The colored American., 1901-05-25
LESSONS OF THE STRIKE.
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or nOn-uniOn men and to discharge
them for cause"
There isn't after all so much IN TINS
victory of the strikers as there seems
tn he. The company will undoubtedly
avail itself of the right to exercise It's
right as set forth in this clause !, 10
employ any competent nOn-unl0n man
If chooses. and to discharge any union
man for cause.
The United Traction Company repre-
sents millions of dollars. Without IL
there would be no strikes in this COM
munity among street railroad men. Inc
tendency of strikes Of this character
is to discourage capital from investing
in communities where strikes are fash
ionable. UniOniZed communities, ike
Iynching communities, make capltaI
timid and are more injurious than ben
eficial to the greatest number. Inc
labor barOns are not only autOcrauc
and OYer-bearing, they are narrow, die
tatOrial and full OF prejudice. BY their
dicta no Negro however we'll qualIned,
can be employed either as a mOtOrman
or conductor on the street railway SyS-
TENS of the great cities. The employ
ment of one Negro in such capacity
would precipitate a strike and tie up
all the street railways in this country.
Herein is discovered the prejudice and
narrOWneSS of the white labor unions.
They deny TO the negro labOring man
the right to labor, and to capital the
right to buy his labor when it wants to.
The leaders of the labor trust in
America are largely men Of foreign
names and antecedentS. Men who are
intOllerant of the rights Of others and
inSiStent upon securing for themselves
and those they represent what they are
pleased to den0minate as their rights.
Who gives them the right to diScrimi-
nate against the Negro III the labor
market? To make him an industrial
PhariOh when he is ready and willing
to work? The trade and labor unions
are the greatest enemies of the Negro
in America and are doing more to fOs
ter and encourage race hatred and the
caste spirit than any other agency |
know of. They are not honest, and
hence not fair, for honest and fair men
believe in honest methods and fair
practices. | have no sympathy with
strikers anywhere and the time is
coming in this country when the Amer
lean people will lose all sympathy for
and patience with these disturbing ele
mentS, whose SympathiZerS, with their
knowledge and consent, destroy public
and private property, disturb trade
conditions, injure business prosperity,
and tear down that which they have
neither the intelligence or the capacity
to build up.
The average intelligence Of the strik-
er is below par and in these periodical
strikes, in which they engage when one
Of their number is discharged or when |
they want an increase of pay or to |
divide profits with employers, one does |
not have TO scratch far below the epir- |
dirmis to find a social IcOnOclast or |
treacherOuS demon. In a given num-
Der Of years, ten, I think. it has been
shown that the amount of public and |
private property destroyed by white |
wOrkingmen in strikes is $10,0O0.0O0. |
While protesting to be opposed to law
lessness and disorder they have wink |
ed at all the crimes that have been |
committed in the name Of outraged Ia |
bOr and have prOfited by them. My |
objection to labor unions is based on |
their opposition TO the Negro. They are |
against the Negro and l am against |
them.
Their power is increasing in this |
country and they are becoming more |
and more dangerous year by year TO /
the peace and perpetuity of govern |
ment Of the people, by the people and /
for the people. The greatest trust in |
this country today and the most dam