Show A FAILURE THAT MAY LEAD TO VICTORY IT looks as though the great railroad strike will end in a fizzle the knights of labor showed great strength at the start and appeared to have control of the situation tion their numbers and unity mage made them formidable and their action struck terror iato aiato the ranks of mighty capital but such a power requires more than ordin ordinary liry wisdom to direct it to desired ends organization and union nare are indispensable but without intelligent management even they will fail in great emergencies powderly and his associates exhibited much ability but they were no match lor for gould and hoxie floxie and the indications are that the moneyed men have the advantage and the knights will come out this time at the little end of otibe the horn it is the first great battle however that the knights have fought in the campaign which may yet result in a revolution in the labor world it w will ill teach them many valuable lessons a and nd may lead to f future successes grand victories often begin with a bulls run bun it is probable that if measures looking in to arbitration had been adopted in tet the first place the strike which cannot fall fail to be disastrous to the workmen might have been avoided the numerical strength of the knights was pretty well understood and was vas an object of dread to the plutocrats the learoa what they might do would have accomplished more than they have done and terms and agreements might have been secured of great advantage to the laborers who kave have a grievance while there are so many thousands of unemployed workmen ancon unconnected necked with the organization the knights will a al ways be at ai some disadvantage they have no ra right lit to prevent other men from do doing the work which they ref refuse use to perform nor to hinder capital from selecting its own laborers violence will be met with violence and the force of law is stronger than the power of illegal combinations strikes without sound reasons will prove abortive mobs will be quelled by tile the military we believe that the society called the knights of labor will develop into a powerful foe to monopoly and mon ey grubbing but we think it will not reach its strength until it assumes a political si standing lading the ballot is a force in this country which I 1 the powers that be are bound to respect and we look for great changes to be wrought within a very few years in which the labor question will figure as the chief issue the knights have much to do and much to learn and the struggle in which they have not yet come off victorious will not have been in vain if they profit by the experience they have gained in the conflict |