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THE PZETSBtma DISPATCH, MONDAY -JULY 11. 1892.
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PULPIT VIEWS
01 THE STRIFE
Between the Workers at
Homestead and the Car-1
negie Steel Company.
LAWLESSNESS CENSURED
Buttho Eights oi-Both Parties ire
Carefully Considered.
Eev. Dr. Benham Advises That the Law
Be Respected Necessity for Labor
Unions Recognized Rev. W. A. Stan
ton Thinks That the Laws of Man and
God Do Not Agree Recommends
That Legislation Make Them Harmo
nize Few Words of Sympathy
"Spoken for the Pinkerton Forces
Arbitration Urged by Many of the
Speakers.
During the past five days the chief topic
of conversation in tbe street, the club and
the home oircle has been tbe startling oc
currence at Homestead, Tbe various pbases
of the conflict between the workmen and
tbe Finkertons and, laterly, tbe attitude of
the Carnegie Company and its leaders, the
intentions of the Sheriff, tbe Governor and
tbe labor organizations have formed in
exhaustible subjects for discussion and
argument in every circle. It was to
have been expected, under these cir
cumstances, that tbe pastors would take
into consideration the importance of
tbe matter and make it the
principal portion of their themes. In antic
ipation of obtaining advice and light on
tbe questions at issue irom a theological
standpoint, most of the churches were more
largely attended than nsual yesterday morn
ing. In some instances tbe matter was
barely referred to, while in others it was
made the text from which the entire ser
mon was drawn.
At the Point Breeze Presbyterian Church,
which was rilled almost beyond its capacity,
Eev. DeWitt N. Benbam delivered a forci
ble sermon at the morning service on "Be
spectfor the Law." His text was Eomans
13:1, "Let every soul be subject unto the
higher powers; for there is no power but
of Gcd; and the powers that be are or
dained of God."
I'oaltlon of the Early Christian!.
The speaker went on to describe the con
dition of the early Christians under the
Jewish rule. He told of the animosity
which existed against them among the
higher classes and people in power in
Judea, and went on to the attempts of the
Roman authorities to suppress Christianity.
The Jews themselves "were also persecuted
in Rome, and they frequently rose in insur
rection; and it was to warn Christian con
verts against such outbreaks that Paul
wrote the sentence which was quoted in the
tezt. The Christians might have argued of
their heathen rulers of Rome: "They are
wicked. They are often unjust. They have no
fear of God. They oppress the slave. They
have no respect for his rights or for his
life. Their tribute demanded from the
provinces is heavy and exorbitant Their
laws are unfair. They discriminate in
favor of the classes and against the masses.
The rich live in luxury: the poor exist in
squalor. They proscribe our religion and
attempt to prevent our worship. Are we
not justified in resisting them? Have we
not reason to refuse submission to such
authorities? Are we not excusable if we
disturb the peace?" These early Christians
might have argued thus. They had all these
facts upon their side. They might have
presented them in vindication of their
right to resist the powers.
Hold Advice From an Apostle.
"Hot so," says the apostle; "yon are in
error in this matter. Your statements are
true, but your conclusions are false. You
are not justified in revolt. These men are
heathen, but their power has been given
them of God. He has allowed them to ex
ercise it. They are your civil magistrates.
You must submit to them or remove them
legally. You must obey the lawn as they
stand or alter them constitutionally." This
was bold language for the apostle to use.
He ran the risk of rendering himself un
popular with those whom he was address
ing. But he was no demagogue. He was
not to be turned by fear or favor. He was
an apostle of Christ and a man of judgment
and decision
impulsive, out sen-controlled.
He was not one to
play upon the pas-
sions of men. He
am not care
to utter dangerous
sentiments. He
weighed well his words, knowing
that he was responsible for them. If what
he spoke led men astrav he knew that he
was accountable. Words may be as terrible
as explosives. They should be guarded
carefully. Paul was faithful to his convic
tions and considerate in expressing his
opinions. He was a peacemaker not a
peace disturber; a reconciler of disputes
not a turbulent creator of discord. He pre
ferred rather to educate than to voice pub
lic opinion. He was a wise man, a strong
man, a consecrated man, a Holy Ghost led
man, and the man for the occasion. With
out him the Church might have drifted far.
But God chose him and placed him at the
helm. And when at the helm his head was
clear enough, his hand firm enough to guide
luu xeume turiauau uver siorm-iossea
seas.
. Dr. Benham then went on to explain the
relations of the individual to the state,
and to hold that his text did not forbid but
opened the way for governmental changes
when things went wrong. He held that
revolutions were permissible, because they
represent radical changes in 'public senti
ment Lawlessness, however, was to be de
plored. Men must respect the duly con
stituted authorities, and not take the law
into their own hands and execute it as they
see fit Mob rule is as irreligious as it is
illegal. When life is taken by a mob the
act is unjustifiable murder. It is useless to
seek to palliate crime. It cannot be ex
cused. Right is right, and wrong is wrong.
Gaining an UnenTlablo Tiaine.
