Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-13
THE NATIONAL GUARD.
Pattisou Acted for tho Best.


Governor Pattison, Of Pennsylvania,
the first moment when he could constitr
tionally do so, has called out the entlr
National Guard OF the State and ordered tn
forces to Homestead to assist the Sheriff
preserving the peace. There are those wh
are complaining because Governor Patt1so
didsnot take this course before. They ar
reckoning without grounds. They charg
the Governor of Pennsylvan1a with tn
cowardice of the politician in that he d1
not hysterically summon the troops Detor
he had been officially notified and asked
do SO by the Sheriff charged with the dut
of preserving order at that point, and Deror
he had any evidence to legally warrant M
taking this extreme step. The false posltiol
of the striking workingmen Will De COZ
rected, and they, possibly somewhat asa,ns
before the public in which they may secnr
that measure of appreciation ana sympa1n.
for which they have appealed.
The Fifth Appeal Answered.
Cincinnati Times-Star.l
Governor Pattison has finally been move'
to do his duty in connection with, the Home
stead rebellion. He will use the stat
militia to restore order and re establish tn
reign Of law. This action Of the Governor 1
in response to the fifth appeal of the Sheriff
~o--
graduation that Governor Patt.son was
last brought to realization of the pertlou
crisis which open defiance Of the power
the State by the strikers at Homestead mas
presen ted, and he will get whatever credi
is due for this tardy effort to vtnd1cate tns
supremacy of law.
The Entire Division Needed.
New York PostJ
Governor Pattison, Of Pennsylvania, ha
done well to call out the entire division o
the National Guard Of that State to restor
order at Homestead. There has been SOM
disposition to criticise him for not havini
taken such a step sooner, but fatr-minde'
people will generally feel disposed to tn
conclusion that deliberate action was quit
as wise policy. The strikers have now ha'
every opportunity they could ask to pu
their side of the case before the public ant
to make their disposition clear. The stant
which they have taken is fully understood
and their contention is universally recog
niZed as untenable and intolerable, Every
body who believes in the reign of law see
that there is only one thing to be done, ant
that is to end the anarchy OF the present Sit
uation at Homestead, to restore the work.
tect them in their right to operate them. Il
Governor Pattison had rushed some troop!
to the scene of the trouble the moment ne
heard of last Wednesdays collision. there
would have beon more or less questioning
as to the rights and wrongs OF the question
at issue and as to the necessity or wisdom o.
his action. Now tho public sentiment Of the
entire nation will nnquestioningly sustain
support in making any opposition to the
coming Of the troops.
With Wise Prudence.
Philadelphia Times.l
The Governor has acted throughout this
trouble with wise prudence. Hehas refused
all hasty appeals to the military force of the
Commonwealth until satisfied that the civil
power was exhausted or hopelessly ineft1
cient. He could not have foreseen or averted
the murderous outbreak at Homestead and
since then he has firmly waited for the
Sheriff to make serious attempt to exert
his authority. Whether the Sheriff s failure
was or was not from his own fault, it is now
evident that he can accomplish nothing
The civil power being thus found made
in lawful form, the Governor acts with
promptness and decision. There can be nc
mistaking what this action means. 1t means
OF law enforced with power that will ad
NIT of no opposition.
should Have Been Done Sooner.
New York Press.l
Governor Pattison has ordered out the en-.
tire force OF the Pennsylvania National
Guard to put down the insurrection at
Homestead. This action should have been
taken several days ago, but it is to be hoped
that affairs in that unfortunate town have
not yet reached the point where the strikers
will offer armed defiance to the troops of
the State. The disparity in strength is such
that resistance is hopeless. The National
Guard of Pennsylvania consists OF a thor
oughly organized division of more than 900
men, and iu is justly renowned for its effici-
ency and discipline. For the strikers to at
tempt to repell this force would be madness.
If their leaders are wise they will counsel
them to lay down their arms and peaceably
submit to the restoration OF law 1t is de-
plorable that an emergency calling for the
peace should have arisen in one Of the old
est and and most highly civilized States in
the Union. But the course of events has left
no other resource if law and order are to be
in Pennsylvania It Is in this
true interest of civilization, OF justice and
OF American labor everywhere that the citi-
zen soldiers of the Keystone State, great
majority of whom are themselves wage earn
ers, have been ordered to Homestead.
An End to Hesitation.
Washington Post.
The Governor hesitates and vacillates no
longer. He has evidently arisen to the
magnitude of the emergency and that the
of his power in the premises
may be as impressive as possible, has Or
dored the entire division of the Pennsyl-
vania National Guard, 5000 men, to proceed
to Homestead at once as conservators of the