The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-07-04
BoYCoTTERs BEWARE.

The strike on the railroads is one of
the most serious labor disturbances
that has ever occurred in this or any
other country. 1t has the most wide
spread effects and concerns all classes
of the people. The Herald syfnpa-
thizesg with the workmen who have
been imposed upon by the Pullman
company. 1t may be that they were
justified in their strike against that rich
corporation, and that justice demands
a settlement of the dispute on fair and
equitable principles. Also that this
might be accomplished if the Pullman
people would submit the matter to arbi-
tration-
But this does not justify the course
pursued by the American Railway
union and its president in throwing
thousands upon thousands of men out
of employment, and in causing such an
immense loss to business and great suf-
fering to many individuals.
It is matter of astonishnent that
so many sensible men, who talk loudly
about liberty and rave over oppression,
will put themselves under the dictation
of one man and engage in quarrel in
which they are not personally inter
ested, bringing loss and Injury to mil
lions of the people and depriving them
selves of the means of living.
The president of the A. R. u. states
with the manner of a monarch: This
forenoon I issued an order tying up the
Rio Grande Western and the Rio
Grande systems" And liberty-loving
and tyrant-despising men bow down
TO that kind of diotation without
"a murmur. They throw themselves
out of employment although they have
no personal disagreement with their
employers. And they make themselves
slaves to an order and a one-man-
power without sensing their abject
submission!
We do not dispute the right of the
railroad men to quit work if they
choose so to do. If they have good
reasons for such action, well and good
It is the slavery of this abject subordi-
nation to the word of their master that
we wonder at and regret.
We offer to our friends the railway
workers, word of advice: If you
think yourselves justified in your course
you have some satisfaction, even if you
have to suffer while you injure the
public. But do not carry your strike
to the extreme of violation of the law.
Do not attempt to prevent other men
from working where you refuse to
labor. If you do you will get the worst
of it. You are not likely to succeed in
your combination against the railroads,
the courts and the public. But if you
proceed to violence you will not only
fail in your purpose, but you will bring
upon yourselves swift destruction.
Therefore beware and keep within the
law!
The railroad men of the United States
form a mighty host. They are stall
wart lot of men. They are formidable
in numbers and in their organization.
But in the face of the law, backed by
the whole power and authority and
wealth of the nation, they will prevail
but for little while and will involve
themselves in the ruin of such con-
hict.
If there is to be a continuation Of
this contest, let it be carried on without
recourse to violence, or the disaster and
destruction that will ensue will come
with far the heaviest force upon the
men who have provoked it. We give
this as a friendly warning, and we
know what we are talking about and
mean every word we say.