Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-08-16
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EUREKA, New, August Is, 1879.
EDITOR SENTINEL: In your issue of this
morning we find an article headed 1.-THE
strikers Defense. The Objects and De-
signs OF the Coal Burners Association"
AS a preface, permit us to say that the
feeling OF the author is conclusiyely proven
and shown when he speaks Of "strikes."
Now, Mr.. Editor, what are strikes? Con-
hlcts existing between labor and capital.
organizations existing in defiance of law.
and in restraint Of trade. In any we'll or
ganized community these strikers are re.
garded as rioters, disturbers of the peace.
and punished as they Justly deserve by the
law. Who can gainsay this assertion?
And we would like to see the man possessing
temerity sufficient, who is willing To an
prove the action of an organization claim
ing that it is right to defy the law, throw a
peaceable community into a condition of
chaotic disorder, Inc make a call upon the
Governor of the State for troops to protect
honest citizens in the maintenance Of their
rights. The writer speaks of contracting
middlemen. Who are they? Let him
point them out. and not by a sweeping
assertion, which has hardly the merit of
glittering generality, accuse honest citizens
OF wrong. Come to the front, Mr.. Veritas.
and name your men. 1t is perfectly nat
ural that in times of depression and stag
nation Of business, die men, necessarily
disturbers Of the public peace, seek some
plausible excuse to foment other oilers,
hoping thereby to derive a benefit from
the wreck OF the fortunes Of good citizens.
There is a law governing the business on
duet OF all men, viz that Of supply and
1t is said hat the coal burners
have been prosecuted by these " bloodless
monopolies." Please let Veritas give dates,
facts and particulars. Let him point to a
single instance wherein such persecution
exists or has existed. Now to be honest, Mr..
Editor, with our friend Veritas, We intend
critically to resolve into first principles
his propositions. In the outset he claims
that the furnaces would shut down through
the cause Of this coal burners strike,
F" to prejudice the people against the most
sacred right Of the American people, the
right Of free labor, free speech, free
dom Of public meetings, unions, orders or
societies, etc." Bosh, balderdash and nom
sense The writer shows some degree Of
intelligence, but he has committed a grave
blunGer. Who has endeavored to stop
their free labor? Who has tried to stop
their free speech, and who has disturbed
their so-called unions? No one. But one
is certain, and that is that their
their unions and their threats have
commanded the i~nterposiiion of the law,
the law must be enforced regardless
OF labor unions land conspiracies in re-
straint Of trade. Please name the con-
or middleman who has grown fat
opulent. Please indicate the poor
devils who have bcen starved to death I'M
the grinding exactions of the two com
panies who to-day furnish the health and
of this camp. Every reasonable man
knows that the prosperity of the Eureka
and the Richmond Mining Companies
IS the prosperity Of every man, woman and
child in he camp. Is it to be claimed
that in consequence Of the organization of
a lawless band, calling itself a 'sunion,"
that these companies should be compelled
to run their furnaces, do a losing business,
"wish dividends" and all for the
purpose of catering to the whims and
Of al organized mob? No, Mr..
there are other fields of labor.
has hitherto sustained the reputa-
ton of being law-abiding, and its civil Off
GERS have ever been found competent to
the law. Strikes don't pay. Take
railroad strikers and the glass-blowers
at Pittsburg, Pa. What have they accom-
Saddled the community with a
debt which will take years TO remove and
their wives and little ones i'm
poyerished and dependent. Lives have
been threatened and property has
been destroyed, Notwithstanding the as
az .nr fpiau1 ssVarifaa ~ Who
the main body OF the associa-
Joni The writer seems to be one of them,
and knows whereof he speaks. We claim the
fact TO be, that honest contractors have
lost their time, had their property de-
stroyed and their lives threatened by this
"Coal Burners Association" and
that each and every member Of this or
ganization was acting under the advice OF
The majority thereof. Herein consists the
conspiracy, and every member guilty of
such conduct should be held personally re-
sponsible under the law. Your writer
shows the most sublime ignorance, when
be says hat ''the burners main object is
not SO much the question of the thirty
as it is the abolition OF all further
and contractors" Why not en-
ploy the word "exterminate' in lieu OF
abolition" Veritas' good sense will come
10 his rescue. Who is going to join the
The Eureka Consolidated, or the
Richmond, or both? Why, they are soul
less, and would nave no voice at the meet
.ngs of the Union. What are the mer-
,hants doing here? Helping the furnace
companies, or the poor devils whom Neri-
tas claims are starving to death in eonse-
luence OF the unreasonable exactioDs of
The so-called bloated monopolies who to-
lay are doing everything in the world for
the benefit and welfare of the camp. Let
he public judge; we are content to abide
by the decision of the public. How can any
association claim as their motto 'we want
abolish all further contracts 7" Can
you stop the sun from shining or the wind
rom blowing?
The row and trouble about Alpha has
not been magnitied nor exaggerated.
Property. consisting Of over 1900 bushels
Of coal, was scattered all over an area OF 20
acres. Armed rioters threatened the lives
of those who wee peacefully AMI lawfully
engaged in the care and transportation OF
their own property. The Coal Burners
or any single rioter thereof,
bad no right under heaven to interfere
the hauling of this coal, to cut sacks
open, or to keep the same On the grounds
to the detriment Of the owners thereof.
''Veritas" is exceedingly funny in his
conclusions, when he speaks of cheese and
as opposed to guns, bullets, &c,
we imagine his leyity will not be appre-
by the better class of Italians, who
understand the meaning OF
this slur against their countrymen.
Cheese and macaroni !" "Veritas," you
have put your foot in it. Your sympathy