The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1894-07-13
THE STRIKERS
ARE PUBLIC ENEMIES

The Philadelphia Times has he toi-
lowing forclble and sensible reInacI>.
upon this subjec'. They a e we'll worth
perusal:
This is a government of law. The
supremacy of law is essential to the
safety Of high aud low, rich and poor,
and the humblest citizen of the repub-
lie must suffer when lawlessness be-
comes dominant
The strikers IN Chicago are now pub
lie enemies. They are levying war
against the United S ates Government
They have interrupted the transmission
of the mails; they have suspen ed COM
merce between the States, and they
have paralyzad the travel and traffic Of
the country. They are now in the po-
sition of outlaws, and only bullets and
bayonets can teach the lesson that
ours Is a government of law, and that
the laws must be obeyed by every citi-
zen.
The losses sustained by the recent
disturbance in Chicago aggregate no
less than ten millions to-day, and the
loss to labor, to commerce., industry aud
trade throughout the country is now
not less than two millions day. This
loss has been inflicted upon the coun
try by a hot-headed, reckless labor
leader, but recently discharged from
an inebriate asylum, where he was treat
Ell for utter nervous prostration result
ing from his dissipation. The p1ys
clan who cured him recently telegraph
ed him begging him to cease his folly
not only for bis own sake, but for the
sake of the country.
In addition to the loss of millions
imposed upon the business and indus
try OF the country by the madness OF
President Dets, of the Railway Union
some twenty lives have been sacrificed
in Chicago, and it is quite possible thai
many more mus be III att Jnement 10.
his idio.ic arrogance. Every life sac
rifced and every dollar wasted by :
continuance of this lawlessness, which
cannot be dignified as a labor strike
will be justly chargeable to Presldea
Debs and his SUPP oi'ers; and he should
be at once arrested for violation of the
plain laws OF the nation, which impos
severest penalties for opposing by f.
the authority Of the government. o.
preventing the execution of any Law y
the United States.
The time is past when there can hi
any temporizing with this lawless rev
olution. 1t is not labor strlkc; it il
an open, causeless rebellion, and all en
gagged IN it, and all who openly sym
pathize with it, are ''pubIic ener,:es'
of the government. They caunot be il
ignorance of their attitude; the Laws .
the nation have been published; tn
orderly proclamation of the Pres:dan
has been made known to all and ever
man who is resisting the governmen
to-day must know that he is in open re
belion against It's laws and publ
enemy of the Republic.
There Is but one way to treat publ
enemies and organized violence to re
sist laws and to destroy life and prop
erty; and that is by the power of TIN
bullet and the bayonet. Every mai
who resists the peaceful movement 0
the trains from Chicago or any othe
place, should henceforth be fired upol
without hesitation, and those VIII
fire should shoot to kill. This lawless
ness is not American It is an aliel
sentiment which dominates the city O
Chicago, and it can be taught obedienc
to and respect for law only by the ar
guments ofthe musket and the cannon
This lesson must be taught, and tn
more impressively it shall be taught
the better it will be for the country ant
for the reyolutionists themselves. The
must be overthrown. and they can b
overthrown only in blood Once over
thrown by the power of the army, tn
alien revolutionary sentiment that il
spreading anarchy throughout tn nc
will be overthrow forever, and ouI
CoLg ress should resoutely Close our
gates against the admission of any All
dition to these brutal foreigners, who
come to us without the hope Of assimi
lating themselves with our free govern.
ment of law.
There is safety to all only In the
majesty Of law, ard when lawlessnes:
asserts its Iower, as it has done in
Chicago for nearly week, the time has
come for the swift and the most
thorough suppression of all such ell
ments. 1t cannot be done by persra-
ton. They do not understand our
language; they do not understand our
free institutions; they are not in sym
pathy with law and order, and o."
the bullet and the bayonet will con-
vince them that this government is
powerful enough to assert and main
tain the supreme majesty of law in
every section of the country.
The fifth racing contest between tire
American sloop Vigrlant and the Brit
ish cutter Britannia opened u eanes-
day with briphter prCsoects for the