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RAILROAD STRIKES.
How Can They Bo Prevented ?
Arthur T. Hartley , in the Forum for
Juno : Railroad managers have to face
two distinct problems. With those wno
use the roads there nro disputes about
rates and facilities ; with those who
operate the roads there nro disputes
about wages and organisation.
The question of railroad rates is con
stantly under discussion , and there has
boon 11 decided though slow progress
towards its solution. No such nrogresa
can bo observed in the relations between
the railroads and their employes. A
period of labor troubles comes and di
rects public attention to this matter ,
but when the strikes are over the pub
lic and the railroad managers forget all
about them , and go on in the
" before.
Bamo heedless way" as
Yet railroad strikes involve
a moro vital problem than
disputes about rates. The question
what wo are to nay for a given service
is less serious than the question whether
wo are to huvo that service at all. And
It is in this last form that the matter
toinoH before the public in the event of
u widespread railroad strike. This is
what gives troubles their greatest im
portance nt the present day. It is not
that these disputes are so much more
numerous than they wore fifty years
ago ; the difference in this respect is not
nearly so great as most people believe.
There wore labor troubles then , just as
there are now. But their effect upon
the public to-day is much moro serious ;
first , because wo are now more depend
ent for the necessaries of our daily lifo
upon railroads and other agencies em
ploying largo bodies of workmen than
wo wore fifty years ago ; and secondly ,
because the concentration of industry
in a few hands makes the strikes occur
on a larger scale all at once , instead of
being scattered along from month to
month and from place to place. When
they were thus scattered , they could bo
loft to bo- fought out by the parties im
mediately interested. To-day the public
interests are involved much moro
deeply ; the parties tothoconrest have
public responsibilities which they must
not bo allowed to overlook.
A railroad corporation must perform
without serious interruption the work
for which it is chartered. Whatever
reservations the courts may make , the
public demands continuous service. If
the present system does not secure such
Forvleo , there will bo a demand too
powerful to bo resisted for a ohango of
system. Hut may the workmen bo al
lowed to take anvantage of this
HQCe&sjty , und thus impose upon the
corporation whatever terms they please ?
Obviously no. Such irourfio would
make people Justly unwilling to invest
their money in railroads. It would in
terfere with the supply of faultnl ncces-
mry for the development of thocountry.
It would actually injure the employes
themselves , by diminishing the
chances for employment. The case
would bo parallel to that of the granger
legislation with regard to rates , fifteen
years , when the shippers , by depriving
the railroads of all chance for profit ,
deprived themselves of the railroad
facilities which they needed for
conducting their own business. Further
than this , to allow the employes
to dictate terms to their employers
would interfere with the system and the
discipline which is essential to public
wifoty : and it would disregard the rule ,
whjcli has boon found to bo a matter of
fundamental importance , of placing the
power in the tame hiuida as the respon-
sibility. Were such dictation allowed ,
the moro capital a , company had in
vested the moro completely would it be
at the mercy of its employes.
The problem which we have to face is
this : How shall wo enforce upon the
corporations the necessityof performing
continuous service without , at the same
time , enabling the employes to take an
unfair and destructive advantage of
this necessity ? Some sny , by stricter
laws with regard to combination. The
tlitllciilty cannot bo overcome in that
way. It 1ms often been tried , and has
as often failed. While it is not true
that a thousand men have a right to do
what one man has a right to do , it is
generally true that the attempt to sup
press the thousand men by sheer force
proves worse than useless. There is rea
son to hope that the combination laws
may bo improved , and that' the mutual
responsibilities of employer and cm-
ployed under the labor contract may bo
bettor defined. But sueh , improvements
will tend rather to narrow the fighting
ground , and prevent the public from
being taken unawares , than to remove
the actual occasion for the light. The
trouble is too deep-seated to bo mot by
repressing the symptoms.
Others hope to see the difficulty
solved by a system of compulsory arbi
tration. Unfortunately no . general
solution is likely to bo attained in that
way. There are certain rather narrow
limits in which arbitration is useful.
