New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-22

TIE GREED oy THE CORPORATIONS STRONGLY
CONDEMNED. Brr ORDER MUST PREVAIL.
The ministers of what uee1 ID be the city Of
Churches expressed varying views OF the strike
situation in their sermons Sunday Many. OF
curse made no direct reference to the condition OF
.bs civ bu, number Of leading eergymen frankly
acknowledged the fact that a single subject
,,nr.rn,ost IN the minds OF all their hearers and
discussed Il from the standpoint OF the Church
The Rev Dr Meredith sympathi2ed with the
striking men, but not. OF course WIFE the MOD lie
gave the evening service at the Tompkins Avenue
Congrs ga tional Church 10 sermon OF wnich the
tex, was the Golden Rule precep;. he said almost
universally adopted in theory but toe often ignored
IN pra .ticc He took advanced ground in vigorous
condemnation OF the position OF the railroad ON
claIs a stand which he said was due TO greed ana
single desire for dividends regardless or the rights
OF thel. fellow citizens. After promising that no
question be ;ween master and man cculd LOT mo-
mcnt be considered except under ptaceful cond'-
tons he went 20 score the stockholders and de-
plore the disgrace TO city OF soldiers almost at
the doors Of the church 10 keep the peace he de-
clared thot nevertheless. tie whole armed power OF
the United States IL necessary, should be put be-
mind any single who desired chance ior
honest work and prevented By force tie re-
minded the congregation that the companies would
be cure 10 discharge their present employees after
the strike shall have been settled. as 1t would DO
In few DAYS.
Nothing is settled" exclaimed the speaker. "un-
iii il is settled right How long you govern by
bayonets? What is to prevent a strike in New-York
with ten DAYS after this is over? Suppose that
part OF the city OF Second-ave. should rise and
become VIOLENT The speaker added that he did
not believe many Of the strikers guilty Of
violence
Tho Rev. Or. Arthur Goodenough OF the
Nos,rand Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church.
preached in the morning in the pulpit Of the
N.v Xorly n With .xhO
exchanged. He condemned watered stoc-., de-
arlng that a system which compelled men 70
earn per cent dividends On millions which their
employers neve: owned an injustice to the
and sin against God
His main argument was a plea for honest IN
dustry.
The Rev. DR.. Cartwrigh;s subject at 81 bar
nabas's Protestant Episcopal Church was Work
and Wages; Lessons from the Strike
spirit OF Cancellation and concession on each side.
he said would have ayerted the trouble. The
business OF life was too much struggle for SELF.
questions involved. but he believed that the re-
quest OF the presented in a temperate
spirit and should have been respectfully consld.
cred.
The Rev. Cortland Myers. OF the First Baptist
Church. referred the strike in the prelude TO
his sermon In the Academy OF Music. There .
oftentmes much OF the work OF that fend ot
seHshness In the world OF Labor as in that OF
Capital" he said. and counselled the strikers
beware that they DO not condemn In others
that which existed In themselves
byterian Church. thought tn" railroad companies
should be compelled to arbtrate. The strike he
SAID. revealed the defiant End arrogant policy OK
the magnates who managed these corporations