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financial o r curren cy m easure as they
are m orally incapable of resisting the
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UNIONISM VS. MILITIA.
A ssociate Ju stice David J. Brewer, t
, f the U nited S tates Suprem e C ourt,
advocates as a rem edy for the epi­
demic of lynchings in th e E ast and
South sw ifter retrib u tio n by the co u rts
in crim inal cases. H e w ould also do
away w ith appeals in eases of this
character. Such is the law in E ng
land, although a question of doubt,
can be reserved by the presiding judge
for consideralipn. W hile som e ob
jection may be raised to this form
upon the basis th at a person accused
i i crim e is lim ited in ah effort to
prove him self innocent, yet it is not
shown that a g reater num ber of inno
cent people have suffered in E ngland
than America by this system of crim ­
inal jurisprudence.
And th at it is
m ore effective in dealing w ith the
crim inal class is proven by the fact
that lynchings in E ngland are tin
heard of.
T he strike of the m iners in Cripple
Creek on the tunnel which is to drain
m ost of the big m ines of the district
was precipitated because the m anage­
ment attem p ted to force union m en to
work with non-union. T h e tunnel
would have been com pleted in an-
ith e r week, and it is quite-likely now
to be delayed for som e lim e. P re si­
dent Samuel B ernard, of the El P aso
Mining Com pany, which has the con­
tract for building the tunnel, says:
We will com plete th at tunnel if it
takes the U nited S tates arm y to p ro ­
tect the work, and if it is necessary
for us to put on our w orking clothes
and do the labor ourselves.” W e
don’t think- B ernard should use the
whole arm y at one tim e and leave
o th e r im p o rtan t places in th e coun­
try u n p rotected. It would perhaps,
be easier for him and a few of his
high salaried office men to pull their
coats, go under ground, ond do b u si­
ness.
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LADIES ACCOMPANYING GENTLEMEN FREE
O rganized latbor has been accused
th an by killing scabs. A gain let tne
T H E R IG H T TO LABOR.
by the capitalistic press and enem ies
say, violate no law. w ro n g no man,
of trad es unions as being u n altera­
E d ito r L abor P re ss: I t is said th at
m ove along peaceable lines. D epend
b ly opposed to its m em bers belong­
the nonunion m an or scab lias a rig h t
on ju stice and th e p ro g ress of ideas
ing to the militia, and they use this
to lahor. and th a t he m ust be p ro ­
and you will n o t only w alk over the
as an argum ent that organized labor
tected at all h azards, and w hen he
graves of y o u r enem ies, b ut you will
in principle is un-American.
tries to break a strik e he m u st n o t
insure the em ancipation of your chil­
T he basis of their contention is
be m olested.
dren. R em em ber that g reat as are the
C ertainly he has a rig h t to labor.
taken from the action of a few m is­
things you can do th ro u g h o rg an iza­
T h ere is no question ab o u t it. So
guided unions who have come to the
tion. they are after all palliatives. You
has the sm all m erchant and th e sm all
conclusion that the militia was a n ta g ­
ta n secure living w ages. You can se­
m an u factu rer a rig h t to live and do
o n istic to their organization, at the
cure respectful treatm en t. You can
business in spite of the tru sts, and
same tim e passing a law that m em bers
secure a reduction of the ho u rs of
when
he
tries
to
com
pete
and
th
u
s
should not belong to the service.
T R A D E S U N IO N IS T .
labor.
d estro y a tru st he should be p ro ­
T he belief that the m ilitia as a m en­
tected at all hazards. Y et he is
ace to organized labor is a m isnom er,
PLANS EXPOSED.
crushed to atom s a t once by th ese
for the reason th a t organized labor
very m en who talk about p ro tec tin g
believes in order and obedience to the
the scab; and stran g e as it m ay seem , Man Gets Drunk and Gives Secret
laws of the land, and w here this state
Away.
the co u rts th en appear im potent. T h e
of affairs obtains there is no reason
A man by th e nam e of M cClelland
tru
st
reg
ard
s
the
F
ederal
co
u
rt
as
for a clash betw een organized labor
m en p ro
n n tecto
« .» - r.
