The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-07-18
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\. Dehz. it's over. We'll its sooner by
a few hours than We expected We
counted 700 much on the perinanence q
xour eure q ueurlslheuia- Il Was obVi-
ous several DAYS ago thai the backbone of
The strike was affected by neurasihenia-
F,lt We did not look 20 soon for the col
lapse of your own The language ycn
were engaged in throwing OF led . great
MANY persons unfamiliar with the phe-
namena OF your nlalady to believe that
voar spinal column was the stifiest thing
on the continent. Some Of them, We pre-
suTae. are disappointed They were in
hope that you would continue % assert
vo1r superiority 70 the Government of
the United states until you compelled il
70 hack down They were curious % see
Whit YOU would Do with il when you
once got il subjugated. what limitations
you would place upon il, or whether you
would abolish Il altogether Their conf
dence in your spinal column Wa increas-
I ed when they observed that you had been
reinforced by Sovereign For they know
/ sovereign a. Champion Of Labor who
carries between his nose and chin the
CAPACITY for keeping ali the industries q
the country going, when coal. steam, va
+ ter power and natural gas fail, by simple
wind. And now some OF them are think
F ing that instead 81 helping you with his
wind. ne blew your backbone over.
{ But now that il J. over, and yOu are
willing 70 Lei the Government Of the
E United states continue business az the old
stand for q while al least, The T,l5Hlse
would ike % sssk II. when you calmly re-
! viex your career. you think il was really
worth while7 You've been very lucky,
I DeI-. They hanged a man yesterday in
{ Chicago for committing only one murder.
{ He knew les than you do He sinned
/ against less light. There's a dead engi-
neer. Deils, lying under his locomotive IN
{ the ooze Of 3 river bottom, away y0nder
on the Pacific Coast. who wouldn't have
( been there bat for y0u- And he never
I did vou harm There was nothing the
/ matter with his backbone He wss Try
I ing u do his duty H. he understood i.
( aud he didn't weaken under threats -
the men whom you enlisted, whom Yea
guided. and y hose willing obedience you
/ commanded, stealthiiy and murderously
ertrappel him q hi= death There's q
good deal 0f significance a. well as path
~. Deils. in that dead engineer lying
there In the Ooze with his hand on ths
throttle. Means good deal more, Debs
3
for the trust that can be reposed in il foi
its knighily character and heroic eourag,
the dead hand on the throttle does
than all the sounding proclamations that
have gone ont under your hand daring
] the last fortnight
Others are lying dead over the whole
stretch Of country on which your iniiu
euee has burned its track who woult
have been living but for you- Theusand
are idle w i0 but for you would have beeI
reaping the fruits Of industry in content
ment. Thousands Of families are in Dis
tress and misery who a fortnight agi
were comfortable and happy, and migh
have continued - had yea not ordere,
the bread-winners 10 throw down thei
tools and walk 0ut into vagrancy ans
, vagabondage. Through your orders bus
ines has been suspended. trade an'
commerce brought 20 a siandstilI, and al
productiye industry discontinue,
through whole neighb0rho0ds and over
wide extent Of country. No man eve
did 20 much mischief. ever hrewed suel
trouble. spread abroad such distress an'
misery. ever caused sneh a sacrifice d
life and made 80 many families wretcho'
with - little personal Inconvenience O
, los and 50 little personal peril 70
through il all your salary has gone rigI
on. Gone on just a. though il were no
" mng from your victims.
And Whist have you got for ii, Deis
Your picture has been printed in grea
many newspapers Your proclamation
aud prouuneiamentos in great man.
more You are known by name to-ia,
wherever the English languarge i sPo
ken. IT, wide nototiety. Don't mi-
take II for fame. Delrs- For It isn't Il j
an unwh0lesome. nauseating noiOrieIy
You have had stOmachful of il. Anl
now that y0u are about to pass out 0f ]
into the oirssaIriiy from " hieh You shoul'
never have emerged, we ask yOu in al
clndor. Was il worth while?