The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-18

that some callings are more TO be sought
than others. forgetting that all combined
are necessary 10 a complete whole or lie
and life purposes; and sometimes some men
refused to work where they were because
they could not work where they were not
Aesop illustrated the condition Of such by
the human body whose feet refused to
carry the head and whose stomach refused
TO digest food for the common good of
head and feet-the body died. Now. this
strike question, In q nutshell, is simply a
declaration OF war on the part of a mere
handful of the workingmen of the world
against all the world besides-a declaration
of the head or the feet or the stomach, no
matter which, against every other member
ingmen OF the world Is embraced in the
organized labor compact which has seized
upon the profitable trades OF the world,
and which directly excludes all others from
their field. and, though for a time, and for
any reason IL chooses to trump up, the
whole or any part of them refuse TO work,
they will not allow anybody else 10 take
their abandoned jobs, though starvation
stares the would-be workingman I'm the
face. II is one man pitted against all the
other forty-nine workingmen, and they
have the hardihood TO claim TO be the only
workingmen in the universe. 1t is in the
interests of these that prayers and contri-
buttons are made i'm the churches to sup
port these workingmen while they are en-
gagged In the perilous work of driving back
with the b~ludgeon the hungry workingmen
who want to take their places. This is
NAa0 $500 1ASAA@A 410
of wages is not I'm it; it is the question of
monopoly. To plead that these union men
canno live on present wages is more than
neutraliZed by the question, on what can
the other man live with nothing to do?
Every man has as good a right TO work as
any other man, and to be a lawyer. or doc
tor, or preacher, or teacher, or carpenter.
or brick mason, or mine worker, or mine
owner, IL qualified, and IL is the duty OF
the state to protect him in this right IL 1t
takes an army to do it, and the miners
strike or any other strike that is settled
on any other basis will not last. 1t cannot
last, for 1T is inconsistent with Gods eter-
nal truth, the equality Of all men before
the law and the uniform usage of all gov
ernments- IL / want a coat and the tailor
asks me S2 for 1t, but / am unwilling TO
pay more than $40, who ever thought of
invoking a court OF arbitration TO compel
me to pay the S12 or the tailor to take $40?
Or who ever thought of asking for prayers
and contributions in the churches to sup
port the tailor while ne kept other tailors
this transaction 1 propose to be a contrac-
tor or an employer, while the tailor is an
employe and nothing more or less. What
right has any other contractor or employe
TO invoke a coercive court of arbitration
that / and my tailor have not? In any case
of this kind il Is not the contractor or the
operator that is interested only, but 1t is
every man, woman and child who is not
In the combination against the mere hand
full of men who are In the combination.
In short, in a nutshell, there is no other
question at stake than the right of every
man to work at any trade he chooses. The
matter of wages cuts no figure at ALL
Indianapolis, Sept. Is. U. l.. SEE.