New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-10
DIR. HILLS VISITED MINES.
AFTER INVESTIGATION. HE PLEADS
FOR THE NON-UNIoN MAN.

SAYS THAT UNION MEN FORCE LEGIsI.A-
% TON INIMICAL TO THE WORKERS OUT
SIDE OF THEIR ORGANIZATION
The INSCRIPTIONS capitalist and the IN
scrupulous iaborer have met at last on common
ground, IN the belief that gold is the only thing
worth having, that society is to be plundered
and each has FASTENED 10 lay violent hands on
the common loot and SPOIL said the Rev DR.
Newell Dwight Hills in his sermon in Plymouth
Church yesterday morning. He referred 10 stock
jobbing schemes and the recent coal strike in
a sermon on the labor problem. He declared
that union men control the politicians OF the
country and force legislation adverse IN nom
union men. For the latter DR.. Hills made a
strong plea His words on the recent coal strike
were drawn from personal observation. as he
announced what was news to most of the men,
bers Of the congregation. that twice in the last
TWO months ne had quietly gone into the coal
regions.
Dr. Hillis's subject was National Righteous.
ness and Justice, with an Outlook Upon I.sbor,s
Hatred Of Labor; the War of Union Men rJnon
Non-Cnion Men. and Plea for the Poor and
The Weak" He said in part:
ars 81 exfEeT,e nave associated bread riots with
were loW ara work little but this wear society r.
we're never so high when work S' we neup %nen wages
NV: ana when both parties to the controversy were
losses in wages for the side and The losses of
Side have been heavy But the ai Tor the other
OF the situation is the suspicion The distrust and
now lies smouidering like quiescent fires needing
recover the industriai losses bur tbe fcd me a
the coal region. the bitterness between union and
inflicted wounds that only death ca heal, nave
Luflng me past year We have made history ra y
lult- FROM COrnDlnat tons of wealth haV less
eneo the cost OF production have gone swiftly
EEatered indefinitely, and foisted upon the pubiiG
hE 90 greeay ana Inscriptions stock iugglers From
9 ulols, also Llat oner life insurance. unity
q! pGrp0ss; cooperation We have passed to labor
and murder OF non-union men
COAL STRIKE AND THE COMMANDMENTS
Hitherto the coal strike has never been referred
70 IN rms pulpit nor will it be now discussed. save
and the Sermon on the Mount. The reasons for
10 The srornf Nrg Simple nave not referred
wages. 10 be determined by business exlerte I do
law be settled BY courts do not refer to the
p9nucaI aspect; that is question for politicians.
Geieat their opponent. and only Governors and
with criminals in August. because these criminals
vote in November. The settlement OF strikes Is
thorty 10 investigate both sides and sift testimony
noTs s SEp mas s no rlEAs 10 SPEAK save on the
non 10 Righteousness and character. The Ten
morning is the everlasting Yea and the everlasting
Nay-the everlasting Nay that forbds murder
whatsoever employer. for whatsoever wage. in
Yea sSdrsssa5 >, tilt W. sno the eVerIsstng
elike. as they look toward their non-union brother
Now, in this discussion Of the laws Of God and
s oGea'Ty We are not concerned sthsT with
organized abor's struggle for larger wage. These
suscson Every sensbe man no esTePe IN cs Or
ltal and its honest combination. and every sensible
organize but its duty. in the interest OF selfde-
tory Of ades Rnon s ssn in R %af 5ne h se
lessening OF the hours of labor. its gains in in
Ts have used and indicated the labor us
nent: nor Wall yield 70 any one in my enthusiasm
Neither capital the labor union. therefore. asks
tent, having money for. comforts convenience
travel. equipage. Organized labor also is trust
almost as influential Perhaps organized labor is
more powerful than organized capital The unions
their lobby has passed thirty laws giving union
men special privileges over non-union men. the
psss them The labor unions own The wage au T T0
The anthracite coal country. the school feachersi
aggregating over two thousand and going 10 the
schoolhogse at o'clock. 70 remain until O'Clock,
the miners helper and less than One-haf what the
miner himself receives; while the priests and the
Protestant pastors average two-thirds the miners
thing more than $1,000 annually per citizen OF
this the farmer receives less than $500 the average
day and The eanitsIist ofta me Ta5e OF . a
The hours.
FORBIDDEN TO NoN-UNIoN MEN
The n9n-union men. who represent 50 per cent of
Ihe trades, whose sons are forbidden the right
al other wrongs whatsoever, Justify plea. Or
ganized labor matreats them And Just as one
hundred soldiers, organized and with leader.
scatter crowd Of ten thousand so the twenty
men out OF hundred. representing organized labor.
terroIlze and browbeat the eighty nOn-union
ignorant. more poverty stricken until last. in
lAelF Despair, thGy ready against
men who maitrest them, and the country. the pro-
Now it stirs wonder that ii is Necessary 10 Justify
the non-union mans right to refuse TO join a
they not have the right TO differ as to organized
taborE There are clergymen in NewYork who
lion. What ii 1 instituted a bovcott sFainst these
preachers ThreaIening them IL fbe Sid not to9
working at later hours al night than did or for
Writing an article in outside hours and if the
htugy door ana pound in his skull with a piece OF
eelegste Of my ministerial association. as Mr.,
snlth; ne Scotch contractor. was killed high
HEo1n N Chlcago within few minutes Of the City
t zlsI!: Ano what II organized my association TO
she ne pohuciaps with the votes OF all the
Shurches. 10 secure my acquittal Of murder as Mr..
SnaIh s murderer was acquitted by non-agree-
The union man has right to decide how many
work; The non-union man has a right DELHI
eTIate!y consider the reasons for the union. and
welfare. For every twenty union men and their
aHiiies there are eighty non-union men. with their
families. These laborng may hate capital
lists but labor's hatred for abur burns like A flame
eats IKE nitric acid. is malignant beyond all de-
The The other day a woman representatve Of the
tngrch, asking US TO boycott certain institution.
snod 50 ing, II you VIII boycott these non-union
goods IN your line II never seemed 10 occur TO
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