Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-08-17
MAINE EDITORIAL COMMENT.
Strikes and Strikers.
(LeWiAton SUM

NJ Two features of Luc telesIapiers' strike
Should receive the coma. ilnatiOn or the
public. One is the Sympathetic strike.
Another IS the rtlusai TO work for the
employer who employs non-union men.
" hen men believe ineir pay ~ not on
Level with tin pay Tor siinliar worn,
they are WARRANTED IN Lying to Get o.,-
ter pay. II n.ay b. even justifab.cs TO
strike. But the strikers have no rIgl..
to Try to prevent tleir former employer
from employing new ilun. His risn; to
get new crew is quite as good the
old Crews right to srilke, II ne succeeds
that lie was warrintea IN his refusal
to increase the lay OF tile old crew. On
pey Enough a new ae hD 5s 70 en
back to his Old crew. IL Is good evide nc,
that their demands were we'll founded Tie
ployer is paying his employees as much
as he Ought to Is question the pubic
cannot expect to be good judg. OF. 1t
is contract that should be left to the
The moral obligation to the public is
| not easy to state Inconvenience, or
innocent third persons by the sudden stop
Of IA great junction OF the modern in
| dustrial organization, like this of tee-
lGraphy-like the railroads, the street cars,
the trucking of a great city. the milk
/ or Ice supply. The morality Of IA strike
Is a. least questionable when 1t is to
| succeed only by causing suffering to
third parties who have been guilty of no
| wrong to the strikers and are no better
| situated than the strikers to endure this
| additional suffering
The sympathetic strike is indisputably
| unjust Men who have no grievance
AGAINST tier own employer punish him
for thu wrong they assume to have been
done by another employer to other en-
ployes. IL goes with the lynching spirit,
! that when negro has been accused of a
| crime negro must be hune-little mat
ter whether the one lynched is even the
| one accused,-say nothing of the refusal
to wait long enough for fair trial. The
The men who thus punish an employer
| against whom they have no complaint
| public
| Equally undeservine of sympathy ar,
the union men who strike because their
employer employs non-unio,, men. 1t is
| dcfenSible than the worst offenses charged
AGAINST the Standard Oil The only
exclusive right any man ought to hava
Tor amy kind of work is his superior fit
should find the way clear for him to
| climb TO the best position he is fit for
ne he h hnfnm,d nor ne REQUIRED to show that
| HrEani/ation. no more than to show
that his ancestors came over in the Nav
| world And no part of liberty IS more
| indispensable than the lib rty to earn
ones living. the liberty to work at what
one likes TO work at. the liberty to work
for the employer one can hire with
! tie liberty to get the highest nav one
hh and fo lire is worth And on ihe other
| 10 40 the work for the nay offered To
condition mans employment on his
iineInDtrship In a union is monstrous in
justice. as un-American as TO ron,,ira
that he he member of a particnlar
church. pal 0u'"'
So far as this telegrarhers' strike +.
be resisted to any length. It is os mnch
ne duty Of the employer to resist the
me attempt to force on him the closed |
shop "s it is'the duty Of the Patriot TO |
resist the invasion of his country. Onr
country is precious only as it is the land |
Of liberty. the land where No one dares
l' Tho nra annth.rs right to work.
inc same kind of work ought to be of |
e eist;t benefit n to them: Principally in as
ther o'nar n learn ano Their trada
hest availabl" positions. The better thay
90 that. the less use they will have for
striEes. me strike is war; war causes
much waste o: property and leaves
trouhleson.e hatreds: war is sometimes
av tI Tile. hy patient diplomacy
IS to de nriv eh ths srknrT have right to
vices They have no right to iniure his
nro,rr,v: they Fave no right tn prevent
ms hiring other men to take their placns:
Trey have no right to Interfere with
thnir homes or on tho street tn that
the st,ikcrs have right to do is to de-
rrlw ,,. their emnlnver Of their services.
B''t var between employer and emplovo
IS not tho rirht wav Rather should |
they work together to produce the largest |
hest. and most economical prohuct.-thn
shons tho collage bail tean, strives
to- win for it: college.
Th', wav the Associated p-nss was
YESTERDAY shows an unhusinesslike unfair
ness that rractica, business men are nor
usually entity 0f StriNn LEADERS who |
manage the business Of their unions that |
"'Hr do not deserve tho confidence of
fhe'- m","hcrs; and do deserve nromnt
Mnn"0er Stone would he noor stuff If
J" allowed hin,eelf to be bullied in that
n'in'nt,'m fashion ~
6" ,'"tir'n. we homo wn~o-ear,ors -o,
Grail" will 500 he ahcurf'it, Of +rrst;nr
IN "'hn~i''"e sli-e Sa,arihfl labor ,"odar 40
""ainSt IT," h"einnsr man who is paving
the'' their "aPne ard ie r,araein~ thu
h'lsi~nSc 20 thai " wiz ~,,nc.o1 ana win
"r"hle hi"' To ',"on ro,io~ tto.,, v,oea
Wit" ~" f''''o~t nocci',In dave lost |
'""thN" fe"t'~n nf tho lahnr rrnb'e,,
'e 70" often lost ei"ht If. II is tho n~,-
r1nv~r's corfidnnrp 4, he r-,,n,oro~ Tho
"~'r'ovor who 1SNowc ris won and lrouo | ;
th"t t'"v will stnr1 by hi, owl traat
''"' f?i"'v ran to'-e MORO orders om-
n'oV moro WON ard 1ynrr, thr-,, NJ u.or,- |
'''o~o ~ooi3i'v thnn II wo,,ld u, roesih,o
10 - " hc r'''ct hi prepared any dav for
rt~'kee cn1 ,;co~dor
To -+~'I-r ~ aoer II 1ooc,.+ roo1 , |
vorv bright MON to got oef own mr. throw
'No'''" car~ir" .r~nat loco an, ,-~. |
tr'"rnhle to Innocent rnrsonc Rrt tn
h''t' a ~',on e.-1-',> ~ ---i.h ~,,;+,blc va, |
rhiner-'- h''~ rr"torio, rirn ,,,~~ coll ~,
nrodurf "nd k"en tho ronrnrn = c-oin~
''n"" alto" v"'r nnd ret hocl, = roi~ ~,
t'Irn IN w" "'oro- ir-'o~tn1 10 - .h,4
""0'''""e rnti"rt attortior - tro, ,loso.,,, |
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~"'''of' IN ~ 'o~ - boom .ho rr,,+ or-,,; |
ost effiriancv