The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-26
STRIKES TO BEAR STOCKS.
IINANCE WITH RTOT ATTACHMESTS
MOBILITY HERE
Attempt Of Master workman Parsons to
Rohnbilitate the Knights of Labor Pro-
NIheh the OnnnrtmnltN. Int PnrsOmA WINS

RchnbIlitate the knights of Labor Pro-
vided the Opportunity, hut Parsons WINS
Leader of the Martin Irons stripe.
Now that the surface railroad strikes In this
borough and In Brooklyn are ended. and the
riotlng and disorder have ceased people have
n chance to look into the causes Of tho difficulty
and to get good look at Mr.. John y Parsons
the General Master Workman of the Knights
OF Labor. the leader ot the two most ridiculous
labor ilascos that the country has ever seen.
Parsons la the Martin Irons Of the Occasion.
and has gone him ono better. Irons lost only
one strike betore the people found him out.
and Parsons has lost two. But stock bling
did not aid in bringing about the strike that
Irons lost. and there were no powerful news
papers allied with 1t as in this case.
From time to time THE Sun has printed bits
Of the inside history Of this labor movement
that led up to the strikes in Brooklyn and
Manhattan. but there is II good deal that has
not yet bean told and that Is extremely inter-
csting because Of certain novel features that
were developed. For the first time in the his
tory OF labor troubles in this country. II Is
believed moncycd men. allied with corrupt
newspapers. attempted to tear down great
properties by melting peaceful and satisfied
worklnsmen employed by these properties
to riot and violence in order to profit
by the fall In the value OF the stocks
Of the concerns that they felt certain
would como with profit destroying strike.
That is something new In finance. Officers OF
properties before this have been known to
wreck them for the purpose Of buying them
in. and there have been one hundred aud one
other schemes tried by men directly connected
with properties to decrease their value. that
profit might come to them Us individuals. but
never before, so far as Is known. have mon
absolutely outside the management OF prop
crt,rs. who hadn't a dollar invested in them
aud not interested In competing com
mnrkc' value Of those hy breeding discnntcnt
among emI'uyers and Incidentally to stir orii-
n9riy peaceful citizens 70 , riot ant 1IondShsd
in Wait street thnt thcr" WAS very large shor,
Fisrs?' ~ tho stock Of nc ne Er"GEITn knnin
sold shur. from 10 down to par and hat these
sales wrrc not covered. The assault on the
DonS. til. JeatI 81, 81 hoswc j. Flower On III"
Lay i MS death the stock sold AZ III. On m"
"a, 'r eH IN II Nh nrrv h TIA, s,na s"
away down, but imElriint"ly the market
strengthened there we're m.n on hand with
cash to take all that was offered. and tho price
Prior 10 the death OF Coy. Flower Mr..
man Of the Knights OF Labor. had not been
heard Of in the newspapers in connection with
Tor o nh Of q the the
newspapers that aft"rwarl did everything that
hey tho to r5, %ams the
ing their time to other pursuits. 80 far as
their columns would show there was no such
corporation rs the Brooklyn Rapid Transit in
existence, The appearance Of these newspaper
allies Of the stock Iobhers was eoinciaent with
that came the day following the en- Governors
death.
the Central Labor Mon mem Der OF a musi-
cal union laid on the table 81 the reporters a
little type!wrtten, sliE to the effect that the
ant fnn pNnI fNl. N1rlr
city and BrooHlyn had organized that they |
had certain grieyances and that It was hoped
out recourse to a. strike. This man was
questioned as to his anntE3Tityp for the state,
Master i Workman Of the Knights "e Of 'i LABOR
has never ,,'I,t and never denied
and the, other newspapers tina, were in the
same about From the DAY, after thai meeting
ur TO the time TINT strike in BROOKLYN was de,
daily. and those newspapers that were in the
drn used eomns 81 theIr space in telling OF
poysd 1 no other WORK ,san hunnr up
and asking II it wasn't true that they suffered
When it came to show; down Parsons be-
camefrightened and so did his assistant. Pines.
es,iy to avoid a strike strikes that fail riicm-
lousy are not good for labor leaders Il was
the Stock ioSSeIs They played the s ass to
the limit. and after they knew that the strike |
was miserable farce and not worthy to be
Sfrs the ppnb that
Hapid Transit was practically tied up. that
eeirts Of the road had fallen on to
that they played upon the receipts Even when
they had to admit that the cars were running
they i, ase1 SHo9t III 5s not 9%oH
bers. whose allies they were. were watching
the market with an eagle eye. and editors OF
street They didntoysn take take the preeautioM
went themselves aud people saw them going
Wall street. and. lest injustice may be done. it
can also be said that no accusation against |
his personal honesty has been made:
cation Was on It's lsst legs It has been on Ta it's
Perity. when Powdery was the General Master
@ T. and nnd b Il. mem6ssThp h
defeat It suffered in the great Southwestern
'sks whGn Martin 9n 6.bs
strike. 1t had received another push down the
ladder ,t and a. IN the Brooklyn strike in 1876;
got what most people thought was liz death
blow In the East.
sssG sf h. inf hsa
Carriers Association. That qualified him for !
the General Master Workmanship OF the |
Knights OF Labor After he was elected there
was a talk among certain labor leaders as TO |
what measures might be taken to rehabiitate
the organ lzatlon. and it was concluded that |
this could be done through the organization OF |
the street railroad employees IN various cities
and few strikes. Parsons said that there waa |
only one PLACE to begin this thing, and that |
was In New York Sty and against the Metro |
p9bs s stes1 HaT'y tTss
had never had a strike and Herbert II. Nree-
land. its President had been known as a man |
him. Parsons undertook the Job OF beating |
President Nreeland This wns ak months |
ago. After trying in various ways to stir up |
trouble and TO get the mon OF the Metropolf- |
tan system organized without any success |
whatever the old trick was resorted to by the |
Knights o.. getting their men into employment |
on the road for the purpose Of getting the CON |
hdonce Of the employees: How many men |
but there were more than sixty. They |