The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-22
TO CHECK LABOR TYRANNY.
SfOPE or THE MOVEMENT
STARTED N SCHENECTADI.
u Is the Int cntIOn 10 Extend n 10 Ever,
City and Town IN the state That Has
Suffered or L. suffering Prom As.
saIilts Of irresponsible Labor Leaders.

SCHENECTADY. n Y, Nov. ~ The full
significance of the movement started here
by business mon and property owners TO
protect the Interests Of the town against fur
Their ASSAULT by +, ch irresponsible bodies as
the Trades Assembly is hardly realized by
the people al large As a matter of fact il
is not the intention to confine the movement
10 Schenectady. bu, TO extend it to every
city and town in the State which has suffered
or is suffering, from the tyranny of labor
unions.
The movement is said to have had its in
cepton in a small manufacturing centre in
northern New York. The residents Of that
place were goaded to desperation hv long
series Of abuses hcapod upon them 10y or
cani2ed labor. whose leaders there got to
believe that they were the supreme power
in the town ard that any order they CAV"
would bc oheyed hy tl,'r followers without
question. Ru, the worm turned at last
Word was IassCd alorG from merchant Ia
mCrChan, and from business man TO bust
ness man that something had to be done IA
check tho tvrannCal conduct of the labor
unions If the CONNIE rcial interests were to
he saved from ruin and IN" future of the
town. inGUs'r'lilv. a.-ured. Tic result was
the formation O! perhaps tie first Anti
Boycott League ia America. The PROPOSE
ton met with marked favor and the assCc'a-
ZION grew rapidly until o. now has -ov'n
hundred members and j. fully equipped 'or
active and sfc,; ;Nc worl
Al the meeting which ,a- h'ld IN ihi
city 10 form a bra ~ Of ne nrCa"i;I' on
here. ono of the tr'io .'- 80 he ia tent
body. prominent probes uual man. v a.
present and rNrla'r,d h .uri.Wr~ IF ire
leagu. and told how Wr,' hal ahead y
been ACCOMPLISHED ~ il tr "nurt,rhc' iho
in fuance of the Vci,. hovCo't. ~.
words were l'~''n"! {" Ni " c1,-' '"i
and ho W. requested 80 y" pres" n' a tho
n,X moot ing, when an" o:rari;rinn here
will H. mad" permanent
Th.ra v.rc dl0W thirty 'Usiuc~~ and
professional me- at th' fr-' meeting vhid
was held on W"dnn-'h" evening. S'r""
then for Y new mem H"'~ Law. ioirnd he
move mont. ard 80 prOmo',r. - that '''
number viii hc doGi led )".rr, 'he Pet
maucnt organization j. Effected. II j.
said ~ several OF the M" WHO 40 ir~'rt;-
mr'taI ~ staring "a" l-as'H thar Hrauc' -
nar" already been organized ia -ovc'G'
towns "a TO Sia'e.
Interest ~ tho EovCo.f ia inst the Sche-
nec'adv street Rail0 A. tpmpanv has
practically died out bore. and p"opl" no
LONGER ak al or u. 4 T. 4 i"rrgon" con
chs ON 'hd' -" olu!a~., viii L." officially
l'f"d hv the Trade A. .'rhlv on W"ducs-
day night Only ore union. tn" carpenters,
ha. .udnr.cd the movement thus far Will"
tive printers ard many ot IA" larger or
ClU,.g' IONS haze inst TICted their della
gates To vote 20 rc>'iii .hc boycott r"Solu-
ton whom tie Trades Assemble meets
again The few union mon who made a
pr"t"ncc Of nncyirc tie hoycou order
have taken q. ne 'rolrv cars again a. a
m 'au- OF getting 'u and from work. and
~" receipts of the railway company every
day are now a. larg' a. they ever we're.
A. no time did moro than : per cent. Of the
members OF the unions support the boycott