The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-08-04

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onstrations. He holds that property
is robbery, that there should be an
immediate divide, and that a rich man
is a criminal. He is a tall blonde,
very powerful and muscular, and has
a wonderful influence over the long
haired of his race. Thompson, the
other leader, is tall, dyspeptic
Englishman, who was an agitator in
his native country. He is man of
some eloquenee-of the kind known as
CAB. He can talk by the hour of the
:. rights of man." and the oppres-
sion of labor" with all the rest of
that flap doodle which such fellows
have vexed the world with for so
many years.
At the beginning, Schwab and
Thompson intended to precipitate q
riot, but the Police Commissioners
gave them to understand that they
would be held responsible for any
trouble that might arise, and
they wisely kept their followers
in check. Your ranter is usu-
ally very cautious man when it
comes to himself But they viii go
right along, and organize societies
" for the amelioration of the condi-
ton of the laboring man." and col
lect money and preach Communism,
living the while very comfortably on
the contributions of their dupes. And
then when strikes come they will
keep very quiet in the background
out of range of shot and shell till the
fight is over, when they will emerge
and go through the same process
again. Your professional labor re-
former, like the professional reformer
of any kind, is q most pestilent fell
low. 1t is to- be observed that he
never tries to improve the condition
of the laboring man by the exercise
of the virtues of temperance, hard
work and saving-not he. What he
wants is that the man who has earned
and saved money shall be compelled
to divide it with the man who has
squandered all that he earns, or who
is too indolent to earn any. It is
amusing to hear men in Schwab's
beer saloon, sit by the hour deploring
the condition of the "honest work.
ing man who is starving" spending
the while the money for beer and
cigars that their wives are earning at
the washtub. Suggest to one of these
fellows that he had better go out and
earn a dollar or two, and he would
answer that he was no slave And
he sits and drinks beer and smokes,
consuming in this way money enough
to make him rich if he would save it
and put it at interest.
The rioters don't apparently seem
to know that every dollar they de-
stroy they have to pay in the end.
| The counties, cities and States are
responsible for the destruction of
property, and every dollar burnt will
go into the tax duplicate. They may
think that the property holders will
pay it, but they are mistaken. 1t all
comes out of the labor in the end
the mobite who lives by theft is the
gamer, for he never pays any thing,
but the honest worker deluded into
these movements, will find the bills
charged up to him in the end, and he
will settle them. 1t is very serious
matter. About five millions were de-
stroyed in Pittsburgh, which is about
$32 per head for all the men, women
and children in the city. Rioting is
costly amusement.
The prospect is encouraging. The
enormous crops that cover the West
have been harvested in splendid con-
dition, and some of the produce is
reaching tile city. Currency is going
out from here by the million with
which to move it. Capital that has
long been lying idle is out in active
service once more, and the good effects
are being feltevery where. Up to the
time of the strike, buyers were coming
in freely, and there seemed to be
certain promise of the renewal of
business we have been so long waiting
for. The strike will be of short dura-
ton, and then the great, the generous
tide will set thitherward, and our half