Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-07-12

Going late the Pennsylvania militia seem to
20 well prepared TO the scene Of trouble. The
thoroaghness Of the preparation will have .
good effect on the loeked-out men, who in sd-
vance very sensibly decided ii was best to
make the situation one Of comfort for them
selves and the arriving soldiery Of the state.
This mode Of reception is a decided improve
ment on that the Pinkerton visitors received
last week. II argues a soberer point Of view on
the strikers part well the superiority Of
law over Awlessness in this country when law
Is once fully asserted. There is one thing the in
habitsnts Of Homestead may have lost sight of in
their new zeal for lawful methods Of conduct
ing q struggle with capital. They appear not to
realize that the object Of the militias visit is to
give the Carnegie company full possession Of
their plant, including, Of course, the right to
start their works with non-union men II any
plan il in contemplation for regaining the mills
or molesting IN any way the new laborers there
q as soon as the troops are withdrawn the sooner
1t is abandoned the better for the planners. It
would be child's play to march to Homestead
and then to march away without having accom-
plished anything save demonstration in force
supplemented by little by-play between the
militia and the workmen. The former are now
at Homestead for q definite, rational,
lawful purpose-to restore order so that
q citizen may go or come without
restraint to take and turn over TO its owners the
mill property Of the Carnegies, and to provide
that this property shall, for q reasonable time
ut least be secure in the control Of its rightful
possessors. The strikers must face this result
along with any legal consequences that may
ensue from their usurpations and wrongful
other acts.
When the Carnegie company have fully re-
covered possession Of their property, 1t would
seem to be wisdom on their part to make all
possible concessions consistent with their rights
In order to come to an amicable understanding
with the working men. To be sure, there is no
law compelling them to this course, but it would
be exceedingly good policy for them to take it.
1t would relieve them, for one thing, from the
decided popular feeling against them from their
employment Of the Pinkerton detectives. and
also from the imputation Of being grinding task
masters, who, while making enormous fortunes,
are disposed to cut down the pay of their men.
The conferees on the District appropriation
bill have settled the last matter in dispute, the
proposed appropriation for the G. A. Z. en-
campment, by agreeing upon the sum Of go, 900.
and stipulsting that the whole amount shall be
paid from the revenues of the District. The
Senate conferees, it is represented, relustantly
gave assent at last to this compromise, when it
became evident to them that the House would
under no circumstances vote an appropriation,
in the usual way from the joint revenues of the
District The result of the long controversy is
one that viii reflect no great amount Of credit
upon Congress. As Senator Palmer pointed
out the other day, the transaction is robbed Of
all dignity or grandeur. 1t was occasion
when the record would read better hereafter IL
the small consideration, whether some res
taurant or boarding house keepers might not
benefit by the coming of throng Of visitors to
the city, had not been introduced in debate.
The STAR has protested earnestly against de
parture in this case from the usual mode
of appropriating for city expenses and still
protests. Though Congress might with the
utmost propriety appropriate q sum entirely
from the national treasury, to provide for the
comfort Of the veterans who fought for the
Union when they assemble in the capital Of the
nation. no such appropriation was asked.
All that Congress was asked to do for the en-
campnent, which is national in its character. |
was to grant an appropriation, such as has been |
made In other cities, to be paid out of
the municipal funds, but the representatives |
Of the majority in the House, who have shown |
much ingenuity in devising pinching processes,
hit upon the novel plan of having the appro- |
priation charged entirely against one portion |
Of the District revenues and may thereby save a |
few thousand dollars to the national treasury.
but at the expense Of considerable loss of per-
,<at, to-
mind