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Show H MISTS WOKTII COXSIDEBIXG. BBBM Dcni.so the la-', few days the BBBJ alrbas been filled with rumors of BBBH strikes, mt or them unfounded. This nsrturbed cmljipn has ex- BBBB isled slnse the atin of the street Bj oar men. One tiewspaperlias been Fpaslally buy In circulating rejiorts BsVsVBj of the chartcter referred to. ThU BBBB morning It p ibllshes the following BBBS disclaimer, which, because of the BJ rdainab'e spin: it breathes, we BHBJH deem worthy a plase in our co! BmWKB omns. E9pBBj "I notice an item In tbls morn- K ing's lsae ot your rarr that It is J asserted on good authority tliat the. H oarpenura and briclcUver will en B on a strike this morning. In Justice BBJ to the public and to ourie!es I Bj .ggftt hasten to correct the report. As re-BBPB re-BBPB Bpi Sardi tho bneklayors. we do not BBBH intend to strike on Monday, Toesday PPEBB or any other day that I am aware of. ppipH Weanotaa-.riklnsorganlitiou;we ppBBBJ arbitrate oar diuerense!', and we pBBBBpj ,,rTsaacdInrixiogm)Uersalis. ppppjj xactoril- We have never had a strike. pppH When we asksd for a redaction of ppQpB hours or Ubor we gave con. pBBBBp) tractors six month' notW, and BBPPJ ,rl11 Eire the cams tims in case pBBBp? of other demand, and shall endeavor pBBBBB kPthefrnodwillofthepaklicind pBBBBpj the record we have made of being tho pBBMMpj mt onserrativo uniou in the div, pBBBBH adherina strrtly to the principles of pBBMBBJ Jostioe ami eqaalffy Iwtwcen employer ppBaa and employe. Wo bsliern that in pBBMMpj union there Is strength, aaj that .eif- BJBJ pmrvaUgn Is the 6rt law of nature. PJBapapj We hold the fusU and truth of tbo ppHMpj principle "msrit mikes the rain,"and pBBBBpj we firmly believe that industry, pBBHBpi sobriety and a projwr regaru for the pBBMMD welfare or our fellow man farm a bal Xbbb upon which the principle rests. Wo reoognizs no rule of aetiga or principle that would elevate trealth abote in- pBBBBBJ dustryortheproTesdonal man above ppBBpjj Ihs working man; ne raaognUs no pBBBBB distinction of so.-ietr except those BBBMBMBmBJ b,,eJ a manhood an I worth, useful. I nesa and goo J order, and no superior. ityexcspt thit granted by the Great BpBH Architect of oar exioaee. And let 1 me hire expreis our mnmihr i.,r pBpj the atreeUar rasa in the battle fur BBaMlB ttrir nght, which 1- ot the most rital PjplpBpi Importance t all orgintisd Ubar In mBJI mar than one respect, and I hope BHBMflK tbey, as well at all others, may be IpBBBBj snccsufal when the prineipies of Ja. PPPJ lice and equaUty and the dignity of PPSaJ labor are Involved. H GCOBOE It. CCMIIXO, BBSbB rreaident oT BrielOayeraaiMtsjas' PPpH Union. PPBf The fjrejo'.nr ciatalns several BPPJj points which at ouce commend BflBpj themselves to the intelligent and BBBBJI unprrjudlced reaier. The writer, BPH in vindicating the course of the BBkfli bricklayers' union, with which he pflBH ' immediately connected, sustains PPBA correct principles. ( I ) Ho puts I n a PPJBB P1 for arbitration. (J) lis does not BJpiMB favor strikes unless perhaps It he pPPJj after the resources ofarbltratlon are PBH exhausted. (3) He bslleves In giving PPBX duenoticeofdeoianljmileby the BPP employes to prevent public Injury. HBSBj W He resognizei the neceity o! PPSK- ' keeping tbegool-will of tHe public, PBBJPE whose sentiment must never be cm- PBIlBJ founded with the uareasjmng tx- BJ pression or the rabble, or the de- BPJpSj signing maulfisUtions of political PBSmBJ demagoguus. (5) He is not in favor BBBbBV ofcias distinctions on the basis of PPBS IB The correctnea of each of these BHM positions is boyond question. A HBiaB recourse to arbitration, means the PpjpjBJ application of reason in the solution V of a problem. Coercion of every PPpBBJ kind is war, although it may be PBs bloodless, and is only justifiable BBJPpB. when Intelligent and pacific BflB methods fail. A prevalent re- PH sort to force in social disputes I will sap the foundations of society and Irad to chaos. Hence tho aver-sion aver-sion to ill-considered strikes, which, according to the history of our times, have wrought Incalculable hardship upon thoee who have engaged in them. The ideas or Mr. Cu fhlng with regard to class distinctions are commendable. Tho man of wealth who wears a slifl neck and lifts bis noso high In the rtir when he has occaIon to aj dress a worklngman is an object or pity, and an honest laborer has no reason to envy him. He proclaims the emptiness of Ills own cranium by showing a higher appreciation for prosperity than for manhood. He Is only less contemptible than he who, sycophantlcally toalles to the holder of wealth b:cause of his possessions Instead of appreciating hint for ills worth. A greater Insult could scarcely be offered to a sensible rich man than to admire him fur his money. But there are ethers who, on the other hand, are equally despicable the class who for ulterior political purposes hypocritically give expression expres-sion to the n extravagant manifestations mani-festations of alleged sympathy for the working classes, bscause they waut to use th'em. The working-men working-men should beware of thoMS who have in the at taken every occasion occa-sion to slanderand insult them, and now, because theylhluk they can manipulate them for the attainment of political ends, pretend they aro overflowing with sympathy for them. Sources which have been throwing mud at a certain class of men, depicting them as unfit for the situations Ibey held, aro now pretending to dm their wannest friends. Tho spectacle inpiresthe onlooker with lnLffablo disgust, lct the working men beware of political demagogue, who imagine they can use them to further their schemes. |