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WOBKWI'$
ADVOCATE,
HEX' MAC'S
EXQUISITE TACT OF A CON
VERTED DOMINIE.
'Ic Itcioirnies thi' Peculiarities of
His Devout oni;ic.'iiliiii (iocs
in lor Shorter Hours His
licasons - Itoimtlim;
His Periods.
It is at all times a source of grat
ification to see those who have gone
astray, turn I'ioiii their evil ways
ami walk again in the narrow put h
tf rectitude. It matters not how
lleei they may have llollinlel'etl in the
.slouch of unrighteousness; we shall
weleome their return with harp ami
cymbal, or iiny other musical instru
ment that may he handy, to attest
our exuberant joy.
A lew Weeks ago We commented
on an essay delivered hefoiv a
church conference in Brooklyn: and
in connection therewith mention
was made of the diatribe hurled
against organized Labor by a clergy -man.
It seems, by the follow iug re
port, tin j this clergyman now vocif
erously champions one of -the de
mands )f organized Labor. We trust
his example will be emulated by
others, who still linger in the
"Valley of the Shadow of Death."
or some sinitilarly unwholesome re
gion. But let our now good friend give
testimony, in his own words, of the
change of heart so recently wrought
with in him,
" I give the Saturday half holiday
movement my imiUalilieil indorse
ment lor three reasons. First Be
cause it is championed by men
who are governed by religious mo
tives ami has no cornice lion with a'slhet
ic socialism. Second One of the prin
. cipal objects contemplated is church
"j;niiiH. 'I is believed that many who
spend Sundays at their homes or on ex
cursions, if I hey had the half-holiday
would go to church on Sunday. In fact,
this has been proved to be so. Sunday
excursions are evils iinregenerate, un
qualified and prolific of crime. Third
I give it my support because of its in
herent justice. The hours are long, and
during the winter the places are often
overheated and the ventilation is poor
and there is a reduced physical vigor
which brings apoiit disease, especially in
women."
I'ossiblv some over-nice critic may
take exception to the reasons given
by the reverend doctor for this, his
new departure. Thus, it might be
objected, that if the half-holiday de
mand is inherently just, it savors of
the siipcrlluotis to adduce reasons
for it, such as: "liceause it is
championed by men of religions mo
tives and has no connection with
a'slhclic socialism." Certainly it
would be iuite as sensible admit
ting the " inherent justice" of the
matter- to urge the fact that it was
championed by red-headed men, ami
had no connection with the Keelv
motor.
lint then, we should remember
that it is a point of extreme import
ance with certain speakers to in
J V. . in cumulative argument.
-m c convincing
K-dimiry mortals to adduce the
inherent, justice of a measure as a
reason for its adoption. However,
we should bear in mind that there
are also extraordinary mortals w ho
re u ire something more than the
mere " inherent justice" of a
thing to secure their approbation.
Our reverend friend is evidently
aware of this, lie knew that those
whom he was addressing had too
little respect for the inherent justice
of the over-worked toilers' demand.
Hence, he reported to the additional
arguments s'i-itied.
hOti ('.
How thankful we should be that
he was clever enough to recognize
Jhe peculiarities of his devout audi
ence. W ith what consummate tact
does he present his first reason:
"liccause it is championed bv men
who are governed by religious mo
tives," etc. ell he knew that his
hearers 'i',va77 to be, oiiuandall,
governed by religions motives, how
ever lame they might be in matters
id' justice, and, therefore, would lie
only too happy to co-operate on that
basis.
Then, too, the exquisite logic of
the thing: 'Half-holidays are cham
pioned by men of religious motives."
You are loaded to the muzzle
with religious motives. Therefore,
you should go in for half-holidays.
Could anything be more com hieing.
How insignificant, beside this
masterly presentation, must inher
ent justice " appear.
Again, as a further inducement
for the good people of his church to
take a hand ill this "shorter-hour"
business, he tells them that "one of
the principal objects contemplated
in church going."
What a master-stroke of policy to
present it in that light. ! How eager
must his listeners have been as they
looketl about them on the empty
pews, to rush out ami shout for
half-holidays or death !
