The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-10

and drove Tho PTNKRRroS men OF and
| again stood guard Mt the gates.
After the chrnago ON Wednesday morning
| Governor PArTrsoN received this despatch
| from member Of his staff who had been
sent down to observe aud keep his chief
informed:
"PSkxrrox men have surrendered AMI strikers have
allowed them to land : Everything Is quiet and no
trouble Appreheuded tonight Your course meets gem
srai approval"
This was after tho Sheriff had attempted
to regain possession OF tho works In behalf
OF the owners and had failed; nfter he had
sent requests to tho Governor for assistance
and had failed; and after tho company had
tried to take its own mon In during the
night and had failed. the works remaining
In the hands Of the rioters.
Then came Senator PALMER OF Illinois. in
the United States Senate. to add to the
chain OF amazement over such develop
ments In tho State Of Pennsylvania. and
to supplement the acts OF the rioters
by theoretical argument: IL main-
TAIN" said he. that these citizens
1.-The riotersl were right. They had
right to be there. I maintain. therefore.
that at the time OF tho assault upon these
people at Homestead [who had jumped from
their beds In order to prevent tho COM
pany from getting possession Of its
works they were where thcy had u
right to DO. They were upon ground
they had right u defond. assert that
there is u law which gives TO these men,
VINO hive been brought up in these special
pursuits. right to demand employment, y
right which Gull only 10 defeated by mls-
conduct Oh their part"
AS IL in response to Senator PAlMERs
view thnt the strikers owned the works be-
cause they worked In them. Mr.. FRIcK. the
manager Of homestead. stated his side VI
tho controversy. and it Is only necessary
for purposes Of history to give the reply VI
HUGH ODoNNELL. u icauiuS LABOR leader:
Mr.. Fnck says ths scAe only Affects 3.o out OF
$50 worknien in tLess mis This s only partly true.
II the scAie proposed by the CARNEGIE Mi. Company
should We enforced and the wages OF these 8. . men
cut down. II Is only matter OF very time until
there would DO general reduction ali along the ne."
Mr.. O'DoNNKLL's challenge OF Mr.. FRlCk's
statement, therefore. his Justification Of the
extreme measures rcsorted to by the
Homestead employees. is based on specu-
lation merely.
such is the extraordinary series Of events
at the homestead works. II responsibility
for such socialistic atrocities can be as
signed to any one. tho situation has been
produced aud suffered by the influence ex-
erted NY reckless agitators upon the per-
verted passions Of their followers: by the in
flaming vlciousness OF a press treacherous to
every necessary principle Of order and pros
perlty, most conspicuous and most venom-
Gus OF which Is the New York World and
by the shameless cowardice OF Governor
PArTIsON OF pennsylvania. who has been
playing the demagoglual paltroon for per-
sonal Or partisan politics alone.
The homestead milIs belong to Mr..
CARNEGIE. Let him have them this very
hour. Ii he does not get them, the bot
tom OF all business prosperity falls out.
and the corner stone OF personal liberty
Is shattered. Whoever is not ready
to give back the homestead mills to tho
OWNERS, whoever demurs for argument
upon the nature Of detectives or their place
In society, or upon tue justice OF al arbitrary
Scale Of wages. is either tanatical iii devo-
ton to anarchy or cowardly IN his support
OF the puUllc welfare.
10 AL American workmen, whom we
know to De honest without insultlngly
Classifying them. as the deuagogueS TO- as
" honest lauor." We say: have tuls out
rage at Homestead stopped! Cali off the
agiLators who are bound to array against
lauor organization the dlstrust and nos
tilty Of the great puoiic. Perish the day
When sucn hostility snail become right!
Mr.. CAkNEGlE's riches are not N tne uues-
ton. 1he TWO great political parties, Dem-
ocrats and kepuUucans. have Just de-
clared as principie. and we have
no idea that the Peoples party, in
TO which is gathered The major por-
ton OF cranky aud speculative dissatis-
faction with things Us they are. will deny,
that every dollar should be as good. |
worth as much. as every other dollar. We
Offer another rule applicable to the situu-
tlun. and sure To sweep away It's most
alarming aud most serious difficulty: Let
every uulinr pe us secure III the hands OF lis
owner as IL any Utner mans!
The World q Public Enemy.