The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-07
Rioting in Chicago.

The strike in Chicago has reached the
rioting stage. Thousands Of men are com
hitting lawless acts. and there is grave
danger that many lives and vast amount
OF property will be destroyed. The mayor
Of the city has at last found out that he
has not been and is not now, preserving
order and that he cannot do so. He has
/ therefore called upon the governor for
I troops. and two brigades have been called
+ into service.
] 1t is remarkable that the mayor did not
/ discover several days ago that Mr.. Debs
mad virtually usurped his authority The
/ Chicago papers are calling attention to the
fact that as far back as last Tuesday he
sent his private secretary to Mr.. Debs
ana requested permission to remove dead
animals from the streets TO the render
ing establishments.
What has become Of Mr.. Debs promise
that he would provide all the men neces-
sary to project property and preserve
the peace He doesn't seem to have pro
tected any property or attempted to pre-
serve the peace. On the contrary, the
men he has called from their various en-
Payments are the ones who are defying
the laws and preventing the running of
railroad trains. Evidently his promise
that the strike should be a peaceabIe one
was not made in good faith.
II is evident that the strikers are doing
only what they are expected to do, and they
are willing to engage in almost any kind
of lawlessness with the hope of making
the strike a success They would not en-
gage in rioting OF their own free will, be-
cause they know it is wrong, but having
been misied by Mr. Debs and his lieuten-
ants, they feel they cannot now afford to
be defeated, if by any means they can
avoid defeat
As reasona BILE men they must know
that the strike is wholly unjusti-
fable They haven't any grievance,
and yet they wilfully ruin the business
and destroy the property of their employ
ers, and for what purpose They would
| find it difficult to give good reason. Mr..
Debs has failed to give a satisfactory
| reason for ordering them TO strike The
only reason he has given is that MIR. Pull
man refuses to arbitrate the differences
| between himself and his employees in his
car shops in the town of Pullman MIR
Pullman says there is nothing to arbi-
trate-that his employees refused to ac-
cept the wages he was willing to pay and
he closed his shops. If he doesn't want
to operate his car shops there is no power
! that can make him do So Mr. Debs
| thinks there is, and he has set bout pun
ishing the whole country by obstructing
travel and commerce.
Mr.. Debs would feel very much
aggrieved if it should be held that Mr.
Pullman's employees could not quit their
places if they wanted to, and Yet he in
sists that Mr.. Pullman shall not close
his shops
1t is probable that very few care any
thing for Mr. Pullman or the interests of
the Pullman company, but it must be ad-
mitted that Mr.. Pullman is right when
he says there is nothing between him and
| his late employees to arbitrate. He has
not attempted to operate his shops with
other men, and he has taken no steps to
| permanently deprive the strikers of their
places. He has simply closed his shops
because he loses money by running them.
He found no fault with his employees for
striking, and they ought to find no fault
with him for closing his shops.
But the Pullman part in the railway
| strike is such a small one that it is
hardly worth considering. The simple
issue now is whether the commerce and
| industries of the country are to be para
| lyzed whenever some corporation has a
difference with its employees. This issue
| interests rybody.