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The anarclistc press unfolding the riot
ers' seizure y! the CARNEGIE property may
get clearer view Of the truth. if they will
consider reversal Of the circumstances at
Homestead.
In Homestead many Of the wOrkmen. we
believe. own their homes. Just as Mr.. CAR
NEuIE owns the mills. Suppose that tho
members OF the company. Communicating
the workmcp, had seized upon these
houses. the property OF their employees.
and had sworn that il the latter
refused TO agree to their terms. they would
keen possession # them ia defiance Of law:
and that the Sheriff. seeking to restore the
houses to their riEl;ful owners. as ne WAS
bound to do. had been turned away with
threats Of violence and his proclamation
against riot torn down.
Would not the CARNEGIE Company have
been damned by the vote" o: every honest
citizen OF the UIitol States Would not Tie
entire press. Grpraved and honest decent or
anurci..stic, blind or farScciu.;, fanaticai or
sober. have let loose its denunciaton
upon the outrage. upon this atroroUs
Invasion OF tho rights OF property
and individual liberty? Would not the
po!troon who prcsides rs Governor over
tho stat" OF Pennsylvania lave sent the
entire military of the state by the first train
to see that Justice was done il Homestead
Il Suppose tho Homestead employees them
selves. after an attempt by the authorities
to vindcatc the iaw had failed, had march
cd to the doors OF their homes and de-
manded entrance. aud. upon being threat
enod with tho guns OF tho company. Ind
defended themselves with fury. Would not
every man with a sparl, of spirit In his
heart have said that these lockcd-out owners
were fighting IN defence Of the first prnci-
pie OF civilized society. lighting for their
sacred and ina!.enabe rights?
There is no need OF asking such ques-
lions. or course they would. Yet this same
course OF action. with the actors changing
sides. is what has been seen at Homestead.
and which has received at least for time
the rabid viiication Of certnin news
papers which thought they could make
dollar out OF it, and OF misguided working
men who have handed over their judg-
mont and their loyalty to law and lib
erty to the keeping OF venomous and
demaRogical leaders.
terrible outrage has been committed
~ Homestead. and on every spot where
these ortrages have been sustained. Mr.,
4 CAnNEGIE's money or personality has moth
ing TO do with it. Ae may be the Devil
HIMSELF but even tho Devil must have his
duo. Stand by tho right
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Tho Tariff Isn't In 1t.

Our valued West Virginia contemporary.
tho Wheeling Register. still thinks that we
are now engaged in an ordinary canvass,
such as we have seen many OF. prepara-
tory to electing a new President.
1.-THE tariff. too." says our contemporary.
sis great ISSUE" We do not deny that In
other elections the tariff has been a great
issue: and we presume that 1t may be i'm
portant In elections that are to come; but
In the election Of 1892 the tariff Is of no i'm
portance. and We may in truth say 1t plays
no part at all.
The supreme duty Of this canvass and
this election Is to beat the Force bill and
Negro Domination: and that Ia a duty in
which Free Traders and Protectionists. how
ever radically divided In economic Ideas
and convictions, can join heartily and
earnestly In performing.
Moreover. 1t Is q duty Of such moment
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| the glorious doctrine that the employers
property belongs to the interchangeable
employee, and should dare to usc force
against tho sovorclgn and most warlike
Amalgamated despotlsm OF Homestead,
what a noble task or recreation to kill
Off the milltinmen ! What is the militia
but a gang OF hireling assassins whom
used for tho Infamous purpose OF protecting
tho property OF employers who maliciously.
wickedly. and contumaciously refuse to pay
such wages as their workmen exact. and
manifest In other ways q spirit Of insub-
ordination to their employees Having
shooting picnic Is much moro joyous than
working. Besides, the sacred right OF the
workman to bulldoze his employer must
be maintained at all hazards.
So tho United States now sees armed
tributary powers in tho East and West and
South ready 10 furnish allies to tho central
despotism ut Homestead. In Chicago the
Carpenters Council and tho rest OF tho
building trades have decided that the best
thing to do is TO organize military bodies"
Meanwhile "wo will thoroughly arm tho
men and constantly drill them until they
become familiar with the handling OF
rifles" says the Secretary OF the Chicago
Carpenters Council. II am thoroughly in
earnest" says Mr.. HUGH MCCORMICK.
State Organizer of tho Carpenters Council.
when / say that tho labor organiza-
tons Of Chicago should send an armed
body TO Homestead to protect the strikers
rights" Tho strikers rights. OF course.
IRE the right to perpetual employment. the
right to fix their own CON pcnsation and, In
case OF difference between them and their
employer. the right to seize and hold his
property. keep him and the representatives
of the low out OF 10. and shoot at sight any
persons injudiCious enough to allow them
selves TO be employed as watchmen b. him.
II tho employer is 4 corporation, al tho
worse. rs n corporation is minion OF
Sheol with no more rights than a mad dog.
AS far as that Is concerned. no property has
rights. Strikers rights, strikers law.
striker sovereignty must prevail. Tho
old law Of supply and demand must be
rdllcd by volcys from tho Winchcstcrs
whcrcwth tho war lords OF the militant
labor dcspotism at Homestead have estab-
lishcd and must maintain their power.
"we'vc go, the works. we've got the men.
And we've got the rides, toor'
Suppose the ilustrious Mr.. HUGH O'DoN-
NELL. who seems to DO the Emperor
OF Homestead ut present. should issue n
call for 10000 men armed with Winchesters
to shoot for striker sovereignty! Surely If
he has the right to employ small army.
he has the right to employ greater one.
Obviously he can't enter into the question
of disarmament until the State militia and
the United States Army and Navy have all
been dsbanded.
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An Enemy Of Labor.