Unfortunately we are gaining the name
of being a iieoplc given to outbreaks of vio
lence. While men were commenting urion the
remarks of Dr. Charles H. Payne before the
Methodist General Conference in which he
stated that during the war 100 negroes had
been lynched, seven burned aliye, one
flayed alive and one disjointed, tbe news
came of that disgraceful affair at Port Jer
vis in the very heart of the North. Nor
has the memory of that brutal, unjustifiable
assassination of unarmed and defenseless
Italians in the jail of New Orleans yet
passed from the public mind. It is strange,
indeed, that in a country governed by the
people the people should treat with such
contempt their established institutions for
administering justice. Is it possible that
popnlar government is too weaE to secure
justice and punish crime and enforce
its own law? We should be sorry
to sar the people are unfit and
unable to govern themselves. Dr. Benham
proceeded to discuss tbe likelihood that the
criminal and ignorant quality -of much of
the immigration Irom Europe might be re
sponsible for the prevailing contempt for
law. There was no liberty, lie went on to
say. witbout law; there might be license,
but that was wholly different) If there was
only one man in the world he must lay re
straint upon himself or he would cease to
exist lioisv demagogues pander to the
passions of the populace, when, if the prin
ciples which they advocate were put in
practice, society would cease to exist
For this reason we regret tbe condition
of affairs at Homestead, the sermon con
tinued. "We could have wished the dis
pute settled by arbitration. We believe in
organized labor. Men have a perfect right
to form their unions. In many instances
such unionsare beneficial. They are neces
sary in dealing with employers who other
wise might become selfish and cruel. The
workingman is also justifie1 in seeking
proper legislation in his behalf. If dissat
isfied with our laws he is at liberty to use
his influence in having them altered or re
pealed. Better to Seek Peaceful Settlement
The workingman is at liberty to strike or
refuse work. Should the' union so decree,
it may extend the strike to all its members.
There is nothing injustice to prevent this.
But before a general strike it is very much
better usually to seek" a peaceful settlement
and avoid the idleness, the suffering and
the temptations which arc set for the un
employed. When strikes occur life, law
and property should be held sacred. The
strikers at Homestead havfr ,'aid them
selves open to severe criticism in failing of
respect tor law ana inc. oeiaorn is tne
world called upon to look uponsohumiliating
a spectacle as men under a flag of truce
beaten, insulted and abused. As men we
are indignant that such outrages Ehould
have been perpetrated. As citizens we
lament that the law has been so lightly
esteemed. No doubt there is danger that
pauper labor and a crowded labor mar
ket might enable the employer to crush the
laborer to the wall, but, if this is
so, it is law that must be looked
to for a remedy. Legally these
men are at fault until they restore the prop
erty at Homestead into the hands of those
to whom it belongs. While we have much
sympathy for the laboring man and realize
he is often unjustly treated and deprived of
pleasures and comforts, yet as citizens we
must ask that he preserve tbe peace and re
spect the law.
Dr. Benham closed by expressing the
great responsibility of those wtw incite
violence aud endeavor to arouse mob pas
sions. Whether in the pulpit, on the plaf
form, or in the sanctum, men who address
the multitude must be prepared to give an
account of their words.
PRINCIPLES OP HONOR.
Rev. S. TV. SlcCorkle Thinks a Definition of
Honor Should Be Given to Carnegie and
the Homestead Workers A Sermon
Appropriate to the Times.
"Nothing is more interesting than to lis
ten to a distinguished General reciting the
various incidents of his successful wars. "
These were tbe words of Eev. S. W. Me
Corkle in starting his sermon at the
First Congregational Church, of Allegheny,
last night Continuing he said: "Sitting
in the quietude of his home, honored and
beloved, his name on every lip, he tells the
story of his battles and marches. The
country looks with exceeding interest to
Mount McGregor as it was from there Gen
eral Grant issued his life works. There is a
fascination about the conversations of Napo
elon as he recounted the various campaigns of
his life. It would have been interesting to
have heard Haunibal's story of his march
over the Alps and down to victory in Italy.
"The text of to-night brings into history
one of the greatest kings of a time, who, in
a reminiscent mood, told of the career of
his soldiers and statesmen. Of one he told
who he alone had conquered S00 men. Com
in'g to Alcazar he recalled how this gallant
General had fought until his hand clove
to his sword. It has suggestive lessons in
these times. It teaches us bow to take hold
of the doctrines of the Bible. This incident
teaches us the manner in which to grasp the
principles of honor. What is honor? It is
a nice .sense of that which is just, right and
true, with a life corresponding thereto.
"I would take that definition and place it
in the counting room ot every corporation
I and every trust in the country. I would
taKe those words ana loliow Andrew uar
neiie into the Highlands ot Scotland and
make it blaze and fash before him. I would
take the definition into every lodge room of
every labor organization, and into the home
of every man in darkened Homesttad and
place it in a position that it would be
seen by all. I would place it before
the great religious bodies of the
times, dealing with the interests of thou
sands of churches. Lastly I would place it
before every church and every committee
seeking a minister.
