The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-11
MIR. D 9 OBEY
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THE LABOR TROUBLES.
BY F. P. DUNNE.
Copyright, 1904, by Mcclure. Phillips & Co.

Il see tn sthrike has been called
off" said Mr. Hennessy.
Which wsn?" asked Mr.. Dooley. II
can't keep thrack iv thin. Somebody
is sthrikin' all tn time. Wan day tn
horseshoers is out an another day TIL
steamsters. Tn Brotherhood iv Mo-
lasses Candy Pullers sthrikes on TIL
Amalgymated Union iv Pickle Sorters
quits in sympathy. TIL carpinter that
has been putin up a chicken coop FIR
Hogan knocked off wurruk whin he
found that Hogan was Shawn HIM
silf without card firm TIL BARRIERS
union. Hogan fixed it up with tn
tn carpinter quit wurruk because he
found Hogan was wearin' pair iy
non-union pants. Hogan wint down
town an had his pants unionized an
come home to find that tn carpinter
had sthruck because Hogans hens was
layin' eggs without tn union label
Hogan injooced tn hens to line tn
union. But wan iv them laid an egg
two days in succissyon an tn others
sthruck, tn rule iV tn union bein' that
no hen shall lay more eggs than tn
most reluctant hen in tn bunch.
It's tn same ivrywhere. l haven't
had a sandwich FIR year because ivry
time I've asked FIR wan, ayether tn
butchers or tn bakers has been out on
sthrke. If l go down in a car in tn
mornin', it's eight to wan I walk back
at night. man I knowed had his
uncle in tn house much longer than
ayether iv thin had intinded on ac-
count iv a sthrike iv tn Frindly Broth
erhood iv Morchuary Helpers. Afther
they'd got a permit firm tn walkin'
dillygate an tn remains was carried
away undher profusyon iv floral i'm
blims with a union label on each iv
them, TIL coortege was stopped at ivry
corner be a picket who first punched
tn mourners an thin examined their
cridintials. Me friend says to me:
Uncle Bill wud've been proud. He
was very fond iv long fun'rals an this
was tn longest I liver attinded. 1t took
eight hours an was much more rio
chous goin' out thin comm back he
says.
1T was different whfn was a young
man, Hinnissy. In thin days capital
an Labor was frindly, or Labor was.
CAPITAL was like a father to Labor,
givin' it it's boord an lodgins. Nay
ether intherfered with tn other. Cap
ital wint on capitaizin' an labor whit
on laborin. In thin golden days a
wurrukin' man was an honest artisan.
That's what he was proud to be call
ed. TIL week befure Fiction he had
his pitcher in tn funny pa-apers. He
wore a square paper cap an a leather
apron an he had his arm ar-round
Capital, a rosy, binivolint OF guy with
a plug hat an eyeglasses. They was
coin n fh' F,nlIG 20
simple OIL Capital Capital an Labor
walker arm in arm instead iv hav-
in both hands free, as at prisint. Cap
ital was contint to be Capital an La
Dor was used to bein' Labor. Capital
come ar-round an felt tn arm iv
Labor wanst in awhile an ivry year
Mrs. Capital called on Mrs. Labor an
congratulated her on her score. TIL
pride Nv ivry artisan was to wurruk
as long at his task as tn boss cud
afford to pay tn gas bill. In return
f'r his Fidelity he got a turkey ivry
year. At Christmas time, Capital
gathered his happy family around him
in tn prsince iv tn ladies iv tn
neighborhood give thin a short ora
ton. Me brave la-ads,' says he, we've
had a good year. (Cheers) I have
made a millyon dollars. (Sinsation.)
I attribute this to me supeeryour
ohlll, dlueu De ye ct earnest eIOIlS dI
the bench an at tn forge. (Sobs.)
Ye have done so we'll that We won't
need so nanny iv us as we did. (Long
an CONTINUOUS cheerin') Those iv us
who can do two mems wurruk will
remain an If possible do four. Our
other faithful sarvants,' he says. can
come back in tn spring. he says, If
alive he says. An tn bold artysans
tossed their paper caps in tn air an
give three cheers FIR Capital. They
wurruked till OF age crept on thin an