The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-11-11
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The gaze OF the whole world -
focusing on Homestead. n Is The
grandest name that was ever given to
a town, and 1t Is destined 20 DO the
battle-ground Of the contest whether
there shall DO q Homestead for woF1S-
ingmen or not. Events ara moving
forward with celebrity and precision
that betoken the supreme importance
OF tho case. II is condition thAt can
not be held In allegiance, and its march
though temporarily diverted will be
onward until 1t Is determined whether
money or labor Is the Master.
The situation at the Carnegie mills
is so strained that it cannot continue
with safety TO tho state. The series
of events have thus far settled moth
ing. Underneath 1t all are questions
that must be determined before the
labor can be satisfied or capital ou-
ployed. The contending forces are
held apart by the military power Of
the state and the military fnd u Inn
mensely more difficult to LET 60 than 10
was to take hold. Frick has possee-
sion Of his property, he has the utmost
liberty to employ men, he has tho
whole machinery 6ftho state 70 do HIS
bidding, and still his business viii not
move smoothly, There Is On invisible
inertia that parslyEes every effort OF
money to force an open channel. That
inertia is the popular feeling Of sym
plthy with looked out labor that
sctuates nine-tenths OF the people of
Allegheny county.
The objective point Of organized
capital is to compel organized labor to
disband. The individual workman Is
cypher No one man Ia essential to
the conduct of any affair. II Is only
in union that there is strength, and 1t
is only when the men necessary to sue
cessfully carry on any branch of busi-
ness combine their interests THAI COM
bined capital will ever consider them
a necessary factor. To destroy this
organization is the object aS HoEnA-
stead. The contest for the present Is
transferred to the courts. II thgre
were no trial by jury tho issue Of thO
proceedings would not call for Discus
sion. There can be no dispute that
the demands of organized labor nre
revolutionary. Existing order OF
things are not In harmony with tho
things which must be. A change muSs
come, and this change is not invited
by the precedents and formulas of
courts and books Of law. No rSvoln-
ton ever was. II organized labor In
building it's hopes on tho achieve
ments of the past it Is sure Of failure
and disappointment. Hitherto tho
dollar has always outweighod tho
man. The rights OF property hAyo
been made the foundation Of OiVillza-
ton.
Why, then, are men surprised that
Judge PaXson, chief justice Of Penn
sylvania has come down to the bench
Of Allegheny county to formulate tho
charge of treason against the mon Of
HomeStead2 The Entertainments OF
ages Of monopoly are In danger, and
the highest court Of the state Is called
upon to stand in the ditch. II 10 no
ordinary proceeding because II Ii no
ordinary case. 1t Is Marathon, or
Hastings, or Waterloo. Men should
have their understanding OF the vast
ness Of the issue. This is day OF OK
pectation. Something is coming. 1t
is the battle of the man against tho
dollar. In the courts Of Pennsylvania
the men Of labor are indicted for trea-
son; the tricks and Pinkertons, for
murder and conspiracy to destroy
labor. The Bastiles of horrid past
will be RACED to the ground, or the
hopes of the coming ages will be
clouded in recurring night.
PaXson is the gowned and powder
ed personifcation of the black and
horrible night Of depotism. The
musty volume and dingy gloom Of the
rush light are his supports. They win
not be sufficient. The issue Of Home
stead must be tried in the living
resent.-Non. Con.