The record-union., 1894-07-21

The right Of the railway men who are
now idle TO quit their employment has
never been denied. Their right to forcl-
bly, prevent other men from working is
denied, however. Their right. moreover,
to destroy property is opposed by law,
and, II necessary, will be opposed by the
military arm of the Government. The
President is the representative OF the
Constitution, OF all laws, and Of the whole
people. lie will act with vigor and alac-
rity, and he will be indorsed by every
editor Of every Republican newspaper
in America. Republican editors will not
initiate the conduct of Democratic editors
at the time of the bloody scenes at Home
stead
GET IN OUT OF THE WET.
IWillows Journal
The Stockton MadpS advice to the rail-
way strikers is to get in out OF the wet as
quickly as the Lord and the railway COM
pany will let them. A storm has COM
menced which is bound to drench them
from head to foot and leave them III
hopeless plight before 1t ceases. Inc
army OF the United States is in the field,
and when the army OF the United States
takes hand in anything the matter is
always settled its way.
DUE TO THE SAN FRANCISCO PRESS.
Pasadena Star.l
If the stronghold of the strike shall
prove 10 be in Central California, as now
seems likely, the misplaced zeal of the
strikers may with good reason be attrIb-
uted to the course pursued by the San
Francisco papers. When it has been evil
dent to others for the past week or more
that the strike could not succeed the iol-
lowers of Knox in Sacramento and Rob
erts IN Oakland have been buoyed up by
the false hope that the Southern Paclhc
would yield to them in the end. This
hope had been constantly inspired by the
San Francisco morning allies. They
knew no other railroad In the fight than
the Southern Pacific and continuously
poured upon that corporation the yials
of their wrath.
STARTED WITH A DISHONEST STATEMENT.
[Salt Lake Tribune.l
Mr.. Debs' strike has failed. That is a
clear case, and it ought to have failed. be-
cause he started out with dishonest
statement on his lips. He started out by
stating that his warfare was only against
the Pullman Company; that he had no
idea of interfering with the traf11c or
cars or business other than the Pullman
cars, when in truth he knew in the start,
and so intended, that every wheel on
every railroad should stop, and if that
was not sufficient, to add violence TO his
other crimes. The labor unions ought to
make special demand on him to retire,
because they are jeopardiZing their unions
SO sure as the world so long as they give
him even moral support, Tor the reason
that the American people have not yet
grown to the point when they will stand
the domination of any set of men on
earth. And further, the devastation
which is being inflicted on the country
will harden the thought In the mind OF
millions OF people that organized labor is
the biggest tyrant that ever tried to as
sumo control of this country. TO illus
trate: California draws very much OF the
money which the people OF that State
have to use from the fruit crop. This is
the very harvest time for California fruit;
1t is the time when all this interior and
the Eastern cities generally expect to OBJ
tain their fruit before the fruit in this al
titude and latitude ripens. This is going
to be almost an entire loss to the people
of California this year, and it will be i'm
possible to make the men who own those
fruit orchards understand that because
some workingmen had trouble with their
employer near Chicago il was necessary.
in order to vindicate some great prln-
ciple, to practically ruin all the thousands
of fruit-growers in California.
STRONGER THAN EVER.
Los Angeles Times.
We shall come out of this contest
stronger than ever, realizing more fully
the majesty of the law and the futility OF
laWlessnesS. We shall find that there is
virtue in the republic, and that those who
are in favor OF law and order are mighty
host, before whom the army of the law
less sink Into insignihcance. We shall
realize as never before the independent
relations of labor and capital, and that the
one cannot be antagonized without dan
ger to other. We shall have more of mu-
tual confidence between the employer
and the employe, and less willingness on
the part Of the working classes to listen
TO intlammatory arguments from that
dangerous class who make their living by
agitation.
a PUERILE WEAPON.
Pasadena Star
Organized labor, conceded to be
mighty power in the land. has made no
combined and systematic effort to secure
its ends through the ballot-box. If the
ahOr unions are strong enough to over