The Infamous World calls on tho Demo-
Gratis of the House to suspend the rules
and pass bill reducing tho duties on iron
and on all OF the CARNEGIE steel manufac-
lures at least one-half." THAT" 1t tells
the Democratic majority, would be poetic
justice, good politics. and an admirable on
forcement OF the Homestead object lesson
upon the relation OF high tariffs to lowered
wages"
This pretended friend Of labor wants the
Democrats in Congress to punish Mr.. CAR
NEaIE by declaring themselves In favor OF a
policy to reduce tho wages OF his workmen
far below the scale against which thny
arc now fighting. 1t would make the
Democratic party responsible for a
policy which would shut up all our
iron and steel mills and lock out
many thousands Of operatives. and compel
them to remain out until they wero forced
by starvation to work for less than the
cheapest of tho CARNEGIE workmen.
The whole iron and stecl industry In this
country. whether 1t has Its seat at Home
stead or elsewhere. is dependent on the
tariff which the scatter-brained and anar-
chstic World would have the Democrats In
Congress vote to destroy. 1t is organized
under that tariff. Tho tariff Is essential to
Its prosperity. its very continuance. on the
present scale OF wages. Tho mills can
not sell their iron and steel cheaper
unless they pay less for their pro-
duction. In other words. they must
pay lower wages. Even with the tariff
the margin Of profit Is now so small that
tho manufacture does not pay unless the
| production and sale are enormous. 1t Is q
very small percentage. and home COMPETE
ton tends steadily to mako 1t less. Even
protection cannot save tho producer from
that competition. 1t only helps him against
foreign competition.
IL. then. the producer must meet both
home and foreign competition he must get
down the cost OF manufacture. He
must reduce wages to the foreign
standard. Otherwise he will have to
go out OF tho business, and his
operatives will be without employment.
unless they 60 into other employments and
reduce the scale OF wages In those by rea-
son Of their competition with tho laborers
already there. II the tariff on iron
and steel were reduced by "at least
one-half." Of course they would fall
In price. and not less certainly would the
wages Of the operatives concerned In their
production fall proportionately. Men will
not put their capital into manufactures II
they cannot make fair interest ON 1t. They
will shut up their mills il they cannot run
them without losing money.
This dcmagogical World. this pestilent en-
envy OF labor. would follow the Oriental
method Of Furnishing man against whom
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Order Mt Homestead.