We say, then, all honor to our
new-found friend. Let no captious
critic quibble as to his way of put
ting it. We imagine some niuy, hi
a detestable 'spirit of fault-finding,
allege that the doctor evinces an un
controllable desire to round his
periods. Some may be so unchari
table as to intimate that he would
round up his sentences, if the half
holiday went to - blazes. It'cnicm
ber, we only imagine this; we hope
we imagine wrongly. We are satis
lied with the gentleman's work in
this, to him evidently new field.
As a rhetorician we recognize that
he has few equals. His method of
dealing with the subject is irresisti
ble. How stupid it would have
been, all things considered, to have
asked liis people to boom the half
holiday movement simply on the
plea of its inherent justice.
Is not the effectiveness of his pro
cedure apparent at a glance? Look
at it:
First It is championed by men
governed by religious motives and.
has no connection with a-sthctic so
cialism. Second It would fill the empty
churches.
Third - .1 ust ice.
Or, again:
First I'olicy; second Kxpcdicii
cv, and lastly liiyhteoiisness. .
POLITICAL BOYCOTTERS.
The tiltiiiitii i'ns says that the
fourth class democratic postmasters
are in many places boycotted by the
republicans. Tin s.' latter buy their I
stamps in the cities and mail their
letters on t he cars, and so i he post
master's salary, which depends on
the muuiicr ol stamps lie sells and i
cancels is cut down. Complaints j
have been sent to the postmaster ;
general in such numbers that he has !
decided to call the attention of con- ;
irress to them. j
Lct there be an end to the fan
faronade about debates and jmlicies
in Congress, based on the popular
will ami looking to the public wel
fare. Wall street is the ruling
power, an 1 Congress but a dummy.
Jnliii li"nmi.
w 1 1 hi: u:irs wok
HIS BAD REPUTATION AMONG
WORKINGMEN.
His Prices Toil Low to Tempt Them
to (time He (annul Deceive
the Wiredraw ers Kuan
lian's Sensible Act,
Ibivinll Oil'.
The New Haven Wire Works'
bosses have agents oiif west looking
for wired rawcrs to come to New
Haven to take the place of the
strikers, and one of thesa agents,
operating in Johnstown, I'a,, tried
to create he impression among the
men there that t he si rike was over,
and that the company were com
plete masters of I he sit nation. Of
course, he failed to deceive the wire
drawers of Johnstown, unorganized
as they are. as yet, for fhey know
too well Ihe reputation of the New
Raven linn to place any conlidenev
in their statements. Resides," the
price olTered by Wheeler is alto
get her too low to tempt any expert
wired rawer, union or non-union.
Then, the fate of the twenty-five
men who came here. Inany of them
w ith families, upon YATiccler'a broken
promise to give litem steady' work i at
good wages, is not calculated to in
spire anyone with confidence' 1 jn hjis
promises now,
The vigilant eve of"'
bor follows his agentsl.
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L'o. .Niine ol I liein lto la 1
tmr.rs'rVimir l!'0"' '".'H"
ess mission ol u't
when they are successful there is a
how l for h''lp.
Fyer since the strike began.
Wheeler has been to his wits' ends
to get competent cast steel v irc
1 1 rawcrs. Perhaps if he oilers about
sOp.UOO for one. dead or alive, he
might be accommodated.
W heeler seems to lake some de
gree of comfort from tin- fact that
he don't see the crowds of uicli he
has wronged haunting t he thorough
fares as they did in the pleasant
summer days. Fad is. they have a
comfortable room at their disposal
ill the center id' the city, where they
can peruse the labor papers and get
posted ii ion the rights of labor ami
how to mam!, mi them.
The boycott of Michael llanahun
has had 'the desired etl'ecf. The
Albany lirewing ( 'oinpany, for whom
he is local agent, was communicated
with, and they promptly replied
that they would send a representa
tive to arrange matters satisfactorily.
