Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-10-30
FALSE FRIENDSHIP.


Mr.. Allerton, chairman OF the COM
mittee representing the combined eEar
Movers. ayowed to the knights OF
/ ,ahor sent from Richmond TO try II
conn romise the differences that he was
for the presence of the
armed PinkertOn men in the stock
yards When asked why he had en-
T0ged their services, he replied that
fbey chad no Sheriff or Governor who
could be depeRded on in ease Of an out
break" This appears to imply. that
these armed men are simply the private
force of the individuals employing
them, and that they are vested with no
legal warrant whatever. If this be so,
these men are themselves law breakers,
and those who have procured Their
presence there must be held capltally
responsible for any murder mllteu
by them, according to the law as re-
Gently declared by the courts OF tiat
city. Certainly nothing could be better
calculated to produce an outbreak IMAM
the turning of the ESTABLISH ncnt where
the lockout has occurred INTO armed
camps, with sentries pacing up and
down in front of their doOrs.-N. \.
Star.
For first class specimen of
nonsense, the above takes the
prize. It's perfectly well known
that if not prevented by force from
doing so, a mob of strikers will
take possession of the premises OF
the concerns struck against, and
keep out any other workmen. Ii
the strike is of more than brief
duration, the strikers always get
vicious and do bodily harm, to
some one. AS rule, city authori-
ties either do not, or cannot, pro.
tect the property of the men whose
employees are on a strike. An
employer, therefore who does n
protect his own prop erty if he can,
is a fool, and deserves to have it
destroyed. The armed men in
the case above, of course had nc
legal authority to do anything en-
cept to keep out intruders, and that
they certainly had right to do.
AS to the presence of these men
being calculated to produce an out
break, that is all folly. 1t is the
publication of such articles as the
above that is calculated to produce
outbreaks, by wrongfully persuad.
ing the laboring man that he has q
right to do unlawful, and brutal
acts. A mob of strikers can beat
and kick a non-union man to death
and nothing is done about it
(They beat and kicked TWO Pink.
erton men so horribly that they
came near dying.) They throw
stones and bricks, smashing win
dows, and destroying property anC
it is all right. They should bt
taught better even lift requires thu
killing of some of them. During
the Spring strikes there were some
instances where the strikers were
properly dealt with, that is, wher
they began their stone and brick
thro wing, they were fired into, ant
the effects of such prompt measures
were invariably very good. II
would be unnecessary to take such
action papers would refrain from
encouraging the laboring man tC
think that he had a special right
to abuse and maltreat anyone not
in sympathy with him. Delegate
Barry of the Knights of Labor
coolly informed the packers in the
recent strike, that if any bloodshed
ensued, they would be responsible
for it. And this. because they
chose to protect their property
from injury or destruction. Labor
is too aggressive and overbearing
and a severe lesson will be taught
them yet, unless they change theil
tactics.