Governor PATTrsoN having at last tardily
and srudglngly determined to do his duty
by bringing out tho troops OF Pennsylvania
for tho rosto,a ton OF order at Homestead.
Che question enters into new stage. ana
official Judgment upon what las already
taken Place there Is clearly. though not
finally. pronounced.
What arc the troops to do at Homestead Z
They are 10 put down tho strikers guards
their rickets, their armed forces, which
they have established around the CARNEaiE
mills. They are TO put tho mills and all the
property hcloaging thereto into the possess
sion of The owners, that Is. the CARNEGIE
Company. They arc to open access to the
mills to nil ,caccabc persons who may
wish to - there. They arc to protect any
watch,ncu, whether hired from P1NKER-
TONS nrrncy or elsewhere. whom the
company may wish to PUT in charge OF tho
property. They arc TO afford protection to
any new mon whom tho company may
engage instead of tho Old workmcn. In
short. they are TO restore tho entire legal
rights W the owners. and defend them by
tho lawful force of the State.
What does tbs change amount to? 1t
amounts TO II total condemnation of all
that has been iono thero by the strikers.
It amounts to u condemnation OF their
shutting up tho avenues ii the town.
and allowing no one TO lnss through
thom who might not be sntsfnc-
tory to their leaders. 1t amounts to
condemnation Of the attempt mad" by the
strikers to prevent the employment OF new
workers in their places and 10 fr!ghlcn away.
or drive away. or murder any new workers
who might e disposed to seek such employ
ment. II amounts. above all. II Il solemn
condemnation Of the dynamite bombs. the
burning oil. and ali the other ntrorious and
horrible methods and Incidents en-
ployod by the stllicrs to destroy the
PINKEEroN men whom the company
brought there b. way OF tho river.
In short. 1t is a declaration that oil the
violent proceedings. all the cruel and fero-
c;ous means of death md destruction that
have been brought into the case. were ille-
gal. uniustiaable. not only contrary to law.
but roptrery to the dictates OF good sense
es well az OF common humanity.
Will the strikers attempt to resist the
forces OF tho State? We trust not What
they have already done has inflicted an in
Jury upon the cause OF organized labor.
whose fatal importance cannot be ovcresti-
mated; and If. they should go further in
their wild and wicked resistance to the law.
the result might 10 the end OF all labor
organizations for many years.
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Words OF Wisdom and Calmness From an
Experienced Democratic Source.

From the N,,e Huren Rtgiarr. JJys
The situation at Homestead is such. and the
humiliation OF tho regular machinery Of gov
eminent is so complete. that all discussion
should be wholly In reference to the present
fact and In disregard OF what led up to 1t. Con-
stderation Of causes must be postponed until
order has been brought out OF chaos. Othcr
elements OF society than those which were d.
rec,ly in the original disagreement have be-
come involved in the conflict. and the rcspon-
stblity for its speedy termination has been
transferred. therefore, to the constitutional
authority OF the State. Something moro is now
at stake than the interest OF tho Carnegie mills
on the one hand and the interest OF the
strikers IKE u, on the other There is tho good name
OF the state OF pennsylvania. and the nation.
and rs we'll. the existence Of sound business
At first tho offer OF the strikers to protect the
property OF the company. together with their
assurances of desired peace. made favorable
scans fair enough but When il is seen that
their real object is. not 80 much to protect the
works works from injury az it is to sec, that tho
taken by strangers. and that there is yielded
to their care,a share Of the responsibility that
no ono else. the first Impression is spcriily
changed into conviction that such II sacrifice
o be permitted any
that provoked the existing situation
rsSs havs hp on tho ,v Mnoe FTns" Of tho
question, on the ono hand. OF tho rights Of the
employed In this and in every other in lance
TO quit work the moment their relations with
their employers become unsatisfactory. We
VIII 60 even further. and yield to them the
right to persuade other men not to take thcir
places But here those rights stop nbrurlr
TOR. on the other hand. their employers arc at
liberty to employ whom they please at a rai,
81 compensation determined upon 10y them.
They have right to stop work when they |
please and the state is under ligati' rs - |
The rights Of the lnlorer cannot To admitted. |
unless the rights Of the employers mr." adj ,
mitted 1T tho same time. for in the recognition |
Of this principle lies all order and law, II j..
to whom has boon entrusted the care OF tho
mills, to Weld 70 the strikers the prrt"tty pro-
We confess to n great deni OF sym pltily with |
the strikers In this contest. for ren- NJ given
In previous comments. but no amount ut sym.
pathy for them Or distrust Of carncG,N should
the demand made of tho sheriff hy tie men
1t is demand that cannot and should not for
moment be considered. Its concessions
would he death kne II to business security and
the FIRST step toward real anarchy.
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you have grudee by committing suicide

