The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-02-17

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SonSe, anu as rutU xnS,
soeo Is man who has no abiding
place on the face OF the earth. He f.
wandering tramp. ready to be used
by anybody who will pay the price TO
use him. and when the strike is over
the operators let him walk home again.
or let tho union send him home. And
II cannot be but that he will be de
Spised. mistrusted, hated and reviled
by all men who love liberty and who
love their fellow men and who have
tie point Of view OF the organized la
boring man"
The Eight-Hour Day.
Regarding the demand for eight
hours a day, MIR. barrow said: This is
not demand to shirk work, as is often
Gained 10 be the case. 1t is a demand
Tor the right of the individual to have
better life. a fuller life, a completer
r life' and this. like everything else, de-
Ponds upon your point Of view. There
is only one standpoint from which YOU
have right TO approach this question
and that is what will make the best
man the best American citizen. to build
up a nation where there will be no
more strikes and no more violence.
Other gentlemen may measure It in
dollars and cents. l shall not"
He compared the miners life with
that OF professional men. who get a
chance to better their lives. There is
nothing high and ennobling and great
in digging COAL" he said. that is
work. He wants a chance to develop
the best that is in himself. II is no
answer TO say If you give him a short
er day he will not use IL wisely. This
is scarcely worth reply"
incorporation Of Union.
After making plea for the weighing
OF coal wherever it is possible Mr.. Oar
row discussed the merits OF the union.
On the question of the incorporation of
labor unions. he said: Il am not will
ing to admit for a single moment that
anything can be gained for manhood.
for righteousness. for the good OF all
by going into some petty legislature
and ask TO merge the individual flesh
and blood OF man into a corporation
created by the state. Why. we are told
in the argument that the state Of New
Jersey had introduced law to compel
labor organizations TO incorporate. New
Jersey has issued it's bogus charters
and sent them broadcast over the
United States. its charters which have
been simply letters of marque and re-
prisal for every pirate that sails the
nigh seas OF commerce 10 capture what
he can get until New Jersey has be-
come a stencil and a by-word in the
minds of all people who believe in fair
dealing and justice between man and
man."
Mr.. barrow paid a tribute to the or
ganization which had welded $4,000
men, who speak 20 different languages.
of all degrees OF intelligence, OF all de-
grees of moral character into one
homogeneous mass. and he also paid a
high tribute 20 President Michel aud
his officers for the manner in which
they handled this great army of work
men throughout the struggle.
In closing he said: This contest is
one OF the important contests that have
marked the progress OF human liberty
since the world began-one force point
ing one way, another force the other
Every advantage that the human race
has won has been at fearful cost.
Every contest has been won by strug-
gle. Some men must die that others
may live. IL has come to these poor
miners TO bear this cross. not for them
selyes-not that. but that the human
race may be lifted up to a higher and
broader plane than il has ever known
before"
Judge Grsy's Parting Words.
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