The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-07-20

isle stood whe.. he was the recognized
NADER OF the rrea, democratic party
ELEMENTS OF LABOR WEAKNESS.
If there had been perfect organization
among the coal miners. or if the miners
had generally reccsptAsi the power Of conf
pie,e union and bad all gone ont week
ago. the strike which vet drass rs SLOW
length along would probably have been over
~ this time The obstacle which the
miners haze had TO encounter has been a
iivide,, house and 1, has aeen InoFv de-
trimeutal 20 their cause than all things
ise.
The threat IA made BY tue operators IN
Wes; Virginia that they iutsad 10 ie3'sce
she strikers with foreigners and negroes.
and this recalls ihA fact that in nearly
all the big strikes tn the East and North
thousands OF ignorant foreigners, chiefly
Poles and Huaga.rianr. Russians and Ital-
.ans. have stool ready 10 take the strik
ers' places aud render the efforts OF ma
live American labor to RIGHT it's wrongs
CT Improve its condition, ahortfvc. The
class Of foreign labor referred 10 is COM
posed 81 the lower and more vicious
specimens Of our nm!grantr-the pauper
a.d contract labor crowds that have
squeozed INTO this country in spite OF
restrictive lave. Not until such an Gle
nlsnt ceases TO be ! considerable factor
IN the labor problems. can organize and
rlaAly native wcrSEnSn accomplish their
purpose 10 make labor strong. respected by
capital and independent. Organization. in
q word, must include and cover every weak
spot aud comprehend the whole body o.
worS men in any calling or trade before it
VIII achieve its greatest aud lasting vic
tories.
The more intelligent lAborers abroad are
we'll organized. and when members OF for
elsn trades unions come here they at once
fraternize with the naive workmen. The
necessity therefore, Is once again apparent
:or excluding lie paurers and ilnlera'e
who flock TO our thoirs. This is but an
act ot common justice 20 both our own
teople and the better class OF foreign work
men who come here. not for trouble or
20 make few dollars and return to Europe,
but TO establish homes and become bona
nde citizens OF the country.
This strike is great object lesson as
TO the necessity for thorough and compre-
housiye organization and at the same time
unco~ors the possible obstacles to such
oreaui. alton and to the success OF the ma
tive labor.ng clemen; Of the country. nj
would be an outrage and cause for uni
versal regret should these poor and en-
shaved miners be beaten through the SUD
stltiou 81 gangs Of vicious and unorganzcA
paurers from tho four quarters OF the
globe. Indeed, the majority u the men
who are NJ work now and who are stand
Ing in tho way OF the success of the strike
or the compromise OF the costly and
disastrous differences between the operators
and tho strikers. are of this stripe. Grover
Cleveland aided materially IN continuing
this undesirable condition Of affairs by
that want of sympathy with American
laboring men which led him to veto the
Lodge orllss auti-immigra bill last
March.
III would b. grateful relief for the
American people" thinks the Minneapolis
Journal, III. wNh the contamination of
The lrcseqi, rarlft. the Nation decides TINT
q shall have M more upheuvais and .s,ls-
cns.ons Of buslrsSH az are always incl
cent to general tarn making" After
fastening THIS ubiquitous measure upon
the statute books u would. indeed. Ice a