The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, July 19, 1894, Page 4

1 3 fl | na at Topeka, which bave been closed to appoint two commissioners, who, | BUTLER WEEKLY TIMES. The shops of the Sauta Fe railroad! President Cleveland has decided! FOR JUSTICE AND LAW. J. D. ALLEN Eprror. J. D. Atuen & Co., Ptoprietors. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: The Weexry Times, published eyery Thursday, will be sent to any address | ane year, postage paid, for $1.00. Democratic State Ticket. Judge-Supreme Court, FRANCIS M. BLACK. School Commissioner, | ‘and as a news getherer has few WM. T. CARRINGTON, | = i a ) equals in this country Railroad Commissioner, i JAMES H. FiNKS. Congressman Dockery, of this Democratic Ticket. tepresentative —J. W. Cuoare sherift—D A Coryer Circuit Clerk—Srewart ATCHESON Treasurer—S H Fisner ‘County Clerk-—W M Crawtord Recorder—J C Hace Prosecuting Attorney—C F Boxtry Probate Judge—W M Darron Presiding Judge—J Z Graves Coroner—Dr, O F Renick ‘Judge north distrigt—J S Hayes gudge south district—W T Kemrer Every honest and law-abiding citi- z@a commends President Cleveland for the firm stand taken in the re- scent disturbances. Prendergast, the murderer of Mayor Harrison, of Chicago, paid the penalty of hiscrime at the end ofa rope Friday. The late strike has demonstrated that some of the labor organizations are sorely ia need of men with brains to lead them. The gallant democrats of Kansas nave nominated a straight ticket from governor down. Hurrah for the Kansas democracy. The prompt and determined stand taken by Presideut Cleveland in the tate strike trouble was a god-send to the laboring people of the United States. About the best job going nowdays +8 the labor leader or strike director. ‘he pay is good and the work light, n little wagging of the jaw is all — ‘tebe Democrat. Chicago is a great city. In the past two years that city has had the world’s fair, her mayor murdered, the biggest riots on record aud bang- ang of Prendergast. —— “The republicans for the Ft. Scott district,have nominated Judge O. L. Miller over Congressman Funston Miller was nominated on the 1,059th ballot. Miller was the dark horse in the race. The special deputy marshals sta ‘tion in Kansas City ard other rail- ‘way centers in the state have been -discharged. There were 700 or 800 all told and the expense to the gov ernment in maintaining them will amount to several thousand dollars Debs says the strike is still on. Some people are giyen to talking through their hats, but it is a rare thing to hear a man talk through a stove pipe. That too, when strikers are falling over each other to get back to work. Wev. Myron Reed, of Denver, who has been taking an active interest in the labor troubles, in a sermon Sun- lay declared himself to be an an- archist. The authorities should promptly close this preacher’s mouth by putting him ina striped suit. for the past two weeks, have been stuited up again. These she | ploy 1,000 men with the federal commissioner of | labor,shall constitute a committee to) Archbishop Ireland Talks About ihe Great Strike. ps em inquire into the causes of the strike, | On the Santa Fe} the conditions attending it and the ithe general manager says none of/| best means of settling it. Authority” for this action is found in the arbi-| Men Have a Right to Quit Work But Not to Drive Others—Lib- erty Must be Respected. jthe men who struck will be taken back into the service of the company. The Kansas City Times trom now jas clear, bright and handsome asa | girl of sixteen. The Times is taking high rank in the newspaper world State, has achieved marked success jin a work of administrative reform jat Washington His bill, which has passed both houses, number of unnecessary offices which have hitherto encumbered the de partments, greatly simplifies the work to be done, and saves a good deal of money to the Government. Dockery is a vigilant and conscien- tious member, and does a good deal to keep Missouri to the front in the House.—Globe Democrat abolishes a An eastern railroad president, who has given the matter much careful thought, bas come to the conclusion that the present strike loss will reach $100,000,000. Here are his figures: “The United States government, $1,000,000; loss in earnings of rail- in Chicago, $3,000,- 000; loss in earnings other railroads $2,500,000; loss by destruction of railway property, $2.000,000; loss to railway employees in wages, $2,000, 000; loss in exports, produce aud merchandise, $2,000,000; loss on fruit crops, $2,000,000; loss to various $7,000,- 5,000,000; loss to merchants on goods, $5,000,- 000; total, $81,000,000. To this must be added loss from what would have roads centering manufacturing companie 000; loss to employes, \Wm. V. Allen, the populist sena- tor from Nebraska, got on a big drunk in Washington City the other day and attempted to run the sa- loons. He whipped the bartender then he thrashed Mr. Wilson and lastly the senator was taken to Fort- .ress Monroe to sober up. McKinley and his little tariff bill wendered valuable aid in getting rid of the surplus of the treasury. He is the governor of Ohio and that vatate bas not money enough to buy (postage stamps and is much in debt. William is not a success.