"This incident of this young man stand
ing in the presence of his comrades receiv
ing the plaudits of the king himself, is a
suggestive example of a way to take hold
of all forms of church work. Take the
young soldier, grasping his sword with
such firmness that it cut into
tho flesh of his hand, as
a suggestive lesson to parents that they
should hold out the old-fashioned notion
that a good, pure, sweet home life deter
mines the futnre of the child. In volumes
recently Issued, giving the history of the
childhood of the great infidels of the world,
tbe fact is brought o.ut that they were given
a turn toward infidelity by the homes they
were born and reared in.
"This man standing there grasping his
sword is a good illustration of our Lord
Jesus Christ in tbe way, he has taken hold
of tbe world for redemption."
ARBITRATION ADVISED.
Rev. J. D. Sands, or tbe Seventh TJ. F.
Clinrch, Gives His Idea or tbe Borne
stead Contest Something Radically
Wrong When Snch Acts Take Place.
In the Seventh U. P. Church, on Fourth
street, Eev. J. D. Sands spoke on the Home
stead trouble. He said that during the past
week something very unusual had hap
pened in the county. He thought that the
first thing to be taken into consideration
was the question of the rights involved.
The question of wages was past It had
become a struggle between two powerful or
ganizations for supremacy.
The Eev. Mr. Sands then cave a histnrv
of what had been done to settle the matter
in dispute and continued: "The gospel
teaches men to regard their fellowmen as
brothers. The nien in Homestead have
their homes there at the invitation of Mr.
Carnegie and thinking the men helpless, he
tried to reduce their daily earnings. This
the men resisted, and when hired incendia
ries were sent to rob them of their homes
and daily bread, they arose and, with their
life's blood, defended their homes and fire
sides. "To my mind, tbe matter should be left.
to arwtration. On Monday, the Fourth of
July, the people of this citv held a grand
celebration, and lawyers and orators all told
what a grand and glorious country we have.
When such acts take place as that of
Wednesday, something is radically wrong,
and should be remedied. What 'has hap-
pened is liable to happen again.'
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LOVE CONQUERS ALL. .
Rov. J. H. Miller Views the Fight Between
Capital and Labor From a Christian
Standpoint Be Oners Co-Operation and
Arbitration as a Solution.
Eev. J. H. Miller, of tbe Buena Vista
street Church, Allegheny, last night viewed
the capital and labor problem from a Chris
tian standpoint "All things whatsoever
yon would that men should do to yon do yon
also unto others," said Mr. Miller by way
of a starter. "In the struggles of worlds
these' relations must be kept in mind, for
those words lift us out ot the realms of
selfishness and shows that the interests of
the human family are related. . ,
"The Bible imposes labor on all men. It
sayi that labor it worthy of its hire.
It is to the best interests of
the employer to pay good wages,
but in -this connection it must be remem
bered that capital has some rights. Some
times this Is not considered, and treuble
follows. Whatever the . grievance the
workman may have, he has' no rieht to defy
the laws. He can resort to every means of
stratagem and fair fight, but he has not the
privilege to cause loss of life and property.
"Arbitration is proving to be tho missing
link between capital and labor. In France
the Government has charge of all troubles
between capital and labor and I think this
would be a good plan for the United States
to adopt It is sometimes said that arbi
tration causes but does not prevent and in
its stead co-operation is offered
as a solution. There are also grave obsta
cles whieh in some cases obstruct its adop
tion, but I think the world is slowly drift
ing toward this solution.
"The troubles of to-day all center in the
selfishness of the human heart If we all
loved each other all labor troubles,
strikes and lockouts would be forever
wiped out Let ns pray to God that He
Will speed the day when events like those
we have witnessed on the bloody battleifield
of Homestead during the past week will
have been forever blocked by the love that
one man should bear for another."
THE LAWS DISAGREE.
Those of Man and Those or God Do Not
Harmonize Says Bev. V. A. Stanton
JUuch Wrong in Human Affairs That
Needs to Be Righted.
Eev. W. A! Stanton, D. D., of the Shady
Avenne Baptist Church, preached yesterday
morning on "A Eemedy for Human
Wrongs." His text was: "Thy kingdom
come, thy will be done on earth as it is
in heaven." Mr. Stanton said:
"Our Lord, who had been in heaven,
came to the earth and made a contrast be
tween the kingdom of heaven and the
kingdoms of earth. This contrast implies
that there Is much that is wrong and needs
to be righted In human affairs. This is
abundantly illustrated by the events of last
week.
"The adoption of the Peoples' party plat
form at Omaha was the most complete sum
mary of national wrong some of them real
and some imaginary that I ever read. If
that platform be true and though exagger
ated, it is not entirely false we learn that
corruption dominates ballot-box, Legisla
ture, Congress and Judiciary. Pauperlabor
is imported to the impoverishment of Amer
ican workmen; tramps and millionaires are
alike produced by government injustice. A
vast monetary conspiracy is said to be or
ganized, which will result in terrible social
convulsions if not overthrown. Those in
authority are charged with being purposely
blind to the woes of a plundered people in
order to favor capitalists, corporations and
rings. The adoption of such a platform
does not prove all its allegations, but it
does prove the existence of great wrong.
