The labor world., 1899-05-27

The striking street railway employees
have begun another active campaign
against the company. and Wednesday
evening held in Hendrickson's hall, on
Garfield avenue the first Of the new series
of mass meetings.\ The meeting was well
attended. Joseph La Chance Of the Street
Railway Employees union, President Kriz
of the trades assembly and Carl Thiel
were the speakers of the evening. Both
attacked the mayor and council.
Mr.. Thiel represented The interests of
the Socialist Labor; party, and made a
speech on its principles. He condemned
the capitalists, one and all, and said
the country could get along without them.
and that any idea to the contrary was an
Illusion. He denounced the use Of labor
saving machinery as taking the bread
from the mouths Of the Workingmen.
Mr.. Thiel Endorsed the trade unions, but
said the unions make a great mistake
when they take up only the economical
questions. s+5 So .
Trade unions :, said he, &. must have
two wings to fly with he ballot box and
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The speaker attacked the profit system,
and urged its overthrow TO make the
capitalist work and earn his own living:
He claimed that the middle classes today
are fighting hard with the capitalist
classes for their existence, and he assert
ed that if the capitalists succeed, wages
will go down. Mr.! Thiel at tackled munlc-
ipal ownership, and claimed thai this
workingman would not be benefited one
cent by It. s /
Mr.. Thiel also took occasion 70 charac-
terize Mayor Truelsers 1 g 8 ,demag oguego,
the first water and Al tool Of the capital,
lists. The Workingmen, he said, must Con.
troll all public institutions in order ssthat
they may protect themselves from the
capitalists. He claimed that If the city
had a socialistic mayor. and council,athe
street railway strike would have been
settled satisfactorily long ago. &sSrr
Touching on the strike situa on;% Mr.
Thiel advised the strikers to & issuezsia
pamphlet containing his doctrines.} and
create strong sympathy for their cause.
Mr.. Thiel urged the strikers aid their
sympathizers to stand by the boycott
and by this means bring the company to
a settlement. for, could It be placed in u
position to lose money, it would very soon
be ready TO offer concessions he claimed.
President Kriz, the next speaker, start
ed his address with a strong plea for
strikes and boycotts. He said in part: ST.
''There is great meaning; in strikes,
and the greater part of the workingmen
do not understand their far reaching eff
fects. I believe in strikes and boycotts,
for when these are going on there is hope.
for, the working classes, but no hope
when there Is continual submission on
the part of the Workingmen. ssG
'.I don't care if strikes and boycotts do
hurt business. That's what they are
meant for, and the sooner, business is
hurt, the sooner we will win our cause.
1t Is expected that boycott will start
an agitation and scare the business men.
"We are looking out forSthe interests Of
the laboringmen, and If we cannot live
as white men here, we don't care for the
city or Its business men,
Mr.. Kriz made some exceptions, for he
said he knew Of some good-hearted bus
mess men. ..
The speaker accused the mayor and
council Of delaying action on the resolu-:
tion introduced to ask the court for a
new receiver until the company had its,
cars all running again and nothing could
be done. Mr.. Kriz said that there was
not a man in the city administration,
from the mayor down, that is. not a
willing tool of any corporation that has
money. He urged the people to stand by
the strikers and help them win In their
fight against the company.
Joseph La Chance, the last speaker,
made a few remarks, in which he asked
all sympathizers to devote little Of their
time and money in aiding the cause. He
asked them to influence their
friends and neighbors to refrain as much
as possible from riding on the cars. and
thus make the boycott more effective.
Arrangements have been made for a
monster meeting in the Marinette Iron
Works building next Sunday. Women are
invited.
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