Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-02-04
DAILY POST-IRTELLlGENcER
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EVIL amENs.
Evs-y feV days the discovery . rs .
q, CHICAGO. in Pittsburp. IN tie Hook
ing yalIey, or In sons other labor ee1isT u
that hands Of met. with svoSed So
eiAlistie principlss. ara srIins aud dri'sr
ing. The sxissenos Of sscs = move
usut in the Hooking valley has o@sn
vs;l known for the psss fe~ months
and the acts Of vsolenee COMMITTEES ~
she unemployed min@rs 10 that TFetet's'
region kave been generally regarded - -
nsshtue more than preladss 70 s'iii
GREATER atrocities % sa committed u u 9
.sar suturs. In New FORK city also
urooouneed Socialist sg'iiaieFs have De q
aiIovSd 70 hsrsngas the people ah''l
they opllec.sd aFound them band OF
hslisvsrs and followers Even within
the mast few days this faction hss give D
the uolIes serious trouble, and that Il .
oap.ble Of giving great deal more
cannot be doubted
while IL 10 doobsbsss true tnsi Tie
p,insip.ss Of the enemies Of social or
DER. be they kuown a. NthilistS, Com
munizts OF Socialists, can EsveF obtain
q Arm foothold in America OF Be ffI
loved By any considerable portion 81
the population, there u caasa Tor real
anxiety in shese evidences 81 la~iess
INSPIRATION, which from time TO san
h1nou,e manifest. The riots OF isii aFe
sufssseutly fresh In mems minds to
eause fear at the thought OF simi1Ai
auheMval. Those riots are not, 81
nsyer uill be, Thoroughly understood
A Sudden and aneoBtToIIabls dissA''s-
faction seized uTon tie wofkina
Glasses, and spread almost 10 DAY
through half q dozen States. lhefe
uss no concerted action, no purpose
NO common head 10 the m0vemsnt
bat in every town and city lIt'i'
group of maleontsnts would c'mmsno'
ooerutions by stopping factories or IN
serfering with tbs rpHning OF tfains
A vorktngrnsn in shis way beeam'
idle, many OF them vent TO swell tn
numbers Of the rioters, and others, b
lingering about the scenes OF excite
nsnt from mere curiosity. gave 10 10
nobs much more formidable appear
ance than they would otherwise haV
had. For three days this spirit OF rio
staIked from the Atlantic TO the hissis
sippi. In dozen eities lives we're los
ana property vas destroyed. Tn
States proved unequal 10 the emeI
eenoy, and the National Governmen
vas called upon for aid. Tsen only
when they were brough, face TO fac
with regular soldiers, representing I'd
authority of the Nation, did the riotef
daaperse and affairs return TO thsi
usual peaceful channel.
IL, then. the movemsnt Of 1877, with
cut preparation, unprecedented, ain
less and without leader. assumed pre-
portions 20 formidable, and for a tin
almost threatened the safety Of ID
Government, What should be exfsciei
from q similar movement embarke'
npon after long preparation, led b
ahrexd and designing nIen, aud PARTED
pM.ed In by all tss idle and tho lawles
classssl Even IL IL be true that Social
issie principles can never hnd man
followers in America. the same men wh
did the rissiug in 1877, would riot agai
with Just as little Thought Of Why she
did 90. There are many hungry men !
The United States 90 day, aud hunRr
mon do not reason;-they act, and th
more violent the action, the create
seems 20 be the relief. Give she hungr
man q rife and be In likely 10 fire u
wishou, much thought Of whom Oh
ballet will hit. There Is in the cOuntr
an impatient band Of miserable schem
err. who are dissatisfied with order an
peace. and who hope for advaniae
through tamult Of any kind. They hav
nothing 10 lose; everything 30 gain
Reckless, and many OF them fanatics o.
tho subject Of Socialism, they would b
glad, FIRST 10 stir MP strife, and then &
head the thoughtlesa men aroused b
their dangerous sophhstfy. Ii there n
danger 20 the peace Of the Nation whel
these two classes exist side by side
With lhittssn par cent Of the working
men Of this country out Of employment
will there not DO found thousands VIII
viil folisv those uhs lead them 10 pill
lage and DESTROY
Hafely, the near future does not prom
iss smooth sailing. That there will b
any uprising no serious IS 10 reall,
threaten the existing order Of thisgs
no thoughtful man viIl admit. Bu
that there h great probability Of pop
nlas uprisines, riots and ugIheavais Il
the larger cities, cannot be denied
u 10 yell 70 be prepared for event
which seem too sartay 70 be about b
transpire. and 10 can DO no good 10 pres
with eyes tight closed into the future
Al Indications point TO repetition o
the riots Of isI7 on n. larger scale. an'
in o manner more serious 10 the Nation
Tue end, Of course, viii be the tFiamPl
Of social order, bat there will be raucl
70 ~ through before that end Is reach
ed. II the year 1855 passes vithoa
serious and prolonged labor troubles h
the United States, all ordinary signs shall
have failed.