El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-09
The Rangers" Of Pennsylvania
Something About Men Queng Up
From \. Y. Evening

, say that nothing has ever provoked SO
much bitterness between labor and
capital as the right capital had to main
tain its own police while labor had not
even the right 10 protest Every time
this bitterness brought about { clash
there was the customary appeal 10 The
sheriff. and then 10 the governor. ano
there was not even actual service when
property really lid need to be pro-
tected to be entered - the credit OF
the coal and iron police
Labor Suspicious.
In the course of time no one even
tried TO disguise this fac and hen
came the cOnstabulary-- La Dor. cutie
naturally, regarded 1t with some sus-
plclon as adding the authority of the
state TO those rights already claimed by
capital, and capital was not ttnthusi-
astic in its support of the prtJcct. be-
cause 1T seemed 10 offer a cumbersome
substitute for Advantages that ui-douot-
edly belonged, from Their .iewDoint. 10
the other system. But these objections
have very largely been removed in the
actual operation of the cOnsta bulary. 1t
does not entirely supplant the SssaI and
iron police. and labor has roun1 that
state policeman differs chiefly in per-
solal type from the ,ity rc.i..-rs.an. No
institution. Of course ever existed With
out ills opponents bu- PENNSYLVANIA
would net allow he cossra5a.ary I'll
be done away with. AT the last session
OF the general assembly a bill was in
trcduced for that very purpose. bu. il
did not even get 10 poin@ where i
was acted upon in committee
A Thorough Test.
The constabulary has been thorough
IL h..
existence. Some of its men met a SOL
dier's death at McKees Rocks last sum
mer. and it has been under fire per
hapS dozen times at other places
Ffremen do not hold themselves in |
readiness for action more constantly /,
than these troopers do, and it is quite |
as likely that orders will come at !
midnight as at midday for them IL en-
train and travel the width of tue state.
On the other hand. the orders may be /
10 stop the illegal sale of liquor in some I
foreign settlement, or to unravel a mus
der case.
A few months ago two troopers sta
toned at Burgettstown, in the western
end of the state, turned out at three
o'clock in the morning to- solve the
mystery of new made grave farm
er's boy had found. They galloped 10
miles across country to find tina. the
grave contained the body of a COON
Often they serve eviction papers, and Of
an, afternoon they may find their hands
very full indeed in preserving order in
some community where an attempt is
being made TO combine the recreations
of continental Sunday with the ex-
citations of American beer 1t has
been said that nothing has yet been
found, which does not properly fall
within the duty of trooper. and it is
pretty nearly true.
At McKees Rocks.
At McKee's Rocks-to which these
rather frequent references are being
made because it was the first big '.as
signment" the constabulary haj-.he
were on the firing line con-
stantly. long viaduct formed a IA
vorite base OF operations for the striE-
ers. and one night the troopers were
assailed from its shadows with CLUBS.
stones. wrenches. and revolvers alike.
Without an instant's hesitation thay
formed in line and charged their hid
den foes at a gallop- They didn't
know what they might happen npon.
but they didn't stop to speculate. they
drove the thousand strikers they found
there clear 10 their houses. a mile
away. When the pitched battle hat
had so tragic an element in it came. to
an end. they found that the body OF one
Of the troopers had been stripped of
arms Three of them rode away az
1nce to the long rows of houses whe-e
majority of the 5000 strikers lived and
searched until they found the accoutrs-
nents. And even at that time they i. 4
I so good naturally that the picture
was as inspiring as If it had been some
exploit pro patria.
And this is the most striking thing
ibout the Pennsylvania constabulary- .
hey are soldiers doing soldiers's wotJ.
With none of the frills. ,