Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-02-27

land. and then. with brilliantly successful
strike-conducted as a general of genius
conducts q battle-to show what nigh. be
done by thoroughly well organized fierce
against a rich and powerful firm like that
OF Monkton & Hope. He looked forward to
the time when every worker in England
would be member of the union: after that
ne hoped to affiliate all the workers in ali
English-speaking countries: finally. the be-
nighted foreigner would be included. Then.
when the whole was united like an electric
installation in a city. the unfortunate cap
italist who placed finger on one point
entire system. and die without knowing
what hurt him.
The equipment of the workers would be so
complete that strikes would become fewer
ana fewer, and finally cease: just as war
Will cease when weapons of ofsense reach
such state of perfection that no nation
VIII dare to pick quarrel with another.
rms great republic of labor would be
aiVlded into various states, and these
states would be again subdivided into as
many sections as experience showed to
De most practicable. Each section would
eject Its secretary, the secretaries would
eject governor of the state. the governors
would elect president of the whole or
sanfzation. Every official should he paid
salary. sufficient. even in the lesser Of
noes. to keep the incumbent and his fam
iiy without the necessity of manual labor.
SO that each officers whole time could be
given for the benefit of the union.
Marsten gave much thought TO the prob
lem OF reconciling deserved promotion with
popular election. and. perhaps. il he had
known more OF the results of universal
suffrage in a city like New York he might
nave reconstructed his whole plan. but
he had full belief i'm the adage that the
voice of the people comedies with that of
me Almighty, and so, perhaps. did not
quite appreciate the practical difficulties
which lay in wait for a scheme that looked
beautiful on paper.
Early exDerippce cnpy;poad hin, bat he
cSuid nope for no active assistance from
the men themselves, and he promptly elm
mated that factor from his calculations
ne lnought OF beginning his fight with an
suoeatohal campaign. using in this way
the time which must elapse before the
treasury OF the union was once more in
Iurds. but he found he could never get
more than half dozen of the men Together
at one time, and those who came to the
meetlrgs he called seemed to take bar
sEsht interest In what lie had to say This
dld not discourage him, as he was, in a
measure prepared for the Indifference he
met: and he remembered that his great
modei, Napoleon took no one into his con-
hdence. Napoleon struck unexpectedly
struck quick and struck hard-and Marsten
resolved to do the same the moment he
had the power Failing 10 interest the men
collectively in the Gesirability of a close
and universal union. Marsten tried to win
their separate confidence, but he soon dis
covered that in attempting this he was
travelling dangerous road. He was
amazed to find that there existed a laten.
sulleE opposition to him; that many Of the
men seemed to regret the generous i'm
pulse which had caused them to place him
where he was. They could not see what
ne did to earn the money he received: some
inc Cgnt they Were giving him too much
as he had no work to do. and more than
once advised him to keep quiet and leave
the men alone to know when he was well
or, and not to turn the thoughts of the
members to the fact that they Were sup
porting him in idleness and luxury.
(To he continuedl