Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1901-06-12
have been and done no harm.


have been and done no harm.
Yes. the kindhearted peop,e havs
generally been sympathizinS with TIE
strikers, but the case at Dayton. o.. has
discouraged them. We see that Mr.
Patterson died suddenly this week. lie
was only sixty-ninc years cid aHl the
opinion is that his grief and m0rtiic,-
ton over the great strike clused his
death a nobler rich man never liy5t
or died He was the pcs s'aCn- OF n
National Cash Register Company. ia,
employed 2,30O men and women. For
seven years he has s0uSht to N Ike h s
extensive works Il model ior all the
manufacturers OF the word AID :.
workman's paradise. From tine 10
time he has reduced The h - OF " rk
and increased the compon sation. III
cottages for his people were mo 'cus
for comfort-good gardens. nice ro%-
ers-a skilled man sent free to SOW
them how to plant and grow iiOwe 8. Il
free library OF we'll selected ookS
hospitals for the sic,5. good nuls ;
good beds. all free ana no lest twe
charged against them: bath rooms
with hot and cold water and time . We
to bath; clean towels and soap. Fo
the women and girls he HAD toilet
rooms and bathrooms AMI btUshe ei an
combs and even curling tones p.Cv!G-
eu; sofas and cots to rectrae on Az
books to read. EverythingSwas male
as much like home as q loving mother
would have provided. Half ct every
Saturday was theirs. MIR Patterson
was happy. He believed he hai solved
the problem OF capital and labor. BIt
about three years ago a labUt uDiol
was formed and its COMMITTEES reSau
to hunt up devilment. Net long ago
they discovered that the 2.CG0 iow-
that were furnished the bathrooms FREQ
were washed every wees by s,fae poor
woman who aid no. belong 10 the
union, ana they demanded cf Mr.. Pat.
terson that he have his wash nS done
by union folks. He refused and the
committee ordered strike Tacn hc
declared that his men were net CHARGED
Tor the baths nor the towels n,r The
soap. and he would stop the whole
business. which he did. Next they or
dered the discharge of his superiuten-
dent because he was not "a union man
This was refused and they s,rucl>
again. They also ordered that two
union men who had been discharged 10:
bad work should be restored. he re
stored them and paid them regularly
Slo week for each. but gave them no
work. saying that they were net com
petent. but he would pay them. kAi
50 they hunted around for other things
and finally ordered q big strike. and il
has been on for weeks and no settle
ment. Up to date the loss 10 work
men IN wages amounts to $l20 900 and
all these poor families are il distress
and would go back IL the union Gem
mittee would let them. 1t was atDayton
where few months ago the union
crowd pursued some non-union men
and knocked them down and hammer
ed their fingers to Il jelly witch stones.
50 that they could not work any more
MrPattcrson works have been vIsitcI
by progressive men from al! coua-
tries, who wanted to see how h. man
aged that great business without any
clash between his capital and laelr la
Dor, and now they say. II told you 50.
| knew it would not last"
II made me right sick to read abou.
it. for it is much worse than / have
told 1t. Is our sympathy for the poor
all wasted. No-no! 1t is those con
temptible leaders who get on the com
mittee and wanted to make Il big fuss
out of nothing. With the great combi.
nation trusts on one side and the union
strikers or. the other side. We, the un-
productive middle class, who make our
living by our wits, are in bad fix. But
thank the good Lord we still have
meat and bread and Strawberries at our
house.-Bill Arp in Atlanta Oonstitu.
ton.