Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-07-09
DAILY POST -IATELuGHcER



Il auueam vary issssh ~ II the strik'
ing lron ossrstivas at CisEsiaed vsrH
nakine fools 81 themselves. Thar pro
ossdsnes have bean hieh-handed m tss'
extreme. The paopls Of the Urite<l
esaaes have axFissd ct peiHt where
sEey are inclined 10 sympasoiza visfl
strikinr laborsrs shsn skeir sesisns Ar''
eovsmed, evsa 20 the sliRhtess tiegrss'
b. reason. Eight sesrs aes The stopptrsI
AZ trains by sfrikins railroad employ
60 vss Regarded ~ 80 intclsrskde M
TRACTION of the Iss'. and the Trains strs
moved at en- anermo0s cost. Mani
iixss vsrs lnst ssd millions Of dollars
worsh Of prop.9ty vss destroyed, but
shs trains were uasyed. A fes Hlonsha
seo trains we're agsin stopped By strIk'
era. and the psIblis good natufedly 81
loved traffic 10 Be interrupted snsil ne
vorkusn had gained thsiS point. THIS
differences In ths msth0as Of DEALING
vish he tuo railroad ssrikas-that Of
1871 ana that of Dsss indicates the
yast change shieh has taken pises 70
publis opinion 10 regard 70 strikes and
strikers. Tbo authorities nov treat dis+
satisfsd workmezi with the greatest
lsuisncy. Eiolsnee 90 the part sf ssrik-
am Il seldom inst with vislsnce 20 Ione
AZ shsss 10 possibility OF restoring
quist In any other way.
whsn the operatives in factory are
aissat,sasd and rsfuss - work, they rs
usils hare tho syurathy Of ihe CONNIE
nifty la whish thsy live. IL the miii
ownsrs snpisY foreign operatives 10
supply tho piaess Of their striking en-
pIoyesa, ard tho strikers preyeai them
frem vcskire. sysi, BY riot and blood
shed, public sympathy In most GASES
ssiIl remains with the strikers, although
IL u admitted that they are 'ioiatins
the Lag. "Saili," people argue, the is1
Of necessity ID higher than any human
law. ThAas men mnst work or starss
The oniy work Of which they knos
anything IL The manufacturing of-ss'
ssssl rails. Thsy are unwilling 20 MAX
sssss rails for the wages edersd, ant
thar strike. Ths mill owners hiI tkea
places wish foreign born pauper labor
srs. II shis is allowed the strike sil
fail and The strikers viii siarse. TIE.
rsaiizs thia. ~ shsS pssssnt the fofsigl
hampers from working. even u ths
mcss break The lars in doing 20. IN
strikers are oar fellow eisazsns- The
have fsmiIia to support. with the fo'
elm Isbcrsfs ve have nothing IN CON
mon. Thsy have neither wives nor fan
iliss. We must pardon the strikers
they break tho laws and offsnd aixains
shs peaos OF sooIssy." After sach
sourss Of rsai,oning, Ia IL any wonds
thas the sympathy Of tho people remain
with the strikers. even when b. violenc
tAey prevent ether wofkmsn from sak
sng che plscsa which they have vacated
The Cleveland strikers, however, q
further and 10 doing 30 they Feach
point - whiub public sympathy eanno
accompany thsm. They NO. only refus
70 work themselves and rsfass to alios
others 10 work in their places, but the
compel workman Ia other factories 4
cease work. although ihs latter do no
isfsrfsre with them or their plans h
slightess degree. such proceedings eai
be prompted BY no motive deserving O
sympathy os suppOrt. The worsnsei
whom they have compelled TO ceaa'
eorkine we're nus foreigners or inter
Iopefs, hes fellow lAborers. No leRiti
n,ats or proper motive could have
prom pted the strikers, and IL is pfoba
bic that their acsioni was the rssalt OF
nothing mors than q desire for disorder
and anarchy, Indeed. the red aaG
Which lilo strikers are said 10 have dis
played Indicates pretty accurately Sha,
kind Of men ihey are. They ere eyi.
dently not Amefican vorkmsn. paaeea-
BILE and law-abi,iinls. bat firm In the a.
ssrtion Of thsif rights. They ara con-
tract lahorers from the most degraded
people Of Europe. thoroughly impree-
nased with ausrehism Aad the srudei
and mere unreasonable ideas of social
ism. sash men should net be dealt
with a. ordinary strikers. They shoald
be mot with fcsse. the only arsrnens
which ihsy can appfsosata.