The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-08-14
SYMPATHETIC SPRlKE
WRONG IN PRINCIPLE
Intellectual in Practiee--Is Opposed by
Thinking Weakens Cause
Of Organized Labor.

of Organized Labor.
The cause OF union labor is always
weakened by calling into play the
sympathetic strike. In Birmingham,
Ala, early last month the street car
employees were locked out, and IN or.
der to show its sympathy the central
labor body ordered a strike Of all the
union men in the city. This call was
not responded to very literally, and
the Jackson (Mlss) Daily News de-
ciares the union men exhibited their
good sense aud theoaizes as follows
by taking the methods pursued by the
international Typographical union as
an example:
"As the News secs II, the sympathetic
strike is q weak dependence, for it
does more to array sentiment against
1t than any other thing. 1t this con
nection 1t is well to note the advanced
position taken on this subject by the
international Typographical union.
This body Of highly intelligent men
have come to the conclusion that there
is no justice IN the sympathetic strike,
and there has been none In this organi-
cation since the printers struck la New
Orleans out o. sympathy for the team.
eters about sixteen years ago. The
newspapers are immune from sympa.
thetic strikes.
'4Take the case on the Daily News.
IT has a contract direct with the local
union which Is signed by the officers
OF the union and the management Of
the paper. This contract guarantees to
the men that they shall receive SO much
pay for so many hours work and no
one except member Of the typograph-
Teal union shall be employed ia the
mechanical department OF the News.
II would be manifestly unjust for the
News employees 70 so on strike be-
cause, say, for instance, the ear men
could not get what they wanted.
~The international Typographical
union has always stood for the sacred
ness Of fits contracts. and To this may
he attributed lii q large measure the
great success that has attended this
union. The publishers know that the
union Is going TO live upf5 It's con
tracts no matter what troubles other
employers may have with other unions.
Printers are opposed to sympathetic
strikes, not because they do not sym
pathize with their fellow workers In
their troubles, but because they are
wrong. They lnnlct hardships on
others. They make one man bear the
burdens Of another's shortcomings
1.-THE faseo at Birmingham viii prob.
ably put the sympathetic strike out OF
business. The sympathetic strike sim
ply means that contracts are to be
violated at will, and union leaders rec
ognize that II they are to inspire conf.
dence for their organization il Is IN
cumbent on them TO I've up to their
contracts There Is probably no more
intelligent or better conducted labor
organization in the world than the In
ternatlonal Typographical union. II
conducts ms strikes without rioting or
bloodshed All the great newspapers
OF the country have contracts with the
union, and any differences that may
arise are arbltrnted II is the rarest
thing ia the world for big newspaper
70 have q strike on It's hands. and this
Is IN no small measure due to the fact
thar the publishers recognize that the
International Typographical union Of.
fcers viii cnll down local union II II
is wrong and insist on the performance
OF any lawful contract made.
Those who are opposed to unions
have not read Alright the signs Of the
times. The unions have come to stay.
They have done a great work for their
members, and they are not crude, as
they once were There have come to
the union leaders recognition Of the
rights OF others and a desire TO live
ID to any contracts made In the name
OF the union. IN Oh the advanced
movement made BY labor leaders the
printers have really been the pioneers.
They have but recently won o great
victory against the United Typothetae
Of America, which IS composed Of the
leading Job printing Offices in the coun-
try. One by one these Offices have been
unlonlzed and the eight hour day es-
tabllshed, and this without any exhibit
ton Of brutality on the part Of the
union men The sympathetic strike
will have TO 20 because Il is un-Ameri-
can. II makes innocent parties suffer
for sins they have never committed
and violates the great principle Of a
square deal
'The News has always been friendly
10 union labor employs nothing but
union men in its plant and Is always
GLAD to record the triumphs q uuionism
along right lines II is glad to know
that only a few union men In Birming-
ham responded 10 the strike call"