Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-07-26
TOM MANN ON AMERICA.
I He Seems to Think We Have the Record
Assassination.

He Seems to Think We Have the Record
Assassination.
LONDON, July 26.-The attempted murder
of Frick, the Carnegie manager, has
aroused widespread attention among the
working classes. Tom Mann, the labor
leader, who is noted for the moderation of
his views. is reported as saying: "The
British working classes will strongly con-
denim any attempt at assassination under
the preteXt of avenging the wrongs as
sisting the cause of labor. Indeed, we
working people of Great Britain have
every reason to oppose anarchy for we
have the making the laws ourselves, and
will soon have the full control Then, if
capital treats labor unjustly we will pass
laws that will make the capitalists the
anarchists if they attempt to resist the
laws.
Our Famous Assassins."
Mann added: Il am surprised to learn
that the assassin in this case is a foreigner.
All the famous aSsassinS have heard of
in America have been Americans includ-
ing the men who killed Presidents Lin
coin and Garfield, the noted Fisk and the
man who recently attempted to kill Sage.
The American record on the subject of as
sasinations is an awful one. Two presi-
dents have been assassinated within little
=
it is more than 400 years since the assas-
sination of ruler of France. Even des-
potic Russia has only seen two rulers
assassinated in the present century, and
Mexico, the neighbor of the United States,
has not, believe, seen a single ruler die
by the assassin's hand"
Makes an Irish Application.
A prominent Tory said that English
men would feel inclined to condemn such
81 tho Shoatipp of Mr. Erick most
strenuously hnt for the slightly veiled
sympathy extended by Americans to as
sassinations and outrage in Ireland. In
view of the record of several hundred
lynchings and other murders reported in
the United States during the past few
months he did not think one more or less
made any serious difference to the outside
world. He did not believe there was any
danger of that method of settling labor
disputes being imported to England. II
was not the British way.
The Times Tackles the Question
The Times says in regard to the shoot
ing of Mr.. Frick: "Berkmann overstepped
the line, but his crime differs in degree
more than in kind from deeds of lawless
ness and violence which not many strike
leaders venture heartily to discourage anc
which some even openly advocate AID de-
fend. Mr.. Carnegie's position is singular.
The avowed champion of trades unions
now finds himself in almost ruinous con
fict with the representatives of his OWL
views. He has probably by this time seer
cause TO modify his praise of unionism ant
the sweet reasonableness of its leaders; OIL
are we to assume that the doctrine is tru
in Glasgow, but not in the United States
or that it ceases to he applicable the
moment Mr.. Carnegie's interests ar,
| touched"
Correspondents Make Demand.
WASHINGTON, July 26.-The Penn sylvia
mia newspaper correspondents located
here sent the following protest to Gov
ernor Pattison yesterday against the pun
! ishment of Private Iams: -The shockin,
treatment of Private Iams, Company X
Tenth regiment, who was punished with