you have grudge by committing suicide
on his doorstep.
Free trade. OF course. means lowcr wages.
Tho two go together necessarily. With
FREQ trade all around. however, argue the
free traders. the lower wages would buy
more. Everything would be cheaper. they
say. for the cost Of production would DO
less because Of the lower wages paid.
But to take Off the tariff on one
protected industry without removing 1t
from all is an outrage on the free trade
doctrine. The equilibrium Of the FREQ trade
theorists is not established. II tho law
tends to reduce tho wages OF the Iron
operative by bringing in foreign compete
ton. justice demands that 1t shall put all
other producers In the same boat. so
that everything ho buys shall DO made
cheaper for him. He must have cheaper
rent, cheaper food, and cheaper clothes. If
he gets ono dollar n day instead OF two dol
lars. tho price OF all he buys must DO re-
duced proportionatcly or he Is the
loser. Hence all labor OF all kinds
must 80 down with his. so that
the cost Of production generally may
lie decreased for his benefit. That. In brief.
is the FREQ trade theory. 1t Is low wages.
low production. and cheap prices.
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Moro Important Than tho Election.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: have Just
read your editorial on "A Record of shame
and Danger" and l thank you sincerely for
It Indeed. have read nil Of your editorials
on this Homestead matter with especial
pleasure. for 1t is not often my fortune to agree
with you as do now. Few newspapers have
tho courage that you show In this emergency,
and fewer still have the ability to say what
they dare to say as you say it.
You are doing a work immensely more I'm
portant than electing or defeating man who
wants to be President Yours very truly,
NuTLEY. N. j.. July 10. 1892. II. G. Pnour.
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THE U'ORD ITHITE Il MIS1AKE
Tho President Snys an unint-n;ro,ni Error
Irrni INTO The New Chinc-e Nn.,


Bosroy. July ll.-I'resident Harrison has
written n letter to Butler r. Wits IN. tho we'll
known rolorch lawyer ofthis city. in referonce
to tho claus" in tho Chinese Exclusion act
that th. identity Of a Chinese resident must bs
established BY the testimony Of Il credible
white witness. The President says that he
was assured by Senator Dolph OF Oregon. who
was ON tNa conference committee that framed
IN. mo . hill. that tho use OF tho term
"whitr" was " n mere s'ip in the haste that
characterized the legislation nj the last by the
reason OF tho fact that the expiration OF the
previous exclusion law was near at hand"
Continuing. the President says: The whole
SCOPE OF the legislation shows that there could
have been no purpose to distinguish between
black and white witnesses. | conferred with
the Attorney General upon the subject before
signing the bill. and he agreed with me that
the courts. in view OF these facts. especially In
view o! the amendments to the Constitution.
would so construe this statute as to make no
discrimination between black and white wit
nessrs. In this stat, Of tho ease did not fsol
justified In Withholding my signature from
the BIZ and thus bringing all the restriction
upon Chinese immigration to an end
The President c.oSes his letter by saying
that 1T Is quito proJnhle that an amendment
or Joint resolution. expressing plainly the In
tention Of Congress IN tuis respect. may Do
secured at this se-sion.-'
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WHY RAC7ISE At SANDY HOOK
When Uncle Sam Owns n Perfectly SAT,
Proving Ground In Monmouth Countys

