The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-07-27
THE STRIKERS STATEMENT.
An Address 10 the Public In which the
Amaiesmat.d d Advisory Board Mtk
Plain Its Position in the
CONTROVERSY.

The Advisory Committee OF the Home
stead workmen issued the following address:
THE most evident characteristic Of our
.ime and country II the phenomenon OF In
iustrial ccntrnlizatiOn, which Is putting the
control Of each Of our great national in
dustries INTO the hand OF one or q few men
and giving these men mn enormous and de
'potic power over the lives and the fortunes
IF their employees and subordnntes--the
great mass Of the people power which
.vsceratcs our national constitution and our
common law and directly antagonizes the
'pitit Of universal history in its worldwide
struggle after lawful liberty-a power which,
though expressed in terms Of current speech
a. The right uf employers to manage their
business to suit themselves, 10 causing to
mean In effect nothing less than u right to
manage the country Ia suit themselves.
The employees IN the mill uf Messrs Car
1cgic, Phippl X Co., ut Homestead, Pa,
have built there n town with iis homes, its
'chonls and i,s churches; have for many
rcars been faithful co.wOrkers with the
company In the business of the mill; have
invested thousands of dollars Of their say
ngs IN said mill in .he expectation of spend
! ing their lives IN Homestead aud of work
NJ IN the mill during the period OF their
| efficiency.
"ln addition to the ordinary gifts and nd.
| gantages of our Government the national
cgislature has seen iii to specially foster
| md protect by public taxation the industry
| )f their mills, and the State Of Pennsylvania
to-day guarding II at great and exiraordi-
nary expense.
Therefore the committee desires to ex-
| press TO tho public ~ its firm belief that
both the public and the employees aforesaid
nave equitable rights and interests In the
| nid mill which cannot be modified or di-
| veIied without due process uf law; that the
employees have the right To continuous EN-
| poyment in the said mill during efficiency
| ind good behavior without regard to relig-
! Ous, political or economic opinions or as
'oca,lonsi tia: II il against public policy
| and subyersive of the fundamental princi-
| pies Of American liberty that whole com
munitv of workers should he denied cm-
| ployment or suffer any other social detri-
mcnt on account of membership in II church
a po itical party or n trades union; that II Is
| 1ur duty as American citizens tu resist by
| every legal and ordinary means the uncun-
thtutiOnal, anarchic and revolutionary
policy of the Carnegie Company, which
| seems TO evnce u contempt OF public and
private interests and II disdain Of the public
conscience by It's refusal to submit TO lawful
arbitration, and by the lawless importation
| Of a band of armed mercenaries 10 force
| ably deprive the employees of their equita.
| ble rights in advance Of any legal adjudica-
ton thereupon, and without previous ap-
| peal to the lawful forces Of Allegheny
county and the state of Pennsylvania.
| The committee wish IT known That we
will prosecute the said public AMI private
interests III the courts of law and equity, and
that we demand of Congress and the State
| Leg islature distinct assertion of the princ-
Pile that the public has an interest in such
concerns as that at Homestead, and that the
State has n duty to judge the affairs OF such
concerns when occasion NAV require.
FINALLY We desire TO state emphatcally
that as defenders of and petitioners for law
| and order, we pledge ourselves To refrain
from violence and lawlessness, and that VT
rest our cause which is the peoples cause
| the cause Of American liberty-aganst AN
archy on the one hand and despotism on
the other, with the courts the Legislatures
end the public conscience"