Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1894-07-26
NOTED MINISTERS.
Archbishop Ireland and Rev,
Mr.. Dixon on the Strike.
BOTH SPEAK THEIR MINDS.
The Archbishop Blames Labor, and the
New Yorker Advocates the Govern
ment o Ownership of RaiIways-A Great
Injustice Perpetrated.


New Yorker Advocates the Govern
ment ownership of RaIIways-A Great
Injustice Perpetrated.
CHICAGO, July 15.-Archbishop Ire
land Of st. Paul, when asked to- day what
he had to say upon the railway strike,
spoke as follows:
81 do not desire to speak of the Chi
cago strikers, because in so doing shall
blame labor, while because of my deep
sympathy with it should wish to have
never said but words of praise for it.
But in a moment OF social crisis, such as
the one through which we are passing,
it is our duty TO speak loud and to
make the avowal of the truths and
principles which will save society and
justice. t. .F. s..
"The fatal mistake which has been
made in connection with this strike is
that property has been destroyed, the
liberty OF business interfered with, hui
man lives endangered, society menaced
and the institutions and freedom of the
country put in most serious jeopardy.
The moment such things happen all pos
ances of labor must he dropped ont of
sight and all efforts of law-abiding citi-
zens and of public officials made to serve
in maintaining public order and guard
ing at all costs the public welfare. Labor
must learn that, however sacred its rights
be, there is something above them and
absolutely supreme-social order and the
laws OF public justice. There is no civil
crime SO hideous, so pregnant OF evil re-
suits as resistance to law and the consti-
tuition OF the country. This resistance
is revolution; it begets chaos; it is an
archy; it disrupts the whole social fabric.
Labor, too, must learn the lesson that
the liberty of the citizen is to be re-
spected. One man has right to cease
from work, but he has no right TO drive
another man from work. He who re-
spects not the liberty of others shows
himself unworthy of his own liberty and
incapable Of citizenship in free coun-
try. Riots and mob rule, such as have
occurred in Chicago, do immense harm
TO the cause of labor, and set back its
advance for whole decades OF years. La
Dor thereby loses the earnest sympathy
of thousands Of friends, and gives cour-
age and triumph to its enemies Worse
yet, the principle of popular government
suffers.
at is no wonder that, reading OF the
occurrences in America, Europe an
nounces that the Republic is failure,
and that a strong monarchy only can
hold society together.
" | am far from saying that labor has
not had its grievances in America nor
that redress must not be sought. would
not respect the laborer who seeks not TO
Ia nh IN mn iu
condition. But all this must be done
within the lines OF social order and law.
The remedy for these ills is healthy
public opinion, and fair public legislation
and all legitimate efforts in these direc-
tions, whether by single or united force,
are laudable. For my own part believe
the large number of men who join strikes
are more to be pitied than to be blamed.
They are led on by irresponsible and tyr
annous chiefs. Labor unions have great
statutes, but there is one marked evil in
them, in that they put the Liberties OF
tens OF thousands in the keeping OF one
man or few, who become their abso-
lutte masters, their despotic Cars.
"The solution to the differences be-
tween capital and labor is necessarily
complicated, and no one precise formula
has been or can be found. A generous
sense OF injustice toward all, deep love
of ones fellows and attentive listenings
to the teachings of Christ will lead on
all sides TO II better understanding and
to happier mutual relations. Certain il
is that, so far as it il possible, the laborer
should not lack support for himself and
family. He should not be beoverburdened
either in weight or time of labor; he
should be treated AZ u rational and moral
being, with all the respect due his human
dignity. His remuneration, ii dimin-
ished in periods of depression, should
increase in periods OF prosperity"
REV. MIR. DIXoN's SERMON.
New YoRR, July l5,-Rev. Thomas
Dixon, Jr., who finds II text for each
Sundays sermon in the events OF the
previous week, preached in Association
Hall to-day of the strike. He said in
part:
"This great uprising of the laborinp
classes, which has cost the country ST.
100000 and is likely to cost it 50, 900 900,
had its origin in great injustice perpe-
trated 10y somebody. 1t is impossible u
imagine the laboring classes, after en-
during the miserios consequent on the
depression of the past year, leaving their
workshops unless there was injustice
have been learned by the strike:
"The railroad managers were utterly
incapable to handle the railroads the
moment the strike was precipited; that
mob violence and disorder will under no
circumstances be tolerated by the Amer
lean people, and that the national gov
ernment alone has the power to break
such n strike and raise the railroads
blockade.
"From these follows the logical con-
clusion that the national government
should own the railroads outright. The
railroads were built strictly for accom-
mediation, and neither labor leaders nor
railroad managers should have the power
nor be permitted TO interfere with the
public rights. II the national govern
ment owned the railroads, it would be
high treason 10 do such thing"
RICNgIE RIDERS.