When a trouble arises from u misun-
dorstandinp' rather than from a real
controversy over a vital point , the mere
chance to talk things over calmly may
prevent a conflict. . It is unfortunately
true that many managers and superin
tendents , mistaking the appearance of
discipline for the roalitv , give work
men very little opportunity to
talk over their just grounds of
complaint' , and they thus foster
an irritation which ought never to have
arisen. In such cases arbitration may
im the means for a mutual understand
ing. The French courts of arbitration ,
about whose success so much has boon
said uro chielly of this kind. They are
not composed of men selected for their
technical knowledge whose chief duty
it is to make an award on disputed
points , but men who will try to bring
the parties at issue to a mutual under
standing and a voluntary agreement.
When mi arbflrator can do this it is
well ; when ho has to patch up a forced
agreement it is generally useless and
sometimes worse. Manv of our most
serious strikes have been the result of
the unnatural tension produced by liv
ing for a few months under such an
agreement , satisfactory to neither party
and causing had fooling , if not bad faith
on both sides.
An arbitrator's award differs from a
legal decision in that it deals PO largely
with future events as distinct from pant
ones. A court makeR a decision about
the past nuil enforces n penalty ; this
serves nf a precedent which cannot ho
safely disregarded. An arbitrator
makes an order for the future ; before it
goes into olfec.t either party can claim
that the conditions Imvo changed and
can refuse to abide by it ; and a penalty
can not cosily bo exacted for such refu
sal. Under this circumstance the demand
for arbitration becomes a mcro manum-
ver for position ; useless , Jiecauso there
is no menus of holding the parties ro-
spoiibiblo under the award ; worse than
useless , because it oilers a false pre
tense of settlement without the reality.
How , then , can our fundamental
difficulty bo mot ? Only by u process of
prevention. For the failure to adopt
this means the corjKmitioiiB are gravely
iexpansible. Their leaders are in u
position of public trust and responsibil
ity ; if they do not meet this responsi
bility they are severely to blame. Even
where the men are technically wrong
on the subject matter of a strike , it in
dicates a deeper failure of duty on the
part of the general management to
have allowed such a state of things to
arise. Even in the case of a mutiny ,
while we take sides against the men in
the interest of public safety and public
order , wo reserve severer b'lnme for the
officers who have shown themselves in
competent to prevent it.
That managers have a public duty in
this respect is by no means a new idea.
In the labor troubles of 1877 it was
strongly urged by Mr. Adams , then
Massachusetts railroad commissioner.
Home of his best and most vigorous
writing deals with this question. As an
indirect result of strikes a beginning
was made in this direction by relief as
sociations like that of the Baltimore iV ;
Ohio railroad. The.se things are good
as far as they go. They create a bond
of interest between the employe and
the corporation. They mark an aband
onment of the position that the corpor
ation will pay wages as long as the
workman is in good health and that it
is none of the company's business what
happens afterward ; n position which has
caused many employes first , to seek in
surances in labor organisationand then
by a natural process , to look to those or
ganizations as the representatives of
his true and pormancnt interest.
But such relief associations can Vy no
means solve our difficulty. They do
something , but not enough. The work
man often dislikes to have anything
lilco a deposit of money witn the cor
poration. It looks as if it were a sort of
security for bis good behavior , oven
though the company is scrupulously
careful not to treat it as such. Many
nmploycs are suspicious of everything
of this kind ; and such suspicion
is not to bo wondered at.
Wo must go one stop farther , and cre
ate a feeling of permanence and loyalty
in the railroad service.
This can bo done , for it has been done
in Europe. There the railroad em
ployes feel that they have a permanent
position , and an assurance of promotion.
They feel that their interests are Iden-
lind with those of the system on which
they work. Of the 2 , < H)0 ) strikes of the
past decade in England , hardly a do/.en
were connected with railroad operation ,
and none of these were of grave import
ance. After a recant accident on the
Manchester , Sheffield & Linconshiro
railway the employes held a meeting ,
and offered voluntarily to bear their
share of the loss by contributing , in a
body , a week's wages. The oiler was
not accepted by the directors , who said
that the stockholders were butter able
to bear the leas than the employes ; but
it is significant as showing a stale of
feuling , on both sides , quite in contrast
with that to which wo are accustomed ,
Ho\v can such ii result bo brought
about ? Not by any profit-sharing ; such
syntems are usually too complicated
u'ithor to bo applied to the railroad or
ganisation or to be foil as a moral force/
by the men. It is better that the em
ploye should receive his payment in
the form of wages or salary , and that ho
should have an incentive to good work
in the ua&uranco of advancement when
his work is worth it.
