The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-07-18

From lhs - York SD ID.

1 HUNT ne titl iiitt VI ul u private Cbitt-
pany struck against an alteration in
their wages, which, IL is unneeessary
% say here were high enough % bewil-
der worSmen anywhere else E; and they
armed themselv,s 70 hold the property
against its owners. When the repre-
sentatives Of the Carnegie Company
appeared al the gates 10 take their own
a mUrierous fire was opened upon them
and they were shot like dogs.
Then came a phase, we might say, Of
our national history as humiliating as
the killing Of Carnegie's watehmen
was horrible. Carnegie was born
SeOtchman. He was rich. The wages
/ ne took out Of Homestead, although
far les than the aggregate paid 10 his
workmen, were immensely greater
than the portion allotted TO any indi-
viIual Of them. His business was i'm
/ tinlately connected with the time-hOn-
Ored and until then sacred American
system of protection. lnnUmertble
prejudiecs and passions thought that
/ they had found in Carnegie righteous
or a useful target for abuse and enmity;
and, impossible as il seemed then to
believe, there arose ON all sides, wher-
/ ever there was Democratic newspa-
per, with one or two hOnored. eVcep-
| tions, expressions either Of downright
approval and sympathy for the rioters,
/ a 9
gle and Of satisfaction AT the subver-
sion of his affairs beneath the feet of
violence.
We could not undertake To count the
checks which to-day tingle with shame
at the thought that two years ago their
owners prostituted themselves 10 the
disciples of the red flag. We confess
that when We contemplate the reckless
| indulgence of sOcialistic passion which
attended the Presidential campaign of
1872, even the grand power Of tradi-
tional American aversion 10 the FEEDER
al Force bill scarcely seemed sufficient
10 carry the Democratic ticket to victo-
ry We are not prepared for the eecen-
tric and mOmentary change of the
normal sentiment Of the United States.
Indications were not lacking 10 show
that the Democratic espousal of the
Homestead atrocity had helped rather
than hurt the Democratic ticket.
IL Is all the more satisfactory, them
I fore, Ia observe now on all sides, in the
Republican as well a i'm the Democrat
ic press, a practically unanimous spirit
Of condemnation of anarchy, rs il has
reappeared under the direction Of Debs
Of the American Railway Union. it
i true that at this time any fool can
see that it affects Immediately the peo-
pie at large instead of being confined
for the moment 10 the private fortunes
of an unpopular company But the
change of tone i - radical, and the
expressions of the revived sentiment in
favor of law aud order are 80 unquali-
fled and vigorous, that il Is plain that
the situation i understood in its essen-
tials. Besides the general statement of
l llll~ 1lN4AtINAiAt EAAAAA--N ~ NAN EAtAAN
press, We must point to two striking in
dividual conversions from spirit Of
approval of anarchy or of the toler;l-
ton which approves, toOne of hOnora-
BILE and Undisguised patriotism
The doors Of Homestead were not
washed before John NJ. Palmer, Sena-
tor from Illinois, called down public
blessing on their bloody steps. ''FhOse
citizens - said this venerable Anarchist
Of the time, meaning the strikers who
had lain in wait with guns in their
hands for Carnegie's watehmen, and
who had then opened fire ON them
from ambush, ''were right. They had
a right To be there" They had pulled
the trigger in Righteousness.
But worse was to come. Grover
Cleveland. then the candidate of the
Democratic party for President Of the
United States, man reputed strong
for the right under all circumstances,
and taking the straight road only, re-
gardless of fate, was actually brazen
enough in his bid for the passions
which had taken dislike To Andrew
Carnegie, to point like bastard to the
crime of Homestead "a "A scene in the
very abiding place of high protection
that Knocked the hopes Of toll and at
tested the tender mereies the working
men received from those made selfish
and sOr,lid by unjust governmental IA
vOritisn.n
WemI5t ae,xalw ledge frankly our
opinion that this deliberate alliance
with the craze which upheld anarehy's
great demonstration at that time, more
than ANYTHING else obtained for Mr..
/ Cleveland the p 900 Democratic major
ity given to him in the Anarchist city
/ Of Chicago, and with il the electoral
/ vote Of the State of Illinois. Its iniiu-
ence was doubtless coupled largely
with the extraordinary Republican de
moralizatiOn in other places.
The evidence Of changed attitude
| on the part Of these two representative
men was published last saturday. SEN
/ ator Palmer said t. u correspondent Of
/ the S,u, not hing less than this;
Were President of the United
/ states ! would send Ia Chicago every
/ soldier i'm the army whom ! could spare
/ from the protection Of other points
/ There should D. no tempOrizing. II Is
criminal to tempOrize. The question
for the authorities j. not whether the
men or the Pullmans and the railroads
are in the right bat shall the law b.
/ Obeyed3 To that there can b. hut one
answer 10 must be Obeyed. III the law
i wrong, change il bat n it i il must
b. Obeyed AMI u -, that il i Obeyed
there mist b. fore. en- Jlgh present To-
compel Obciieac,. Ticrs Olght 10 be
a. least l0.OD soldiers at the scene OF
trOlble in Chicdgn. or information
i that IN. riilr EIils have enOagls men,
bat that the strikers or somebody else
prevent them working. Now, II our
information i correct, the President
has mantle stly the right u order the
/ Federal troops q Chicago. IL was his
duty T. da ~ in order tO compel Obcdl-
ence tn the law. And il l. alsO his du-
ty 10 send enough more soldiers there
tn execute the law. III should b. care
full, for G0rs SAX, t. keep the soldiers
from shooting unless necessary. IL II
should be nee .sslry % shOot, then, for
Gods SAX, shoIt, for the law OF the