The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-09-16

Tho area OF storms Is extending
and the labor situation Is daily be
coming more and more complicated
Il is useless for men 10 say that lhio
is fortuilous, ard will pass AWAY as
summer cloud. There Is too much o.,
it, and il portends far more than tn,
most Of people are do,irOus Of lOohlnH
sQuNroly in the face, During tho las
week the situation has not materially
changed in and around Homestead.
There Is no real and successful work
bcin. done by tho tarnegie company,
All that is done Is like action In war.
IL il done at u tremendous oSpendl-
luro OF both timo nd money, Tho
struggle has continued long enough
to demonstr tc that either there arc
no spare competent wOrltmen 10 be
found, or that there Is somo mighty
aud occult force sufficiently strong TO
urullWIllo all tho powers that hereto
iuro have been considered lrreslstn-
bic. lrck has M armed fortress. 10
Is hllcd wlh all tho munitions OF war.
! mere mc probably within IL 100 mon
whose only business 10 To light, IL
! Las tue law, tic courts, tho pOlite.
the civil officers, the militia and
money II has The subsidized press,
the telegraph, tho railroads, the con-
rrcss aGl both tho republican and
| democratic parties TO hulp run those
mills. luxe all these away and give
the AmulgumuLed asBOclntiOn llie'
terms which they demand, VIZ, Tho
| siding scale Oh tho basis Of B2l for
steel biIets, ana binding on both pnr-
tics until uuly J. 1880, ana mo Carne-
! gle mills eau run.
The mine troubles have opened
afesh IN Tennessee There IL is free
| labor struggling against The convict
lease ~ slcw Tho vUst con binat on
| controlled ny democratic senator
| Brice and others OF his kind is trying
to supplant tho FREQ labor Of the iron
/ and COni mines with tho uOnViCts from
| the pcnrcuL'ary. A worse place
never existed outside Of tho Barbary
! galley pts. This has been endured
/ lhti human nature can endure IL no
| lOnger. The turving miners have
lOrn GCwn Inc slocHades, rs bad and
vile ns hndcrsOLvillc, and loaded the
cOuyicts On cars and sent them 10
| Nashville. Tho only force at arms
that can cope with these desperate
miners is the militia Of Tennessee,
and they do no, hasten to the fray 10
| they did year ago.
an all hell is secthing around the
railroad ynrds in LuIfalo The SWITCH
men Of the LGhigh roads are out on a
strike. rho men ;sfGd for u read
! iusrto"ut uf their time and wages I o
| o. IL he same class Of men working
on W. tern roads terminating NJ BJI
falU. They asked Tor ten hours per
day time and wages averaging about
81 y per month. NOW, had these men
made this request, and on being
denied, gone home IN Quielnes5 there
would not haze teen trouble enough
| TO make u headline. Tho company
! had anticipated the situation, and
would have Imported 5witchmGn ~
take vacant places. But tho men did
not lie down 10 be walked over in that
kind Of way. They have done sew
erul things that men In their situation
are liable 10 do AZ any time. They
! have done things they should not
have done as u matter OF helf-intereSt,
and OF cool Judgment, but the very
thing to be emphasized Is that the
conditions arc alarmingIy prevalent
where neither 5eli.intercst nor cool
I Judgment Of tho highest type will be-
conspicuously displayed. these thiags
are TO be regretted on account OF the
men. ard The terrible danger to
( zoe ety. but not a b t OF sympathy is
10 be- wasted on the managers who,
cp'rcnrhed behind the law, by their
oppression are the principal parties in
guilt.
The situation grows moro serious
! cav by day all over the country No
man can TIL whore the Storm will
burst forth on the morrow.
{ The civil arm is paralyzed. None
look TO civil procedure for relief. The
corporations have by their own course
DESTROYED all confidence Of the masses
in the courts for protection and de-
Tense. What natural ~ mpathy would
Gow 10 the corporal ons has been
nlienntel by their own conduct. They
know H. and instlnclively they call
for The militia Whatever the legal
u.t 6cation. when the militia fire
anon the citizen workingmen OF this
country, hell viii begin TO walk the
oartb u midday. EoncOplormisI.