New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-22
.rd apprentices, and have been

-o,, n,or men and apprentices, ana nave pcen
s,ead,,v gaining ground In this prolonged strus
Gle ,,itb organized labor. there are aspec's vi
.,o situation which are most alarming, ana may
we'll nromote serious reflection and conci''a-
.or, 6isposition. The engineers are now carr!
tho an their movement with the sympathy anu
financial support of many trades-uhiohs' Inc
now unionism began with federatng orsahi~eu
hod,es of workmen. The employers have fought
n with it's own weapons. They 100 nave
formed declarations in trades for self-defence'
-, .,a;r ri,b+ IN combine Is O. ndisputabe as
that OF the unions Just as the federated union
h,s ordered out men who had no grievances OF
their own for the sake Of aiding Its members
g., London. so also the federated employers
have "locked OUT workmen in other towns III
order 70 assist associates who were under nre'
The federated union. having exhausted It's strike
fund. appeals successfully TO organized LABOR IN
other trades for financial support. Ihis is
policy which the federated employers can ALSO
adopt. They can obtain financial assistance
from declarations Of employers IN other .iiu''
In this way a tremendous capltalist t.i~
tion can he formed for the purpose or hshtihs
tradesunionism: but the leaders OF the EN-
ployers' Federation have not been so rasn d. y.
propose this challenge, even IN "ha' seen'eu -
be their hour OF trlumpn , . s,-,Lo
Let ii be assumed that the present sur
which has been in progress for four osts 800 az
be prolonged for year. at cost Oh Sou,V '
week TO be provided by other traces Tm,.
The aggregate would be something Inv
So 600 600 for a year, drawn out OF the treao
ures of other Unions. The federated empIo!eIss
could double treble or auadruple tnat amour .
by calling upon their associates In otnei I
eratiops IN assist them. So appalling stluS
gle between labor and capltai Wouiu no. O ne
be ruinous TO English trade, out II wou 49,
compel Parliament to intervene WIN le ta.
ZION for rendering State arbitration compulsory
as has been done in NewZealand 80 calan,i
tous an internecine war wouIo le s.,o,t Tor
alternative open 10 Government. ror an alec
political support in large nedeuiV upon $50
torate of workers. 49,, .,,oa,;o,
pacific settlement Of the eight-hour aues'i os
IN the London machlne-shops Sanios cher
fected too speedily for Colonel Dyer ana olh 81
Iea dnrs among the employers have seemed W NC
influenced by spirit Of bitter hos'iil'S 10 ,ha
unionism, and their eagerness 10 VI us asont
Amalgamated Society has eXclted Keen -
r1ent in the working world. me chie, ~
ganizers among the engineers nave oPcI ~ tn
way for an adjustment ny sugsestiie %. tortv
sibility of a compromise on WIN VI orcs
eight hours with a slight reduction III "dS0S ..
With this fundamental question ulspooV -. o IN
NAV he practicable for the conference " an. ~ %
The regulat ions for the use of labor-saVing ma
hines and the employment of less skilled "oih
men for operating them than are now nIteu 90
full wages. The employers real slleN an. 90
the alleged interference of the traces llllono
,he yna1apemert of their business, the prohpl-
ton of apprentlceships. the locke!lns w @
chimes and the imposition OF INES ioI oNca o .
These
over without much friction but concaton any
compromise are preferable to pr0UhE ndnatr v.
a war fraught with ruin to Engnsn Ihuu 20.
T, roav be Confidently assumed that the CONFER
ence will settle the terms upon which the men in
can return to work, II II does hot euO' "
adjusting all these workshop details ..
Nations with heavy armainehts on e.
armies reach at last state OF prePaI ao,O 80 on
var on a stupendous scale, and force one an
other TO keep the peace. Hosthties peSonl. i.a
practicable from the sheer dread or the coIiI
In England also have immense resources 10 10
warfare On a colossal scale, and these MAJ W.. ~
roateIv promote the ends Of industrial peace; iol
analogous reasons. The new unionlsn, VIII nv.
has introduced sympathetic strikes anu I. IL
Grated trades organizations, and Is now s!s
tematizing ways and means or hnanclal suppor'
from, the toiling millions, has also lausnt ei,,
nloyers hoy to combine for self-delence IN
federations Of their own, with TREMENDOUS ".
sources for ordering sympathetic lockou,s anu
drawing upon immense masses or caplldL ny
new unionism and employers federations nov
stand for devastating warfare upon can IL, IL
and upon National interests A truce Is iiiri'