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Show M)r 1'01'1,'l.tlt! l IMIUIHIII. VtarbtiDVY aflcinoon nn r.trcmcl frleud called and aaked If we hal ob served u statement In the columns of a local cotemporary to the etfect that nliietentbB of the worklngmeu of the country endorsed the treatment accorded ac-corded the lMnkertona by tbe lockej-out lockej-out men at HomentiuJ. He expressed himself lu teriui of atrong coiiclemna-tlon coiiclemna-tlon of auili an ussertlon l.j a i ubllu imwsuier, ns it uas of auulurulo liijuratheciuin of humanity, by lu duclug mbguUed I eoplo to perpetralo thu most horrible exitv-es. Our friend was right. The readers i.flhe Niusareaware that, wo agree with hit position, We deem It a gravu reelection upon the uorklngnien of this nstlon to state that they endorse the Inhumm triatment accorded' tint Plul ertou men at Homesteal. If thu cUlui of our otemporary woro true this ltepubllc could scarcely exist Ave J ears loneU; The rnot rVvage ttll.es on earth could have done no more than did maoy of the euplo at llomealiad ou the day of the terrible battle. Kvery civilised In-, Btlnctwaesuljiigntcd by the thirst for vengeance. 'Tho 1'lnkerton men re-lealedly re-lealedly hotated Iho while flag, tbe tolenof willingness to surrenler, but It was sevcial llrnis shot down an I efforts ef-forts were continued to blow up the large or roast the beleaguered men all.c. The flag of truce Is recoguired wherever clvlllutlon exists. It la an apionl for mercy, and none but human hu-man Hernia dlirrgard If. Hut worse still was the trratmrnt after the proferred surrender wss accepted an I the men were In cut-tody. cut-tody. The fact Is, that all that was necessary to enable aomo of tho tpte on that day to take ou the worst forma of savagery was for them to eat their victims. They did their best to rout them. We not only do not lelleve that nlue-ttnthsof tho worklngmen of tho United titates enJarso bjcIi dolngt, but we are tatlalled that even the great bulk ot the loekcd-out pcoplo of Home-alead Home-alead ngard them with detettttlon. Newaart which condone such work take a responsibility that wo liopu tbla Journal ntvtr could be Induced to as-suiue. as-suiue. It la the duly of every public Journal and rytry good cltlten to lake aitslwattiosltlonasslr.it tucli deesla of blood as have disgraced our couutry during tho laat few weeks. |
