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Show jg THE LOCAL MIIOR DISPUTE. t Tlirstrlke of carpenters In this ?$fc city is unfortunate. It needs no " " reasoning to establish that point. 5i Xvery condition that produces eu- -ML forced i-ta nation in place ofcu. m cuuragln development isunproCt- 3S1 able, aside from the merits of any 23 disagreement that may lead to it. B3 Reason and jubilee would soon, if Hf, applied, settle tbe dispute between HI employers and workmen. Wby not JKf liave recourse to those elevating a;encie7 The first labor to be Iss4 douc in reaching a solution of the SB the ditllculty is to strictly and im- afcj partially Investigate-all the element WSi of the controversy and then apply a Sk remedy by making whatever cou-Bgu cou-Bgu cefions nre manlfehtly proper. ,. Eg We boM it to bo a self-evident BjF right ofa workman to dispone of hl Bfe labor to the bef t advantage! to him-B4i him-B4i fcelf. Any number of workmen Kfei combined may alco rightful!,) leave BR, the service of any employer, pro-it pro-it iJins no contract between the par-(2 par-(2 tics is impaired by the action. JjJ On the other hand there would be K no balance to the situation unless !& the employ er ha J the right to bin. jfr his n orlc done on a similar bases Ie-ing Ie-ing the juc!t,e alo as to whom he s'ull engage to labor for him. It is difficult to see how such a propo- ft sition can be reasonably disputed. 5. There Is a third element in a con- troveisi of the kind no in progress j?k those -orkmen who do not choose 5" tolelingtoa trades union. That " they have the right to take that at tltude ought to be conceded, as any IS. other pus tiou would be equal to a &p denial of the right of individual Sfv frealem, which is the mallenablr gr prerogative of the citizen when his Rp. own acts do not place it In jeopardy. lip This being an Indisputable truth, p any conduct or j recess brought to KB bear upon him to coerce him Into gj relinquishment of his personal sr ri,;ht is tyranny. 5fe Theestandardprorositionsshould ft be considered in an Investigation ol B Hie merits of the present strike, and K that which crofes them should be Ej discarded. It this were done there El, (wouId be an end of the dispute P within tlte hours. Rg Tliere appears to be no great re Wi , lucUiitu on the part cf the employ - Rjj cratoranttlie ba-ic demand of the & fuicn i ine hours to constitute) the jfe time ol a day's work, to be paid at B (tho rate of $3.30. Asa rule this Is Eg readily vonceded. Consequently, IffiS settlement of the difficulty is ob- K ttru -ted by other conditions. Br? Auatber demand is that none 85 cfier than union men chall Iw em Kj ployed. This is an infringement Sp jUnen two of the three propositions stated at the beginning of thli-W. thli-W. . article. It Interferes n ith Iheright M of the employer to engige the er- Mees of workmen of ins own choice. It ako impinge, by a coercive gj ni.-thud, the prtrt.,:atle of those K workmen wlw do not wish to be- BJ long to a union. E There la htlll another element of W 'wrong connected with thU con S trovcroy, providing t common as Bf s-rtioii, thnt is probably nst K strongly disputed, be true. The j ctoim referred to b that many of the H ducfagitetorsin thislabordifllculty K- are transients, belonging to the m clss which floats from one "boom" 3 . to-vn to another. As a rule they B have, so it Is alleged two cont!cu- 9 oudefect meagreabllity aswoik- L men -ind a diopositlon to do the S smallest i-ible amount of labor for g ' the large&t attainable amount of paj a As a consequence, if the employer 9 were to exclude non union men J frm tiieir employment a seitle- ment maJe thus would slmjly J place' them in a predicament, S causing them to lean "from the 5 frying pan into the fire," in tbi 5 wii. It i held that there are not E enough elllcieiit workmen who be-I be-I long to tlie union to meet the de- man itbout the aid of those who lo uot Iwlong to the organization 6 The result of thb situation is inevit-K, inevit-K, . .able employers would have to still (j continue to go hortlianded or em- g ploy incompetent "floaters," wi,1 nresaldtobe not worth more than from one-half to three fourths of the ' n-ages demanded. From thb it will U. seen that thecourte of the union - bol a nature to put a premium on B oor vorkraanshlp by i lacing It (eo far as remuneration b concerned, on a level with that which is effici j? ent. Itiixiks like a ver incongru KT " , o js btate of affairs. , borne employ ers clijert aIo to tak "S ingani hand incoe-cingnon-uniou men Into Joining it, by thrusting them, at the dictum of the organiza- tion, out of employment. f -The general effect of the strike Is detrimental on general prlnciile. i and on all sides. The concession ol the employers in being willing to concede the demand In chief a nice hour day a' $3 50 ought to form a solid basb for a settlement, especially us there b plenty of work for every comjteut workman, w hether ho belongs to the union or not. We grraUi regret the difficulty, not only because of the obstruction of mtterial devclopmentof thbeity, liataiaTon accouutof the solid work men, whose ialerests are not subserved sub-served wit impaired by it. |