Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-07-12
Soldiers Versus Strikers.

governor IATTISoN having OecOlnc satis-
fed that il was impossible for Sheriff
McCLHAnY 10 form posse comitrtus of
sufficient numbers TO overawe the Home
stead strikers has ordered TO that officers
assistance the entire National Guard of
Pennsylvania.
The Governor has acted deliberately,
and impresmyey. Had the Sheriff done as
well at the beginning OF this trouble 1t Is
probable that there would have been no
bloodshed. The Carnegie Company de-
manded of him the protection which the
law guarantees, and instead of taking 10
Homestead an imposing body OF we'll
organized and woll-armed men. he sent
deputy with ten assistants" This pitia-
BILE force was soon whisked away by the
strikers. and then the company made the
costly bunder of trying to Introduce into
their besieged works PISKERToN's 800
bireliDgs.
The fate tina. overlook these men is
known TO all, and never again. we believe,
will PIxKERroN be called upon under SINH
lar circumstances. Let him stick to his
detective business and abandon the idea
of maintaining standing army TO be
hired out ut will for such duty as belongs
20 officers of government. The Sheriff
might have obtained military assistance
Sooner than he did had ne expressly called
for it, According 10 one account that we
have seen the Governor does not consider
that the Sheriff asked him tor troops until
SUNDAY.
At the very time that the Governor was
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troops at Homestead the strikers, or
locked-out men more properly, were en-
gagged in hectoring the Newspaper CORE
epondents who were on duty in town. and
some OF these they actually expelled,
while. according to several accounts, all
were about TO be ordered TO leave. This is
q blot upon the strikers record scarcely
less dark than that incurred by their treat
ment Of the helpless Pinkerton prisoners.
We are disposed 10 make reasonable allow
ence for the acts of men laborihg under
great anger and excitement but IN these
two instances find II difficult 10 frame ex-
cuses.
Tho Carnegie Company make the reason
able request that their works shall be re-
stored to them and that they be allowed
20 proceed about their business. At pres
ent no one is allowed 20 enter their estab-
lishment That the strikers will quietly
ieubmit to the military we have no doubt.
Eight thousand men Gnfantry, artillery,
md cavalry constitute a force not TO be
.despised, and they go clothed in the name
Of the law of Pennsylvania. They stand for
the People; they are the People. The Gov
ernor was right to order out all of his troops.
A great show OF force Is necessary, and
fhouCh IT will cost good deal of monev,
1t may save many lives. If they should
proye TO be insufficient in numbers, the
Governor will have TO call upon the Presi-
dent for regulars, but they Will not prove
to be insufficient.
The Carnegie Company will get their
works back into their own possession and
,nay install therein non-uniOn workmen-
AZ they can be obtained-and there
will be peace at Homestead rs long
as this large body Of military re-
mains, but when the military have gone,
what? Well, let us not try TO anticipate.
u would seem, however, that Governor
PATTIsoS. having shown that he ~ man
of determination. will not withdraw from
Che position that he has taken in this
matter until there is no longer any danger
of the public peace beng broken.
The latest news is that the strikers Will
"welcome the National Guard to Home
stead with bands of music" While there
may be trifle OF doubt as 10 their SIN
cerity in this move, the country Will be
glad TO hear that the difficulty is to be set
tied peacefully. at least for the present.
II is also stated that the strikers have
asked or will ask. the company to submit
The questions at issue to arbitration. AT
this moment the managers of the company
are probably IN no humor at all to enter
tain the proposition, but perhaps later on
IL may be received with some prospect 81
acceptance.
MIR. CARNEGIE has telegrephed from his
baronial castle in Scotland, In reply TO
cablecrams to him asking his interposi-
ton in behalf Of the locked-out opera
tiyes. that the matter is wholly in the
hands of Mr.. FRIcK. In other words, he
means 10 sustain MIR. FRICK in ali that the
latter has done.
Any one who reads the leading Repuoli-
can papers will see at q glance that this
strike at CARNEdT's works has greatly en-
barrassed their party, and 1t will continue
20 embarrass II whenever the "protec-
tion" feature of the MCKINLEY bill IS
argued. II is 10 be ne object-lesson IN q
successful campaign of education.