The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-21
ARTHUR ON STRIKES.
Railroad oniciaI Recalls n Speech
That He Made About Them.

That He Made About Them.
An official OF one of the local railway
lines was asked yesterday IL any demands
had been made by the machin-
lists for increased wages and shorter
hours He replied in the negative, say
ing that his lines machinists have always
been satisfied. In this connection, how
ever, the official recalled a speech that
was made by Mr. P NJ. Arthur, grand
chief engineer of the Brotherhood of Lo-
connective Engineers, at Cleveland before
the Travelling Engineers Association, on
Sept 1l-14 OF last year. The Official said
that Mr.. Arthur is as well-posted as any
man in the country about labor matters,
and the following is shown by the rec
ords OF the meeting as what he had to
say:
"Mr. President, Ladies' and Gentlemen:
I appreciate your kindness. 1t is very
gratifying to know when you have made
a good impression-I think you all feel
that way. You would like to know IL
YOU have made a good run, to have some
one toll you of It. If you have been
economical during the month and have
saved fuel and oil, you like TO know that
it is appreciated, and l am very much
gratified at this expression OF yours this
AS NOlu vi NdutlOn 10 luC
young men, I want to relate a little story.
You will pardon the relation 1 make to
myself; no man need be ashamed to stand
up and tell of his past, provided he has
striven to make the best use OF the time
God has given him.
"YoG will remember 1894 brothers.
do not know whether any of you were i'm
plicated in that trouble or not, but Il
was known as a Sympathetic strike ="
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strikes, because they are the ones to suf-
fer, but there is a moral In this little
story for the benefit of our brothers whose
syn.pathies we're enlisted for others, with
out giving the matter due thought of the
effects they might produce on the future.
When a boy hired out to a farmer in
the fall OF the year In those days you
could hire able-bodied men for $13 a
month TO till the ground dig pota toes,
exc. ! hired out to a farmer for two
months in the fall. He had man named
Joseph IIasher. remember it we'll The
circumstances, think, shall always re-
member; II taught me lesson.
This farmer proved to be one of those
KIND of men who wanted to get all out
of YOU Re could. When you could MT
work out of doors you could chop wood
IN the shed. There are such farmers to-
day. When he found that l could cut as
much corn ulS AldAy BOtdtOoo de
Joe couiu, he concluded he would let Joe
60 ard poNe Sc a month. He came to me
and told ne. Joe heard of il, and he
said: 'Fete, Jim is going 10 discharge
me. I can sue him, because / have two
more n onths to work and have con
tract with him; but you arc doing as
much as / am and I get $l3. WELL /
said, tell me what to do If he dis
charges me, we will go off and get a job
together said, IN do it Sure enough,
the man discharged Joe, and I quit. The
man found himself in a bad fix. He had
to have his corn cut and he concluded
to take Joe back and I was left out in
the cold. Think 1t over, brothers, whom
you are called upon to sympathize and
assist others think Of 1t. There Is les
son in It, We have a great many good
men who mortsaged their homes. their
situations and association of twenty-five
and thirty years standing OF. of sym
pathy for others who had no claim on
them whatever. When you get home just
remember the little story have told
you.
Mr.. ii. B. D'Oyley yesterday was APP
pointed chief clerk In the billing Office of
the Central roads wharf.
Mr. r. c. Brooks has been appointed
contracting freight agent OF the Central
road vice w. B. Vandiviere transferred
to Macon