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August 4, 1877
The Dallas Daily Herald
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
What is this article about?
Editorial from Cincinnati Enquirer on the aftermath of a labor strike: workers defeated, hurting innocents more than intended; urges sympathy, no punishment, address root causes for fair pay and harmony. (178 chars)
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Reaction After the Strike.
Cincinnati Enquirer: The strike has resulted in a defeat for the men. It has shown them that they hurt themselves. It has shown them how it fell indirectly on the poor and innocent all over the land, and inflicted very little injury on those at whom it was aimed. May not some sympathy now be shown to the erring and suffering laborers themselves? 'Must there be executions by wholesale after victory? May not the same compassionate forgetfulness be indulged for our workingmen that was extended to leaders and all after the great rebellion? Or is this worse than death? We trust that this reaction will be stopped at once, and that a large and generous public sentiment will seek rather to eradicate the causes of dissatisfaction than to punish its manifestation: that the workman may be justly paid, and that the past may be forgotten in a happier and more harmonious future.
Cincinnati Enquirer: The strike has resulted in a defeat for the men. It has shown them that they hurt themselves. It has shown them how it fell indirectly on the poor and innocent all over the land, and inflicted very little injury on those at whom it was aimed. May not some sympathy now be shown to the erring and suffering laborers themselves? 'Must there be executions by wholesale after victory? May not the same compassionate forgetfulness be indulged for our workingmen that was extended to leaders and all after the great rebellion? Or is this worse than death? We trust that this reaction will be stopped at once, and that a large and generous public sentiment will seek rather to eradicate the causes of dissatisfaction than to punish its manifestation: that the workman may be justly paid, and that the past may be forgotten in a happier and more harmonious future.
What sub-type of article is it?
Historical Event
What themes does it cover?
Misfortune
Justice
Moral Virtue
What keywords are associated?
Labor Strike
Worker Defeat
Sympathy For Laborers
Post Strike Reaction
Fair Pay
Compassionate Forgetfulness
Story Details
Story Details
The strike resulted in defeat for the workers, harming the poor and innocent more than the targets. Calls for sympathy towards erring laborers, compassionate forgetfulness like after the rebellion, stopping reaction, eradicating dissatisfaction causes, just pay, and forgetting the past for a harmonious future.