The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-09-15
THE lNTELLIGENCER.
wHEELINe, sEprENpEal0, 1907.
The canss and It's Rsmsay.

The CaHse and It's Remedy.
The anthracite coal operators In Penn
sylyanIa are experiencing the results OF
their own actions In bringing into the
coal regions swarms of the worst classes
of ignorant and vicious foreigners, to
take the places OF the better element Of
naturalized foreigners and American
workmen. In all the strikes which have
occurred riot and turbulence, as rule.
have been caused by these people. In
the majority of instances they do not
speak the language OF the country, have
no understanding of the law and there
fore no respect for It, and, being ignorant
and vicious, know no method OF conduct
ing a strike save that of violence.
II IS this fact which has given rise to
the sentiment In favor of more stringent
immigration laws, and It Is such occur
rences as that which happened in the
anthracite region that are serving to
bring more forcIbly to the public mind
the necessity OF legislation which will
bar the undesirable classes from the
country.
While this is true, and the operators
are In a great measure responsible for
such tragedies by bringing the swarms
Into the country, American workmen
who meet and adopt fncendiary and rev.
oluttnnary resolutions are not helping
the cause, nor using the proper methods
to do away with the evil. The evil can
not be corrected by such methods
as those advocated by the meeting OF
Debs' Social Democracy in Chicago. for
instance where the most violent anarch-
istlc language was INDUCED In.
One resolution at this meeting of fol-
lowers Of Debs called for the life of a
millionaire for every foreigner who was
killed or wounded as the result of a
Pennsylvania sheriff losing his head at
a time when deliberate, cool-headed
Judgment was called for. One speaker
declared that he would kill twenty mil
lionaires" II he had the opportunity.
Another shouted that he would not car
.ry a musket but torch and knife"
Sun another, and. we regret to say, the
one who is regarded as Debs chief lieu
tenant, said II would attack property
with a torch; ] would destroy their fine
palaces" &c.
This foolish talk on the part of men
who should be Intelligent enough to know
that such sentiments, or the carrying
out of such a programme, would bring
no relief, but only anarchy and misery for
the very class they profess to represent,
cannot aid the cause of labor. on the
4 contrary, It can only do It harm. and It is
fortunate that the intelligent masses of
wage workers In this country Will never
give heed to such dangerous leaders
self-styled labor champions, who never
labor, but who live off the earnings Of
those who do.
In this great country, which is at the
beginning OF an era OF prosperity. when
men who have been idle are obtaining
employment on every Understanding that
the millions will share In the good times
which cannot be kept back-the handful
OF agitators Of anarchy will find no field
for the spread ot their vicious doctrines.
The big strike which grew out Of the re-
duced condition OF the coal miners, due
10 the depression which for four years
hung like a pail over the country. is now
about at an end, and this class of labor,
together with the others, is about to real
ize the benefits OF improved conditions,
The miners will not listen to the adven-
turers headed by Debs, who only work
with their mouths and would lead them,
not to better times but into misery and
despair.
The dawn of better day for n nation
is not propitioas for preaching the doc
trine OF murder, the overthrow of gov
eminent and the destruction of'property.
The honest worklngmen of America will
regard these aGitators against govern
ment as their worst enemies. The rem
eulth lvT NHhteNtT EIl'NhICeh lhDOT may
have do not lie with the torch and the
knife, nor In following the teachings OF
blatant dcmagoguc. but with the
peaceful ballot. That and that only, tho
right TO use which II guaranteed to every
citizen, be hc rich or poor, capitalist OF
the humbeat worker for wagcs, lB tho
successful means
one Of the first causes of these evils
as above pointed out, has been the too
free immigration Of tho worst classes Of
European society when Dcbs and hlf
lleutennnts cease their gilly attempt "a
provoke an lnsurroctlon In this country
In the Interests Of scheme OF govern.
mcnt, or rather no government, which Il
10 lmpraclcablc M TO ind no favor
among Intelligent people, and direct thaif
attention 10 the advocacy Of Intelligent
practical methods Of removing the chief
cause of such occurrences M that In M
anthracite conl regions, and to other logl.
timate reforms IN tho real lnloreeta oI
labor. and the union ~ capital and labor
then. and not Until then, Will they rc'
oolvc a hearing from the patriotic, hon'