The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-26
MIR. Pulitzer and His Friends.

| The World. whose promptings to murder
| were so quickly accepted by the Homestead
| strikers. and by ALEXANDER BEHKMAN, de-
| tends both. although. of course. it doesn t
dare to defend BERKMAN directly. 1t says
that Mr.. TRICKS attitude toward his
former employees has been harsh and I'M
compromising. but still he ought not to be
murdered; and nobody but wretch
would applaud" BERKMAN's illustration OF
the Worlds ethics. In the same number Of
the World in which this hypocritical remorse
for its own crime occurs. we find this ex-
tract from remarks made at a meeting In
Youngstown, on Saturday. by the notorious
Burgess MCLUCKIE OF Homestead:
II certainly have reason to feel any sympathy
for FRcK and am not sorry 10 hear that he has been
shot. as he Is now suffering some OF the honest
toiers did at Homestead from PsKERToS bullets tred
at his dictation."
We don't know whether MCLUcKrE u.s.
like HUGH O'DONNELL. one of the Worlds
regular staff, body which includes or has
included even more gifted persons,
but he is evidently a diigent disciple:
and it has not yet occurred to him that
murder by or for the supposed benefit OF
labor organization is not a glorious deed;
and he will undoubtedly be surprised to find
that for the moment Mr.. JOSEPH PULITZER
will not grant a civic crown to ALEXANDER
BERKMAN. 1t will take Mr.. BERKMAN
but moment to understand that while
Mr.. PULITZER's pocket beats warmly for in
element to murder its action is necessa-
rily retarded by tho fact that in this COM
munity at least murder is not regarded as
duty and consequently Mr.. PULITZER
cannot DO rs laudatory as he would like
to be of the assassination Of Mr. FRIcK
But Mr.. PULIrzER'S disciples understand
him, and from their more ingenious minds
the truth drips out. We have already
quoted McLUCKIE. Tho Times reporter at
Pittsburgh quotes a workingman as say
ing: Served him Mr.. FRICK] right to be
shot by Il Russian jew" This is accurate
enough as reflection OF the Worlds opin-
ions, but not entirely accurate in one point.
Mr. PULITZER is not Russian. but n Hun
garian Jew. To tho honor of his race and
religion. he denies them both.
And now let us turn from BERKMAN to
tho other pcaceablo spirits dear to the
World. "On Friday" says the leading arti-
clio from which we have already quoted. ian
address was issued by the Advisory Commit
tee pledging the men TO legal and peaceful
methods only. And there was and Is no
reason to suppose that 1t did not reflect the
views OF the leaders"
The legal and peaceful means employed
by the Homestead strikers under the
Worlds Instructions havo been changed
since the coming OF the Pennsylvania mi
ltia. Tho legal and peaceful method OF
serving notice on tho employer with burn
ing oil and dynamite and Winchester rifles.
has necessarily been modified for the mo-
ment. At present brutal beatings and
threats OF violence or death are the peace
full and legal means which Mr.. PULITzERs
Homestead humanitarians are using for the
purpose Of warning OFF non-union men. On
Friday. MCINTOSH. carpenter looking for
work, was decoyed of and kicked into in
| sensiblity by n posse Of these peaceable
| and legal defenders Of striker sovereignty.
| Another illustration OF the same peaceable
and legal methods is given by the Times re-
| porter at Homestead:
AN aged woman called at tho provost msrshars
tent at o'clock with complaint Her son 10 an as
Ssant Superintendent Cory and desires return to
work. Half hundred strikers have waited upon him
and threatened that. should he attempt to return he
would be bsaten. His mother called upon Col GREENE
| to ascertain what could bo done.
| The Colonel directed her to see the Sheriff The
Sheriff IN turn informed her that warrant must be
obtained information from the BurgssS Witch at
| this stage OF the game. IncNns nothing
~ value the life OF boy too highly to have him