The riots at Homestead are sufficient evi
dence of this.
"Details are not wanting in Pittsburg to
day. Certain facts are indisputable. Prop
erty has been destroyed; blood has been
shed; pain and death have resulted; homes
have been broken up; law and order have
been mocked; human passions have been in
flamed; individual and legal rights have
been insisted upon to the ignominy of those
broader rights of a common brotherhood.
This is not' an occasion to discuss the merits
of either sides. Both sides have sinned,
and it is for human and divine law to de
cide which side has sinned the more, but
our purpose is served by offering this array
of facts as proof that much is wrong and
needs to be righted.
"The Sheriff comes and goes; hired de
tectives come and go; the National Guards
of Pennsylvania may have to come, and the
United States troops may have to come,
and peace may be restored after much loss
of life, but would this right all wrongs?
No; the kingdom of God must first come."
In reply to a question asked after the ser
mon, Mr. Stanton said: "I believe that the
laws should be obeyed as they are, so long
as they remain on the statute hooks; never
theless the laws of the land as they exist,
which allow one man to own and control
the entire earth if he can get a title to it,
evidently do not coincide with the laws of
God as manifested in the nature of things."
CONDEMNING LAWLESSNESS.
Rev. Mr. McAllister Calls on the Workmen
at Homestead to Obey the State Laws
He Rebukes Them lor Maltreating Pink
erton Detective.
In the Eighth Street Reformed Presby
terian Church yesterday Eev. D. McAllis
ter preached a remarkable sermon. He
took for his tjpxtthe distribution of prop
erty among the early Christians
"This is a question of not only capital
and labor, but one of law and good order,'"
he said. "The sympathy of the press and
public has been with the workmen so far,
but their behavior to private citiaens
in denying them the right to move freely in
Homestead, ana even rejecting people
whom they disliked is wrong. There can be
no redress of labor troubles while defiance
of law is going on. The best thing the work
men can do is to keep within the laws of the
Commonwealth, for tbe moment the law is
defied it opens the gate to lawlessness.
"The employment of Pinkertons to guard
the works was just and right, for the reason
that if a person is deprived of his property
he has the rieht to take forcible possession
ot it, and the number of persons be employs
to do it does not alter the case.
"The daily routine in Homestead is a
diurnal reproof to the Governor for not
having tbe troops on the ground inside of
24 hours. Sympathy with the workmen
should not warp onr judgment, but rather
act as a stimulant to us to observe the law.
There is room for co-operation, and to my
mind the labor question will never be set
tled without it"
In conclusion Mr. McAllister stated that
when he heard ot the trouble in Homestead
and the inhuman treatment of the Pinkerton
men after their surrender, he felt like post
poning his trip to Europe and shouldering
his musket, and with other good citizens
going there to4 assist in compelling the
people to obey the law.
IN THE VOTERS' HANDS.
They ana They Only Have the Power to
Stop tbe Battle Between Capital and
Labor Rev. B. F. Beszoll Tells Bow tho
Differences Mny Be Settled.
In the St. Paul Methodist Episcopal
Church yesterday Eev. B. P. Beazell, D.
D., spoke on the situation in Homestead.
In the oourse of his sermon he said in his
opinion that if a man would not work he
should not eat The bread of industry is
sweet, but that of idleness is bitter. The
old Italian adage declares, "The busy
man is tempted by one devil, the idle man
bv a thousand. The obligation to work is
tne oldest law of the race. Work is not a
curse, but a privilege. Our text declares
that if a man will not work he should not
eat. But suppose a man is unable to pro
cure work. Then it is the duty of society
to aid the individual to prooure it
"There is a genuine socialism, well as
tbe spurions article. I am a Christian
socialist' So is every man if he looks at
tbe question dispassionately. We must
face these issues as citizens. The present
Homestead trouble is only a sympton of a
wjdespread disease. I lay the responsibil
ity of this, not upon the millionaire or his
tool and certainly not upon the infuriated
men, but upon ourselves as citizens.
We are able to apply the rem
edy and have not done it Ah for
Pinkertonism .we have likely seen the
last of this abomination. You ask, 'who
is responsible.'" utie community, stirred to
its depths undoubtedly, feels that it is the
man who poses as a philanthropist on both
sides tf the Atlautlc. They ssy the man in
charge of the works is only a tool, and a
eoarse one at that Bnt are there not faults
-on the other side? Undoubtedly. Men
in hot blood, with a club ot coer-
cion, certainly damaged .their own
Interest aswell as that of their employers.
But there is a better way. The time has
gone by when private individuals can settle
their disputes by shooting each other down.
Neither should 'cipital' and 'labor' longer
be allowed to employ the. method of cut
throat and duelist The public has rights
whieh these are bound to respect Business
and social order, to say nothing of Christian
civilization, demand a change.
. "I firmly believe the thoughtful' voters of
this community have the key to the solution
of this problem. They and they only are
able to say with emphasis and authority,
'let us have peace.' If even 100.080 voters
ot this State, disregarding tariff and pro
tection and other namby-pamby schemes of'
politicians, should this fall demand a clear
cut and explicit law, compelling both the
employer and employe to submit all dis
sections to an impartial tribunal for de
cision, before next July, we should see the
last of such wretched business. It is a relio
of barbarism, and employer and employe
are interested in its distraction."
