St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-28
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! Every cause is byrrdened with a class
of adherents who shout themselves
hoarse when carried on the wave of
success, but who return with the sub
siding water. Trade unions are partic-
ularly afflicted in this respect with such
members, says the Paving Cutters
Journal. The union is regarded as
some being or god composed of ma
terial in which they have nothing in
common but to accept all benefits and
to abuse when in trouble. There are
union men by choice and others by
circumstance; union men who enter
the ranks as soldiers prepared to fight
and If beaten to retreat in order to
fight again if possible; others who
boast of their unionism when every
thing is prosperous and membership
means a continual dress parade, but
should an outbreak occur and these
members be forced to share the priva-
tons of active service, they set to
work to abusing the officers and caus-
ing despair in the ranks instead of
clinging more desperately together. 1t
seems almost incomprehensible that
workmen with common interests
should act SO contrary to common
sense. If only a part of their practi-
cal knowledge used in creating the
wealth of their employers was used
for a proper management of their COM
mon interests we would have reached
that stage when the present labor
movement would be antiquated Again,
there is another element in trade
unions who are always ready to fol-
low the wake of the fiatterer, the dem
agogue, the gay deceiver, who with
.honeyed words and grand promises
would lead them down the slippery
path over the precipice of disorder,
while the thorny crown of martyrdon
is placed on the heads of true coun-
sellers who have the courage to pre-
sent dlsagreeable facts.
In an official circular to members of
the A. r. u, President Debs closes
as follows: eve appeal to our MEM
sbers to be men. The ordeal is a fiery
one-only men of character, of con-
science, of courage are equal to it. So
Tar as we are concerned, we are ask
ing no favors; we are making no COM
rplaInt. We are bearing the penalties
of our convictions without regret. We
nave no time to croak and no inclina-
ton to whine. We realize the gravity
VI liic SiludllOll. Inc rlgnt is con-
fronted with all the powers that the
wrong can muster. The conflict will
wage until the wrong is dislodged,
cloven down and the right enthroned.
8 Those who have not the courage to
stand and withstand, to meet and
bear the penalties which solemn duty
imposes, have no place in our ranks.
and should join the crew of spineless
creatures who crawl on their bellies
and accept abject slavery without pro-
test. We need every true, patriotic.
manly man. We have them. in num-
i, bers sufficient to warrant the faith we
nave in the glorious triumph of the
American Railway Union over all the
Opposition that a soulless plutocracy
and its depraved hirelings can bring
to bear against it,
Buffalo newspaper says that
"eVen the Pullman company has felt
the pressure of the good times and
raised the wages of the people," Yes.
the Pullman company has felt the
pressure of good times in it's car fac
tories and other manufacturing de-
partmentS, and in the boom of travel
on its cars. But 1.-The wages of it's
people have not been raised, or at
least the people have not heard of it
nor received any of the advance.-Chi-
cago Chronicle.
There are men in the ranks of the
poor today, and voluntarily there,
because they will not consent to be rich
at the price of making others poor: or
because they will not run the hazard
of petrifying their sympa thies and
cankering their hearts in the shameless
worship of Mammon. Such may be
few and rare, but of that self-deniaI
are born the purpose and devotion