New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-23
BOrCOTTS md BLACK Will.
SOME OBSERVATIONS on TRADES UNIONS EY THE
REV DIR. WILSON.

SOME OBSERVATIONS on TRADES UNIONS IN llif'
REV. DIR. WILSON.
Are We Americans or WHAT the topic
discussed iy the Rev DR.. John 4. Il. Wilson pre-
urinary to MS sermon yesterday morning IN inc
Eighteenth street Methodist Church. He said i'll
part
America rs a synonyme for the tn.tfd states, a.
supposed IT, be 4 land Of liberty, not # license am.
to distinguish between the TWO, we nav" SyS''ih
~ laws to locate between Individual rights 10 ne
and Individual wrongs II another. FOR Weehs ue
country has had exhibition of sub,s9verrlgnty
which for the time being has resolved ryea ,S
To work under existing conditions. a rIsht iul'S
possessed by them. when violated no c0h NM,
with empovss or moral obligation 70 depcndents'
Vet these men. under command OF their s9F"rels"
leaders who usurp The sovereignty ot nwmhave a.,
surncd 10 dictate 10 others under summary p'lll'y
Of ruin and death that they should not work even
support starving families, under conditions ""'cn
they Themselves thought proper 10 reject anu an
over this Nation some men and women. ana Soine
newspapers have sympa ;hzel win me recent carnl-
der and compulsory starvation ~
n H. no longer question OF the merit or demeri,
Of the Pullran strike. Of the D"b9 pDfco'l, Oul
whether we ire to stand by our distinctive American
institutions. Worklngnen. ANXIOUS 10 support tner
on perl! OF death The laws Of free America are for
all alike. ana within the puryiew or ihe-c !awS,
every ought to have the right 10 nina ms own
Emt the land IS fiil Of societies. usurping in their
rules and regulations and administration tn very
functions rr.egntrd - government. y proof iriier
Of Intelligence cane 70 me for a'i ast N'r; re
FOR two DAYS At the end g! that time two iren' loss
capable than he. got him 10 confess 10 mem ,n'' n
was non-unl0n. and the result was H. was us
charged There IS "A In church this morninI
who prevented from supporting ms family by
a foolish strike started by union. lie was not a
member Of the union, but II would be- rs much as
his life was worth 10 take the il1c" onrr"I MI"
Her. - a postal received last week ~ whl'A ne
writer 80; I'm h-1tuon. bus Ike 20 rcll
what yoI hav. = ray on thr situation f't t""Fr
years have been member * d trades HH.'H. am
/ know what Internal. cruz. d' iiptsi.S ih' ar.
They are engines of oppression. no'h - 'np,' y'rS
and employed. a rcfug" for 'hr ip''npri'!t am
dlsslpaie,i. a means Of easy living iot d gam ~
si"lks called walking delegates. mdirTdi cpt ana
packed for the lazy but gdb d"mlroBlr
Yr' every wagr-earn-r who pl"lg"s h.lI-ri -
one or another 81 these organizations. Ltu'' ~
any moment break N" peace o"t"cen himself
ana hl~ employer. may find himself a rlOi"r not Dc
cause he dissatisfied but because hc - oTd"r"i hy
his unions leader - go OUT. al thS. ppsSlpiy
out 81 sympathy with quarrel halfway across me
continent IN matters about which n" knows nothing
and care4 less This Wh lle system u bhckniii, an
the boycott u hackuaii. AMI nothing else.
Trusts for capitalists and trades unions ilr work
ingm,n as uop conducted. arr foreign importii.o1S
tha; are nluicll 70 orr institutions ana can never
loo assimiia,el T. T. evident that n he greatest
good 10 an j. % Doe preserved. musf nav" s1lr~
irgls'atlon ou now lines W. must protect lnh,r
capital AMI must protect th' iutcp' ni'nt. ,-li-
respecting worhingmln in no right 70 uAK' nus
own bargains and 10 a. he lists. under The law.