The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-31
Anarchy that Must Be Wiped Out.

We commend to the immediate and ear
nest consideration OF the Governor OF Penn
sylvania the utterances Of Major-Gen.
SNowDEN respecting the conditions now
prevailing at Homestead. Here is what he
has said. and we advise every sober and
thoughtful man to read 1t and to ponder
deeply Its Significance:
"ro my mind it IL very evident that the authorities
Of the State viii eventually to Join in actual bat
tie with anarchy and the commune The people may
% well make their minds that the eruption at Home
stead indicates the presence Of disease in tho body
potto which extends far beyond anything Of which
thsy have conceived and instead Of eritoisins the
efforts of spirited and patriotic Officers to preserve dis
epiins In the ranks OF the sodery. thsy should do
everything In their power to uphold them. 1
believe the hour 10 not far distant when
peace and order will have to Be enforced
At the point Of the bayonst The people at
Homestead organized = revolutionary government.
They had their officers their magistrates their Coun.
ell Of Ten. They arrested oitissns without warrant
brought them before tho socplsd Advisory Committee
sxsd them. indicted sueh other punishment they
saw u. They established an armed censorship Of tho
presI The Newspaper writer's were compelled to
numDsrs like convicts in prison. They resisted tho
Sheriff. They committed murder and then made war.
~ balsvs that every member Of ths Citizens and
AmaitAmAtsd Association Committee that called ON
mo the Tuesday morning after the arrival of the
troops 10 under arrest warrants for them,
sss violent crimes ranging from murder down. The
,nsn csroHLow. who came to me At Munhsn Station
NJ arrival ~ O'Clock Tuesday morning and said
NAT II Ne had not and Unexpectedly the
sitissps would have welcomed me. Is now in prison,
ssia without ball charged with murder.
"As our fathers fought for Independence and the
war Of the Tsbsnos was waged for tho Union, so.
unisn eli signs fail. We win have to fight for our
houss liberty and institutions In the far distant
future"
Gen. SNowDEN has had our admiration
for lbs fine soldierly qualities. for tho tact.
firmness. and good sense which character
vostture at Homestead: but now we
owe him deeper obligation. 1t is that
which Is due to any man who in q
time Of public danger has the brains to dis
oern and rightly estimate that danger. and
then tho courage to proclaim 1t. Gen.
ENowpEN has summed up and proclaimed
the situation at Homestead not merely as
II was. but as 1t Is to-day; and he has done
It In such terms as should arouse public
opinion. not merely In Pennsylvania, but
throughout the whole country.
Homestead appears to be In a condition
Of absolute anarchy. There is no security
there Of life. property. or personal liberty.
The representatives OF the public press are
dictated to how they shall report events:
add arc threatened with bodily injury II
they do not obey. Since the greater part
OF the troops has been withdrawn. the men
have become moro open In their violence
and more outrageous In their threats.
Illegal. arrests and inqulsitlons are the
order there. Homestead to-day Is a blot
and shame upon the whole country. and
disgrace to the State Of Pennsylvania.
Professional agitators and others. who
for their own purposes have acquired con-
troll az various labor organizations. have
been mainly responsible for bringing about
the present conditions at Homestead. The
most reprehensible agency. however. has
boon that part OF the public press
(which has countenanced and encour-
uged tho defiance OF law and order
aud held up to execration and destruction
tho employers oflabor. The most conspiou-
GUS aud the most criminal OF all these Of
sndsrs has been the World. 1t has held