The Press., 1892-07-28

men went back. Those applying here after will be obliged to take such po- sitions as are not already filled.
 THE testimony of military men in America and England largely preponder- ates to the views that the punishment of Ians was excessive and brutal. One London paper asserts that Iams deserved to have been shot, but not to have been treated as he was. No doubt 1ams is glad that the tender-hearted London ed itor was not his judge.
 Nor surprising, but nevertheless shock ing, was the news of the shooting of Man ager Prick of the Carnegie iron works at Homestead last Saturday. The would be assassin is a Russian Jew named Berg man, New York anarchist, not employed at Homestead, and whose act is earnestly repudiated by the strikers, whose cause the act will nevertheless prejudice. Berg man pushed his way into F1ick's private office, to which any one may have access, and fired three shots into Tricks body. MT. Tricks secretary rushed to the res cue, and the murderous villain turned upon him with knife. Prick in turn came to the rescue of his secl etary and latter. Rescuers now entered the room, and only the intercession of the cool head ed and brave object of the first assault prevented the killing of the anarchist up- on the spot Bergman is a printer, 21 years old, from New York, who had been hanging about the building for several days, and who, no doubt, had confeder- ates in the vicinity, of whom, however, he will say nothing. He glories in his deed and still desires Tricks death. He held in his mouth cartridges just like those used by Linng, the Chicago assassin, and had evidently intended to explode them with his teeth if taken, but though marred by biting these had not exploded. Tricks wounds are not necessarily fatal. and his robust vigor of health may carry him through.
 JUST how the legislation purposing to annihiIate the Pinkerton detectives can be worded is a mystery, unless the act is made sufficiently sweeping to prevent the employment of private watchmen by any corporation or individual. In the Home stead case the evidence is complete that the guards were only imported to protect the property and employees of the Carne- gie works. No one claims that they were to be used to cOerce any one. All labor organizations disclaim any purpose to in terfere with any mans business, or with any mans right to work for whom he chooses, and for what pay he chooses. Now if these will in practice as fully as in theory act up to this concession, there will be no need of Pinkertons nor of state militia. It is the right of labor to con- bine, in fact it is duty for it to act in concert, and for its own protection. But there must also he conceded the right for corporations also to assert their so-called rights. And when any body of workmen decide that they will insist upon claimed right they have in their hands an inn mense power in concerted action. An outfit of skilled workmen wonted to the duties of given establishment is an inn portant part of it's stock in trade, and will not be spared, as rule, if reasonable concession will keep it. When it is de- cided to let it go and recruit new work ing force which cannot for months, per- haps for years, be drilled to the efficiency of the old force, it indicates that there is logical basis of action on the side of the employers. Certainly the idea is un- American as we'll as unnatural that either party to the controversy shall be wholly at the mercy of the others.
 In the latter day course of events the man who puts his capital of a half mil lion of dollars at interest, lives sumptu- ously upon the avails, and disbnrses 8 fair per 1centage in aims and for public benificences, is a popular and esteemed citizen. Let him put his capital into a business that will employ his fellow men, and he becomes public enemy; his at tempts at liberality are derided; his dol lars when given away are denounced as blood coinage. He is a tyrant, and is popularly supposed to be walking upon the necks of the people, and thepublic don't know to the contrary until perhaps there comes strike, and it is made public that his supposed-to-be ground-down employ ees are, as rule, a well paid, we'll housed, fed and clothed community, like that at Homestead
 A very general impression among mili- tary men is that the punishment inflict- ed upon Private Iams of the Pennsylvania national guard for proposing s'three cheers for the man who shot Frick'' was unjusti-