The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-08-03


vital business forces into antagonistic
and war-like conflicts shall be per-
mitted to so on uninterruptedly, each
year adding renewed violence and
bloodshed, increased monetary losses
and enlarged suffering to its all too
palpOble consequences.
We find in last weeks number Of
The outlook an extended editorial
filled with sapient counsel upon this
subject. The writer of that thinks it
should be the object of every moralist,
preacher, editor, public teacher, leader
Of men and patriot to do what he can
to break up the solidarity Of both labor
and capital, not by making either Or
gauization of laborers or capitalists ille-
gal or even difficult, but by making
them conform to certain fundamental
principles. OF these he mentions
three, which are sufficiently import
ant to warrant reproduction here:
First-Tlo labor organization should be
a "Cradesuuion"-that is, union Of men
o: one trade, united to promote the inter-
esta OF their trade, not union Of the men
Of all trades to promote the interests Of
what Is called "labor." 1t is quite ration
al that the locomotive engineers ON any
railroad should unite to promote their
common interests, but quite irrational
that the switchmen should have power
conferred on them by the engineers to de-
termine adthortatiyely what are the en-
giueers' rights and wrongs, and when they
should work or quit working. 1t Is quite
rational that both day laborers aud skilled
workmen should organize for the benefit
Of their respective vocations, but quite ir-
rational that laboring men working with
pick and shovel at 81 a day should decide
the conditions under which skilled arti.
sang may carry on their work. There is a
bar association, medical association, a
minister's association, but the ministers
association would never think of allowin z
the bar association to determine what are
the standards Of orthodoxy nor would the
bar association allow the medical associa
tion to determine the ethics Of the bar.
Still less would either body allow the other
TO determine for 1t the conditions Of en-
ployment and compensation. The Amer
lean Railway union is based on 4 funda.
mentally wrong principle; the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers on one
which is fundamentally right.
SGcoHu-i ue iauuL olBauIAHI'ou snou'u .
maintain Io9el SeIi-eoVGrhiheHI LocA
ssI-G0VerlmienI Is not only the American
luee' ouI hleLory proves IL W ue eaeenIihl
10 i4oerIY' II Cu'ehso We're alloWeu tc
cAeIc!se aulnoT4Iy over oactalnehto III ltS
4"Cai Un"lts' Cne hoerty Vi 0ucrahentl
Woulu oe gone. conference OIL men ~
Cnicago u pellnItteI 10 Ioueseflllhe Whethei
tIaliHou may "CIh III oaCi"Leuto, Ile
lOerty ol tne Uralullleu III 2ac[Ahehto Il
sOnC' Dueu d IaDoI unlonsIs III lts very or
GaniHaI1oh uespoIc' Lne SURRENDER Oh Ioca
ssI'goTSrnIheHU Is lne ss sulIenuer Oh per
sohal hDe!Vy' ~ Is uncut 10 conceive
any cohGllous Whlch make IL e4peulent oi
even IlShG lor Ine eIlpioyes oI one cohcerl
DE IL rNilroau OF hoI-Io give 10 Ihe EN-
proves ol anotHer concern voice IN ue'
IeIlhlIiug Whetuer eney sLHil WORK OF not
or "lluer WhHS conultlols they shall WORK
various loVal unions may cooperate II
sustaining one another ny tnelr contrlou'
tloAs Oh money; tnis Is very uluerent IRON
the Snlrehuerlng Dy one loc1i union t'
otnsr iocai unions III "hoie or III part, th'
Iigng 10 ceClue Ihe TERMS anu CONDITIONS u
tho Iorners employment Nc imaginary
SEraBetic auVahtHge III al autlclpaIel In
oust'lsl war can ujpeHsaIe 4or the aDaE
uonlent OF local sel-goFernuleht, Decsus'
no sucI auYNhUaEe c"H compensate torth'
loss ~, oI ilOerJy' y',,-,, .,
!Nlro,Lne tulla prlhclpie IS more am
CUT 20 denne' OUT quite as fundamental
Ine 4anor organization suou!u De uhlol
! 30 promote lhuustry, hot union to max
| war. Inc radical dihculty III the presen
/ ergahlzatiohs IS tuat thet are YET IN thelI
nrSt stage OF development and tnat Is
/ semi'saYage stage. Philosophers tell u:
that the nrst soclai organizations were no
industrial but mliitary. Inc lrloe was
comoinatlon OF families lengued togethe
lor war; aelehsiVeor oueIslVe, with othe
tveDoss tyVS, and ' dostrnetiveDess sre prsdn@i
nant; and therefore, the irst organization
are tor CUU"S ndsr Ie iho "o'V serious iuu
that they have nos passed beyond tn
PrlultlVe stage lhey are organization ,ti'
/ iavorite motto, IAN injury to one is a,
lmnlu[y to ell, >, Is the motto ii OF sn army
ike ike ia its snirit' The pacifIc I character @ I o
the BrothoIhood OF Locomotive Engineer
was ono pF ,6a nbief f IL s'Iln G.
the strike to close; and the warlike spiri
OF the lower ana ie'3 ,,nteigent LABOR un
most military prcnunciameutog. Ine pa
cillc and progressive spirits in the labo
toro them in the endesyor TO- nut U pdastrS vls ~
not war, before their fellows as the tra
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