The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-06

advance My wife and I can"
Here was an opening; / decided II
would be seml-monthly payments there
after, and so II was.
Then Edwards said There In another
unfair charge the coal dealers here
charge almost double for coal In small
quantities.
Coal Mt Cost.
Indeed I said. thereafter our work
men get their coal at the exact whole
sale coast to US, not one cent Of profit
And" said Edwards, I'VE don't want
to be too troublesome. but everything
we buy here Is far dearer than in Pitts
burg" well" 7 replied. why not start
a shop Of your own? Rent one on Main
street, and we shall pay the rent. or
ganize and run II, aud charge our work
men just enough to pay your way" and
this was done, but sorry to say. the shop
did not prove successful, as retailers re-
duccd prices. A victory
You have here an Illustration of the
disadvantages workmen are often COM
PEELED to bear There was another fea-
ture. We offered our men 6 per cent.
upon all the savings left with us, pay
able on demand. And here let me con-
graduate Judge Gary and his board
upon the greatest step y1t taken. When
workmen were made shareholders they
were sold shares In the company upon
n veuy liberal basis and guarded against
loss. consider this the greatest OF all
steps forward We; taken for making
workmen and capitalists fellow work
men indeed, pulling and owning the
same boat This cannot fail to prove
highly profitable TO both far beyond the
pecuniary advantage ! esteem the fellow
partnership which makes Judge Gary
Mr. Farrell, Mr., Dinkey and other high
officials fellow partners with their work
men.
Sees steady Progress.
All this reveals steady progress up.
ward and onward to the benefit Of both
labor and capital. which will some day
rank as one, Notwithstanding the htsi'
tation 20 cooperate shown by some labor
champions who are still extremists and
do capitalists Injustice. buJ this must
steadily fade away. A. ! told the greht
audience at Homestead upon my first
visit after the strike, we shall one day
ability as n three legged stool. escf
necessary for the other, neither first
second nor third In rank an equal
Lest my summing up may seem one.
sided, ! viii give proof Of my effort e
hold the scales equal between capita
and labor. only once have I had ex
perience OF determined effort to com
init wrong upon the part OF labor. II /,
! true that the men at the Edgar Thomp
son blast furnaces sent In Il written de
I mand for an immediate advance %
wages which, II refused, would end II
the furnaces being left untitled, UpoT
/ receiving telegram to this effect
{ took night train from New York anC
got IN at the works next morning.
I found a long train OF our empty DO,
cars ready to house new workmen Il
necessary I directed these 70 be pulled
cut OF the yard and sent away, statinJ
: that three would he no strike, and mott
Tying the leaders of each Of the thre,
different divisions Of labor to appear Al
/ soon as practicable that might consul
with them. The leader Of each depart
ment with one or two aides arrived. W.
! assembled in the committee room.
addressed the chairman OF the commit
tee I the converting works nrst:
Mr. chairman, have we an agreemen
with you?"
! stood by Agreement.
YOU haven't enough money TO make u
! break it!'
There speaks the true American
workman" | exclaimed
| Addressing the rolling mill chairman
| | asked the same question and the repl!
was 10 the same effect then al
dressed Mr.. Kelly. the chairman OF III,
, fnrna"" committee, whc had presen:e;
! this demand
MIR Kelly. have you an agreemen
with our company"
He said that an agreement was pre-
scented and ne had signed It and suppose,
IT was all right just then the irrepres
sible Capt Jones broke In "Mr Kelly
you know | read all OF II to you 7"
silence, captain, Mr.. Kelly can speal
! Tor himself | receive many communi
cations and documents which | haven
time TO read. II they were OF a forina
nature ! have sometimes signed docu
/ ments without giving them careful at
! tention. but Mr.. Kelly, have alwayi
stood prepared to take the consequences
and | never broke contracts. Now, Mr.
Kelly. you have signed that treaty. ant
you can break It, but the grass will
grow over these works before we Will
have such men in our employ, II will
be heralded through the world ms dis
grace to labor. You wished your an
swer Al o'clock. II is now "A it'll
after 3, but you have your answer
I Coz
A little later some one who wa
''hhhH III as ivy "'lt ptN0lllk bNA dH'
who had got I'm the crowd said that
fine locking fellow had pushed acros
the hall and said to Kelly: There 4
to be no damned monkeylng aroun
these works" Some OF the men beint
curious to know what would be the re
sun had gathered at the blast furnaces
To their Inquiries Kelly replied. Get q
work, you spalpeens the little boss jus
hit from the shoulder"
There was no strike and that is tn
hest service | ever rendered to American
labor. so that although ! was incline
To yield to labor, drew the line at con
tract breaking, This was the first tim
I had found labor ready to break cor
tract, and il was the last.
We once proposed making a change 1
the distribution-not in the amount
of wages among the different depart
ments OF the steel rail mills as new ma
chineTy was introduced. The confer
ences were held In Plttsburg. Ate
several days consideration, had I
leave for New York by the night traii
The men in the mills asked by telegrap
II | could meet them In our office /
the afternoon. ! answered yes" The
came to the city and were seated in tn
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