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Show M1UTTUK JtOWKSII VII TltOUIlLt. MfullLsTK. TiiKaUerurt to ssnasslnste Manager Krlck, of tbe Carnegie works, at Homestead, la a suggestive Incident. W slated nn Haturdar that we did not Ulleve the murderous act could be connected with the Amalgamatid Trades Union Association, and an II transpires. We wcrealra correct In the Idea that notwithstanding that no con nectlon of that nature would be rstab-llslinl, rstab-llslinl, united literal Monjcilevl, and perhaps throughout tho country,would ufTer from the moral effect of the dct. Unfortunately for organised lal-or, evidences are being develoj ed that indicate in-dicate ausrcblitlo tendenctea at llome-sttad. llome-sttad. Aa an Instance, It Is rcjiorted that eight foremen have left Hie Carnegie Carne-gie works since Iho attempt on Mr. Krlck's life, lecaiin tlu-y have ten thlialtned that tbtlr lives would lie taken If they coutlnuid to work fur tbe company. The attack U-oli Mr. Prick Impressed Ihem with the Idea that the Ihrial waa not an Idle (me and they lettthu works. I.ven. If there weru no Intention lo carry out these threats, they are of themelvis an-arohlsllo, an-arohlsllo, anJ cinstllule a moral connection con-nection between workmen al llooie-stead llooie-stead nnd the arch-enemies of social order who ojmmlt deeds of blosd. A recent manifesto IssunJ by the Amalgamated Asfoclatlou also had a decldeJIy cumraunlstlo tendency. It claimed that liecatitu tho workmen at Homestead had, by their labur, con tllbutul to the building up uf Hie Carneglo works they had an actual right of prorrletorahli therein. The government was called upon to support sup-port Hits view. No such claim Is sustained by ex Ming law. Tho workmen orforuieJ labor for which they were tu bo pal 1 a stipulated amount. The payment of lbs wagui waa the satisfaction of Hie agrtemtnton the part of the employ ers. To make claim beyond that of a proprietorship of tbe plant Is out of the question. Tu enforce It would be anarchism. Huch outbreaks and tloody revolts as those which havooeourrodal Homestead Home-stead an! Cicur tl'Alene suggest Hie nectwlly lor an adjustment uf the labor ami capital question, If audi a thing be possible. Hope has pointed tho linger of expectation toward the prlltclplj of profit-sharing between the t-iuflo) ers aud employed. Hut tvn doult a solution of tho problem by this minns. There Is a primal condition that Is Indispensable the wllllugueaa of thu capitalist, which will not be secured. Ill the absence of the will to toufurm, It could not be legally enforced. en-forced. Hut even It capitalists should operate on this bails, there would ex 1st another formidable barrier the fluctuations of trade, ln times of stsgnatlou, when establishments could only be run at a loss, the masses would never tako quietly to a situation of that character. They would not be willing tu share Ibo loesta as well as HierotlU. There doubtless would I business t nUrprlses which could be conducted uou this lan, but Iliesu Isolated Instance a would be only dnqa In Ibo oct an of trade. Indeed the com I llcatloLS would probably be greater than under the j reeeut plan of regulating regulat-ing the relations of tbe two clanwa on the prlntlploof supply nud demand and actordlng tu natural agreemuut. We luve come tu tho tuncluslon that the solution of great social problems Is a matter of moral status. Hty long us men are lelflili and sordid, ptate nud good order will nlnnys be unotrtalii and eiceedlugly limited conditions on our planet. In Ihtse Huts the race Is running backward. Just so sure as this Is the case, suture Is tin re trouble, strife and lloodshed abtad. T.I 1 1 a msy ho ut down as a fact, I.ven the situation, aaltls, pre-tents pre-tents Uioaipeit of lntl lent civil war. |
