The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-07-13

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clearly and completely anarchists as the
Frenchmen Henry and Valiant. who
hurled loaded bombs into crowd of peo-
| pie and suffered death for their crimes.
/ The miscreants who fixed this death trap
did not seek TO kill anybody in particular
from motives of private revenge; they
were the enemies of law, order. ciyiiiza-
ton and society and desired 10 kill some
body; they were human wild beasts. and
II detected their doom should be the gall
lows.
| The persons who lost their lives in this
death trap were innocent folk in the strict
execution of their duty. The engineer was
at his post; the soldiers were obeying the
orders OF the Federal government The
persons who prepared this death trap did
not know any of the persons they killed;
| they simply desired to kill somebody. and
| they succeeded. In what respect do the
| persons who contrived this death trap
| differ at oil from the French and Spanish
| anarchists who threw loaded bombs into
crowded theaters and restaurants? They
do not throw their bombs at snybody in
/ particular; they only desire 10 kill some
/ body that represents the law and order
| forces of society. The result is that
faithful engineer is slain at his post and
three loyal soldiers acting under the orders
of the government lose their lives.
Those who contrived this death trap
designed to deraiI aud destroy a rail-
road train. even utterly reckless whether
they killed four men or forty; they pre-
pared their death trap at point where, if
train was deraIled. somebody
would be sure to be killed; the only
wonder is that more persons were not
is anarchism pure and simple: it is
exactly identical with the spirit which
prompted the Chicago anarchists to throw
bombs at the police and kill and wound
100 persons; exactly identical with the
spirit which prompted the assassin Vail
liant TO explode his bomb in the French
legislature: the assassin Henry to explode
bomb in a crowded restaurant; which
prompted the assassin Santo to stab to
death President Carnot of the French
republic 1t is anarchism pure and simple.
The contrivers Of this death trap are
foes Of civilization, who are seeking to
overawe society by threats of violence and
by actual assassination, wholesale siaugh-
ter. rapine and bloody revenges for the
prospect OF punishment legally melted out
TO their kind. And yet this Sacramento
death trap was not a whit worse or dia-
boIical than the blowing up of the mines
at Cmur d'Alene with dynamite by fero-
cious strikers in 1892. These American
anarchists seek to extort their demands by
terrorizing society. They make cruel war
on all government. all law and property.
The only way to treat such miscresnts
when caught is TO give them a short legal
shrift and a long rope. The theory of
these American anarchists Is that any
body who stands in the way of their law
less purposes merits assassination,
whether he is locomotive engineer. a
soldier or property holder who has in
voked the aid Of the government to pro-
tect his rights 10 lite, liberty and the pur-
suit of happiness
The same spirit was manifested by the
striking coal miners in Pennsylvania in
the bituminous coal region: they were not
content with simply refusing TO work.
| which was clearly within their right, but
they we're constantly occupied in violent
efforts to keep others from working, in
| driving peaceful and contented miners
| away from the mines where they were en-
| ployed and making attacks upon the prop
I - L. a.
| ing them from carrying on their business
| They even interfered with the operation OF
| railroads carrying coal or carrying men
who we're ready 10 go 20 work in coal
/ mines. In this they have frequently defied
/ public authority and foreibly resisted
| officers Of the Law.
This is Why labor strikes too often
/ become in effect instructions against
Law aud order. involving the crimes Of
assault and battery. OF manslaughter. of
robbery and arson. OF depriving citizens OF
their liberty. OF trespass. To illustrate
| The California strikers stole the trains Of
/ the Southern Pacific, arrogantly allowed
| Mrs Leland Stanford 10 ride TO her desti.
/ nation s. favor upon them. and when
/ agents Of the real owners Of the property
attempted 10 occupy the trains violently
/ elected them. This is aaarchism plain
enough, and in hoth Chicago and Cali
sornla has led to assassination, arson and
| piilage.
/ The intimidation and violence that Ia,
accompanied this Pullman strike has been
| directed not only against the Pallman
! company and the railroad companies
using Pullman cars. bat hiss been vented
| upon ali railroad swltchmen, hrakeraea
! ana engineers who have been unwilling 70
/ Join the conspiracy. As IN the hitamin-
Gus eoAi miners strike. minority Of law.
less strikers have controlled tue peAeeahis
| majority and prevented them from going
on wsth their work. oai Of the 90 co
/ coal miners who recently remained Idle
| fos $40 months more than half, il l. eon-
| ccdea. wsre compelled 90 stop working
/ through fear 81 personal Injury. illustrated
hy telling examples No European an
arcAists ooald DO more.
The Pullman strikers. Ike the striking
! coal miners. lave taken no he'd Of the In
1ary shev csass 90 thousands Of their
I fsglas wogkmen In ether industries and to
! the eommaa{ty IN general. TIE coal
/ miners not oaly refused 20 mine coal aus
! would not assow thAi which hsd alrsad v
/ been minea % wAs mined ~ oiaess TO 10
transported ~ tie railroads coRse-