The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-16
Evolution at Work.

standing between employers
aud their employees is the difficulty Of
finding a suitable basis of mutual con
ference and acquaintance. In the old
Ell days, when the master and the man
worked together at the same bench or
alongside at the same forge, 1t was
easy for the well-meaning employer TO
know his men, to understand how to
deal with them and to maintain that
intimacy of association with them
which enabled him to be regarded as
one Of their own number Today con
ditlons almost forbid this; at least
they make it exceedingly difficult for
the master and the men to meet With
out a sense of class distinction or di-
vision. The whole trend of the organ
lied labor movement at the present
time is in the direction of broadening
this social gulf and of intensifying the
feeling among the men that their en-
ployer is a common enemy against
whose interests ii is proper and neces-
| sary for the employees to combine and
strike.
ton, by which this mischievous tend
ency can be overcome and genuine
community of interests established be-
tween these two gradually separating
and increasingly antagonistic classes?
The question is receiving attention
very widely these days and all that
bears upon it we feel to be OF public
interest. y contributor to the DAY.
ton, O., Press, u newspaper published
III a town which, like Scranton, has
been undergoing a plague Of labor agi-
tation, gives in II recent issue of that
journal some information concerning
an effort being made in that city to
evolve a plan of organization to remedy
the defects of modern trades unionism.
This writer says:
1T is gratifying to know that num-
Der of Dayton's artisans, representing
every large factory, skilled not only in
mechanics, but scholarly and cultured,
have been studying this complex prob
lem for many months. The feeling of
hostility and antagonism against en-
ployers; the spirit of lawlessness which
has been inculcated by some labor
leaders; distrust of labor by the en-
ployer, resulting in determined efforts
to destroy their unions, impressed and
stimulated them to an earnest effort to
find some plan by which these con-
tending elements could be brought into
| harmonious action, Conscious of the
opposition they woulu encounter, they
| at first met stealthily and later formu-
lated Il declaratl of principles and
adopted Il ritual which will commend
themselves to every lover OF his coun-
! try and sincere friend of labor They
christened their new organization The
Modern Order of Bees and founded
Hive No. L by adopting declaration
| of principles. The following is the
constitution of this, new exponent of
! those who labor as workingmen or in
the professions:
| 'lts object shall be to unite in the bonds of
| friendship and fraternity in busncaslikc man
Hcr, all thoSc interested in the advancement ard
elevation of mankind To promote good charac-
| ter and sociability among its members. To SO
| conduct its affairs that both the employer and
| the employe, learning its methods, will recognize
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upon one another, but for mutual assistance and
protection, That we rely on intelligence, right
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the intention of the new organization to apply
tonic IN the way of the adjustment OF labor
ann ,,1a 'laE ma VIC 's",''e 'SDo. oo'
more fraternal basis. We believe that the prcs.
cnt attitude OF organized labor is not strictly in
accord Win the principles OF AmefIcanisn,' ana
na,izatiom VIII s,rire to sIo ,h hntors ',S t
present system and how they can best he remc.
died. We believe laboring men need a different
klhd OF instruction rom that now given thcm
t"ra, ,Itorar ~ m
| department. In the brief period since our or.
ganization 400 members have been enrolled and
many applicants are now undergoing rigid in
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membership, which includes cmpioyer, employees,
ministers and other professional men.
! The correspondent of the Press adds:
! IN the Judgment of prominent clti-
zens, including preachers and law
| yers, who are impartial in their opln-
ions ON labor matters, the Modern Or
der of Bees will be of mcalculable ben
eft to the combined interests of the