Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-12-03

This movement 10 secure living wages
began last week. We protested against re.
duclion. This was right. We struck.
This WAS our privilege. We persuaded
other men 10 join u, in the strike. Tbs
was lawful. Al That time We had the sym
pathy OF almost the entire city. But when
violent hands were laid upon those who re-
fused TO sirike, and some attempted to de-
stroy the mill to secure our ends. we lost
the goodwill, nnd gained the condemna-
tion, Of onr friends. Shall we make anolh-
er and more fatal blundor? Has labor
ever won success by it's defiance oil the
StnleP What do Pitlsburg, Chicago and
the Hooking Valley teach? What has nl-
ways been The cost OF violence Millions
oil gold aud torrents of blood. What the
result 7 Failure. Shall we plunge again
into this crimson sea OF blood and fire
ms vigorous orator, who makes the
speeches, hut never marches with the
crowd, has tried 10 spur You TO action by
calling you towards, il you refuse to break
the laws and put your lives in peril 'ris
always brnyer TO do right than wrong. In
llils case IL is saier, too. heard once of n
shrewd Yankee who refused to fight duel,
His friends said he would be called cow
ard, and this was his reply: ~ would
rather be called a coward all MY lite, than
be a corpse for five minutes." ("iis head
was level |" exclaims man inifront, and
applause resounds in ali directions) No,
brothers, let us not stain our hands with
blood. Let us commit no deeds of violence
and public opinion will again call for our
rights.
Who is il talks tonight OF anarchy and
treason Who counsels robbery and mur-
Hor Atn In 4 A.. r.
his couniry's good. A hiieling Just as
ready to start strike nj capitals request
rs TO help the cause Of labor. A blatant
insigalor, who orders the Red Flag for
ward, then sknlks in safety, while his poor
dupcs rush mndly on To ruin. Will YOU
choose his counsel? ! tell you that for
turning wrong to right this is the bes, gov.
ernment in all the world. II ia left for
You and me to pass what laws we please.
Eighty per cent. OF all the voters urelwor-
kingmen. Look at the lawful rights nj.
ready gained Tor labor: Imprisonment for
debt abolished. The common school es-
ia ablished. The homestead granted tree OF
cost. A mechanics lien to secure our pay.
Our homes exempt from penalty for debt.
These are but fraction of the poor mans
rights. The humane laws we have, are
pledges for The future. They guarantee Il
peaceful settlement Of our strife with CAPT.
tai.
Let us, then, stand united in this strike
but let us also be as firm as the rock In the
support of the laws OF the land. Let us he
true 10 our manhood, our homes and the
State. Let us seek relief, not with the
bullet, but the ballot. Not revolution, but
arbitration, he our wstchward, and tho air
Will yet ring with cheers of victory
The hush in the assembly, the sobersd
looks upon the isces of those rough men,
show that the manly words of their fellow
toiler have won the full assent of their bet.
ter Judgement. Quietly, by twos and threes
they disperse 10 their homes. What is the
lesson, my friends taught by scenes ike
this ? Thee are serious times. DAYS OF
riot, plunder, torch and murder. In Feb
ruNry-London pillaged. In March-Be.
GUM drenched with blood. In Arril-
our own Fort Worth and East St. Louis
rnvaged by death and terror. Flower
crowned May has come and tonight the
hospitals of Chicago are filled with the dy-
ing victims OF anarchy. What is the duty
OF the hour2 Man nifesly This: Obedience
to law must he enforced Peace and order
must be maintained While statesmen
and philanthropist are Fastening toward
better social system, Capital aud Labor
both mus, stand submissive to such stat
u'es as we have. Law, though imperfect,
mus, be supreme.
In Cuba, in 1867, an American citizen
was wrongfuly arrested by the Spanish
authorities and condemned TO die. lie
WAS led out 10 he shot. A he sat on hi~
c"fn, waiting for the volley, the American
Consul, hastily alighing from his carriage
wrapped around him the Stars aud Stripes
Fire upon that flag if you dare y he
said. They dared not fire, and hi- life
was saved. Round the Rights of Labor
and the Rights of Capital an invincible
government has wrapped the sacrel man.
lie Of protecting law. II the hand of ava
rice dare assault the one, or the torch of
malice the other, let rerhution fall, swift
and dreadful as the thunderboIt.
Thus shall he ushered in that better day
in whose kindly light shall thrive, not
greed but right, not Mob but Luu.