Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-07-22
FROM WASHINGTON.

The Senate Judiciary committee took
up the nomination of Mr.. Shiras to be
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
to-day, but after considering 1t Tor an
hour adjourned until tomorrow when
it will be again taken up. Mr.. Gamer
ON opposes it vigorously and, 1T is SAID,
is supported in his opposition by the
democratic members of the committee.
Robert inkerton, Of the Pinkerton
detective agency, was before the House
committee which is examining the
Homestead affair to-day, and read a pa
ner which states that his men were lln-
armed when attacked and did not break
open the boxes and arm themselves I'M
I'll they had been fired upon, ana 'hat
1hev could not shoot at the men VINO
fred nj them because the latter Tired
from behind woman. 1t also states that
that his men surrendered because the
wounded required attention and for the
purpose OF saving further loss OF life. AZ
fer the surrender, he says,all our men,lh-
cludinr the wounded and helpless, were
brutally beaten and robbed by the
strikers. and the leaders made no real
or honest effort to protect them. Our
men were robbed of watches, money,
clothing. in fact everything, and then
merci!csslv clubbed and stoned. Con-
ners. unable to move or defend himself,
was deliberately shot by one OF the
strikers and then dubbed. Edwards,
also wounded and helpless, was dubbed
by another striker with the butt end Of
musket. Both died and subsequently
another Waterman became insane and
committed suicide as a result OF the
fearful beating after having sur
rendered. The acts of the strik-
ers. after our men surrendered,
would be a disgrace to savages.
If the owners of mills, factories, mines,
railroads and other valuable property
cannot employ watchmen to protect
life and property, then all capital So
invested is practically at the mercy of
secret labor organizations, whose ty-
ranny and despotism exceed anything
ever known in the history ofthe world.
These societies intimidate whole COM
munities by threats Of murder and are
determined upon ruin and destruction
of property if their demands, no mat
ter how unreasonable or impracticablc,
are not complied with. In the case OF
the Molly Maguires, they terrorized
the public authorities, and for years
were absolute in their rule of murder
and destruction of property. Every
large strike has shown that these labor
organizations will murder and destroy
property out Of sheer wantonness and
revenge. During the Chicago stove
company strike, the strikers concealed
explosives in a mould in order to cause
an explosion when the molten metal was
poured in. During the strike on the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Rail
way. dynamite was put under trains by
leaders of the strike in expectation that
trains would be blown up and innocent
passengers killed. During the recent
strike on the New York Central OBJ
structions were repeatedly placed on
the track by strikers, and in one in
stance train of sleeping cars, filled
with sleeping passengers and running
at high rate Of speed, was thrown
down steep embanllment. In another
instance, during the same strike, the
strikers attempted to wreck the Chica-
g. express going down steep grade
into West Albany, and would have sue
ceeded in killing or manning a great
number of passengers if one of the rail
road ties with which the obstruction
was made had not been rotten. In the
CITY of New York, during the stone
cutters strike, strikers. in order to kill
non-union men, unwound part of the
rope of windlass and during the night
poured acid on the rope and then re-
wound it, so that the next day noD-
union men might be killed in ascending
with the stone or by the falling stones
These iiendish acts were done by mem
bers of labor organizations in the pro.
motion of their strikes, and the only
grievance which the men had was that
the employer was seeking to hire men
who were perfectly willing and eager
to take the places of the wcll-paid
strikers.
Congressman Meredith has asked his
colleagues, Mansur of Missouri, and
Bo"tner of Louisiana, to speak at War
renton, Va, next Monday.
The impression is growing here that
the Chicago fair will get its $5,000,0G0
appropriation after all.
4 gentleman here to-day who saw
General Field at his home two or three
days ago says the General told him he
thought the democrats would carry
Virginia. but that as the President and
Vice President could not come from
his State there was q possibility of his
being the Vice President.
Mr.. w. A. Maury, Assistant U. S.
Attorney General under Mr.. Cleve-
lands administration, recently presid-
ed at meeting Of the West Virginia
republican club in this city.
Senator Blackburn said to-day that
he thought the anti-option would sure
" pass the Senate. To expedite such
action an effort will be made to have
the Senate meet az IL o'clock to-mor-
row.
A gentleman from Richmond here
to-day says he hears Mr.. Wise will
have no opposition for the democratic
Congressional nomination in that dis
trict, but that a labor candidate, II cir.
Bethel, will oppose him and be sup
ported by both the republicans and the
third party men.
In the House to day, Monday next was set
apart for considering the report of the COM
mittce that has recommended the removal of
Commissioner Raum.
In the House to-day Mr.. Meredith intro
duced bill to pay Mrs. Lucy b. Lcgrand,
daughter Of the late Judge Shackelford, of
Culnener cnuntv Va a war claim of S3I 900