On Friday the treasurer of the coin
puny came and everted a good influ
ence over Mr. Itauahan, who, rather
than lose his agency am! his busi
ness, signed the following card :
NlVV If WIN. I I.e. !l. INS.",,
I'iiIIh- I'iuiIi s ( 'twiifil. I i I'lm .til Wiirl:
iiii ii i if Xi if llitn ii, iiml lln' I'nhlir:
In view i' the fact tliat the representatives-of
F.lni City l.ode. Amalgamated
Association ol Iron and Sleel W'nikcrs.
hav e presented certain powerful ar;:u
lllenfs VV llieli eollV ilM e me of (lie justice
ol t li.-ii demand s. i have I nU n livid Ii -ps
to evict .Mr. I'.oik. formerly the pro
pi i'lor ol the I Intel Sve.i. Iloln t l V lifelil-
Ises onl 'bapel-lreet. between 1,1. .vd-lieet With the tail that. Jllst all'T Ifomu
and I'.lat. lilev aw-mie. :,s 1 do n',,t u isb I s ., ,., 1 Heiniis founded l.'ome. the
lo hav e my pri-mi ,- used to' harbor
se;i!i- to tin-detriment !' organized la
bof ill this illy. b'espeet ( u ,
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Agent lo Albaliv lil'-u ing I 'o.
pi-.-mi,,- used t,, harbo, -
This action on the
l!ahahali was approvee
'art of Mr.
'. the wire.
draw eis union. ;
is lifted from Mi
tiers.
I so Hie
liaiiahaii'
In iVcilt
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WORKER'S RISKS
Thirty-live workim n hav
sa.-i i-
ticetl their lives since li -t May in tin
building of the new Crotoii a'-qu--
dm t that is to f
city with water,
whose recti and
T
sevv i oi k I
T
contractors, !
iT ininal t
careless- I
lies-- caused all this -adilice, are
unhung, am! tin- w.u-ktiiii hare
Vet rebelled.
lill
not
HE HESITATES.
i:. W. Cooper'!. Held Mill 1 n pa id lie
llmlues the Issue.
The cae of Henry Williams is in
the hands of a committee of (he
Trades Council for settlement. ( die
day last week Mr. Cooper, his for
mer employer, who. as our readers
may remember, refused to pay the
wages which the boy alleges are due
him. culled at Trades Council Hall
and denied the hoy's allegations. Re
made certain statements, however,
that will not help his case, and he
was given some uooil adv ice bv one
ol the com posilors employed upon
Ihe oiikviis's A nv in vii:. This
he has not heedc !. ami Henry YV il
liailis is still deprived of his wages.
Mr. Cooper asked that a committee
of the Trades Council give him a
hearing, and promised to abide hv
their decision.
At the last, meeting of the Trades
Council a committee was appointed
to hear the statement of Mr. Cooper
and arbitrate between him and 1 lenrv
Williams. Mr. Cooper was notified
of the action of the Council, but in
stead of meeting t lie committee he
sent tiie follow ing to the ollice of the
Woukmkn's Anvoi'.vi i:. instead of to
the committee who notified him of
their readiness to hear him:
Dec. -fill, ins:,.
( i'unti.km KX -Your favor of Ihclilh is
at hand and contents noted. After your
Society had condemned me jn your paper
1 hardly think U fair for ine to appear
before your committee, a their minds
Lciust la prejudiced in the matter. If
your Ninety will appoint one man, and
i a husinesH man. and if l.hev do m.t
'Uiee, thev to iippi int tmo m; tojucd.
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i:f wu-tsjHU-t -tcKtWoH
i i. iocs v oiiucii, ami nicy iieeliled to
accept Mr. Cooper's proposition on
condition that he signed an agree
ment to abide by t he decision of the
arbitrators appointed according to
his formula.
Up to Thursday evening, the time
ol locking up our forms, no answer
had been received by t he committee
from Mr. Cooper. 'Meanwhile, for
aught this gentleman cares," the boy
might sutler for want of his wages, if
it were not for the attention paid to
his case by members of the Trades
Council, to whom it now seems as if
this slippery employer was trying
to dodge Ihe committee. Next Week,
possibly, some interesting facts will
be fort licoming from Madison, where
Cooper has a straw board factory.
His employes there are unorganized.
JOHN TALKS.
He Tells the Shoemakers What is
(oioil for Them.
