The New Tyranny

The follówirig incident, illustratie tho pulposo of these who aré d;rOctin i the strilcBB, is published in one of the daily ! papers, on the authority of a merchant aoquainted with the faots : " A few daya since a gentleman went to the upper part of the city to learn , what progr-i's ad been made in the constructioii óf his nuw house. Ho found ■ the bricklayera standing idle on tho ■ walk, allá that no work had boon done during the niorning. Replying to his quostion of why they were not at work, they answored tliat thcy wero waiting for thu ïnason. Ho soon ascertuinud that about ten days befare the niaétot : had disiihafRd. a man for impertinenco to the f oreaban. At the expiration oí' a week the masons met and resolved to quit work unless the man was reinstitod. Tho mason was completing his work undar a contract inrelving a heavy forfeit, and rinally took tho offunder back to work. The body of masons then demamlthat he should be paid for the week dwwhich he was idlo. The amount was paid. Tho masons then notificd tho master masón that ho.liíwJ. bce;i fined 150 for discharging t!'e iiiaü, and that, unless tho fitte1 was promptly paid.no further work niiiild b donu on tho buildinsr. Tho fine: was paid." Muoh forbearatico has been manifested towurd thoso wlio havo boen engaged in this organizod cffoit to roduch tho timo of labor and to iiiTeaso tho prwef but the pnbl i. are l)OCotai!Ji} prc'tty well íáusfled that, with tho leaders at loast, it i: ;. r;.i' not only upon tho rights of property, but upon the froedoin of American citizons. iro 'one questions tho privilege ot' any man to refuso to work tban one hour a day, or to domand av.f atüount that ho chooses tbr aa liou'ï's Svork ; but the strikurs aro not contenteu with onjoying their own rights. They aro atteinpting to strike down tho rights of othcis. ' ■ deny tho rights of t.lieir noighbors to work for whoni they please, and us many hours s .tley plca3o and for what compensa ■ tion they please. They are using violunco or unlawfui moans to compel employors or workinen to submit to thtir tcrms. Somo good is Jo come out of this general agitn,tíon, öut it wiil not work for tho good of thosa who are ondeavoring to establish au odious fornx of tyrauny. The workmen who demand the catiro control of thuir omployera' business, and wüo are unwilliug to allow othera the same freedoui that they claim for tbömselvës, will ere long fiud th'e étrcnger elemonts of society arrayed against thcm. Counter combinations will be fornied for self-dofense. Politicians have been hypociitically playing into the hands of the loading spirits in this raid, but even the politiciaus are beginning to perceive that 'nothihg short of the coiuploto disorganization of society will s'atisfy thoáe who are under the guidaiice of Commuuists aud Internationals. Ono of the groatost bunefits that can bo done to honest workmen will bo to set theui froe from the leadership and tho tyrrany of the base men