Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-05-06

The American press is condemning In severe
| terms the promoters OF and actors in the Chi
cago riots. The Baltimore American justly
says Every selfrespecting, true American
workingman, whatever be the land OF his birth,
deprecates and denounces murderous bomb
| throwing"
The New York Sun OF to-day says .srhe mis-
creants who come here with bombs and dyna-
mite, and with the avowed purpose of killing
| those who do not please them, should be dealt
with La the sternest and most relentless man.
ner; Ihere Is no room for them In this country,
ana the places they occupy cannot be vacated
100 SOON Up TO the time when these thugs
thrust themselves forward, the labor movement
nad oeen distinguished for It's peacefuness
| the part OF individuals had occurred. but never
before had strikes been conducted on so great
seaie with SO few direct assaults on lie and
property Taking them q whole, the self
control of the strikers has been remark able and
most praiseworthy."
The New York Herald says: "These are stir
| ring times, when every organization should
| boldly announce its position. That at least, we
have right 10 know. The pubIic viii look 10
| This country 10 make plain statement of prin-
| clpies. We believe that they are not contami-
, na.eu oy TINS lurking devil of anarchy; that
bombs. and too intelligent to use the weapons
| OF incendiarism and murder. II this Is true.
then they should say So III they have already
| said SO. then they should say il again SO loud
That the world can hear IL. The country, too
| has a plain duty before il. Violence must be
| put down. AT any cost IL must be put down,
and SO roughly thatit viii no; easily rise again"
| The New York World says: 'will people gen.
| eraiiy recognize the fact that the outbreak at
| chicago was the work of the anarchists who
nave made their foul nest in that city. and that
| their condition have no responsibility for IL?
| Probably not. And in this lies the serious
| lesson OF the riot for the labor organizations,
not IN Chicago only but all over the country.
| Ihey should shun association with these EURO
pean socialists and nihilists as they would avoid
contact with poisonous reptiles. They should
even against the worst OF their supposed
| enemies, in which some of their less discreet
| members are wontto indulge aud which give
| III ana encourigement Ia the anarchists.
lhey should regard strikes an extreme
measure, only To be rescrted TO as last resort
| ana when sanctioned by enlightened public
| opinion
The n. Y. Tribune says: "The rioting that has
| occurred at Chicago and Milwaukee has been
tue work OF foreign anarchists. The of the
| uy mantle bomb at Chicago and the deliberate
attack on the police were the outcome OF the
same Ioreign socialism. The men who have for
months been preaching sedition, arson and
massacre are not Americans probably not citi-
zens OF the United States, but rutliaus who
| were driven out OF their own country because
society could not tolerate their criminal doc
trlnes. Only the sharpest and sternest applica-
| tion OF force can he employed against them,
therefore. They must be put down with the
strong maud; with the hand OF the American
people, whose enemies they declare themselves.
III Is evident that the crimes melted and COM
| United by this element are In no way con-
necled with the lawful efforts OF American
worklngmen to improve their condition. But
American labor cannot afford 10 let IL be be-
ileved that Ii sym pathizes in the remotest man.
ner with anarchi,m.'
| The Philadelphia Times says: "These anarch-
lists are alien To our citizenship, our Institutions
our laws and our homes. They are as much AZ
war Win the American citizen OF foreign birth
as tney are with The native born. Taey are the
hideous spawn OF foreign despotisnl and they
seem Incapable, even IN a land of freedom of
learning anything but the anarchy they iu-
voked against oppression abroad. They are
iaief> az itatofs anu piunderers, aud they lay
the band OF death upon every industrial orga nj
zaton With which they can present even the
| sembIance of cooperation. Chicago and Mi.
waukee Jailed In plain, imperative duty when
thelr authorities did not promptly suppress at
| any cost, the first outbreak OF the murderous
| anarchists When their orators advised that
| the torch be applied to the shops and Yards Thai
refused their demands they should have been
pfoinptl! arrested ana taught the value of abor
| Dehind PRISON bars, anu when they rafded
breweries and assailed peaceable workinymen
| ana the police who protected them with deadly
| missiles and weapons they should have been
shot In their tracks until they bowed to the su.
| prefnacy OF the law. Anarchy has no footing
| among American citizens, whether native or
| Iurei,u born.'
