Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-07-10

,,..., Stats. and the intelligent people
Of Illinois o. well. would JUSTIFY 'ne
tsaoea ,aa tbJs, Under whose ofaers my
are acting N they had been far more
r.d,cai In their action on THURSDAY ana
Tar Iess consIderate OF the liyes OF the
mob which opposed them =,
Rut while the Governors pretense "
constituencies on the score OF the rgntS
OF his state Is ridiculous and unwor.ny
OF DISCUSSION, something shouin De
OF his slaYing rnisststemeut OF tne F'''a
tIou In Chicago. His communication ~
the President Is examined 10 vain Tor ~.
evidence OF iawlessness or violence On ~
no >, M the mob IN that city. Trains were
hs,ng atooped and deralled, cars were
hsing overturned aud used as oDsFue.
,lons. switches were being broksh, dn'l
sal,rh- towers burned; men seeing u
Wi, FOR the railroads were driven ir,h
,raina and stoned. Yet this op-imisuo
Anarchist assures the President INIT ine
only trouble Is that the roads cannot'het
mon 10 operate their trains. some ..
n,r rosi,s.,' he says. ARE psra!yzea' no.
NV reason OF Instructions. but Ds'ause
thew cannot get men to operate n"f
lines" e.... -
m Is unfortunate for the great STATE q
Illinois that her Governor AZ inns JutS."'"
should be n man with 80 unenVlaoIe :
record as Altgeld has IN the matter %
devotion TO law and GOOD goVeFhIle -
Ing before the strike he gave unmis-
,arshIs evidence OF sympathy with ne
Ia uyless elements and " a Willingness %
sarrince the interests OF the iaw-abldihR
20 his own ambition. The country VIII
he slad and so. we are sure, VIII the bet
,er. clements I'm his own State, tnat the
enforcement OF the laws al this crltica'
iuncture does not rest upon him aiohe'
bnt that the Federal Government mas
the best possible excuse FOR 'nteEieflhK'
II would go hard with the people OF Chi-
cago and the vital interests or the STATE
~ there were no power TO cope with me
strike than that which Governor Al1geid
wIelds-or refuses to WELD.
MIST BE SETTLED RIGHT.
The spreading OF the strike eastward IS
unfortunate but. in all probability u VIII
tend TO bring the matter 10 mead sooner
than II Il were confined 20 the west
The country might not realize, tne
strike were confined to Chicago ana tne
West. the full magnitude OF the princlple
involved. and OF the interests az stske.
Its extension to Cleveland and the East
will bring the matter closer nome 70 .he
popular heart and pocket and sur the
country TO more active exertlon III "i'"e
ing about a settlement.
Ordinarily. the sympathies or the puphc
are with the workingman in a strike
even when his revolt seems 10 be un.
wise. They would be so In this case II
he were doing what the head OF tne
railway union pretends he Ia expected 10
do-malntalning the peace and retralnins
from violence. either active or permissiEe'
TRYING TO GET UP A CRAZE.
There is an evident desire on the part
OF several leaders gathered In the FEVER
ish atmosphere OF Chicago TO call OUT
Ali branches of union labor wherever eih-
ployed. How can any sensible man en-.
dorss or advocate such action? IL wouin
be lust as defensible for MANUFACTURED
In some obscure village of ILLINOIS 10
take offence because his men quit hin'
and for sympathetic employers the coun-
try over TO discharge every wags-eaFner
because the Illinois men would not return
70 work. Moreover. the Debsian theory
would Justify the burning and destruction
OF laboring-men's property II they refused
TO quit work peacesbly. The doctrine Is
so un-American. so wicked. that 1t can
never be enforced.