The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-02-29
LABOR TROUBLER,

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The wires are pgan burdened with ac-
counts Of strikes, Discomfort and spirit Of
enmIty against capitalists ara dominant
among the laborlng classes with almost the
same force and unanimity "a In the nemora-
BILE labor strikes Of 1870, In tho North, the
East and West, this discomfort h cropping
out to an alarming extent but II Is noticeable
that In tho South these labor troubles md
public agtationS have no sympathlors-al
least they have not come to the surMce
m yet, While we deplore this
state Of affairs for tho general good Of the
country, yet II Is gratifying to BIO able 10 snJ
that our immediate section Is poaceable'
Laborers here find plenty of work to dc,
and they are rcmuncrated as fairly md freely
rs any others Of our population. Tho first
question uppcrmost In tho public mind re-
garding these unfortunate disturbances Is rs
10 tho cause. In some instances number
of good anl just causes no doubt
prompted tho Disconnected workmen
to insist on having their peculiar wrongs
rightod, but the general cause In our opinion
Ia that tho resumption Of al branches of IN
dustry having increased tho cost of living,
and tho sons of toll not being particularly
benefited by an increase in wages over that
of anto.pnnic prices Business booms
brought about by various causes, principally
by good harycsts, produced general loosen
Ing of purse-strings, extensive Investments,
etc., MI of which was good for all CLASSES,
excepting those who were dependent
upon labor for their daily broad, for TINT
bread increased In price, while the wages for
labor did not. This We say Is perhaps the
principal cause FOR those who aro iustilIably
Disconnected. In SAn Francisco, however the
blatant mouthings ofhe sNnd-lot agitators arc
or ought to be disgusting to the intelligent
working man, because there Is more Of u
morbid sentimentality Mt the bottom of their
dangerous and in0emmNtory mutterings and
threats, than genuine ground for complaint,
What matters il If the Chinese are an obs
jectionable element in their midst That
fact does not justify threats of assassination
and tho torch. Their communistic COM
plants inspire nNught but contempt II the
laboring classes Of San Francisco have
wrongs TINT ought in justice to be rshtcd,
they should, Mt lenst, preserve
their. manhood md their dignity, md
torego giving vent to their bad passions.
Success for their cause can never be obtained
until public sentiment is won over to their
own side, and That cannot be done by such
conduct MS they have been guilty under the
leadership Of the blackguard Keorncy during
the past few days, accounts of which are re-
cited in our tccgraphc columns. Even in
the days of general suffering aud
distress incident to tho stagnation in all
branches of industry succeeding the panic of
1873 along and up to within few
months past, the labor element in the South
was the most tranquil of any section of
country and we do not believe that
now, should the STRIKES of the dis
contented artisans and lNborers of
other sections of the country come
this way, that other than common sense and
fairness will prompt the actions Of the In
borers and artizans of the South. They have
no sympathy to offer 'o-called workingmen
guilty of such conduct as endangers the pub
lie peace and so iety in general, such con-
duct as that of the sand-lot crowd of the Pa.
life slope.