The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1901-10-19
NOTHING 10 ARBlTR M E Y

ences in dispute between itself and orr
ganized capital. labor Is told that
capital mas n1ngtdarbtrrate..,-Th
assertion will not be much longer toll
Grated or entertained by public opin-
ion, which. being once -crystallized, on.
the subject VIII be enacted Into law.
The great strike and lockout in San
Francisco and suburban districts has
been settled" practically arbitrated,
with Governor Gage as. mediator; and
tho conflict has been settled ..satisfact
oHily to- both .sides.rco 2s$1 S"3s ~l'>-z''
This was. q contamination devoutly
: to be wished for many weeks ago; but
to all such proposals the employers;
eurtly replied, there Us nothing to;
arbitrate," ana cody asked the COVER:
nor Of the state" to call OUT the mill
tia. Had Governor Gage not exer-
cised good judgment and nfmhess< In
treating this impudent request there
liz no telling wlidt might have beeh,- as
every effort had been made by "Spe-
ciar' thugs to goad the wofkingn1en
Into resistance and finally riot; but
the c'specials" and regulars UNDER con
troll of the police ring failed to produce
the conditions go much desired BY the
employers association Z he working
men of San Francisco have reason TO
be proud of their brainy leaders and
their true friends and advisers like
James H. Berry, editor and publisher
Of the San Francisco Star and the ed
ltors' Of Organized Labor, Who cotin-
seled good order even ii the workers
had to endure the contumely and
blackguardism of the police. 80
The strike In San Francisco is a
glorious example for :workingmen and
governors Of all the other states, and
proves that when the governor Of q
state Wills 1t there IL something to ar
bltrate, and 1t must >be ~arbitrated. *
There IS spirit abroad among the
people that Calls for the settlement Of
disputes between capital and labor on
rational and reasonable grounds. and
those grounds are voluntary arbitra-
ton and Cancellation and the party
refusing to arbitrate should by law be
made to- bear the responsibility Of
damages accruing through ''having
nothing to arbitrate." It IL a strange
and dangerous condition Of THINGS
when the one Side to dispute, is al
ways wholly right and the other side
always wrong, never even partially
right, and denied the opportunity of
ascertaining and placing before the
public who is right. This state OF
things should not exist in a govern
ment where all are equal before the
law, amendable to It or supposed to be.
and the time has come when remedy
must be found, so that combination
like the employers association Of San
Francisco, in their insane desire to
crush out trade unionism, shall not
be permitted to paralyze the industries
Of great city and imperil the mar.
atime and other interests of a great
and progressive state. The loss In
wages to employees and in profits to
employers may be compensated for To
them in points gained by the men and q
livelier market for the employers
goods, but for the. thousands Of in1lo-
cent sufferers from the lockout. the
non combatants In the dispute, there IL
no compensation or redress. and these
are the people who are numbered by
the mililon-victims of every great
lockout or strike. - ..- 49, =.
No dispute ever. existed that could
not have been settled by arbitration
on reasonable grounds, and none will
ever spring up that cannot be so set
tied. Since wealth became concen>
trated and enthroned in power in the
United States it seeks to employ phys
ical force to sustain its DEGREES and
calls on the authorities to turn sout
our troops in it's support, but had the
governor Of New York refused to &C.
quiesce in that demand the citizens Of
Albany would not be mourning for
the slaughtered innocents, slain to
serve a street railroad corporation. -
The time has now come for the peo-
pie to demand the industrial disputes
| ton, and not by the batteries and
bayonets. These long strikes and lock-
| outs are a great waste of national
wealth and ought to cease among an
intelligent people; everybody has some-
thing to arbitrate; something decided
| by individual conscience and regard for
| moral law, and no corporate conscience
should be allowed immunity from the
moral obligations Of the individual or
! the state. -.
In the San Francisco strike there is
special lesson for the Amalgamated
Steel and Iron Workers. Had they
been as true to their union and them
selves as the union men Of San Fran
|
cisco and the Pacific coast, and had the
governor Of Pennsylvania done his
duty to that commonwealth as the
governor Of California did to his state,
the steel trust would have had "some-
thing to arbitrate."
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