NO EXCUSE FOR BLOODSHED.
Rev. J. T. MeCrory Thinks the Public Had
a Right to Expect Different Treatment
From the Carnegie Company Con
demned the Menacs of Armed Detectives!
Eev. J. T. MeCrory, of the Third United
Presbyterian Cnurch, yesterday took his
text from 1 Samuel 25 :32-33. He drew a
comparison between the action of David to
wards Nabel and that of Carnegie toward
his men and then said: "Nothing will
settle labor troubles but a fair, full and
frank recognition of justice between man;
not mere legal justice; not what is justice
according to acts of legislature; but what is
just in view of the circumstances, and sur
roundings of each particular case. The
laboring man bas rights that grow out of
his social surrounding.
"Home is not merely a house with a man
and his familv in it, A man grows into a
community. That fact must be recognized
by his employer. Life is not all summed
up in this question of bread and butter.
These social ties must not be rudely sun
dered. You must not treat a man as you
would a mule and take him without consid
eration from one place to another. On the
other hand there is something to be said on
behalf of capital. If I want to live in this
community and labor for you I must con
cede something to you. Nothing, how
ever, let it be said with emphasis, nothing
can ever justify a resort to violence and
bloodshed.
"Many precious lives -have been sacri
ficed to frenzv. Somebody must bear the
awful responsibility. God will require it
Let us condemn it if we will, the menace of
the armed detectives. This community had
a right to expect different treatment from
that company. But that will not excuse
the bloodshed. There is a dark blot on the
fair name ot Pennsylvania, and both par
ties to this controversy must bear their
share of it Let wise counsel prevail now.
Let weapons of war be put 'away, and let
truth and fairness and justice prevail."
CHICAGO PINKERTONS
Re-Enter Their Own City Still In Mortal
Terror They Fear a Mob ot Working
men at Their Destination One of Them
Tells Bis Story.
Chicago, July 10. A number of the Pin
kerton men who were in tbe fight at Home
stead returned to this city last evening.
One of them told a reporter a thrilling story
of their experience on the barges.
"It was a place of torment," said he.
"Men were lying around, wounded and
bleeding and piteously begging for some
one to give them a drink of water, but no
one dared to get a drop, although water was
all around us. 'We dared not move for fear
of sharpshooters on shore. "We were hun
gry, too, although there was plenty to eat
on the barges; but the .fear of being shot in '
going for it overcamejthe gnawings of hun
ger; And then the booming of the cannon,
the bursting of dynamite bombs, the burn-
ing oil on the river and the yells and shouts 1
on the shore, made our position and tor
tures appalling. It is a wonder we did not ,
ail go crazy or commit suicide. Some of
tbe men were greatlv affected, and on our
way here one man became crazy and kept
shouting: 'Oh, don't kill me; for God's
sake, don't kill me,' and when near Cleve
land he jumped from the train, and, It is
said, was killed.'
The men were all taken from Pittsburg
to New York, from which city the Chica
goans returned. One of the crew of the
train on whieh they came in said to a re
porter: "Every one of them appeared, to
have been caught in the scuffle and hurt
some way or other. Blackened eves were
most popular in the party, with broken or
bruised heads a close second. Some of the
poor fellows limped, while others were un
able to use their arms and hands on account
of cuts and brbises. I don't know how it
was before our crew got hold of the men,
but after we took them they conld not have
been more, uneasy and frightened if the
train had gone down through a bridge.
"This feeling increased as the train ap
proached Chicago. Some of the men seemed
to have got it into their heads that a mob
was waiting here to receive them, and give
them another dose like they got down East
When the train got to South Chicago one
man who saw the coast clear, got up and
left, and he was followed by a dozen others,
the lot of them scampering off in different
directions. This was repeated at all the
stations, as far as Twenty-second street, ex
cept when any unusual sized crowd happened
to show up on the platform. Then our pas
sengers crouched down in their seats. I
tell ypu, I felt sorry for them."
"Did. any ot the men tell you how they
happened to go to Homestead?"
''I talked to a number ot them, and they
nearly all said they had been misled, and
many of them seemed to bitterly repent
having gone into the service at all. You
could not get one of them back there if you
gave him the whole steel works."
Plcnlc for Orphans.
An adjourned meeting of the committee
having id oharge the arrangement for the
orphans' picnic on July 20, met last even
ing at the Episcopal residence, and received
reports from the various parishes and con
tinued the committees. The sense of the
meeting found expression in a request to
the Catholic clergy of the diocese to see
that at least one ticket be left with every
Catholic'family in their parishes. The ap
peal for the little orphans is expected to
bring 12,000 people together at Seminary
Grove, Glenwood.
Shot In the Lee.
E. W. Gorman, a blacksmith, walked into
the Allegheny General Hospital last night
and said he had been shot in the right leg.
An examination disclosed that a pistol ball
had entered and passed through the flesBy
part of the limb below the knee. The man
had been drinking. He refused to say any
thing except that a friend had accidentally
shot him.
