The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-13
who Are the Sufferers 2

portant part in murder trials as it does.
Who Are the sufferersP
Are the rich or the poor the greater
sufferers by Mr.. Debs' boycott and strike?
There is no difficulty in answering that
| question. The rich may lose little of
their property, but they will not suffer
for the necessaries, or even the comforts,
of life. They have money, and while
there is food to be had they can get it.
If the chiefs of the labor unions should
| succeed in shutting food out of the great
cities, thereby causing the prices of it to
rise, the poor would soon begin to suffer.
Their means, being dependent upon their
| daily labor, would soon be exhausted.
And beyond this the strike has already
thrown tens of thousands of men out of
employment in the western cities, and
should it continue long the strikers will
be wholly without the means of support.
| They and their families must necessarily
suffer.
The labor chiefs do not seem to take
into consideration the suffering they are
inficting upon those they pretend they
| want to benefit Their main purpose
seems to be to win the fight in which
they are engaged without the least re-
gard for consequences. AS long as labor
will follow their direction like sheep they
will keep up the contest. They have
nothing to lose and much to gain They
are afraid that if they lose their respect
i've organizations will go to pieces, and
! they will be out of a job. If they are vic
! torious they consider it settled that they
will be more firmly fixed in their posi-
tions than ever
They don't seem to take into consider
alton the fact that the railroads cannot
afford to lose the fight. If the railroads
should be beaten now they would virtu-
ally be in the power of Mr.. Debs. He would
| dictate terms to them. He would have
| greater power than the President. There
| fore, rather than be reduced to such a
condition, theyswill maintain their posi-
| ton, no matter how great their loss
may be.
But the poor will suffer, and tits to be re-
GREETED that they will All over the coun-
try the price of meats has advanced, and
every day the strike continues the poor
will find the difficulties in the way of
! getting enough to eat increasing.
No doubt there will be outbreaks of
disorder in various localities, but they
will not be long continued Every
where there are men enough in favor of
! law and order to suppress rioting. The
vast majority of the people are in favor
of the position taken by the President,
and the government will be sustained
under any and all circumstances. What
ever happens the poor will be the suffer-
ers, and Mr.. Dehs will be responsible for
! their suffering
Kolb of Alabama is indulging in cheap
| buncombe. He told a correspondent of
| the Philadelphia Press the other day that
he expected to be elected governor of AL
ALBANIA, and that if he were elected he
would take his seat or be shot while MAX
! ing the attempt. He said, further, that
his friends have organized military com
panies in several counties and are drilling
regularly with a view to going up TO
| Montgomery and having him inaugurated
at the point of the bayonet. Such talk
of cour Sc, is intended for northern ears
kolb hopes TO get campaign contributions
from republicans at the north, and knows
that the more he talks of fraud at the
ballot box, and bayonets to support the
voters rights, and such stuff, the bet
ter will be the chances of raising a large
corruption fund. Kolb knows very well,
and so does every one of his followers,
that if he is elected he will be given his
seat. But there is not the least proba-
| bility either that he will be elected or
that he will claim fraud and attempt to
get the seat b. force.
They are having a rather peculiar local
squabble at Norfolk, Va. Some time ago
the Prohibition party captured the town
election. AS soon as the new administra-
ton was seated IL began systematic
wedding out Of white employees of the city
and giving their places TO negroes. The
change of races began with the jauitor Of
the city hall extended through the street
cleaning department aud was going on az
last advices. A few days ago the dis
charged white employees paraded the
streets with banners bearing the inscrip.
ton; we are the men that were dis
charged and our places given 20 negroes "
Considerable feeling has been stirred up.