Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-07-19
The Farmers and Strikers.
(chieago Herald)

at least one third OF the laborin0 pOpu.
lalion Of the country, the facts are in
structiVe.
Last Monday night a delegation oil
the presumably peaceful and law
abiding citZ rs" OF HammOnd-as
| they describe themselves in their resolu-
tions visited a railroad bridge Two
miles out Of town and set il on fire.
An old flrmer named Hutt,e lived in
tae neigh borboOd. and ne started out
% give warning of the acts Of the in
cendiaries He was caugat and held
pr. oner by them until their nefarious
work was finished ana the blaze well
under RaY, when. with a Unrest TO
murder him and burn his house if he
did not keep his mouth shut" he was
liberated
Farmer lutte soon notified other
farmers ~ the vicinity of the event that
occurred. Tfeyralhed in large num-
bers, armed with shOtguDs. piichforks,
hoe handles and c0rn-knives, aud pur-
sued the bridge burners rhe county
was secured in all directions, and an
effective road patrol WAS established to
gusrd property and hunt down The
criminals.
The sentiment which inspired this
pursuit of the riotous strikers is held
unanimously by the farmers If the
country. They are opposed. without
exception, to violent strikes, mob law
lessness and to all forms of instruction
against the government.
The experience OF Mr.. Debs or any
other professional strike agitaior, if he
would GO out into The country Just as
the harvest is ripening and attempt to
organize the farm hands for a strike,
could be instructive to the entire gen.
GRAFTON The farmers. with the help of
their employees. would pitchfork him
out of their dooryards, load him into
a manure wagon and dump him in the
nearest roadside ditch.
This is the treatment that strike
emissary would receive among farm
hands. who work sixteen hours a day
in harvest time for the pay of q street
car driver. and do not regard them
selves as 'wage slaves but as free
and independent citizens who can labor
or not, as thew choose, without regard
to the orders of any labor leadein or
of a grand master workman" who
never works.
Presently | heard voice saying.
Son of the Republic look and learnt
while, at the same time. my visitor ex-
tended her arm ana fore-inger east
waidly. | now hebeld heavy white
vapor at some distance, rising fold up
on fold. This gradually dssipated. and
l looked upon IA strange scene. Before
me lay stretched ont in one vast plain
all the countries of the worid--Europ e,
Asia. Africa and America. | saw roll
Ing and tossing between Europe and
America the biiIows of the Atlantic, and
between Asia and America lay the Pa
ciiic. 'Son of the Republic" said the
my SERIOUS voice as before, "look and
Learnt
AT that moment | beheld a dark,
shadowy belng. like an angel. standing
or rather floating in mid-air between
Europe and America. Dipping water
out of the ocean in the hollow of each
hand, sprlnkled some upon America
with his right hand, while he cast upon
Europe some with his left. Immediately
a dark cloud arose from each Of these
countries and joined in mid ocean. For
a while it remained stationary. and then
moved low y westward, urt ii euycl.
oped America in Its murky folds Snarp
flashes Of lightning now cleaned
throughout il Al intervals. and | heard
the smothered groars and cries OF tho
american people.
"A second time he angel dipped
from the oceen and sprnkied it out as
before. he dark cloud was then
drawn back 10 the ocean into whose
beavipg waves it sunk from view A
third time | heard the voice SAVING,
Son of the Republic. look and learn
II cast my eyes upon America, and
behed villages, towns, and cities spring
ing up one after another. until the
Whole land from the Atlantic TO the
Pacific was dotted with them. Again
heard the voice say, "Son OF the Re-
public, the end of century cometh--
look and learn.
AT this the dark, shadowy angel
turned his face southwark. and from
Africa saw an i'll omened spector app
preaching cur land. 1t fitted slowly
and heavily over every village, town
and city on the latter, the in
habitants of which presently set them
selves in battle array, one against the
the other. As | continued looking,
SAW = bright angel. on whose brow
restt crown of light on which was
traced the word Union, bearing the
American flag. which he placed be-
tween the divided nations, aud said
Remember, We are brethren!'
''IuStantly the inhabitants, casting
from them their weapons, became
friends once more. and united around
the national standard. And again |
heard the my s;erious Voice, saving
Son OF the Republic, look and learn :
And | beheld the villages, towns
ard cities of America increase in size
anu number, TIL at last they covered
all the land from the Atlantic to the
Pacific, and their inhabitants became
as countless as the stars IN Heaven, or
as the sand on the Sea-Shore And
again heard the voice, saying, son
of the Republic. the end OF century
cometh- look ard learn
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