing between the com.
pany and the men by the terms OF
which no change Of the schedules
was to be made without notice to
the men and granting them q hear
ing This was a fundamental error.
The receivers should have given
notice and invited the men to con-
ference even il there was no contract
requiring IL.
1.-THE court is asked to apply to the
employees in its service the principles
Of the early English statutes, which,
by the imposition OF heavy pains
aud penalties, forced laborers to
work at fixed wages, and made it an
offense to seek to increase them or
quit the service Of their employers.
The period Of compulsory personal
service, save as a punishment Tor
crime, has passed in this country.
In this country il is not unlawful
for employees to associate, consult, or
to confer together with a view to
maintain or increase their wages by
lawful and peaceful means any more
than il was unlawful for the receivers
to counsel and confer together for
the purpose Of reducing their wages.
A corporation Is organized capital,
| its capital consisting of money and
property. Organized labor is organ
lied capital; il is capital consisting
| OF brains and muscle. What IL is
lawful for one to do il is lawful for
the other to do. II il is lawful for
the Stockholders and officers OF a
corporation to associate and confer
together for the purpose OF reducing
the wages Of its employees or Of de-
vising other means Of making their
investments profitable II is equally
lawful for organized labor to associ-
ate, consult, and confer with view
to maintain or increase wages. Both
act from the prompting Of enlight.
ened selfishness, and the action Of
both Is lawful when no illegal or
criminal means are used or threat
ened.
The action OF the receivers Is oh.
iectionable upon another ground.
II would b. difficult TO devise any
.S,.;La III IT, mathnd n ADMIN
~. No.. .aLoJ,,ia wos c.,cnI,,ad to
, ,r ,es",, man, in the breast OF
"ror, lid r..noc,;ny i,,.jl;vent and
;nJay,anaon, man N Tho sory;re
Wh;la ,bar MIGHT bav. ha., WILLING
:, anUn;nsco IN sbs reJnc,;on ri tbe;,
w,".s tLcy vera anita sure IN reyol,
."s;ns, ~. manner Of doing IL
Wba,ov., nav he tho legal right Of
ra;,,o.d ."rnor.,;nn N reduce The
go. 90 ~ amnInyo. or d;scb,ry,
,han IN . III Ron, giving ,ben
.n nnn,r,nn;,y % ho hsard q cour,
~ an,,;,, w;iI not az, In that manne,
y. .nr 49, ,ha action ~ 4, - ,eco;yar.
o. h "fu,s ,. . IN I'm, name, tn,
,ono;ro,s No mora Than the court
sbonIa ia nnae,,a Len IN deter
min. what WAGES wer. inst nnt
rcnso,,bje without giving the mo,
an onnor,un;tv N be heard, II !,
Fundamental ,9 the iurisprudence o
This c"mntrv thu, no court can rivbt
fnilv make an order or render n indp
men, affecting the rights of one VIII,
ia absen, and Who has had no notice
Tnon the onest;on Of the reasonable
ness nj the old schedules we bay,
had No troublc in coming 10 n salts
iactory conclusion"
In conclusion ,Judye Caldwell SAWS
"Va NAV Ina ;nduIoed in giving az
pression 10 the hone that in f1tur,
d;frarenc.s about WAGES hat waa,
courts and their emnioSes nj Ieasi
and wa would Tain hone hat wsen nj
emnloysrs resort NAV be had IN rea
SON and NOT TO passion, TO the lay
and not IN violence IN the court
and M, IN n Al r;ke II il n renroacI
70 our ciyilization that such differ
ences should result as thew ofte,
have in nersonai violence loss a
life. dest rnction OF property. loss q
wages IN the man. and loss oi earn
ings IN the emnloyer and when tha
occur on great lines ~ railroad graa
DAMAGE and aforementioned to IN
n,bIic"
IA 10 the far-reacbinp cbaracte
of the opiniop the utterances of A,
tornev Georve /. Hoiges. who r,
q presented The epvineers. Ia mo.
timeIy: at ia the Greatest ;udpmer
in yindication Of the rigbis 81 me
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