Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-08

hem, Pa
The resolutions were referred'to the Com
mltte on Contingent Expenses and are sur
to be reported back for action and perhap
Tor further debate tomorrow.
\ A Serious Blow to Law and Order.
In the course of the discussion Mr.. Stew
art (Rep. remarked that it seemed beyon(
controversy that the managers of the Car
negie works had employed a murderouI
| gang. Whatever might have preceded thu
trouble; whstever the laboring men nigh
have done, that did not mitigate the offenss
OF bringing into use an armed pand OF a.
sassinA' That was serious blow to law ant
| order. II endangered the life and property
OF every citizen and encouraged anarchy.
1 1t was the most audacious and outrageoui
transaction that had occurred in many
years. That 800 armed men should have
been brought from different cities prepared
for war, brought in during the night to
make war upon laborers of the country, was
fact that must attract the attention of the
whole country and that could not be con-
demned in too strong language
Mr. Palmer (Dem. said that the pres
ence Of the Pinkerton armed force ct Home.
stead was in contempt of the authority Of
the State of Pennsylvania Its manner
was menscing and insulting. It was diff
cult for American citizens (whether they
were in the right or in the wrong) to sub
init to being driven by an armed force. He
confessed that every impulse of his mind
tempted him to say that he should dislike
being driven (even though in the wrong)
BY power which might happen to be in
the right.
Position of tho Men Sustained.
He maintained, however, that those citi-
zens were right He maintained that, &C.
cording to the principles of law which
should hereafter be applied to the solution
of those troubles, they had the right to be
there. That made it necessary for him to
assert that those men had right to employ
ment there. They had earned the right to
live there Those large manufacturing es-
Establishments would have to be, hereafter, re-
garded as political establishments in q mod
lied sense and their owners would have to
be regarded as holding their property sub
iect to the correlative rights Of those with
out whose services their property would be
utterly valueless. That only conceded to
them right to reasonable profit on the
capital invested in their enterprises
He maintained, furthermore, that those
workingmen having spent their lives in that
peculiar line of service had the right to in
slst on the permanency of their employ
ment; and that they had a right to- insist,
also, on a reasonable compensation for their
service! He maintained that at the time
OF the assault on those people at
had a right to be- They were
on the ground they had a right to defend.
Theylwere conducting themselves in line of
theirrights Manufacturing establishments
were public institutions, just as railroads
were. They were public because they
worked for the public, because they en-
ployed the public and because the men in
their service became unfit for other service.
The Most Radical Claim Yet.
While eonceding the right of capitalist
to the control of his property and to re.
sponsible regard for his investment, Mr..
Palmer claimed the laborer had the right to
permanent employment during good be-
havior. Of course the laborer was COM
PEELED to submit to the changes of business |
Where the profits were small the men |
would have to divide the loss, and when |
large they would have to be divided That |
was the law to-day, because law was the |
perfection of reason.
Mr.. Voorhees, (Dem.) treated the trag-
cal occurrences at Homestead as a prac-
'ical commentary on Mr.. Hale's resolution
Is to the effects of the two policies Of ''pro-
Labor riots were not, he said, the offspring
If the Democratic policy. They had come
lnder the Republican policy of protection.
These poor people at Homestead who had
aid down their lives had been led to be- |
ieve that the tariff was protecting them;
'ut there never had been a greater lie
worked and woven into the legislation of a
ountry- The Republican party had said
hat the great barons had to be protected
gainst foreign competition 30 that they
night be able to pay higher wages Had
hey done SO? Mr.. Carnegie had got pro-
ection of 55 per cent on iron and more than
o per cent on steel; and instead of paying
lis workmen higher wages, he had notified |
hem of a reduction of from II to 40 per
ent The beneficiary of the tariff system
lad responded with the employment of an
rmed Eob-for the Pinkerton men we're a
nob They were the meanest mercenaries on
artk
Sorry That Carnegie Is In Scotland.
The Pinkertons, said Mr.. voorhees,, had
f them who were killed had been killed by
he workmen in self-defense. His only re-
ret was that Carnegie himself had not been
t the head of that squad instead of skulk-
ng in his castle in Scotland.
MI. Hale (Rep. replied to Mr.. Voorhees,,
enying that the Republican party was re-
ponsible for the troubles at Homestead,
nd claimed that the credit of building up
uch industries as these at Homestead and
'ethlehem was due to that party. There
'as one other thing for which the Republi-
an party was not responsible-andt that was
ne employment of the Pinkertons The
iercenary had no lodging in the heart of
.merican people except in detestation. He
oofa rfz @kaa l. L. N 1
ublican party by the Senator from Indiana
, inopportune and intrusive
After some routine business the Senate
,ok up the sundry civil appropriation bill
nd disposed of about half Of IL. Then,
ter short executive session, adjourned.
The Homestead AFFAIR in the House.
In the House nearly the entire day wss
in the consideration of resolu-
on directing the Committee on Judiciary
already authorized to investigate the
inkerton system in its relation to inter-
tate commerce) TO investigate the recent
,curences at Homestead. Though there
as no objection to the investigation there
as some Jealousy among the members of |
le Committee on the Judiciary and the
ommittee of Labor as to which body should
,nduct the investigation, and some bad
ood was manifested. The Labor Com
ittee, under the lead of Mr. Tarsney, of
.issouri, won the first victory by securing
e reference of the resolution to that com.
ittee But the victory was short lived,
I'd by gallant fight the Judiciary men re- {
lined their lost ground and finally routed
e enemy.
During the discussion Mr.. Buchanan said I
lere was a constitutional authority charged
it'll the execution of the law and with
lnishment for its infraction. This au-
ority was responsible to the people. The
inkerton force was private organisation,
Id for hire The force was under the con.