Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-07-12
PRESS OPINIONS ON THE SITUATION.

/ can call spirits from the vastly deep,
said Owen Glendower. And so can l.or so
can any man, replied Percy, but will
they come when you do call for them?
We do not believe that either Debs or
Sovereign, or both of them together,
can get many more men TO join their
fool strike, no matter how they call.
The workingmen OF the country are
generally law-abiding, loyal and sens
ible, aud will not, on the order OF
couple of hot-headed and rattle-brained
demagogues, rush into strike already
criminal and rapidly drifting toward
treason aad rebellion.-Lo1dSUiUe Com
merciaL.
II the sins Of Pullman were thous-
and fold worse than they are, they
would afford no justification for holding
all the railroads responsible for them
and visiting vengeance on their &C.
count on the heads Of the American
people. Pullman is in Long Branch
with ample means to live in comfort.
He may close down his shops forever
and go to Russia or China, yet on the
grounds President Debs has chosen Tor
hir strike, his war on society would
have to continue. The railroads are
powerless to make Pullman arbitrate,
the people can not control his action,
yet because they do not accomplish the
impossible, Mr.. Deos must go on wreck
ing commerce and industry and forcing
all labor into starving idleness.
Louis POst-DtsDGtch.
This is the country OF the laborers.
It's foundations were built by labor. It's
future is the hope Of labor. Its differ
ent class of lsbOrers-farmers and 0per-
ators, rich and poor-are great family.
They have their difficulties Of various
sorts, but they are going TO settle them
peaceably. They have no liberation for
the methods of violence. They are not
going TO submit TO railroad wrecking.
They will not suffer a private quarrel
between a cSrbuilder and his hands to
be made the occasion of general dis
tress We need 20 arbitrary measures.
Lawlessness will be met by law. But
law, which is the will OF the people
as deliberately and solemnly established,
has behind 1t the power Of the people,
Springfield Republican.
1t Is not enough in these days for
men, whether employers or workmen,
to say that there is nothing TO arbitrate;
that they know they are right, and will
not tolerate interference. The public
has something at stake, even in the con-
duct of a mans private business; and il
he, or the men whom he employees,
think themselves in the right, this IS all
the more reason why they should be
willing to leave the question at issue TO
the Judgment OF impartial outsiders.
How much would have been saved 10
people OF this country il the original
difference az Pullman had been placed
in the hands of arbitratOrs.-B Boston
Post.
How many millions OF dollars worth
OF the farm products of this country
will this strike totally destroyp We
daily read of trainloads OF fruits and
vegetables rotting on side tracks. We
are told Of cattle dying by the thousands
of thirst and hunger while their trains
stand on switches. Can these strikers
In any way excuse this outrage upon
their sworn friends, the farmers? Dare
they attempt to justify 1t by claiming a
principle is at stake aud that these
means they employ, terrible though
they are, are warranted by the necessity
they are under TO attain victory for
principles sake.-A ltStin Statesman.
This ill-calcuated boycott cannot last
much longer, IL it could, there would
be an insolerable situstion for nearly
all wage-earners. There would be
T.. 40 ord higb
for the necessaries of life. Debs has
few apologists among laboring men or
business men. Cruel as war is, the
commander who uselessly destroys in
duStry and stops trade is condemned
and often punished by his own govern
ment Debs is fast attaining the unen-
viable position of being regarded as a
public enemy by nine-tenths OF his fell
low countrymen. Louis Republic,
That remains TO be seen. A good
many bigger men than George NJ. Pull
man-which is not saying much-have
undertaken 60 defy public opinion, with
the invariable result that they couldn't
at least find holes small enough 10 crawl
into. A braggart is invariably a crank.
Pullman is no exception to the rule
Chicago Herald
Probably the announcement tina
George NJ. Pullman has left Elberon and
gone for trip up the ST. Lawrence is
untrue. Mr.. Pullman has shown a
thorough regard for his personal safety,
and he is not making his movements
public. His disappearance, however, is
TO be welcomed. So long as he is in
hiding be cannot talk TO newspaper
men and give out exasperating inter
views. 1t is to be hoped his self-efface-
ment will continue. Nothing except
his immediate return to Chicago will
gain him so much public approval as his
complete disappearance and absolute
silence for several years 10 come.-Chi-
cage Herald.