The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1894-07-11

eral government ID moving to accomplish
ment that for which its powers were dele.
gated to h BY the people. the preservation
Of order and the safety Of life and prop
erty. At Chicago, in consultation with the
state and municipality, II has already
brought peace out Of condition Of war
which prevailed last week. At San Fran.
cisco, Los Angeles and various points In
Colorado and Washington. where the un.
ruly are crying havoc, II has lot loose the
dogs Of war In token Of ts intention to
have peace. even IL II has to fight for II.
In this city the military arm has accom-.
plished i,s purpose and the judicial arm
took up ths orderly course Of Its duties,
which include the fixing upon the guilty
parties Of the measure OF their crime and
fitting Of punishments thereto.
Tho first step In tho procedure was the
assembling Of o federal grand jury aud
the delivery Of charge to It by Judge
Grosscup. That It 10 the intention Of the
national authorities not to be turned aside
from an exhaustive inquiry into the ques-
tions which II has undertaken 10 pass
upon by nero technicalities, was evinced
ut the outset by tho brusqueness with
which II swept aside the plsa Of privacy
and privilege which tho Western Union
Telegraph company, with due regard for
the privacy Of the messages Of its clients,
were forced to put In when the jury called
for the messages from President Debs to
the members Of his order which had been
transmitted over ITS lines.
PUBLIC SAFETY FIRST.
The court held that public safety was
paramount to private right, and 90 or
dered that the dispatches bo produced.
That Il is the intention OF the government
not to be too long about tho work In hand
was shown from tho fact that the footstep
Of the telegraph official which brought tho
dispatches had scarcely ceased to rcocho
when . jury filed into court and an.
nounced It had found . true bill Of indict.
ment. Pending the arrest Of tho person
thus put under indictment, his name 70.
manned locked In the breast Of tho lord
cxecutioner, and the public was allowed
10 draw all its conclusions from tho prom.
isss and such preliminary data - Il had
at hand.
DEss IL THE MAN.
That President Debs WAS the man mono
doubted, and subsequent Developments
justified the surmise. Touching the out
look for the future. outside Of Chicago. II
may be said, to-day's dispatches wore al.
most uniform In tho tenor to tho effect
that the normal conditions had already
been restored. or tina: they were Already
approaching that state, and there soems
no reason at this writing to suppose the
progress toward complete resumption Of
trade and traffic will meet with serious
check. Il does not sesm possible with all
the forces Of law and order now arrayed
that the A. r. y. can rally its forces for
the struggle which must needs bo . long
and discouragins one at the best. Appar.
entity. therefore. their only hope Of final
triumph lies In the aid which they hope to
rot from union labor outside Of their
organization.
BIO STRIKE ropAY.
Az this 10 bcing written the order for all
classes Of labor In Chicago to 20 ON strike
tomorrow morning 10 being promulgated,
and II 10 said that Of Grand Master Work.
man Sovereign Of the Knights Of Labos
calling on all the members to strike and
all who sympathise with the Pullman
strikers all over the country to como Out
with them, Il expected to follow quickly.
How generally these orders will be obeysd
is problematical.
JUDGE GRosrCuP's CHARGE.
Judge Grosscup's charge to tho federal
grand Jury was . very lengthy document
In which he cites tho law relating to con
spiracies and insurrections, the stoppags
Of United States mails, interstate com
mercs and the like. He does not question
the right Of labor to organise. In conclu
sion hs says:
"Thsre 10 an honest leadership among
these, our laboring fellow citizens, and
thero Ii doubtless dishonest leadership
You should not brand any action Of load
srship a. done dishonesty or In bad faith
unless II clearly 20 appears. But II It doe.
% appear. II any person 10 shown to have
betrayed the trust of these toiling mcr
and their acts fall within the definition o.
the crime as have given It to you, II Ia
alike the interest, the pleasure and tn,
duty Of every citizen to bring then
10 swift and heavy punishment.
IL wish again in conclusion, ts
impress upon you the fact that the prcsen
emergency 10 TO vindicate the law. II n,
one has violated tho law under the rule
have laid down, Il needs no vindication
but II there has been such violation Their
should be quick, prompt, and adequat'
indictment. confess the problems which
are made the occasion or pretext for th'
present disturbances have not receives
the consideration they deserve. II 10 ou
duty % citisens TO take them up and b.
candid and courageous discussion ascer
tain what wrongs exist and what RENE
dies can be applied. But neither the ex
istence OF such problems nor the neglec
Of the public hitherto to adequately con
slider them. justities tho violation Of ,h'
law or the bringing on Of general lawless
ness. Let US first restore peace and pun
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