New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-30
4 U4TER VAR UP COUNTRY

4 UfIER WAX CP tOtNIhl.
As rule water is not liquid which is re-
sponSiblc for the rising of the angry passions
| of mankind. In fact, one of its well-rccoG-
nizcd functions is to cool and calm persons who
| have tarrcd too long at the bowl which flows
with something stronger. Nevertheless ana
sad to say, the leading city and one of the
! loveliest villages of OnOndaga County are now
| very mulch at odds, and the cause of the war
| fare is vater-the pure and sparkling water.
| The city is Syracuse. The village is SHANE
atales Syracuse is badly in need of water
supply, and after patiently laboring for years
to supply the deficiency her cfforts-wcrc lately
crowned with success. The Legislature passed
n bill which became law authorizing and en-
powcring her t. draw as much water as she
needed from Skaneataes Lake, a body of
crystal clcalncss But. although the courts
have pronounced this law constitutional, the
the people of SkaneataleS-vho are partial 10
the waters of SkaneatalcS Lake Themselves
have risen in their might and have determined
to find or make way Of defeating the intcn-
ton of syracuse
Syracuse as has been said, is proceeding
under an unasSailable law. But Skancatalcs
claims that she is too-undcr Nature great first
law Of Self-preScryation. The city stands upon
the right which she received from the Legs
laturc the village falls back upon the first OF
the inaicnablc rights mentioned in the Dccara-
ton of independence, which are hers and no
thanks TO the Lcgislature-the right 10 life.
The other night the people of SkancatalcS held
a mass meeting, at which they passed this rcso-
luton
We do hereby pledge ourselves, each to the other,
that we will resist 10 the extent OF all lawful night
Just any attempt to rob us OF onr God given
and natural rights. which Will iniurc our beautiful
village and destroy It's commercial interest and max
Ing almost valucless business and property and
our homes s;agnatlng industries and throwing out
Of employment mechanics. our citizens and hard
working, honest laborng men. forcing them to n'ck
employment elsewhere. and to leave their home, which
they have struggled years 70 pay for TO cumblc into
ruin.
When people get TO talking like that we
NAV be sure that they are dead in earnest that
they will make it extremely unpleasant for the
outsiders who have provoked them to wrath
Syracuse has not retaated with "A counter
meeting, but has simply directed the contractor
who has been engaged TO construct the ncccS
sary plant AT the mouth of the lake 10 90 ahead
The contractor has gone ahead, but the work
proceeds slowly and it is understood that the
bar of Skancatalcs, reinforced by the best legal
talent that money can procure, will search dill
gently for a good cause for an Injunction.
Already tho contractor has been held in bonds
for appearance before the Grand Jury to an
swer a complaint for assault and battery on an
empoyc.
The unprcjudicod observer of this waterway
might feel inclined to believe that Syracuse
was bound to win sooner or later were il not
for one circumstance. 1t is the latest develop
mcnt The women Of Skancatalcs have be
come aroused, and have made up their minds
that the city's conspiracy" against their ia
vOritc lake one of the most cherished Of their
home institutions, shall not succeed. "Thc
ladies are determined" THE Syracuse Courier
reports, THAT if the work continues on the
part of the contractor they will do their trading
in Auburn instead of Syracuse" This is not a
controversy in which the metropolis may safely
mcddle. OF course. But reminding Syracuse
that, according to Congrevc, hell has no fury
like a woman Scorncd, we venture to ask her
if some compromise cannot be brought about