When Uncle Sam Owns n Perfectly SAFE
Proving Ground In Monmouth Countys
Steamship men have been discussing with
considerable interest the accident to the
schooner Henry X Tilton. which was sunk on
Saturday by ten-inch shell from a gun at
Sandy Hook. The schooner was four miles
out at sea when the big shell. weighing 500
pounds. and measuring ten inches in diameter
and i've feet in length. passed through her
hull The vessel sank so quickly that the
crew had not even time to find out Just where
she had been hit
Seafaring mon were considering yesterday
what might have happened II 1t had been
crowded excursion steamboat or an
ocean steamer instead Of tho little schooner
that was hit So many dire possibilities pre-
sented themselves In such consideration that
the calculators were Mortified. Why Uncle
Sam should continue his dangerous practice
In the worst spot possible Is a question to
which satisfactory answer is not easily OBJ
tainabla The argument that Saturdays mis-
directed shot WAS the first OF a thousand to 60
sstray was considered pretty poor excuse by
sailormen. who thought that the possibility OF
even one serious accident ought to have
weight.
The Government owns a long strip OF woods
in Monmouth county. which would be much
safer place for rlned gun practice than the sea
Off Sandy Hook. where thousands OF vessels
are constantly passing. Mr. Vernon II. Brown.
agent OF tho Cuuard line. said that no had fire.
quently thought OF tho danger associated with
the firing at Sandy Hook.
To do the shooting on Saturday OF all days
seems extremely careless" he added. That
no terrible accident has occurred as yet Is
fortunate but 1t strikes me that so long as tho
proving grounds remain where they are the
$50 Ia
Herman Oelrichs OF the North German
LLOYD limo said he had boon surprised to hear
that such practice was INDUCED in. He had
not known that such chances had been takon.
The officers who have charge OF the proving
station are not inclined to underestimate tho
possibility OF danger. Capt Heath who Is tho
commanding officer at the station. went down
from Governors Island yesterday morning to
make thorough Investigation OF tho acct
dent He fully appreciates tho danger existing
In the present practice.
Nevertheless tho Government has continued
to let the tests be made from Sandy Hook. dis
regarding the advice and warnings OF the off,
GERS there. Tho latter are. OF course. power
less to do anything without orders from head
quarters at Washington. and Capt Heath adj
mitted that he would have to keep on firing
hts great guns. In spite OF tho recent exps-
rience. until his orders were changed. Proba-
bly, the political effect OF really serious acei
dent would stir UP the authorities to making
the change desired. Why they should
be SO obstinate at present Is o mystery
Enough timber could be sold from the strip I'm
Monmouth county to pay for tho expense of
moving. No other objection seems to exist
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II Is an Allen Mcb.
from rhs PAiiadriphia Tine.

The lawless thousands who have taken
violent possession Of tho property 81 hoIr am
Very few II any exceptions. Thei- r"volu-
tionary methods and .anarchIcal actions ar"
tions and II Americans dominated the insur-
gents. they would have avoided the utterly
lawless and ineNcusable attitude in which they
have placed themselves.
or tho four or Ave thousand lock ed ont oper-
ativss OF the Homestead works. fully 10 per
cent. asa Observation-Disclosures. HungarlRns.
Poles. &c. Many of them are aliens IN law as
well as In fact and they are strangers 70 our
liberty that is SO wisely conserved by law as
They mislnternret our freedom "a the liberty
OF license; and when they strike or come In
their conviction Of the Justice OF their cause
Variants them In taking violent possession OF
the property Of others and holding It to coeroe
Il u this allen sIsmsat-alisa to the genius
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We were going through Canada. and as coon
as VIZ uGierei III" t.N!"cn's dominions a st
Louis man who was in tbs smoking car with
us began to talk.
IN" rotticoqt government for me-" he was
saying, II waut tn got out OF this country as
quick ms can. ] tell YOU. gentlemen. never
did believe in letticoat government; women
are all right in their proper spheres. but when
1t comes to guvrtnment---"
At this moment the ear door opened, and
through the youme Of smoke O stern -yisaged,
spectarlcd woman presented herself.
;" Is tnat Juu. Hiram. | gIsss you've smoke cd
about en- JLrli Come back into the SLEEPER. 1t
makes me sick and dizzy 10 stay here. Come
hurry Nd, and She held the door open while
she waited.
And Hiram peekly followed her, without .
single protest against the home article OF pet
Hcoat government
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Let Them Dewarei

When the principle Of Free Trade becomes
identified with the cause Of Anarchy and
the destruction OF the right OF property. as
Its leading advocates among us are fran
tically tending to identify it. all thought of
Its continuing to receive serious considera-
ton will have to be abandoned for many
years to follow.
This country Is not ready for such a COM
hination yet. Down with Anarchy Let
law and order reign.
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Shnll Ma dnesS Rule

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-Sir: The ground
you have taken on the Homestead matter is
admirable No paper has rung out such
sound doctrine. There Is faint Of mad
ness getting hold OF some OF the American
people, and we nre hound TO 60 rs old Rome
did II sou nd doctrine is not preached. Thank
God; You have spoken as a brave and sound
thinker. AMOS II, KEILoCn.
SARATOGA SPRINGS. July 10.
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and such urgency that no idea should be
permitted to enter tho canvass which can
have the slightest tendency to disturb tho
force OF absolute harmony among Demo-
Gratis. Let them be united. and stand united
to tho end. No Force bill. no Negro DOM
nation! After that question is settled, the
tariff may be taken up: but meanwhile it
had better DO ruled out altogether.