John Swintou, in New York, last
Sunday, talked to ."-no shoemakers
and their vvivs and daughters aboiil
"Labor and All Its Interests." ,.
thought, that all the interests of
labor were one. and could only be
advanced by strong and complete
organization. Mr. Swinton told the
shoemakers that they were philan
thropists because they ministered ti
the healt h, comfort ami corns of hu
manity. Some of ihelll. however,
had forgotten, or were uiiacoiiainted
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i union, lie na
I expected to See several llioll-'aiul be
fore him, instead of several hundred,
I i J n-i it 1 1 X as the lectllle was to liell-
j tit the Shoemakers' National Aid
iSoe.etv. Mr. Swinton I bought the
.-hoi-makers ought to wake up and
I become as united as wereTv iPOL'-rai'li-
ical Union No. ii. ghi.-s workers and
the iron ami steel unions of I'itts-
I "ton Will see whv.' continued
the speaker, '"W hell I tell vou that
machinery is throwing out of ein
ploviuent shoemakers bv the hun-
1 r I -'. A hat :s now I'linost made
ciit.relv bv machinery. So is a shoe.
This t reiiieii'loiis labor force is rev-
oMitioiii.m-f the labor world. A
Wa-hiiitrton patent lawyer told me
the ciht r day that not maiiv v.-ars
ago only patents were taken out
in a week. Now .'.on are taken out
everyday. When shoeiuaking was
tirst introduced in Lyim,.V'0 to 1000
pairs of shoes were made in a week.
Now they turn out anywhere from
l.oiM.uou to wono.iioo pairs a week.
Lynn can shoe the whole planet in a
month. W hat chance have you be
fore this mechanical monster, with
its lurid noseand forehead of llatniug
tires? Yon must organize. The
worker rebuilds this world with
every morning's sunshine. and should
''ill'' it- Look at the printers),
trembling as lleecher did C years
ago. because there is tin application
in Washington for a patent for ti
machine that will set a col
umn of type an hour. There
never was a truer statement than
this: If on have faith you can re
move mountains. Faith' is a literal
scientific truth. It can do any
thing. I saw -.'.liOtt workmen .lanc
ing a night or so ago. I t,.. Vou,
had it not been for their union, they
couldn't have worn swallow-tails on
t hat occasion."
Mr. Sw intou urged the shoemak
ers to make their union as strong as
the Land League, in order to pro
tect themselves from the mechanical
monster.
HONORABLE.
('iillinirllie "l liar A ( ariii'iiler Says
It's Contempt llily Menu.
A couple of workmen were spend
ing an evening together, :f after
supper, while the good w'ncU Hill
I'iane, the carpenter, was nyy wash-'-lie
dishes., and the iin. vri:
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- ity '' ' it teu puiiim-, ioe cor.versa-
l""H'(l illt" ""' ,'V1'1' 1K'"
ciiannei ol labor ami wages.
'Where are you working now,
Jim," asked Hill!
Jim, poor devil, is a printer, ami
printer-like, is tossed from pillar to
post, or rather from rat-hole lo rat
hole, in his struggle for existence.
" Fin at Tutlle, Morehouse Tay
lor's, How," he replied.
" I n deed ? I 'm glad to hear if .
They must, be nice folks to work
for. Mr. Morehouse always seemed
to mi' such an honorable man."
" Oh, yes," sneered Jim: there's
plenty of honor in the appearance of
the boss, but when you are working
by the piece, ami flic ollice culls all
the "phal," the comps don't, think
t here's iii iich honor
"Whv, w hat do yon mean by cull
ing phat,'?"
"I'll try to explain it. Suppose
a boss carpenter should hire a fellow
to nail on laths by the piece-say
twenty-five cents a bundle, and then
give him all the rooms thai, were
small ami full id' windows ami doors
ami closets, to tlo, while he gave the
large rooms where t he lat hing could
he done quickly and easily, to his
day hands; tlo you think that would
be honorable?"
" No, certainly not a boss that,
would do such a thing would lie
considered a contemptible skin
Hint." "Then, Hill, please don't coii
LM'at lllate llle oil 1 1 1 v job. I know
I'm being coiitinunliy cheated, but I
am compelled to accept even this
treatment in order to live,"
" Hut I thought vou printers
were organized why don't you put
the screws on ?"
" Well. Hill. I think the time will
sooll collie hen W e call colli iel our
bosses to act on the stpiare. Hut I
must confess that if I ami others
had done our full duty as union
men. we would not need to complain
now. Let's take another smoke."