—Lamar Democrat. ———— The Wabash officials have issued general order forthe track force all along the line, numbering about 3,000 men, and shops on all divisions employing about 1,000 men, also clerks and office men to the number of several hundred, who were thrown out of employment because of the strike, to return to work. been increased summer traffic and manufactured goods for the coming season. The final showing will easi- ly be more than $100,000,000 ” The Knights of Labor throughout the United States failed to obey Grand Master Sovereign's order to strike. It was thought that up wards of a million laboring men be longing to this order engaged in all kinds of trades would walk out in obedience to commands when the hour arrived for a general display of labor strength against capital and the stoppage of the wheels of com merce in every city and manufactory in the Jand. The desired effect fail- ed to materialize aud Graud Master Sovereign dropped into the soup. It was a wise decision on the part of labor in refusing to follow the dic tates of an unwise and foolish leader, it was a blessed part the men chose that their first duty to their families was paramount to the selfish aggran dizement of the man who would lead them astray without just cause or provocation. These men knew where ou will appear in a new dress every | jmorning. Sunday night ten type!t, the president and congress. This | setting machines were put to work | js perhaps a wise thing to do in the jaud Monday morning's edition was | crisis. tration act of 1888. The investiga-| tion will take place in Chicago, rep- resentatives of both of the! controversy will be examined and areport will be made immediately | R sides As the commissioner of labor, Riot, Mob Rule and Lawless Not be Tolerated. hess Can who will be the head of the board of | HIS VIEWS OF LAROR UNIONS investigators, is Carroll D. Wright. its work is likely to be done with in- | telligence and discrimination, and its recommendations may have weight! with the people as well as with con. | gress. Serious difficulties, however, | will attend the inquiry, as the pres- | ent contestants, the A. R. U. and the! w st : 1d the |strike because in doing railroads, were not the original|,) 5 sae : blame labor, while b of my parties to the controversy.—Globe | ; Deaocrnt : deep sympathy with hould wish Si rat. 5 : | to have never but words of praise for | Es They Split on Sugar. | ie Washington, D. C., July 17.—It is war to the kuife between the sen- ate and the house. The conferrees to day gave up all hope of agreeing to any tariff bill, and to morrow the republicans will be called in aad formal notice served on the two bodies. As has been explained in these dispatches, the split was over free raw materials and the senate sugar schedule. It means that con- gress will be in session until fall, and that during the dog days the country will be treated to forensic eloquence, the like of which has nev- Ireland, of Chieago, HL, . hat he had t rike tod “IT dislike to speak of the ¢ Yet, ich as the one through w are passing it is a duty to speak loud | and to make theavowal of the truths | in a momentous social cris hich and principles which will save socie- ty and uphold justice, and Iam glad | of the opportunity which a sentative of the press affords 1 pre we} Bennelt-Wheeler Mere, Co. —— DEAL GROCERIES, HAR QUEENSWARE, ERS IN— DWARE, STOVES, TOP BUCCIES, CARRIAGES, SPRING WAGONS | 1s jeopardy. mome made in connection with this strike is that property has been destroyed, | the liberty of citizens interfered with, | human lives endangered, social order menaced, the institutions and free- | dom of the country put in most seri- The ent such | er been heard house are up in arms. One of the senate conferrees stated to-night that it would eitber be the The members of the things happen, ail possible questions | as to the rights and grievances of labor must be dropped ont of sight and all efforts of law-abiding citizens and of public officials made to serve | AND ROAD WAGONS. debaker Farm Wagons Pumps, Wind Milis, And all kinds of Pipe Fittings, Barb Wire, Salt, Grass seed. AGENTS FOR CRAHAM FENCE MACHINE We pay the highest market price in cash or trade for all kinds of country predace senate bill or nothing. It was an ultimatum, and Gorman was its origi:ator. It left no room for com- | #' promi-e, nothing to look to but sur- render, and the indignation meet. |°" above them and absolutely supreme ings to uight were the result. Th conferrees were 1n- structed to stand by the house bill. | ju They ciust secure free iron ore, free| hi lead ore, free coal and free sugar. Nothing less would satisfy them. The question which suggests itself } re from a Democratic standpoint now is simply this: Would it be better for tbe House to yield and sacrifice some of the pledges of tue Demo cratic platform, or kick the whole bill overboard and get nothing, hoping to enact a better law at the} pr short session? Is a half loaf grudg-| j, ingly bestowed better than no bread at all? way