New-York tribune., 1901-09-02

disclosed to the public:
To the Editor Of The Tribune
the streets bilrti, Fr ~ uo 81 49, 80 - I1a m ~
earn bread for hungry children. when there is full
when cofort per3ades the cabin bin and % prosperity
T-oNers lts blessings upon all the people. Jeshurun
wakes rat and kicks: just ne always does II
= Iae instinct of progress il human nature which
buy why does the wild. ignorant ass kick his meal
e9a9i 9ET as soon as his paunch IS h,led? Is Il
doaa because Cresceus, who makes his mile in
-9--s goes about in palace and receives ova-
u9isE Because multirnillionaires. milionaires and
otners accumulate money 10 pay for work is il
their investments IN enterprises Improbable? Cap
IIai IS pr3verbia4ly timid II can live without work.
destroy The profits OF investments In manufact-
tion is strong. the capital invested large and the
margin ot proht on product small; where the most
caEeI1l care managerleI I the closest economy and
reegLlarity Of operation and the largest quantity
o. proauct are essential 70 success, the unprovided
Tor additional expense Of a prolonged or Of fire.
quent strikes means certain disaster with
plore employment in vain. Now capital wants
WORKERS. II pays well and promptly; but the
hanpered discrganized and discouraged. Expect
ed pronts disappear Soon will see capital seek
times. There II will hide Itself from poverty. want
It will Be q as nsePs5e ms Pst aSP df The wants II Of se
workers as the workers now are Of the wants OF
capital Already II prefers good per cent bond
% e preferred or per cent industrial stock.
over the in5str,a So aat mas t og Tbcb Si
boast themselves the biggest ever known; little.
strikes, hour strikes. strikes for causes nnumera-
bic; reasonable. unreasonable and ridiculous; ac-
tuai ana imaginary; union ordered. and contrary
win. and 10 stand idle when they would work; 70
compel the discharge or hiring OF their own fore
man employer; the use OF d!suse Of certain ma
dered towels where they wash Of union made beer
where they drink OF union labelled cigars for them
who make steam-three 10 six AT a colliery-strike
miners 10 waste their time and starve their fan-
VTh a-f ~ nd 0fr Gr~f1ra s-1
parayze great colllery. shutting of fuel from
counts OF strikes FOR frivolous reasons, all over
the country; % the stonnE Of poor girls who want
70 work n SIX mills Of the beating Of men striving
August Is, a small lodge or union made twenty.
ne in q lodge stopped velve hundred from work
nils o be thS TaHn S T Tube be- Sna11 9 s1GPPgd5 95 me
wages Of five thousand men. The action Of about
twenty-five hundred members OF the labor union
thsre and OF the fool Mayer OF The t9wn & has de-
means Of livelihood ana tb-eatens The 5estrrrtior
of he town and the loss e al the hard earnings
The Official records 81 the AnalEama5ed Ass9eta-
tbat o9 2g5 ~ the 200 15 men eTn6ve5 by the
United States Steel Corporation belonged 20 its
union IN June
UNWILLING IDLENESS FORCED ON MANY.
Probably unwilling idleness will be forced upon
two hundred thousand other workers dependent
for materials contracted 70 be supplied by the
nlasons carpenters bo'ier nlakers-to say nothing
OF the miners Of coal and ore who should supply the
n % this insignificant minority commonly led and
ruled by irresponsible Young men without families
tb-eats .es+,nrs and ,-,osrc tbe - 49, ~ = an a,-
o work. The comfort and occupation OF ar least
five hundred thousand American freerner are sub
}bsted bs to the d'fa'i0n OF ten thousand iFesP0ns
This is rot American liberty. the rule Of the ma
jority. individual freedom. the promotion OF the
welfare Of the public but the tyranny OF few
over all the usurpston Of oppression by the minor
is IN and in principle outIawry and bar
barous dsspotisn an outrage so stupendous that
The strike is evil imported from Old World
violence obtain what lawful means do not secure.
II violates the fundamental principles Of American
citizen his life liberty and pursuit OF happiness
which the striker Yields for himself to the control
usurDs over his fellows Il abrogates and abandons
Fuarantee Of Individual skill and ability 10 u1Iip
tied prefernent and advance in America. and which
permits the lowest in social rank 10 asure 10 and
reach the highest place II is usually melted and
naintained by toE-eSlEners and those who are ig-
tages of American cvilizs ton. The bor unions
their members from alliance with the estabIisbed
social agencies from all public service. legal and
order whsh the American Peqple recognize as SOW
an assault 'unon government by law no less than
an attack upon public prosperity
STRIKE BLOW IN THE FACE
It IS blow from the employed to the face Of
The emnioyer which as necessarily ends all friend
tween two persons 4 blow in the face y5esrs U5
necessarily '-aght or a foot race" vhefber 1h
4 corporation or a nation against a nation II is
an appeal to war. However intimate harmonious
and mutually advantageous the connections he
tween the two may have been. the strike ends all
forever There can be no reconciliation which will
restore the former community of interest and
sunDtion of work by strikers there There NAV
be association after the fight but friendship
human nature. Let all hands and both sides
recognize and accept this condition as the in
he he HXpd nd a.
law OF cause and effect. and strikes cease 10
IS generally known and Believed BY capital 1s an5 u
labor by en1D-oyeT and employ that the striker
ian never work again for the employer he strikes
there will be a strike unless the suffering
and loss incident 10 securing another place or
than the continuation OF present relations UPON
such agreement as can De made And If strike
seek other employment and cease 10 moest those
oss and damage Of il viii be reduced to ts tnaf the
dimension 70 each
REAL FIGHT WITH IGNORANT LEADERS
The real contest is not with the labor union.
OF consolidsti9ns ard union Of interests useful
LOT ,i me G bs04csnt 81 IN TersI ~ M rom ln-
welfare: but with ignorant, selfish. corrupt and
esrntngs Of the able ard skful 10 the capabiiity
oreensz5r great social businesses shuttpr nff
necessary supplies. interfering with the public
comfort and welfare, stopping streetoar lines and
tyranny and curse TO the skilled worker as well
as the people an absolute destruction 20 public
prosperity, which must be controlled. When It Is
settled that the strike blow must end all rela-
tions Will be given until existing conditions
are intolerabie. viii il be permitted 10 occur
80 lone as Il IS possible 10 avert it. Both union
and corporation viii exhaust every resource. for
agreement before II occurs and there win be nc
il comes The strike is the very last resource OF
labor after all else has failed. Let its grave and
serious nature be recognized so by both employees
and employers. and the plague will be abated-
/ The fncessant. repeated and frivolous strikes
which are destroying the public conhdencs