HOLD, ENOUGH !
Notice is hereby given that the
iKivcolt lately placed upon Michael
Hanahaii, the agent of the Albany
Hrewing Company, is lifted, Mr.
Hanahan having rendered satisfac-
tioii, as will be seen by his card in
another column.
MORE ONE MORE.
THALIA'S MANAGER BOWS
DOWN TO LABOR.
Music Until CliiiriiH-Hoj-'i-tt Hath
rower-1 n ion Musician Main
n Victory Organization
Hie Watchword Pay.
Ing the Costs.
Last Sat urday evening, Director
Amherg, of the Thalia Theater, New
York, came to hia senses, and re
quested an interview with tho Hoy
colt Committee of the Central Labor
Union, informing these gentlemen
that he wan ready to concede all
the demand:' made by the Union
musicians. So tho committee met
Mr. Amherg in th oflieeof the At
lantic (iarden, and the following
agreement was entered into and
signed:
AtfiYeiMiil Mwwh the Vfiitntl lAibor
I'liion and the Vad Suhm Cln)mnl
Mr. (I. Amlnrg:
I, (iustiive Amherg, herewith bind my
self to employ nienileri of the Carl
Nairn Club, vvbich is repreHOiitt.il in the
Central Labor Union, in all theaters
under my iiiiuuu;cmeiit; ami I bind my
self further to pay them the full Union
price as prescribed by the constitution of
the Musical Protective Union; and fur
ther, in cttsoH w here social instrument!
are necessary, I agree to give one wek'
notice. " '".-
Am. 1 bind myself in Htldition tojmy
totl' t'uii Haiiin Club tie sum of tour
htwtJft d ilollorn to cover the costs of tha
bo.v ,' 1 1 , , 4 1 . '
i lie hndersiiied representatives of the
Central LiiImi' Union declare herewith
that t consideration of thvm facts the
tioycott. agaiiiHt tlie Thalia ami Star The
ater is lifted, ami we promise to use our
inlliienee to repair the damage.
In ease of differences In'tween the
iiiauaKeinent of these theaters and the
Carl Salmi Club, they shall lie referred to
the Board of Arbitration of the Central
l.abor Union for settlement. The mem
bers id' the orchestra shall obey the
rules of the several theaters.
(J. Amhkku.
I 'ai i, Mkvi-.k, Chairman of the lloy
cott Committee of the C. L. U.
John 111 ltnu, Secretary.
Thi! instrument was also signed by
the representatives of the Carl Sahm
Club.
Hefore the chairman signed the
agreement, lit! was handed Mr. Am
berg's check for 100, which includ
ed t he fine paid by one of the hoy
colters, which Judge Unify unjustly
imposed upon him for distributing
boycott circulars. Thus does United
Labor enforce its just demands, cor
rupt courts and lickspittle judges to
tl ontrary notwithstanding. (Treat
is the power of organization, and
effective its servant, the IJoycott.
TAILORS' VICTORY.
IJoss Tailors' Cause a Strike, Ar
Whipped a ml Foot the Hill.
A little over a week ago the boss
tailors, who are generally contrac
tors for the large clothing firms in
New York, entered into a conspira
cy to break the Shop Tailors' Union
ami ret! uce the wages of this hard
working class of proletarians. The
result was not very encouraging to
the bosses, for they were completely
routed, and last Tuesday they found
themselves compelled to Bign a sort
of iron-clad" and pay .")00 to the
I n ion to cover the costs of the lock
out. Among the stipulations signed
by the bosses were these:
No boss Ixdongiiig to the bosses' asso
ciation shall employ non-union men.
As the present trouble was brought
about by the action of the tosses, they
shall pay all exH-nses incurred by our
executive committee, amounting to $"U0,
One boss, however, was excepted,
lie was not to Iks so leniently dealt
w ith, as the 'Tailors' Union consid
ered him as a most dishonorable
man. Misname is Witowsky, and
the Union reserves him for especial
punishment. After the bosses had
signed the agreement and paid the
fine, the knights of the needle re
sumed their work.
"Amiss Lsa good an a mile," and a
great deal lietter. You can't kiss a mile.
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