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...have such a problem. Everyone in China is organized; the various kinds of laborers have been formed into a sort of guild unions, and the employers have their associations. Whenever there is any dispute as to wages, hours, or conditions of working, instead of striking, or declaring a lockout, committees of the employers and laborers immediately concerned meet and thrash the matter out between themselves. There are no so-called walking delegates in China. Both sides abide by the decision of the committees, and all disputes are smoothed over in this manner...
...Company used Pinkerton men unjustifiably. - (a). The men behaved in an ideal way in the conduct of the lockout: Her., July 1. (b). Frick engaged Pinkerton before the conferences with the workmen were broken: No. Amer. Rev., p. 359. (c). Pinkerton's men were not the representatives of law and order: Sen. Voorhees, Jul. 9. (d). The workmen defended their homes against an armed army of 300, threatening anarchy: Sen. Stewart, July...
...strikers in the Pacific Mills at Lawrence still remain firm, and more weavers are expected to quit work today. The Catholic clergy have advised the hands to return to work. A general lockout is said to be imminent...