| Show THE ENGINEERS AND SYMPATHY When the strike strike all is i all over the de debrin brin bris cleared away and all an classes of people get down to solid thinking once onoe more the friends of labor everywhere will be forced to unite upon the proposition proposition proposition that the man who of ot all others has bas shown hown the best beat sense and has hae done more than all others othen to make the cause caule of organized labor dignified in- in influential In Influential and worthy is Chief Arthur of the Brotherhood of ot Locomotive in- in Eo- Eo EQ He Is li one of ot the few tew among the leaders leaden of the la- la labor labor la labor bor unions who will come out of the contest with a reputation improved by bv the ordeal Against such pressure as few in his hia position would have bave withstood be he has haa courageously main main- maintained maintained a high and patriotic position And whatever may be bo the effect of the present conflict upon the labor Jabor and trades unions union generally he and aDd the great order behind him will hav have Ie as- as cured cured an enviable place in im the esteem ot of all law-abiding law people and will have the right to expect a bearing hearing and favorable consideration whenever the they fee feel to demand it it That he is 18 isa ia a nard hard fighter and shrewd has been alread already many times time proved to the satisfaction aati of the railways railway and andaU andall andall aU all who have watched his hia course coune But B no ne ia is also alio gifted with that rare discretion discretion tion which la is no less leia potent than thau valor be he tries trie to see Bee e the end from the begin begin- beginning ning begia-ning ning all aU be he evinces evince a desire to be sure cure his hi cause caule Is la just juit and his hie course courle is ii right before betor going ahead In all theae these respects he could give many lessons to the impetuous Debt D bf who bas tried to be dictatorial without being prudent and made a dashing and pro pro- prodigious leap without ever ascertaining where he might reasonably hope to toland toland toland land Of O the railway engineers engineer firemen Bremen co and brakemen it may be said aid that as a a whole they are a choice element lement in the Industrial world Vast responsibility is 18 1 placed in their hands handa han 8 precious lives liven and incalculable values value of property are hourly bourly entrusted to their keeping Only Oaly by long years year ot of training are they able to obtain positions where so 10 much faithfulness and intelligence are required They are able experienced experienced careful sober and trustworthy or they y could not keep their positions Whether or not they are as a strong In numbers Dumbers as an some ome of the otter other organizations organizations th yare y are alwil always y sure lure to exert a great influence in labor councils be because cause of the intelligence and an respectability spoken of ot Furthermore they are usually well paid a as they ce certainly should hould be for tor the responsible duties required N Now ow it seems to tl us that these men have had less leu to complain of ot during the past palt twelve months than almost any other claw class of ot workingmen It has hae been a time of ot great industrial depreE- depreE depreE-aion depreE sion and ano every overy body has felt the hard bard hardtimes times Much labor Jabor has bas been altogether unemployed much has hai been teen Tided pro pro vided with only partial employment anti and nearly all has hai bad had to suffer a reduction in wages This latter may apply In some ome measure to the railway men too but taken all as u a whole it will be generally admitted that they have hare fared better than most moet ot of their men fellow Their employ employ- employment employment ment has hai been regular their compensation sure and in some ome instances where managements have bave tried to scale cale down their wages the courts ot of the country have hare topped stepped in and for tor forbidden forbidden bidden it defending in lD the most moat pOll pOll- positive positive tive way their heir rights and the e enforce enforce- enforcement ment torce- torce ment of the contracts contract made with them themla Is Ie it strange that men with their intelligence men who have hare been thus treated should heal hesitate tate be- be before before be before fore throwing up their employ employ- employment employment employment ment at the whim of some ome other leader w when hen they themselves bad had no grievance to complain oi ol On the contrary such auch ingratitude would be altogether despicable in them them-it them it would be an exhibition ot of which the NEWS ii Is glad to believe them altogether Incapable Sympathy is II a great virtue in Its best belt sense it la is divine A fellow feel leel- leelIng feeling feeling ing for tor and active support of ot dow trod down downtrodden trod n-trod den humanity is II i one of the belt best attribute attributes bute of the he beat best class clala of mankind But sympathy like Uke charity i is il sometimes made to cover a mul mul- multitude multitude of 01 sins We hold that again like charity sympathy should hould begin at home bome Wife an and children have the strongest claims claim upon the husband and ana father neighbors neigh bon and friends friend even em em em when fair and honorable haVe also alao claims claim upon every workingman Certainly peace and order and law lawand and government have bare claims to the re regard re- re regard gard lard of ot every very citizen Without W going into the merits of 01 the Pullman veny contro contro- controversy er versy y at ail even ail even admitting aa as weare we weare weare are lain fain to do that that corporation has bu been beeD and is II a giant gianti oppressor whose power for tor evil ought to be and must mOlt be curtailed we curtailed we ask uk the fair fair- minded fair minded people who read these theae lines whether by any stretch of logic or any definition of true sympathy they can fu justify the killing kUling and stoning atoning and beating of ot men meD the destruction of millions million upon millions of dollars In property the untold expense e of ot trying to tio maintain order the glare of the fire fire fire- shriek brick oBbe of the rioter the terror terror- all whole all all because the haughty George M Pullman and his hie unfortunate employee caD cannot not agree on a question of wages wage I 1 We ask uk them to reflect soberly oberly and as honest men upon the distress and trouble that have been caused in Utah Territory by this thia strike and which must be borne by allda all classes and ex and then say aay whether the sympathy ao so much prated about has baa not been displayed in the wrong direction an and in an unworthy and un- un unprofitable unprofitable un unprofitable profitable way |