Two tilings are necessary to create
this feeling. First , stability of posi
tion. There should bo no removals ex
cept for cause , and the justice of this
cause should bo subject to the judgment
of uu impartial tribunal. Railroad offi
cials are afraid of restricting their pow
ers of dismissal in this way , but they do
not realize the harm which they are of
ten doing by their present system. A
removal with real cause to-day often
looks arbitrary , simply because the , ,
cause is kept secret ; aiulr thu indirect
effect of a few cases of this kind on the
general'feeling'in the service is most
disastrous. Secondly , the higher offi
cials must bo chosen * with moro refer
ence to their capacity as leaders of men.
'
The present system 'of selection in the
business world lays too exclusive stress
upon men's technical capacities. It
selects the leaders with mixed quali
ties , good and bad , which fit a man for
money-making. In the face of the present
difficulties we need more of those quali
ties which move men and not money ,
which secure to the loader the confi
dence and the loyal devotion of those
who are under him. It may bo that in
these labor troubles we have the begin
ning of a reaction against the system
which values a man according to his
capacity as a money-making machine.
It is useless to deny that there are
"
special difficulties in" introducing this
reform in America. Permanence of
employment is less easy to give where
the conditions of the railroads change
so rupidlyfrom day to day. A system
like that of Germany , where the major
ity of the employes are often regarded
as salary-receivers rather than wage-
receivers ( though their average annual
earnings are little moro than half those
of ompjoyes in this country ) , would bo
impossible hero. The rapid reductions
in rates which stimulate economy at
every point greatly increase the
difficulties of America ! managers
in dealing with their employes.
Any attempt on the part of a single cor
poration to insist upon high character
among its men. and to pay them accord
ingly , may bo thwarted by the neces
sity of reducing expenses to the level
set by less responsible competitors , a
difficulty from which most state rail
roads are free. The threat of enforced
reductions by legislative authority still
further complicates the trouble. Out of
the gross receipts must bo paid the
wages of the employees and the profits
of the company. , If the wages are re
duced the employes suitor directly ; if
the profits nro' reduced the invest
ment of capital is diminished , and with
it the opportunity for profitable employ
ment of railroad men. The short
sighted attempt of some managers to
save profits by reducing wages cannot
always bo defended ; but whatever policy
the managers adopt , the final result of
forced reductions in rates must be more
or less to the disadvantage of the em
ployes , 'i
Great as uro these- special difficulties ,
wo need not regard thoin as insupera
ble , These must ho met , unless our man
agers are prepared to uccopt state own-
erhip of railroads as an alternative.
For the public is not ikely to allow the
continuance of a nyst iin which involves
from time to time abs iluto stoppage and
paralysis of business , If our railroad
managers can prevent this
stoppiigq , well * an 1 good , if not ,
they must not < $ xpect to hold
their present position of leadership. It
is not so much a question whether the
change would be an improvement as
whether we should ho/ / able to resist the
demand for ouch u chnngo ,
For the United States there is the
strongest reason for believing that
such a result would bo undeniruble.
Wo know how public business is habitu
ally mismanaged ; and there is no
instance even among the foreign coun
tries with the best civil service , of state
railroad systems conducted on the
American standard of efficiency. But
a large section of the public , moro or
less misled as to the evidence , be
lieves in state railroad ownership , and
desires to BOO it introduced into the
United States. Ab long as this is
merely a vague popular demand tliero
is little to fear from it. The conservative -
tivo forces of < individual society nro
strong eunuch to resist it. But if the
leaders under the present system con
fess their inability to meet a vital pub
lic necessity , that confession will give
overwhelming force to the demand for
a change. Those of us who distrust the
present tendencies toward state social
ism must see to it that our system of
industrial selection under private en
terprise shall do the work which
modern social organisation requires.
For this purpose it must bring to the
front not merely leaders of dollars but
'
leaders of men' Thus and only thus
can the corporations fulfill their re
sponsibilities to the public , and at the
same time retain the rights which they
at present hold. This is a lesson to be
learned by the railroad strikes.
An AnHiirance of Health.
Among the assurances of health af-
jorded us by the regular discharge of
the bodily functions , none is moro im
portant and reliable than that which
regularity of the bowels gives us. If
there is any even a temporary inter
ruption of this the liver and the stom-
acn sutler conjointly with inactive or
gans , and still greater mischief ensues
if relief is not speedily obtained. A
laxative above all cavil on the score of
mineral composition or violent effect ,
is Hosteller's Stomach Bitters , ap
proved by the medical profession and a
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It is bqtamc , painless in action , and if
persisted in etlectual. The stomach
and liver , in no less degree and no less
promptly and thoroughly than the bow
els , are regulated and toned by it. and
it is an admirable defense against ma
larial and rheumatic ailments , and it
benign remedy for kidney complaints ,
nervousness and debility.
