The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-05-08


| t. blishments had yielded TO the de-
mands of the eight hour men. This is
not true. They have not yielded, nor
do. they intend to- = --7--- -,
From ths Chicago Times Of Saturday.
There can not be imagined a more
limpudent and lawless demand than
that made by the "eight-hour strikers
| in Chicago, npon the laborers who re-
fuse to Join in the movement The men
leading in the riots are engaged In a
! business more despicable than that of
burglars. They comebin to prevent
! honest and bard-working men from
earning the necessary wages TO support
their families. How do the wretches
who visited the workshops of the city
pose the laborers whom they mobbed
and drove from their employment can
live in idleness and obtain food for their
wives and children2 ..-- 49,,
The riots show what ideas the leaders
in them have of the dignity OF labor
and the rights. OF working men about
which they talk SO glibly. The advo-
Gates of the eight-hour law We're elo-
quent in depicting the progress laborers
would make in Improving their minds
when allowed two hours for rest, and
the public might well rhaye. supposed
from the disquisition on this subject
that the eight-hour leaguers We're intent
OhLS eaN N@
vaneement in morality. They have
shown what disposition they possess to
take advantage OF the rest they have
allotted TO themselves, thus far during
the month to educate themselves. They
have very industriously given and
taken lessons in the pugilistic science,
and have shown an aptitude for that
kind OF learning which few scholars in
the country have before exhibited.
1t would not be fair to charge that all
the men engaged in the riots are des-
perate and bad characters. Honest
and peaceful working men have been
misled by demagogues and intimidated
by bullies, and have joinediin the riots
through fear that they would become
victims OF the rage of the mob, lshonld
they refuse to oparticipateinthe assaults
upon laborers who chose to continue
work under the old SYSTEM en -i-.i
1t was known a month ago that on
the first of the present month there
would be "a general sti Ike, and the eight
hour leaguers openly proclaimed their
intention to carry the eight-hour rule
by force, If necessary No precautions
were taken to preserve order In the
city, No extra police force was ap-
pointed. No means We're employed to
guard the workshops and railroad de-
pots threatened with assault, and the
result has been such scenes of violence
and mob law as have disgraced the city
the last two days. The policemen have
done all they. could do. They have act
ed with energy and fearlessness,s but
what are such handful against mob
ofthousands There were abundant
Indications in. the parade on Wednes-
daythat.the mob spirit was prevalent,
aud The non-eoninittdL ttruddle in The
speech of Mayor Rice iUdS the best en-
coItrdgeme1lt tphich could hare been giue1I
70 that Spirit. He said that, he would
preserve order, and the riots have,
shown how well he has kept his word.
He Is very good man in some respects,
but he is not good man for Mayor,
and he has associated with him on the
police board three of as inefficient do
Titles as can be found in any old wo-
mems convention. ass
The trouble has been in this WhoLe mat
ter. that demdgogltes hdue encouraged the
eight hour leds uer8 20 beieiVe that they
could resort 10 intimidation ana not be
puiiiShed Merefor. Governor Oglesby
kneW that such pctS their intention Ichen
he addressed them IN the Operu-hoIse.
The speakers dt The parade on WedHeS-
day EneLD that the tedgIerS Intended to
PreUent By force men from iDorlting ICh0
iCoutd not join in The Increment. Yet
there pds no deprecdtioR or rebuke Of the
mob spirit. The speeches were character
lied by such fustian and demagogism as
political charlatans employ in address
ing audiences for the purpose OF manu-
featuring political capital. If eight
hour leaguers were not blind, they
would see the motiyes actuating such
speakers. They would see that the
true friends of the working-men are
not those who pander 10 lawless pas
sions and encourage them to attempt
the execution of ofimpracticablea and mis-
chievous; theories, bu. they are those
who frankly and fully present the laws
regulating the relation between capital
and labor. .E-l.r-- lgL ri