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umns of THE DISPATCH.
A RACE FOR RIGHTS,
The Senate a Little Handi
. capped in the Homestead
.Investigation.
START MA.DEBYTHE HOUSE
Bat It Gives the Senate a Gbance to
Get in Its Report Last.
GUESSING AT THE COMMITTEE
That Will Represent the Upper Honso in
the Coming Inquiry.
YOUNG HEN DISCUSS THE QUESTION
.stzciUm TELEonirmc letter, i
Bureau of The Disr-ATCB, I
Washihotok. D. C July 10.
It is altogether probable that by the time
the Homestead Investigating Committee of
the House gets down to work another one
of the Senate will be on Its way to Pitts
burg. It was suggested by some Senators
yesterday that it would be a somewhat
strange spectacle to have two Investigating
committees on the ground at once, and
probing in the same direction, but those
Senators were not Eepublican Senators.
In Congress the right hand is not sup
posed to know what the left hand does, and
if tbe House appoints a committee to in
vestigate, that is no reason why the Senate
should not The Democratic members say
it is absurd to "have two committees. Be
publicans say the Democrats would sing a
different song if the Senate had got its
work in first and its. committee first on the
ground.
Politics Will Creep Into the .Affair.
Party politics, or rather the fear of party
politics, cannot be obliterated from this
matter. . Doubtless the intention of both
committees will be to make the examina
tion wholly unpartisan, and they may do so,
but the .Democratic House and the Eepub
lican Senate are each determined to have
their own investigators on the ground, each
to watch the other, and to counteract any
semblance of partisanship in the report of
the other.
It may prove fortunate that the Senate
committee is not first on the ground. If
the House committee begin before that of
the Senate, it will be expected to end and
make a report before it, and if so, the Sen
ate will have the benefit of analyzing the
House report before making its own.
What the composition of the Senate com
mittee will be is not yet known, though the
appointments may be made to-morrow.
Senator Quay could have the chairmanship
if he would take it, but his health is so
poor, and has been so particularly poor
within the last week or two, that he tears
to attempt to endure the strain.
"Wolcott a Good Man to Name,
Wolcott has been suggested as a tireless,
quick and penetrating" man, superior in
these qualities to most of the Senators, and
he can have the chairmanship if he will ac
cept But Wolcott complains that his law
practice is going to wreck on account of his
work in the Senate, and it is possible he
may refuse to assume the additional burden
of this investigation. He, of all others,
would be the man for the place, in so far as
keen and searching examination of wit
nesses is concerned.
Senator Quay will undoubtedly be one of
the committee, on account of his knowledge
of persons involved, of the business inter
ests concerned, and of trade disputes in
Pennsylvania and in general, and will give
all the aid he can to the committee. Senator
Carey, of Wyoming, Chairman of the Com
mittee on Education and Labor; Senator
Jones, of Nevada; Cullom, of Illinois,
Chairman of the Committee on Inter-state
Commerce, and Higgins, of Delaware,
Chairman of the Committee on Manufact
ures, are mentioned as possible appoint
ments, though only four Republicans will
be chosen.
Palmer Batter Than Voorhees.
Of the three 'Democrats Yoorhees will
certainly not be one, after his partisan
tirade of last Thursday. Palmer, of Illi
nois, is mentioned, because of the calm and
judicial manner in which he has treated
the subject, and because of his profound
study of the causes of Industrial troubles.
Faulkner, of West Virginia, has also been
suggested, on account ot the near relation
ship of his State to Pennsylvania in in
dustrial matters, and George, of Mississippi,
is spoken of as a representative of the far
South. All this, however, with the ex
ception of Quay and Wolcott, is largely
conjecture to-day.
The .extreme 'reticence of members of
Congress in regard to methods of settling
the dispute at Homestead is as remarkable
as it is commendable. Usually a Congress
man, especially one of long experience, is
ready with an opinion as to how the world
should be wagged in any department of it,
but they seem to fear to touch this subject
at all.
Outside Interference Resented.
"I do not care even to express a con
fidential opinion," said one grave and
reverend Senator to me to-day. "I fear
even the appearance of attempting to ad
vise. In a vitally serious matter of this
kind outside interference always is and
always should be resented. I think it will
be found that the genius of the great county
of Allegheny and of the great State of
Pennsylvania is amply able to grapple with
the question, and it looks to me as though
the slow procedure of the authorities may
prove in the end to have been the way tb
make most rapid progress."
On one thing, however, Congressmen as
well as others seem to be agreed that the
employment of the Pinkertons was a terri
ble mistake. Indeed, the satisfaction that
has been expressed here at the almost anni
hilation of the Pinkerton people is some
thing phenomenal. All classes, whether in
sympathy with the workmen or whether
blaming them, rejoice, sot "at the death or
maiming of the poor fellows who were but
seeking a living in a way that seemed good
to them, but at a catastrophe which, if it
has its legitimate result, will make it im
possible for a private syndicate to keep a
standing army of myrmidons to send hither
and yonder to shoot and club the protesting
employes of rich corporations.
