The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-09-27
DENUNCIATION OF PLOTTERS
WHO ARE CONSERVING AGAINST THE
RIGHTS OF CITIZENS.
Situation Bad Enough Now without
Completely ParaIyzing All Classes
of Trade and Industry.

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out of his hands and entirely within the
Jurisdiction of the military authorities. To
all intents and purposes the city is under
martial law. The civil authorities will do
their utmost to cooperate and will do moth
ing to embarrass the military governor.
Senior Rivera, declares that if it devolved
On him to settle the dispute he would not
have to use force. When the chief Of police,
Senior Cardenas, asked him for instructions,
his reply was that the chief should carry
out the orders of the military authorities,
although in the same breath he strongly
dissented from the policy of those orders.
General Ludlow says that If it should be
necessary he can find room at the Preside
for 1000 prisoners and at Cabanas for as
many more. Where all the rights of citi-
Gems are at stake he considers that the ex-
listing military power should supersede any
legal technicality. The military governor
has issued a long proclamation, which is
in part as follows:
ITO the People of Havana-At the pres
ent juncture, when certain irresponsible and
seditious individuals are seeking to destroy
the peaceful industries of the city and to
mislead the workingmen into a general
movement of the community, 1t behooves
me in the interest of all concerned and as
the immediate representative of the United
warming.
to the establishment in Cuba of a stable
and orderly government. A pledge made
alike to Cubans and to the world will surely
De huIn,led. Every endeavor Will be made
ment. the foundation of which is true, self
respecting liberty. Modern civilization de-
mandS IN enduring respect for law and the
rights and liberties of others. The working
men of Havana are being tempted toward
a fatal step, which, if taken. will set back
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of the rights of men for an Indefinite period.
They are being urged to a general strike,
to a total suspension of the accustomed oc-
equations and labors which are essential to
the common welfare and on which depend
even the very lives of the people. The rea-
of eight hours. AS a matter Of fact. Such a
demand has not been made. No body of
employers has been asked to. shorten the
submitted to the Ayuntamiento or to the
American authorities.
SELF-SEEKING DEMAGOGUES.
AT the instigation of a few se~lf-seekine
demagogues, backed by a more numerous
element that prefers idleness to labor and
excitement Of any kind to the calmer life
of thrift and protection of the family, the
workingmen of Havana are urged to fore
go all labor, to e%xtinguish the lights that
protect property and discourage crime, to
close the bakeshops that furnish food, and,
III lndI COulu De Accomplished, 10 cut OH
the water supply. Meanwhile the trades
and occupations are to be abandoned, In,
dustry is TO perish and food is to fail. Upon
whom would this punishment fall? Who
would be at once, and fatally, the victims
or this ubiquitous conspiracy? Who but the
poor. the destitute and the sick? Who but
the ailing children and their mothers, the
weak and helpless? Who but the ignorant
and destitute, thousands of whom exist In
Havana, whose daily resources are essential
strike, within forty-eight hours the cries OF
hunger and walls of distress will arise from
multitudes whose sole fault it is that they
have been deceived into sacrificing them
without thought or reason.
1T is known to the authorities that but a
small proportion of the workingmen are in
sympathy with the movement, and that the
majority have been coerced into assent.
Let there be no MISUNDERSTANDING as to the
outcome. Order will be maintained. Vic.
lence and tumult will be crushed. Where
so much is at stake there will be no hest
tation in applying such remedial measures
as may be necessary to preserve the peace
and safety of the city. No man can be
compelled to work against his will. But If
vagrant and a burden, and he must take the
responsibility for his own acts and ths
needless and innumerable sufferings which
he imposes upon his kindred, as we'll as
upon the public.
"a weightier responsibility will rest upon
those who, needless of consequences and
betray workingmen to their enduring disad-
vantage. These are the treacherous ans &C.
and in secret. against the peace Of the city
and the lawful rights Of its citizens to earn
their own livelihood and to enjoy with
their families the fruits of their labors.
These are public enemies-men flying the
red flag of anarchy. violating law and In
vading the rights of others. To such will
be dealt punishment adequate to their of
Tending. They will find their own lives AZ
gfievous a burden as that which they seek
to impose upon the workers whom they are
deiuding.
URGED TO SUBMIT PETITIONS.
There is but one proper course for the
workingmen to pursue in this matter. If
the authorities only can establish what
shall be lawful days Of work and lawful
hours of work for the several industries of
the city let the labor and trade ~associa-
tons meet and carefully consider what
should be their reasonable and proper petit
tions. Let each submit its case to the
Ayuntamiento for mature elaboration and
equitable adjustment.
TT may be that when the question is fully
worked out it will appear that the present
hours of labor are in some cases excessive
and in others reasonable, but in any event
the orderly and rational process is to repre-
sent the matter in each case fully to the
authorities and to procure by lawful and
regulations. The true freeman is he who
respects the rights of others as he requires
the others snail respect MS, and who puts
the welfare of the community above per-
sonal preference and the rule of law and
order above noisy haranguing and turbu-
lent demonstrations. Such a man is en-
titled and will receive security and protec-
ton in the exercise of his industry and the
enjoyment of his personal rights to the full
est degree that the government can give
them. LUDLOW.
Military Governor"
There is a general paralysis of business
owing to the strike of the stevedores and
wharfmen. A majority of the cartmen can
not work owing to their inability 10 load
their carts at the wharves. Some began
loading this morning, and a rumor was cir
culated that a cartman had been killed by
the strikers. who threatened to stab any
one attempting TO work at the wharves.
Collector Bliss said all the men in the Gus
toms service were working and ready to
deliver goods to any one bringing carts TO
handle them. Several ships cannot load be-
cause Of the strike OF the lightermen.
Mayor Lacost has promised to get new men
to work at the wharves, guaranteeing them
protection.
Five hundred men went TO the police sta
ton 10 demand the release of their leaders,
but dispersed when told that the latter had
been removed to Vivac. Their leaders were
arrested for holding a meeting without CIV
ing the authorities the required twenty-four
hours notice.
The cigar makers. cab drivers and busmen