it is Others assert that the country must again be appealed to, and a Senate elected in favor of radi- eal tariff reductions. To-night the House members are not in a good | yy, frame of mind te give diplomatic answers to the questions propound ed to them. | The Missouri delegation contains | more bitter fighters than any other. | Certaiuly it hae as many. Bland, Tarsney, Hall, DeArmond and Arnold want a fight. and they say to night they want it toa finish. Dockery is more guarded, but he wants the House to stand by its bill until ail hope of whipping the Senate must be abandoned. Morgan believes thai the Senate bill is such a vast im- provement on the McKinley bill that | 4* if the issue is made between them the Senate bill should be passed Representative Hall's convention instructed him to fight the Senate Louse ye eri their interest laid and they wisely chose to stand by the corporations and firms who gave them employ- ment and succor for themselyes and|Creary of Kentucky indorsing the those dependent on their labor. Times never boom so that a lazy man will prosper. An idler can in- herit wealth and it slips through his fingers until ina few years he isa ragged loafer. No wan or set of men can sit around on the stool of do- nothing and make times better by} theorizing on the financial question | or discussing the rapid transit on which the country is going to the “demnition bow-wows.” It is true there are certain times when the conditions are better for general prosperity than at others, but asa! main proposition an individual's pros perity depends solely upon himself and a country’s prosperity upon the industry and frugality of its people. No legislation can alter this fact, neither:can the enactment of any} law make a professional loafer pros-! railway securities, for instance, are perous; or keep an industrious, eco-| nomical man from succeeding in! life. This is a lesson the people! should learn: Success in the various dividends, and over 10 per cent of occupations in life depends upon | the mortgage bonds paid no inter- their own endeavor and not upon > baagnace a Congress may enact. en people learn to work and/ think more and discuss politics less, an era of prosperity will dawn upon this fair land that will surprise eyen the most cynical curbstone prophet. —Kansas City Times. jent year is still worse. nenaced Some of the House members| gy, stisthe act of work. oecurred in iarding at al ed its hts be, how in maintaining public order and | st the public weal. | = Labor must learn that ever sa- there is something social order and the laws of public stice. de sistance ix revol chaos; itis anarchy whole social fabrie whieh insures the safety to the poor as well as to the employer. “There can be ring in the ywers of society time efor the ore crit too, must ty of others sh law ed. The bei nal and more ows country usion; it ine learn the that the liberty of the citizens is to him that them signs its death warrant “Riots and mob rule, Chieago, do harm to the cause of labor, and sets » is no civil crime as us or as pregnant of evil result as resistance to law and the constitu- tional authority of the count ry. This begets | it disrupts the] blamed rich, to the employe as well as to the no hesitation to help of the repressive] when property is Only savages or men who iw turned in- to savages, will burn ordestroy prop- erty, whether it be the factory of the rich man or the poor man’s cottage, a railroad car ora national building. xeusable y murdering human beings, or of endangering their lives. Labor, lesson be respected. One man has the right to cease from work, but he has no right to drive another man from He who respects not the lib- self un- worthy of his own liberty and inea- paple of citizenship in a free coun- try. and Never can riots and mob rule ss depredations be toler- permits such as has immense bill to a finish. | back its advance for whole decades Bt eon jof years. Labor thereby loses the Standing by Cleveland. jearnest sympathy of thousands of friends, and gives courage and Washington, D. C., July 16.—The house to-day by a vote of 125 to 27} adopted a resolution offered by Me- president and the administration in suffers. triumph to its enemies. Worse yet, the principle of popular government it it no wonder that, read- ing of the occurrences in America, suppressing lawlessness in connec tion with the strike. It was adopted under suspension of the rules, only Europe announces shat the republic is a failure, and that strong mon- archy only can hold society together. thirty-eight minutes being allowed} Nowhere on earth has the poor man for debate. Mr. McCreary and Mr. Catchings made short speeches in support of the resolution and Mr. liberty, civil, social and industrial, as that which he enjoys in America, Is this liberty to be used in tearing down the republic which blesses and Pence and Mr. Bland indulged in some criticism of the action of the administration, but neither was un duly severe. The remainder of the day was spent in an effort to press the Bailey bankruptcy bill, but al- though it was engrossed and read a third time the quorum failed on the final