New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-11
ONE GOOD RESULT.

Which one ~ the labor leaders was ii who. III
tho face Of All the evidence 10 the contrary,
calmly asserted before the Rullnan lnv"StiEat-
inc Commission his belief that The Pullman
strike. Instead OF being Il failure. had accom-
plishcI great good. He was not absolutely
vr,ny He was wrong 10 he sure. In The sens"
iu which he Intended to he understood that the
cou.. of organized labor had been advanced
and the interests Of The workngmrn promoted
by that immcasurnby wild. foolish nnd disaS-
trous demonstration He was wrong II lie
meant that the agitation II produced ana Inc
discussion II provoked, by attracting the atten-
ton Of the public 10 the condition ~ workihs-
mon and tle relations Of labor 10 capital. effect
ed anY good results far ~ tho workineinrn
arr, concerned For nothing Is clearer Ia ih'"iIi-
gent men than that the whole business was
hluntrr: a very costly llundcr. FOR the men who
.nginccr.1 II rlsked all they had Of Influence
and regulation upon it's success and lost al 10y
It's failure Nor Is there any consolation '" he
found in the fact that the corporations against
which the demonstration was directed suffered
onormous ,rcunary losses by II. That reflection
does not help the poor misguided fellows who
obcvcl The orders ~ Dchs ana nnd themselves
In consequence out Of work AMI ou Of money
today.
Hut II dh, accomplish some good II opened
the ewes Of the workiugn"n themselves !" inc
f,ol,,Dncss II their trust In Labor dcnag"g'irs
who. without knowledge, judgment "r foresight.
initiate a great and calaInitons dsinrbanc" ~
business with no other purpose than 4" "kal'
themselves into mnwhoIc~oIne noorl"'y. That.
for ono thing For another il convinced s"in''
| - ,be mos, blatant AMI offensive Of The bla'hcT
,1,,... Is hell
husiucss Of the country nj a s'nnds,ll ana filed
the newspapers with their absurd rawlings ah'
toploftlcal procamatons. that. on the whole,
that sort Of thing does not pay; that instead "'
b.lng the American people. Mhom they assumed
10 represent. or the United States Gov"rnmrni'
whose functions they asserted their right 10 as-
sumo. they are Il pllable parcel of in'S'h''i-
makers. In a very small minority when at the
height OF their destructive power. aud criminal
conspirotors with the allure Of their plans.
Even they are convinced now " the futill'y OK
such demonstrations as The one they last SET on
! foot against The peace ana ORDER OK soccer! anu
| the general welfare Of the country. They have
had enough of it-for the present al least.
Dcbs. who was for n time the most-talk"d-"f
person in the world. and was 80 pulled up with
| +, MAT he seemed 10 many Of his followers 10 be-
/ "A Dictator WIFI IuI UON'I ON'i NV ""'"'' -
Of the country and the lives and property OF
citizens. Is reported 10 have said the other day.
emerging momentarily from the obscirity which
Tcrre Haute has generously given him. that he
was convinced of the usclessncss OF strikes.
And now Sovereign the General Master Work
man Of the knights " Labor. who. during the
| Debs farcetr tragedy WAS prTlalming with Inc
/ tcmpes tuousncss Of half n hundred cyclones
his purpose 10 call ont every worklngnan In the
country and stop everything until the Pullman
strikers were settled with. Is reported as saying
that he is "decidcdly opposed TO strikes" He
has found out that they widen the breach be
| tween capital and labor aud. what Is rather
| more important to him an adviser and incitcr
! OF strikes and one Of the most turbulent ana
disor,lerly OF his class. that "all strikes are
| Illegal and all strikers are criminals"
The labor leader who asserted his belief that
the Pullman strike bad accomplished some good
was right them In this view Of II: that II cleared
the atmosphere and opened the eyes, not only OF
the blind followers Of crazy leaders, but Of the
leaders themselves, 10 the futlty and the Grim
inaity OF such ar organized conspiracy against
law and order and the peace and prosperity of
the community IA that led by Dcbs and Sovcr-
eign But, after all, II was fearful price to
pay for such enlightenment.