A Legal Sabterface to Wipe Out.
And amoni; Congressmen who favor the
enactment of" a law which will have the
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icucufc io uuuiibii liie jTiuitenuu ajatcuL i m
the opinion that the act should make it
impossible for any man or corporation to
transport hired thugs from one place to an
other to "keen the neaee." even thouch
they may be sworn in as "deputies" in the
county' where their services are wanted. It
Is recognized that 'this would be a mere
legal subterfuge whieh would wholly vitiate
the main object of the law.
But the Homestead aflar has had another
effect which reaches much farther thaq the
question of the existence of the Pinkerton
system. It has led to a discussion ot the
deeper social question of the relations of
employer'and employed, such as has never
been known before in this country. As
every reader of The Dispatch knows, it
has been my fortune to write up the "labor
movement," studying it at short range in
this and other countries at the request ot
The Dispatoh; but in all my experience
I have never known an occurrence which
impelled so serious a discussion of the whole
lueo oi inausinai economy as mis. in
uongreos ana out oi it: at ine noieis: in iqe
..f, th .-.- i ), T.nrt.n..
In business offices; at the clubs, nothing
- . w VHW BWVV( U VMW WUI fHlhll.HI
else seems to ue talked oi, ana oi course tne
labor organizations are excited to an intense
degree.
YanngMen Disease the Question.
I sat last evening for a short time with a
friend at the University Club, one of the
largest and most important clubs of the
Capital. At a table nearby were four fash
ionable voung gentlemen of society. They
were calmly and seriously discussing the
Homestead tragedy. They were well ac
quainted with the mjnute'st details of the
"sliding scale;" the minimum of 23 and
$25, which involves a point of the dispute;
the claims of the workmen that the change
of time for the making of a new scale from
the 1st of July to the 31st or December
would give the proprietors a chance to
throw them out of employment in the dead
days of winter; the determination of Mr.
Frick-to destroy the Amalgamated Asso
ciation, and, in fact, every phase of the
dispute. These matters they discussed
with a knowledge that was astonishing,
taking the usually frivolous character of
these young men into consideration, and
remembering that they were born and bred
at tbe National Capital, and far removed
from the sphere of the great industries and
of labor disputes.
Passing from this-feature of the subject,
they took up the question of the rights of
employer and employe, and while they
agreed that legally the' workmen had no
right to invest the property of their em
ployers and debar under pain of death any
one opposed to them from entering, they",
bright, well-educated, and well-informed in
matters of industrial progress, ran up
agsinst the question as to what rights work
men have, anyway.
Only One 'Alternative Right
Is it their right simply to work faithfully,
like cart horses, only to be kicked out by
their employers when they 'protest against
what they look upon as an injustice which
serionsly threatens their wellfare? If they
have not the right to occupy the property
of the Carnegie Companies, to endeavor to
enforce their views, is their only alternative
right that of tearing themselves away from
the spot where they have become rooted,
and going forth after long years of faithful
service to begin life anew at any work
which comes to their hand, or to become
tramps and vagabonds? Have they any
right to existence except as the footballs
and slaves of the more fortunate possessor
of the employing .power? If so, how are
they going to get that right to a permanent
employment which will give them a fairly
comfortable existence?
At any rate, no matter what the conclu
sion, the affair at Homestead has led persons
of all kinds into a different line of economic
thought than that which has been inspired
by any former event of its kind and no one
can measure its effect L.
1 htcazo's Indignation Meeting.
Chicago, July 10. The Central Labor
Union held a red-hot meeting lost night at
which the Pinkertons were roundly de
nounced. The speakers termed them an
organized gang of butchers. Eesolutions
expressing sympathy with the strikers and
AT LATIMER'S.
IHE
PINKERTON DETECTIVES
Have gone forever, and so have
High Prices
On all SUMMER FABRICS.
Greater Bargains This Week
Than Ever Before.
138 Federal St.
849 pairs Children's Cot
138 Federal St.
Ladies' LAWN HAND
KEECHIEFS, 5 em
broidered, scalloped and
hemstitched, mourning and
plain white.
Scalloped SWISS LAWN
embioidered handkerchiefs
for Ladies,
HALF t during this
PRICE 2 snle only.
ton Hose, blacks and grays,
3c per pair; 5 to 8.
983 pairs Misses' STAIN
LESS Cotton Hose. 8 to
9 sizes, black ribbed,
6jc per pair.
596 dozen Past Black
Seamless Hose, 12c
ALL
INDIA SILKS
140 Federal St.
45-inch
EMBROIDERIES
Have 25 per cent off
this week. A little
soiled', but a good
purchase. '
Marked down
$1.2$ tO
65c, 50c,
and 31c.
from
35c
1,298 yds. half-wool Chal
lies, 30 in. wide, 10c, were
25c.
1,536 yards
ENGLISH SUITINGS,
5c, were 12Jc.
Remnants. Remnants.
Friday Only.
4
Best
SHIRTING
4
46 Soatli Diamond.
1.C00 LADIES' WAISTS,
25c, 37c and 50c
486 Soiled MULL CAPS,
10c and 25c ,.