vote, and the vote on the final protects them? “T am far from would But all redress this must saying that labor has not had its grievances in Amer- iea, nor that sought. I must not be not respeet the laborer who seeks not to enjoy all his rights and to improve his condi- tion. be done passage will be taken to-morrow. At | within the lines of social order and 5:50 the house adjourned. Railroad employes who complain | lic legisiation and all legitimate ef- orts in these directions, whether by they should be can find some com-} single act or united force, are lauda- ble. “‘Labor has made great progress in| Illinois, of the affairs of which I am the recent past; it must not be too | not fully informed, the difficulty is hasty. Time and patience are re-/that state and city officials are some- | quisites to final success. | a that their wages are not as high as fort in the fact that they are not the! only sufferers. The investors in! faring quite as badly. Dung last year ever 60 per cent of the total/ railway stock in the country paid no | of a labor leader, Mr. Powderly, they | they fear to offend, and allow social | ‘are nearly always failures and should | troubles to grow |searcely ever be est, while the outlook for the pres- \w ers because their earnings have not come up to their expenses, and oth- ers are hovering on the verge of the) same misfortune.—Globe-Democrat. jlaw. ment. The remedy for these ills is a cousider the rights of the pul of America, as well as the employer, and workman should {rights of this publie, whose moral support, moreover, the cause of labor consider the ‘orimmy own part, I believe larg are number of men who join strikes pitied than to be more to be one marked evil in them is that they put the liberties of tens of thousands in the keeping of one manor a few, who become their absolute masters, their despotic ¢ “These strikes read a lesson to cap- ital. Capital must for its own sake, as well as for humanity's sake, be mindful of its own duties and of the rights and interests of labor. The the difference’ between capital and labor is necessarily com- plex, and no been or can be zars solution of precise formula has found. A’ generous sense of justice toward all, a deep love of one’s fellows and attentive listenings to the teachings of Christ will lead on ail sides to a better un- derstanding and to happier mutual relations. “Certai itis that so far as it is possible, the laborer should not lack the means of support for himself and his family; he should not be overbur- dened either in weight or time of la- bor, he should be treated as a ration- aland moral being with all respect due his human dignity. His remu- neration, if diminished in periods of depression, should increase in periods of prosperity. low some Industries which al- profits which secures the laborer from want in sickness and old age, gain strength to themselves while comforting the workingmen. And, as to some means of prevention of strikes arbitration within all the lines of wisdom and justice that national leg- islation can throw around it. Arbi- tration will give at least moral con- clusion against which neither capital nor labor could well hold out. “Yes, | approve highly of Presi- dent Cleveland's course in the strike. His prompt action brought state and city officials, citizens and strikers to their senses, and certainly, in so far as he went, he had legal right with jhim. Mr. Cleveland deserves well of the nation and of the people of Chi- eago in particular. It were well, in- deed, for the principles of the repub- lie if city and state authorities we healthy public opinion and fair pub-| always so prompt and firm in action | asto render needless all appeal to! the national executive. But, talking in a general way, without reference to the city of Chicago, or the state of | “As to strikes, I repeat the words/ests and party considerations that rong doing. Besides, | re-orted to even | seems impossible. | when most seriously guarded from | country is lofty, until repression The need of this “The position of the Catholic the They are led on by irre- sponsible and tyranous chiefs. La- | bor unions have great statue, but and dangerous disputes | between capital aud labor, nothing | better so far has been suggefted than | mes so solicitous of political inter- | disinterested patri- | The workman, when | otism, which forgets all minor alleg- | There are/|he apparently gains his point, finds | iances in the presence of the general 153 railroads in the hands of receiy-|0n computation, that he has suffered | welfare and has the courage to make | severe financial losses and has weak- all sacrifices which may be needed to i ened his chances for future employ- | uphold this welfare. strikes affect the/ great public of America, as well as| church is easily defined. She stands the employer, and workmen should | for the rights of labor and for capi- tal, so long as both follow duty and the one allows the rights of the other. But, always and everywhere, and | above all other civil and social inter ests she stands for public justice and | social order. 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