The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-07-27

We think ~ sensible person. who ihis
week reads the agcounts Ia the dails
paprr. of thr strikes On thc various rail-
road laiss for higher unee, by The fire
men ana hFpkcmcn, vil mil 70 rccog-
nixe them. and tie scenes Of violence
accompanying them. rs the browning
disgrace 81 this country this year. The
mere statement OF The fact, that AT Pitts
Lafg tbs mob were able to overcome
ihr police and two regiments Of phila-
dclphia military. and burned from S.
ooo0O 10 $5,oQO,00N worth Of property,
Acknowledgements lives, much private
property. aud robbing freight cars OF
their contents. and distributing them
among the crowd, and that At Baltimore
u. = troops We're called ia requisition,
and about 90 persons lost their lives be-
fore order was restored. and that at
harrisburg. Va. and Hornellsyille. NJ.
n. and Newark and Columbus, Ohio.
and Philadelphia aud Meadyille. Pa.
and Seymour. and ~lincennes, Indiana,
and 81. Louis. Mo-, full freight trains,
with their loads belonging 10 private in
dividuals all over the country. were for
chilly stopped, and the commercial bnsi-
OF the country thereby prostrafed. and a
loss necessarily incurred, in the aggre-
gate Of millions OF dollars, win suffice to
show the eaormity OF the crime. This
j. one result Of the hard times brought
about BY tie insane policy Of contract
ing the currency. and endeavOring to
force specie payments. pursued bv the
Radical party. Thanks 10 the strong
arm Of the United States regular army.
and the sober second t~hought.of many
people, the law will al last prevail. after
immense damage has been caused by the
law breakers, and business will Be re-
stunned on the railroads. If every train
has 70 be guarded but will this make il
any better for the incendiaries who in
itiated the strike? The railroad com
panies are q great deal less able to pay
increased wages, with vast property
and business injured, than they were be-
fore and the leaders of these men. an
der any circumstances, will hot be re-
stored 20 their former positions. or at
least such restoration would be only.
temporary.
The principle, too, Of these strikes i
wrong, and gives a few hot-hcaded zeal.
ots The power to throw out Of position \
large number of workmen, who need
their wages daily. and DO not Quit work
until forced to by the organization thcv
have blindly, In most instances. Joined.
In = free country, where an indnstrious
man can always make a living ~ settling
on Government land, and opening d
farm Of his own, there l. no valid excuse
for attempting TO coerce companies Or
men 70 pay greater wages for labor than
they can get the same labor done for by
Others. What would be thought Of i
merchant who, because another mer-
chant sold goods cheaper than re did.
should stand in front Of his rival's house
and knock down every customer who
wanted cheap goods: or should assault
the rival merchant and beat him for
selling his goods cheaper; Or should
burn the house aud property IL lie Gus
toners OF the cheap store? because. for
sooth, he thought the customers were
wealthy, and abe to pay big prices fol-
goods. Such = merchant would soon
disgrace 2 %peniientiary BY bis presence.
and the sentence Of several hundred u
me leaders IN the present riots to long
terms az hard labor, would likely be 4
mercy and a God-sent act OF kindness ~
the mass Of workingmen.