The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-09-03
THE EASTERN LABOR RIOTS.

That is an unfortunate labor war up in
Ohio and Pennsylvania just at present.
A state of affairs where the troops have
to be thrown against the poor, toiling |
masses, speaks savage criticism upon |
somebody. Undoubtedly the enemies
orDemocracy will try to make capital out
of these troubles and Gov. HoApLE Y'S
action IN the premises, but it will be cap
ital manufactured out of an executives
stern discharge of duty.
Strikers have no right to engage in the
destruction of property, or to beat and
murder other men who are willing to
take their places. When possessed of
an honest grievance and bearing it not
riotously, nor aggressively, they ought
to have the active sympathy of every
gencrous-hcarted man and woman. But
when they 90 further and kill and burn
and destroy and say none but themselves
shall work, the strong arm Of the law
must oppose them by such force rs is
necessary.
GOV. HoApLEI has acted with COM
mcndablo spirit in Surveying the field in
person, and his consequent dispatch of
State troops to the scene of action was
doubtless both timely and wise. He
should bo honsred for maintaining the
peace against mobs and rioters.
But those poor, miserable miners
have much to aggravato them, much
that can he sct down in extcnuation
To see the scum, the real, human yer
min of Europe brought over under 1
bonded slavery and placed in thci
r places at prices that would hardly
, daily, buy dogs food, aud they ant
their families turned out to starve, Il
rasping.
LISA suspicion more than probable
q that the operators, the bosses, haVin
\ contracted for villanous ass0rtmen
@ of these lIungarians and Swedes, them
n selves prccipitate the strike of the hor
n ost American laborers by cutting rate
: deliberately below living prices, an
1t then when the latter, in tit of natur,
VI indignation at seeing themselves b,
d trayed by base trick, raise han
4 against the imported solutions, they al
y grabbed by the strong arms of capiti
% and military power and thrown int
y prison pens.
A fearful rctribution must he visitC
upon the party in power in permittir
~ labor, native labor, to reach so dospera
pass, Have the Republicans at an
" time within the past twenty yea
- when they could have done so, eV,
y moved a stop towards restricting or pr
=" venting the introduction of the paup
- labor of Europe, the importation
W. which is the chief cause of tho strike
VI riots and destitntior to-day, amor
~ American born lnborers?
N II the great mass of the people c
'o joyed any benefits from this reducti
no in the wages Of labor and the substit
W ton of foreign slaves, there would
nc some excuse, but the prices of fuel Al
" manufactured articles remain the san
Thousands Of American workingm
Of are thrown out Of work, not to bens
its the general public, but merely to 70
OF the greed OF tho employer and mar
las fscturer, whose profits ara doubled
w halving the pay Of labor.
his Against the honest, healthy, pc
me foreigner who cones here on his o.
,y, msney to identify himself with
,de country as citizen, no man can In
ut aught TO say. Lot him come and let h
In enjoy all the privileges and profits
nee citizenship. IT Is against the herds
,de diseased, filthy paupers, W
de- como on tho moSey advanced III
ent by corporations, and to pay b'
$50 which they bind themselves to l.
Llr slavey { r the company, who breed I
on thence aud know neither decency or
ing tue and form II physical and moral M
dy. ance where they a,e located, that we
In sist should b, kept from the land a
. n gether These are tho people who
irT.rg sgigs-. .y..Ae labor aaa C.