A "Sane" Ijiinnllc.
Joel Henry Wells has at length had
his disabilities removed says the Chicago
cage Mail , and by the decree of the
court ho in once moro a free man. For
years ho has been in the eyes of the law
an escaped lunatic , liable to arrest and
incarceration in the state asylum , from
which ho escaped. During nil these
years ho has lived in this community
and earned a living in a humble way in
the sight of hundreds of the best people
in the city. To all appearances ho was
as sane as any of the men with whom he
cauio in daily contact , yet ho was de
barred from ongnging in business by
the fact that he had not been formally
discharged from the asylum , and could
not secure his discharge. Being con
structively a lunatic , ho could not for
years obtain a standing in court , and it
was only after a long succession of de
lays and dinuppointmontH that ho could
secure a quasi toe-hold , as it wore , and
bring his ease to an ihsno. When the
fncts wore laid before .ludgo Tuloy in
the proper legal form , the cloud was re
moved and the here of a very celebrated
case at last finds hischains broken.
AVIiy bflura L''S ! Hr Iteuu.
Lnitra Once iuiu nn anluCht oeh'tT ,
Who culled twice a foitnlght , or so ,
Now she sits , Sunday eve ,
All lonely to grieve ,
Oh , where Is her locmmt be.ui ,
And why did ho treat Laura so <
Why , ho silw that Laura was a lan
guishing , delicate girl , subject to sick
headaches , sensitive nerves and uncer
tain tempers ; and knowing what n life
long trial is a fretful , sickly wife , ho
transferred his attentions to her cheer
ful , healthy cousin , Ellen. The secret
is that Laura's health and strength are
sapped by chronic weakness , peculiar to
her sex , which Ellen averts and avoids
by the use of Dr. Piorco's Favorite Pro
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J
SHERIDAN'S FIRST VICTORY.
I low , ns a Boy , lie Oiitmaiiceiivcrcil n
Schoolmaster.
Chicago Inter-Ocean : The following
story was credited in war times to Major
Lymnn J. Jackson of the Eleventh Ohio
infantry :
"Phil Sheridan used to go to school at
Somerset to an Irish school teacher of
the Irishest sort named Patrick Mc-
Nanly , who believed that the intelli
gence , morality and happiness of the
scholar depended upon a liberal use of
the birch and this deponent can verily
testify and that in that ho was truly
scientific.
"One terribly cold morning of 1852 or
18-1 , ' ! two of Patrick's scholars got there
a little ahead of time. They crawled
through the window to got warmedand
once in the chief enemy of mankind
and schoolboys , as well as the discov
ery of a bucket full of ice water ,
tempted them to trick the teacher.
They fastened the bucket of water over
the door , in such a manner that the
opening of the door would tilt it upon
the head of anyone entering , and re
tired to watch the result from a neigh
boring haymow.
"Patrick soon came trotting along ,
rubbing his hands vigorously to keep
them warm , hurriedly turned the key ,
and bolted in just as the bucket turned
over his head. It is not a "bull" to say
that his Celtic blood was heated by the
chilling douse. His t > ituation was u bad
one. There wasn't a boy to beat any
where about. Ho looked all around ,
inside and out , but there wasn't a soul
to bo seen , Hobo armed himself with
a six-foot hickory twig , built on a rous
ing fire , and sat down to dry , fully de
termined to Hog the first boy who en
tered.
"An unfortunate little fellow soon
came and almost at the instant his
hand was on the latch Patrick sei/.ed
him by the collar and shook him
fiercely Ho shako the truth out of him , '
ho said. The astonished looks and as
tonishing yulls convinced Patrick that
the boy knew nothing of the outrage.
Setting him down by the lire , he again
placed himself in position of attack ,
"Tho next , and the next , and the
next went through the same operation ,
and filially , when nearly all the school
hml been throttled and shaken into
their seats , our two youngsters climbed
down the haymow , entered the school
room , got their shaking and went to
work. It happened that Phil Shorhlan
was late that morning , and as oiirh one
proved ills innocence , the presumption
became the stronger against the few
who were loft to suspect. Finally Phil
came the last , and , of course , this guilty
ono. if everybody else was innocent.