The Baltimore San says: "The Chicago
| riot, which resulted in serious loss of
| LIE, is SO clearly the outcome of Euro
| pean ideas that it ought not To be charged
| against amy organization OF American mechan-
| les. We have SO often cautioned our readers
| against the fatal folly OF listening To teachers
| who land upon our shores nlied with comm.
nistic and uinilistic ideas and methods that we
| can but repeat twice-told tale in say ing once
| more that they have no place in this country
| where the constitution and laws and all the
| machinery To execute and admin ter both are
| the work OF the people themselves, their pride.
| their glory aud their best hope. When Amer.
| can workmen asSail the law and trample be-
| meath Their leet the agencies by which the pub.
| lie peace and order Ia be preserved IN a
| almost as IL they had broken into their own
homes and destroyed the objects of their dea =.
| est affection. Bad. therefore, as the Chicago
outbreak surely is, IL Is some relief 10 mud that
| the 1ncendiary counsel, written and spoken
| which caused the death OF officers OF the Lar
| and rioters alike was the work of "A foreign lie.
| ment which il were well Ior Americans to re.
gard as the worst guided that could possibly be
| set before Them
The Philadelphia Press says: "The stain of this
| bloody crime in Chicago does not rest upon any
American name or inspiration. 1t springs WHOLLY
| from "A pestiIent brood OF socialist yIpers who
| are much the foes OF honest labor as they are
| the enemies o. general society. They are the
| men who fauut the red flag, who preach a cru
| SADIE of dynamite aud communism aud who
revel in the Lurid rhetoric OF blood "A nd "a rcbv
| They care nothing about the real interests of
| labor, and the movement TOR shorter hours is
/ only the occasion and not the cause of their
mob violence. They have for years been preach
ing the incendiary doctrines which have cul-
| minated in this bloody outbreak, and the trans
| cendent crime OF their riot is their attempt TO
| involve and implicate the body of workingmen
| in their infamy. There is but one way TO deal
| with these miscreants, now that they have over
/ stepped the law, and that Is the sharpest and
sternest They must be taught by the mosl
| rigorous measures that, however tolerant the
American people have been OF their wild aura.
| rian talk, when they advance from empty
threats to violent practice they will be prom pty
met by the resistless force of the government.
| and, ii necessary, at the point OF the bayonet
The promptest and the most vigorous method
| is the most mercifuL"
| The New York Graphic says: 'eThis concise
| summary OF the riot shows how fierce and
desperate Is the mob spirit among the banded
| socialists OF the western metropolis, and how
necessary 1t is to teach them an impressive
lesson before they can apply the torch to prop
common sense or discretion. they would
promptly hang the glib-tongued scoundrels vino
| preach incendiarisn and assassination, 1T ia a
| glorious death to die like hero rather than be
starved TO death Oh 90 cents u day. said n
archist Fielden, but We do not note the name of
Fielden, or spies, or Parsons, among the list of
killed and wounded. They were merely smiss-
ing like Mr.. Most. When these 1iatulent frauds
have excited their dupes 70 murderous reckless
ness, they themselves discreetly stink to the
rear and get under cover 50 TO be able TO take
up q fresh contribution. We have q number of
| them in New York city, aud We surmise that
| they will keep very still tongues in their mouth
| just now. The public temper here is not of n
quality to tolerate anarchist speeches or anarch-
| list methods at present"
The Philadelphia Record says: ssOf one
thing these exotic breeders of anarchy in our
large cities may rest assured, and that "a that
| there is not spot in this land in which they
will be permitted to triumph over public
order. The experience of mankind has shown
| that the masses OF the people prefer the re-
pose OF despotism to the violence Oh anarchy
but the people Of this country will tolerate
| neither despotism nor anarchy. When the
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