The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-03

it directly. AS far as private rights are COM
cerned 1t makes no difference whether the con~
spiracy exists an Interstate railroad or on
one wholly within the limits of State the fed
eral courts can act in either event--Chicag0
Tribune.
In every State the Knights of Labor take on
a local color and claim to commit the entire or
der to each local interest. This cannot continue
without destroying the influence of the order as
whole. 1t is fatal to the organization
Francisco Chronicle.
Mr. BEEcHER vehemently denies that he
sought an appointment for his son, but the cir
cnmstances under which the appointment was
made may require the usual affdavits to prop up
thedeniaL A wise man will hesitate before tax
ing issue with a systematic array OF circum-
stances.-St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
WE fully sympathize with the indignation
meeting held last night in Albany. and hope that
the example may be promptly followed all over
the land. that. once and forever, the limits OF
treason may be definitely. sharply, and satsfac-
torily drawn, for the benefit of traitors as well
as loyal subjects Natonal Republican.
WITH the labor troubles orce settled, trade
would revive Immediately. season or pros
perity such as the country has not known for
years would come; and il the workingman were
patient and polite, he would get his full share OF
the benefits which would accrue from it; he will
be the chief loser by the delay in this revival.
Denver Republican
THE men who are fercely demanding the
elghthour fashion In all vocatlons should ref1ecr
that what suits one style of business may be alb
solutely ruinous in its effects on another. Tight
pants may be adornments on symmetrical legs
but there are legs with which tight pants are alb
sOlutely lrreconcllabe. There must be adapra-
bity in the labor schedule as we'll as in the tail
ors fashion plate.-St. Louis Republican.
The signs of the times point plainly to the
people in this country taking an aggressive atti.
tude toward law-breakers or toward those who
can get their own consent to encourage law
breakers. There never was time when those
engaged in good causes needed to be careful
as to the methods employed. There can be no
compromise with those who do not or cannot req
ognize the rights of individuals and the powers
OF the law.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
In many departments of labor the eight hour
system is impracticable. In others the demand
cannot be acceded to without making the busi-
ness unproftable Manufacturers place
cannot yield to it without surrendering their
trade to rivals in other places, and there is no
such cohesion among workmen as would enforce
it throughout the country. Business must
conform to conditions which inexor-
able and which capitalists cannot disregard IL
they would.-New York Times.
INChicago the entire railroad system was block
AIDED in order to drive out of employment seven
men-thousands against one. The non union man
is becoming figure in our country. He deserves
protection He hungers as do we He too, has
a wife, and child and home HIS necessities arc
great or he would not seek labor under the cir
cumstances He is an industrious man. He Is
a law abiding citizen--an American citizen
claiming and entitled to the protection of Ameri-
can laws.-Louisvile Courier-Journal.
UNCERTAINTIES may as well realize, first as
last, that they can accomplish little by appeals
to Congress. They must rely upon themselves.
If they so dull as not to see that their hopes
depend on their thorough organization, and upon
implicit obedience to the laws which they frame
for their own government, they are in a bad
way. All the commissions and arbitration courts
in the world will not save them from being the
victims of injustice at the hands of corporate
employers San Francisco Chronicle.
UNTIL the labor unions deprive strikes of this
HAWKES. character they will not command pub
lie sympathy, and a strike will be regarded as an
effort to secure an advantage TO a few persons
at the expense of the rights of the whole COM
munity. The number of those who are asso-
ciated in labor unions is inconsderable in COM
parison with the great mass of people, and the
peace, and order, and confidence which the
action Of this small minority disturbs essen
tial 10 the daily livelihood of all who Lively
wages, who are the great majority of the people.
-Harper's Weekly. 4
THE great majority of laborers, liz. 900, O0c Of
men and women who have chosen not to join
any labor organization are to-day threatened,
as they have never been threatened BEFORE by
alittle minority of 100000 persons, who assume
to dictate both to all employers and to all labor
ers, and they deny the right Of any worker to
This dictation is only empty and laughabie until
it is supported by violence and the boycott.
Therefore, violence and the boycott must be
suppressed, that American labor may remain
free.--New York Tribune.
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