New-York tribune., 1894-06-12
TIME TO STOP IT.

Two recent incidents OF the miners strike IN
PENNSYLVANIA show the spirit OF the men who
are engaged in 1t and the methods by whlch
they are trying 10 win. On Saturday evening
four workmcn employed In the valley "orhs'
near New Haven. were on their way nome Wicn
they were seized by the leaders or MOD Oh
several hundred strikers and marched AWAY
not knowing where they were going, but uhd'T-
standing perfectly, no doubt, the reason lor
their seizure and what might follow Ih'F
were not only deprived of liberty, but SupJec'cu
70 many indignites Indecent plachrdS ana
chalk marks on their persons showed the lrH-
per of their captOrS As they were hurrlcu
along sticks and stones were thrown NJ th'm'
and women found II chance 10 Spit on 'n'in'
They were, led past their homes. 50 tlat th'lr
wives and children might he made I" snare
their suficrngs and their fears, and every con-
vrpIent device Of vulgar cruelty was adop"r
to dishonor and tcrrify them. Nhrn d'l"''
sheriff with his posse was sent 10 rescue these
victims Of lawlcSsncsS ana hatred the mo"
PASSED them along from one group /" "H"'u'I
and thus kept them out OF reach oi III" p"'S"'
crs until night had fallen and place "i CON
c.,lncnt had been found. The next morning
,hn Sherilf'S men, who were not merely uoihE
th.ir dutv. as circumstances plainly suggested
f. hut had received special instructions AFTER
thc focts were known. were fired at 10y som"
of the mob and compelled To defend themselves.
Aftnr several encounters They temporarily got
IN. hcttnr of their riOtouS adycrsaricS, one "l
vhom WAS shot dead. while Two more were
f,t,llv wounded and twelve We're arrested ana
,,k.n 10 prison The officers of the law seem
f. hay. shown signal courage and endurance IA
ON SUNDAY evening in the same nciShborhood
q workman in the Valley Works. whose Wiling
ness TO earn living had cnraged the striker
WAS captured by them and BEATEN almost I"
death lie WAS one they were two hundred
hut they wanted blood, ana singl" Ni'lhH
WAS better than none 50. having beaten him
Into hcpcssncss, they prepared 10 hHnE "'''
from a bridge. but wcr, finally dls>uadrd from
that final and complete qualification "t 'n''
desires though there Is some reason 10 suppoS"
that they sought subsequent opportunity. ii
they did not. they were disappointed IN lh" r'-
suit Of their operations. Their temper was InuF-
derous. and unSpcakably brutal N that lh'r
reliance was ia their overwhelming force Whi'h
nromis,I them absolute immunity while fh"y
wrrt. killing "A fellow man. They Wcrr 'ali"d
OF with difficulty. 40 doubt the argument h~''l
10 restrain them was that IL would bee lndlscrc''
:, uro.,,,l 10 such "A length, beating Into in~"n-
sibility was safe and proper enough. but as
sassluation might arouse popular d~appr'bA'
ton
The men thus treated were not guilty "f any
crime or even of any offence. They Wrr" auN.
lons 10 earn an honest support. u poor one
for themselves and their flm.llr-. They were
exercising the inallcnabr right of selling Their
labor for price acceptable io them. The men
who kidnappcd them and the women who spat
an them were 50 determined th'y should not
work that they were willing 10 Kill them -
keep them idle These Instances OF malignant
b,rbarity ar,. not exceptional They hay" br"n
urrc,,lrd by many others of The same kind ana
viii probably be- Initiated many times hereafter
II the laws do NOT soon command more upr
ough and unnlnching support than the pnbhc
authorities have given them hitherto. There
cannot be- two opinions among loyal American
citizens about such performances. They are
utterly shameful ana uubcarable. Tho ciNiliZi-
tion which tolcraicS them X not civilization.
Not simply justice 10 peaceful men AMI women
but true kindness 10 the dciostablc "NponrniS
Of the principles governing this miners strike
demands that the present reign OF anarchy IN
the United States bc brought 10 an end with
whatever expenditure Of life may bc required
for the purpose.