New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-21
.yTSTICE TO ONE AND ALL.

Excepting Mt a few points. the transportation
business Of the country has been restored 10 Il
nearly normal condition. but Mt those points "iiu
elsewhere Il large number OF persons are SUN
animated by rancorOls and turbulent splrl''
which nj every opportunity breaks out in arts
~ violence Thus M Hammond. Ind. on Thurs
day night. mob Of several hundred rioters AZ
tackled n Lake Shore freight train. drew coupling
pins. cut the brake hose and set many oI inc
cars on fire Two militia companies nnaly
dispcrsed the mob put ont the flames ana sent
tbc train forward under Il heavy guard. toy
crnor Matthews warned by this and similar III
cidcnts has resolved 10 keep the State troops
ON duty M Hammond for the present. In Chi
cago comparative quiet prevails, but 1t Is APP
rnrcutlv due TO tho presence of soldiers pre-
pared for any emergency. a number Of prom
mont citIzcns have asked the President not 10
Withdraw the United States troops. believing
that they are still needed and though he has
decided II is said to refuse their request. hav-
Ing doubtless been advised by officers i'll com
mand on the spot that the State and local au-
thorItics are competent TO deal With the sli,m-
lion. whatever it may be, their Apprehension
has a substantial basis. Al other more or less
important railroad centres, and indeed at inter
u
the disposition Of strikers would unqucStionably
lead them into crime If they were not r's'ra'heu
by fear Of the consequences.
Meanwhile DcbS and large number or his
nsurreclons,s have been indicted. and the law
* nrcporoL 10 v,ndlcate its complete supremacy
ovrr them. Fortunately. Grand Jurl's are
neither afraid nor nlsposed TO 10 their duty
and the courts, we hope and believe, VIII pro-
, may he
persons who dd not hesitate 70 declare them
selves on the side OF order while the troubles
were at their height may be moved by com
passion 10 urge. now that the strlk" j. pr'c-
tcally over and many misguided men are in
distress because OF their folly, that legal pro-
Greetings ought 10 be dropped. or AT least that
great leniency ought 10 be shown 10 IN" accused.
We cannot take this view Of the case. If there
were no other cause for an unlinchlng proS''u-
tlon Of the leaders who have been and may be
Indicted for offences against The law, the per
ss,cncc u the spirit which they evoked ana It's
crupfion I'm acts Of violence at Hammond ana
elsewhere would prove the necessity II doing
complete Justice to the guilty. 50 far ~ is
known. not n single individual conspIcnouSly
identified with the instruction under D"hS mas
cylnccd n sign Of regret for his share in That
nj the murders IN which they all virtually CO.
opcr.rrd and the manifold distrcsscS which
they combined 70 in1ict upon countless innocent
persons They all protest against arrest ana
prosecution hut not one OF them gives the
slightest evidence Of repentance.
II T. obviously no time 10 advise rrlaNau"h
81 the rlgors 81 the law. These men VIII be-
amply protected IN their rights by the courts
Including their right 70 be set ~ liberty unless
their guilt Is legally established. But The people
also have rights In the case. II Is their tight 70
demand that the law shall take Us course mat |
every man properly indicted shall b" iinparilAl- /
Is tried. and that every man convicted amer
such n trial shall be condemned 10 suffer an
adcdunfe penalty Weak compassion for those
who have strcnuousy cndeavorcd - overturn
free institutions by dcfyIng The laws under
which they exist - miserable cruelty 10 the poo
t,l. Of the United States, Including all the de-
luled victims OF wicked labor leaders.