" .lust as ho opened the uoor Patrick
made a drive for him. Phil dodged and
communced u jvtrput , J'ati'loU thought
that a proof of his guilt , and escaped.
Away wont Phil up the street , and
away wont the teacher after him , bare
headed , stick in hand , the whole school
bringing tin the rear , nil on the run.
Phil hint a little on the homo stretch ,
and by the time Mr. Sheridan's house
was reached his pursuer was too close to
lot him shut the gnto , and on ho broke
into the back yard. There ho got rein-
fnrccmcnts in the shape of a Newfound
land pet dog , which instantly made an
attack on Patrick's finnk and rear ,
"Patrick mounted the fence BO did
Phil. The dog snapped at Patrick's
heels , and ho discovered it necessary to
climb an apple tree , where ho found
himself out of breath , out of patience ,
and very completely outflanked.
" 'Take away your devilish dog ,
Phil'said ho'or'I'll bate the life of
yo.1
' "Like ' Phil 'watch
to BOO you'eays ,
him , Hover , ' and with that ho got aa
old piece of carpet and laid it under thd
tree for the dog to watch over.
"Tho dog laid down on it , and Phil
mounted the fence , where lie sat , con
templative , with his chin in his ImnrtB
and his elbows on his knees. "What do
you want to lick mo for asked ? ' asked
Phil.
" 'What did you throw ( lie water on
mo for ? ' was the answer.
" 'I didn't throw any water on you. '
" 'You did , though , boka e none of
the boys did , and I'll polish you to death
entirely if you don't lot me down. '
"Ho started down , but Hover wont
for his foot before it was nearly in reach
and the teacher retreated up' the tree ,
calling loudly for Phil's father. The
noise soon brought Mr. Sheridan out.
The teacher up the tree , the dog growl
ing nt him , Phil on the fence and the
whole school around , was too funny a
scone to bo closed without explana
tion.
"What are you doing upthntapplo
tree , McNanly ? " asked Mr. Sheridan.
" 'Ah , that divilish boy of yours ;
Misther Sheridan , will bo'tho death OB
mo yot. Its all his doin'n , sir. Hey
poured a whole bucket of wathor on mo
this mornin' and when I wanted to give
a ducont reprimand lie ran away , and
for the sake of the dinciplinoof the
schools I wont to catch him' and ho got
that big baste of a dog of yours after mo
and I had to climb the tree to defend
I didn't throw any water at all , '
says Phil ; "all I know about it is that ho
went to whipping mo this morning be
fore I got in. '
"Tho old gentleman , probably enjoy
ing the fun , and not being certain.
whether his boy ought to bo whipped
without reason , suggested to let the case
await further inquiry.
" 'Let him go without a Hoggin' ,
Misthor Sheridan ? Shuro it'll ruin the
school to do that now ; just look at thorn ,
will you ? how they're laughing at mo. '
The old gentleman commenced calling
the dog ; it looked at Phil and wouldn't
stir. 'Take away that divilish dog , or
I'll bate the lifo out of yo's both on
tiroly'says Patrick.
' "Bolter come down first , ' Phil sug.
gostcd. 'Watch him , Hovur. But I'll
tell you what I'll do , ' ho added after a
pause , 'if you won't whip mo I'll call
him off. Ho won't go if father calls all
day besides ' , ho sees you're imposing
on me.
"Patrick argued and protested , and
threatened , hut it wouldn't do the torma
were unconditional. The race and cold
water had got him into a terrible chill ,
The longer ho talked in the iiir of n
frosty January morning , the colder ho
got and tliH moro hopeless his case bo-
cnino , especially when Phil demanded
his intention to demand exemption from
U.U futui'0 '
. Hoggings' .
" 'I'll tell you what Phil , ' said ho
finally , 'if you'll just call olT that baste
I'll not baste you this time , unlade I
won't.1"
" 'Why didn't you say so at first , ' said
Phil , ' ( 'omo away , Hover. ' And away
Hover did come ; and awav came the
teacher , almost .too chilled to climb
down.
"And this was the first surrender to
Sheridan. Phil says the teacher kept
his word in thatallair , but put two Hog
gings into every ono that ho afterward
administered for new olTunces. "
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