New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-28
g A FIREBRAND.
DIXON AS 4 TIREBRAND.
SOME REMARKABLE STATEMENTS On III" '''"N''
HE SAYS THE MILITIA Is THE REPHf's'N-
TATIvE OF "JI.has' AND THAI -


HE SAYS THE MILITIA Is THE KEPHfSf'N
TATIvE OF A "cI.i,as' AND THAI -
Is COMPOSED or BOYS WHO WANT
TO SHOOT SOMEBODY.
In sermon on the strike, delivered IN Ass''
ton Hall yesterday. the Rev Inomas Do a,
no'rce1 the 8rooklyn trolley officers public oh'-
iais ord me militia and supported the STRIKERS.
uo branded the railway officials rs brutes' IN"
soid that the militia was crowd OF poy'' &'N'o
IA Duh the trigger arl shoot down SOMEHOW 49,
Dixon said hat within zen years me i"oo' w.
carnations would be armed as m'l'aIS o'u'' 1.,
civil war would ensuc. The sermon. when caUsei
freouent apolause and some laughter. was III part
as follows 49,, ,,,
ton OF greater problems underlying ,he son
han he world has ever dreamed of. 1t Is violence
Tor a corporation to rob- steal ana E, hepgIng
Mssre vo npeS yo D tell me- our forefathers were
rioters; they seized ship In Boston falo ITO The
nnosiem Of ROT and revolution lies bcow the sur
face Judged the surface every . Ghe u was
great Wor%s FAR oPsneeG ass ws It
RgqyUs d MsyCr Rad been SHssa
out thai hnrl act. 1t would not have oesn 'o'''-
Today in Brooklyn "A city is under martial law law,
They are under corporation disease the ere LIN
moving cause OF the disorder N brUoAs" cruel and
wicked greed The officers OF that corporation nJ
hsen unjust and cruel to their men. Tor "
fourteen hours work day IL brutal ana "'on'''
Mr. Dixon then tod how the New-fork 'eh'ra'
Railroad Company only required the engineer "Ho
runs their Empire Express to Work rev houI'' ana
then gave him rest OF two days lie SAID mar
this proved that the railroad company appreciated
the great mental and physical STRAIN on Tue ehs'
neer and that public safety demanded inst ne
should not be overworked. This the preacher SAD
shon,d be a great lesson to the ohicas ot Tue "''
ley lines WHO. he said. were responsible ior 'h'
great loss OF lie BY reason OF persons being run
down by overworked men.
Continuing Mr.. Dixon said:
Now ! say II this corporation ha n SOU Trey
would not be so eruei and ernta ~ 20 n1'np~ n
commodity. I say that II Is not. and that man
who says II is a murderer and possessed or the
II Believe he time has come when the state should
step in ana take eharge ana deere td"s doo' l.
Then turning mis- attention to the militia Mir.
D.Noa said:
The boys who went to Brooklyn were anxious to
pull the trigger. AMI were anxious 10 XII, 'Ap-
wfTe others iaughedD II IL a sad fact that there
is n bitter feeling between the laborcrs ana the
c.ass militia. The military represents not the
people but cass-boys VINO were ANXIOUS 70 shoot
and XII another c.ass suppose the mon VINO We're
shot down in Brooklyn had worn s.k hats ana
psien;-.earher boots would they nave been shot
down. II this condition ~ ATARI continues Yen
anon a military footing ana civil war wl f14.ow
believe before God that the strikes are pnl Town
by ne s bas s wssn tn an 20 out ne
corporations commit violence, and hrn and desr .
ihelr property. so as % nave NE c:ass .ni,ta
The Church must attend TO these twentieth CEN
tury questions or II viii Ole. '>ppauSe, anu "o'e
people left the church,
After telling what the Church could do by taking
more interest IN underlying danger" the preacher
closed amid a burst of handciappng ana applause