For Gaps sold for $L
EMBROIDERED FICHUS
Are marked 'down to
' $2,52.75,
Up to the finest,
25 per cent below last
week's price.
Second Floor.
1-2 PRICE
Soiled LACE, BILK and
CHENILLE
Tn one and two pair lots,
low and fine grades.
Also 150 SOILED Win
dow Shades. Half price
ior all this lot
Second Floor.
5,968 t yds. Figured
Scrims, 36 jn. wide, 4a
496 Table OILCLOTH
Kemnants, 12J4&
1,525 WINDOV
SHADES, 15c, 36 inches
wide, 6 feet long, good
colors, 15c. '
FBIDAY.
Third-Floor. -
586 SMYRNA RUGS,
68-in. long, 30-in. wide,
$1.75 for $4 Grade.
24 i MOQDSTTE RUGS
for $2j-Half price,
Third Floor.
496 Bemnants 65c Tap
estry .Brussels Carpets,
37c a yard.
S89 Bemnants 85c Tapes
try Brussels, 48c
383 Bemnants Body
Brussels, 50c
The above in all lengths
from 2 yards to 47 yards.
FBIDAY ONLY.
promising moral and financial support were
adopted amid thunders of applause.
CHICAGO LABOR SPEAKS.
Their Moral, Financial and Physical Sap
port Tendered the 'Workmen of Home
stend Tne Pinkertons, Carnegie and
Prick Are Recommended for Criminal
Prosecution.
Chicago, July 10. Labor turned out
en masse to-day in response to a call from
the various labor leaders to "protest against
tbe outrages committed by the Pinkertons
at Homestead." The meeting was held in
Vorwarts Turner Hall, and over 600 men
men. were present Two chairmen Will
iam Holmes for the English-speaking por
tion of the audience and August Nelson for
the German presided over the meeting.
Mr. Holmes called the meeting to order
and made a few remarks, in which he de
nounced the Pinkertons in vehement
language. Chairman Holmes announced
that the following resolutions had been
prepared by tbe committee, and he pro
cseded to read them. The preamble sets
forth that:
The present criminal system, which con
centrates airregate'l wealth In the hands of
a few non-producers and robs thousands ot
wealth-producing slaves of their birth
rights, the right to labor and to enjoy the
result or their toil, bas again horn its legiti
mate fruit or blood at Homestead. Pa.,
where the producers of untold millions have
been shot down by hired mercenaries or
greedy capitalists, and. farther, that the
shooting down or striking worklnsmen by
lilred thugs at the command of capitalists is
contrary to the spirit of the American Dec
laration of Independence and a great men
ace to liberty, therefore,
Resolved, That (his mass-meeting of citi
zens of various foreten nations anu native
born Americans protest axainst the policy
which places the lives and liberties of
wealth-producers In the hands of greedy,
soulless corporations.
Bpsolved, That while we are in favor of
universal peace, we rejoice that the Home
stead workers received their Invaders In a
manner beflttlnz free men, who have homos
and rizhts to snard.
Resolved, That we protest against and
condemn the employment of Pinkertons, or
any other armed tools. of capital, to over
awe and shoot down the poor, and we de
mand that William and Robert Pinkerton,
Andrew Carnesle and H. C Frlck be prose
cuted and held criminally liable for the
murders perpetrated at Homestead.
Afterward another resolution was
adopted and ordered telegraphed to the
strikers at Homestead. It contained theso
words:
Resolved. That we tender to our fellow
laborers our moral, financial and physical
support.
In his speech. Chairman Holmes held
that the Eepublican party was responsible
for the riot and bloodshed, and he added:
"It is fortunate that Pennsylvania has not
a .Republican Governor; it such were the
case, troops would not be kept away from
the strikers at this time."
You can save from $23 to $50 by attending
Arnhelm sale.
140 Federal St.
1,869 Misses' Ribbsd Tests,
5c.
4,693 Ladies' Vests, sec
onds of 25c.
Bibbed quality; 10c.
Whita Goods Remnants
FRIDAY. .
Our ENTIRE stock
of BLACK LACE
FLOUNCINGS and
GRENADINES, 45
in. wide,
HALF PRICE,
Named all season.
FEIDATC.
e
Anderson's GinghanB
And all other finest im
ported Zephyr and
FRENCH BATISTE,
12 l-2c,
PRINTS,
e.
To close the entire lot of
2,900 yards and upward.
45 South Diamond.
3,694 Yards 81-inch
SHEETING 12Kc.
"Unbleached, full 81
inches wide.
2,986 Yards LINEN CRASH
4c. All Linen.
$3.50,
Second Floor.
958 Bemnants Ingrain
Carpets,
25c EACH. ,
365 Bemnants Extra
Super All-Wool Finest
Ingrains, former price 75c,
on FBIDAY for 44o per
vard, in lengths from 8,
yds. to 48 yards.
Seeond Floor.
125 Rolls Straw MaitingIT5L
This is only 12Ue per
yard for 40-yd. rolls.
FLOOR OILCLOTHS
36 in. wide, 12c, for 25o
quality.
FRIDAY.