Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-08-03
NOTED MINISTER'S.
Archbishop Ireland and Rev,
Mr.. Dixon on the Strike.
BOTH SPEAK THEIR MINDS.
The Archbishop BIames Labor, and the
New Yorker Advocates the Govern
ment o wnership of RaiIways-A Great
Injustice Perpetrated.

CHICAGO, July 15.-Archbishop Ire
land of st. Paul, when asked to-day what
he had to say upon the railway strike,
spoke as follows:
al do not desire to speak of the Chi
cago strikers, because in SO doing shall
blame labor, while because of my deep
sympathy with it l should wish to have
never said but words of praise for it,
But in moment of social crisis, such as
the one through which we are passing,
it is our duty to speak loud and to
make the avowal of the truths and
principles which will save society and
justice.
"The fatal mistake which has been
made in connection with this strike is
that property has been destroyed, the
liberty of business interfered with, hui
man lives endangered, society menaced
and the institutions and freedom of the
country put in most serious jeopardy.
The moment such things happen all pos
sible questions as to the rights and griev-
ances of labor must be dropped out of
sight and all efforts of wabiding citi-
zens and of public officials made to serve
in maintaining public order and guard
ing at all costs the public welfare. Labor
must learn that, however sacred its rights
be, there is something above them and
absolutely supreme-social order and the
laws of public Justice. There is no civil
crime SO hideous, SO pregnant OF evil re-
suits as resistance to law and the consti-
tuition of the country. This resistance
is revolution; it begets chaos it is an
archy; it disrupts the whole social fabric.
Labor, too, must learn the lesson that
the liberty of the citizen is to be re-
spected. One man has right to cease
from work, but he has no right to drive
another man from work. He who re-
spects not the liberty of others shows
himself unworthy OF his own liberty and
incapable of citizenship in free coun-
try. Riots and mob rule, such as have
occurred in Chicago, do immense harm
to the cause of labor, and set back its
advance for whole decades OF years. La
Dor thereby loses the earnest sympathy
of thousands of friends, and gives cour-
age and triumph to its enemies. Worse
yet, the principle OF popular government
suffers.
alt is no wonder that, reading of the
occurrences in America, Europe an
nounces that the Republic is failure,
and that strong monarchy only can
hold society together.
" | am far from saying that labor mas
not had its grievances IN America, nor
that redress must not be sought, would
not respect the laborer who seeks not to
defend his rights and to improve his
condition. But all this must be done
within the lines of social order and law.
The remedy for these ills is healthy
public opinion, and fair public legislation
and all legitimate efforts in these dIrec-
tons, whether by single or united lorce'
are laudable. For my own part DelieVe
the large number of men who JOIN strikes
are more to be pitied than to be blamed
They are led on by irresponsible and tyr
annous chiefs. Labor unions have grt at
statutes, but there is one marked evil IN
them, in that they put the liberties OF
tens of thousands in the keeping OF one
man or a few, who become their abso-
lutte masters, their despotic Cars.
1.-THE solution to the differences be-
tween capital and labor is necessarily
complicated, and no one precise formula
has been or can be found. A generous
sense of in Justice toward all, deep love
of ones fellows and attentive listenlngs
to the teachings of Christ will lead on
all sides to better understanding and
to happier mutual relations. Certain 1t
is that, SO far as it is possible. the laborer
should not lack support for himself ana
family. He should not be overburdened
either in weight or time OF labor; he
should be treated as a rational and moral
being, with all the respect due his human
dignity. His remuneration, if dimin-
ished in periods of depression, should
increase in periods of prosperity"
REV. MR.. DIxoN's SERMON.
New YORK, July 15.-Rev. Thomas
Dixon, Jr., who finds text for each
Sundays sermon in the events OF the
previous week, preached in Association
Hall to-day of the strike. He said in
part:
"This great uprising of the laboring
classes, which has cost the country ST.
600 900 and is likely to cost it 80, ZOO, OOO,
had its origin in great injustice perpe-
trated by somebody. 1t is impossible to
imagine the laboring classes, after en-
during the miseries consequent on the
depression of the past year, leaving their
workshops unless there was injustice
somewhere. Three lessons, however,
have been learned by the strike:
1.-THE railroad managers were utterly
incapable to handle the railroads the
moment the strike was precipited that
mob violence and disorder will under no
circumstances be tolerated by the Amer
lean people, and that the national gov
eminent alone has the power to break
such strike and raise the railroads
blockade.
Prom these follows the logical con-
clusion that the national government
should own the railroads outright. The
railroads were built strictly for accom-
mediation, and neither labor leaders nor
railroad managers should have the power
nor be permitted to interfere with the