New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-24
TYRANNY OF LABOR MONOPOLY
SEQ Washington and the Conduct the Asnaed Leaders the
Traction Strike wnnhC
The is the

Alien Four exerting every effort, foul and
otherwise. TO prevent recognition OF this lo~-.
brotherhood by the company, IN lieu Of theb
.wn, and busily engaged IN am endeayo. =
bring about a condition OF employment which
viii work toward the prevention Of these
10000 citizens continuing at their daily la1M
or, to put it another way, the money which
the Amalgamated Association has COLLECTED
In dues from labor.ng men throughout the
country, and for which the Amagamated
makes no public accounting as do the 80;
ton companies Of their revenues. me An'n
Four are spending with a free and LAVISH
hand in creating conditions under which
another organization Of laboring men VIII be
unable to work in peace.
The whole situation resolves itself into
question of four men attempting % BRING
about an improvement of their own individual
economic condition through the use Of The
funds of one lot of laboring men In creating
situation which will make 10 impossible ior
another lot Of laborng men % continue a.
work. with the larger body Of citizens OF
greater New York helplessy standing by ana
watching these four strangers thus directP
imposing upon its loyal servants and citizens
the 10000 loyal traction employees ana ih'
directly upon themselves. Where is the JUS
tice of such a procedure?
All my life have been an ardent sympa'
thizer of labor, and am still, but this 'iila
ton in which We are now wal.owne has gov
my goat"
Not the InterbOrough's Fault.
To one on the outside, with nothing ou'
newspaper reports to rely upon. It appeIls
that throughout this whole controversy u'
traction officials have dealt with the SITUATION
m broad and liberal minded way, and ns"
shown willingness TO be more than iat
evidenced by the first agreement Fresiu..'
Shonts of the Interborough entered INTO WIZ
Chairman Straus and Mayor Mitchell "hsD
there was no need of his doing so.
The men were with him then 20 me ~
tent Of the "a per cent Of the total empio,ytt
lust as they are with him rowi and WIZ.
It is recorded that at the time he iIaNsy
stated 10 Chairman Straus and Mayor Mi''',,
that il was against his better judgment "
enter into such an agreement as be a.u' ~
apparently acquiesced in the interest o. lO'
lie welfare. ,....
The result is just as he predicted. ~
gerald and his crowd were unworthy o. y.
trust. as was conciusively proven by h''
pudiation. without reason, Of the agree''".
he entered into with the Third Avenue GU
pany and the Second Avenue company 4
underwritten by Chairman Sraus ana pay
Mitchell. BY his action on these TWO lDs 80.
has proven that such covenants as the N'"
gamated may enter into are looked upon .
nothing more than a mere piece OF paP1t'...
to be observed only so far as Do su'''
selfish purpose. .he.e
II is time that We rid the city OF 49, w..
buccaneers. and that all outsiders, pD...s,.
and arvI' other well meaning individuals, should
keep their hands or, and give the 'r-e .,',e
people, with the full protection OF tne ~ ,o.
force and state militia, if necessary a" ave
portunity that they are entitled TO anu AZ.
Justly morited by their behavior anu
meanor to work out their own sai'@l'o. -ooner
Might does not make right, and tne s'.oy5.
we recognize this. and think and act ac 6S
ingly, the better. j. A.
New York. Sept p, 1916.