Monday, September 2, 2019

Governor's Interference Welcome If It Prevents Violence, Sept. 2, 1919

From the editorial page of The Monroe Journal, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 1919, John Beasley, editor

Gov. Bickett to Interfere

Tom Bost gives us inside information to the effect that Gov. Bickett may take a hand in the Charlotte street car strike by summoning Ben and Buck Duke, who own a big share of Southern Public Utilities stock, for a conference. He’s going to find out if they want to operate street cars in North Carolina, and if so, is going to demand a satisfactory working condition between them and their employees.

Regardless of the outcome of the Charlotte strike, state officials should always be on alert to prevent a recurrence of such trouble as happened in the Mecklenburg county seat last week. When possible disorder is threatened, Gubernatorial interference should follow, and force both sides to abide by any decision a disinterested committee should make. The public isn’t so interested in the conflict between labor and capital as it is in the protection of human lives.

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