.. B
.....
ut th e m en w ho - got drunk one day last w eek and told
“T h ere is no clean cut definition th eir
and the militia. T rue, a governor not
talk about p ro tectin g scabs do n ot things be was so rry for w hen lie be-
am
ong
trad
e
unionists
as
to
w
hat
co
n
­
friendly to trades unionism m ight ag­
gravate the situation by un-m ilitary stitu te ‘reco g n itio n .’ ” says T h o m as I. com plain when a tru st crushes a com - came sober.
p etito r. L et us look at th e question
H e claim ed to rep resen t th e O re
orders, but if the ranks are com posed Kidd, n ational secretary of the Amal
of scabs a little further. W ith o u t o r - ' gon Land & Im m ig ratio n Co., which
of union men the situation can be re ­ g am ated W o o d w o rk ers’ U nion and
ganization the laborer w ould be enterprise is located at room 19, 233'/i
ne of the vice-presidents of th e
lieved. and the governor can be taken
gro u n d to atom s and bis children Burnside street, dealers in real es-
A m erican F ed eratio n of L abor. “ Some
care of at the polls.
tate. business chances and em ploy­
would be m ade beasts of burden.
T he sentim ent of the conservative arg e o rg an izatio n s, like th e cigar
T h ro u g h organization he lias al­ m ent agency.
elem ent in the trades union m ot em ent, m akers, for instance, m ake no agree
H is sto ry was told to a union b a r­
which consists largely of the w ell es m ents, but allow th e use of th eir ready im proved his condition im­ ten d er in a saloon on th e E ast Side,
m
easurably.
E
very
tim
e
he
gains
a
tablished unions, is expressed by Sam union label to an em ployer w ho em ­
victory he n ot only im proves the whom the illustrious M cClelland did
uel Gompers who. in answ er to a co r­ ploys union men exclusively. T he
not know. T he latter kept up an in ­
u n doubtedly ‘recognizes’ statu s of his own fam ily, b u t of the dustrious consum ption of the social
respondent asking for inform ation, em ployer
the cig artn ak e rs’ union when he uses scab and his family as well, and th a t p ro m o ter and becam e confidential.
said:
for all tim e. T h e nonunion men and
“Yes. a m em ber of the sta te , m ili­ heir label. I11 o th e r o rg an izatio n s an
their families get the benefit of all H e said th a t he had ju st finished
em
ployer
w
ho
will
m
eet
w
ith
a
com
­
tia can be seated in a trad es council.
co n tract and secured the signature of
In fact, the m atter is so obvious th a t m ittee from a union and do business th a t the union achieves.
Mr. P oulsen, of the Inm an, Poulsen
O11 the o th er hand, w hen a non­
it ought not be open for discussion at w ith it is looked upon as ‘recognizing’
L um ber Co., to furnish as m any n o n ­
the union. In still o th e r cases em ­ union man takes a strik er s place and union m en as the com pany had union
all.
of
o t a strike
s it i k c
“A man who is a w age-earner and ployers ‘reco g n ize’ the union by thus defeats the objects
>
1 i„... I men 111 th eir em ploy, and as soon as
and
crushes
a
union
he
not
only
low- 1,lc"
,
,
,
greein
g
to
em
ploy
union
men.
pay
honorably w orking at his tra d e or
1 .
c .1
nnd 1 llle men w ere fo rthcom ing the union
t ..
calling to support him self and those union w ages and com ply w ith union ers the status of the union m an and i men w ould all be discharged. T
o veri­
his fam ily, but of him self and his
nditions.”
dependent upon him. has not only the
fy his statem en t he show ed the b a r­
iwn family, and they m ust share the
right to become a citizen soldier, but
ten d er the contract.
It is rep o rted th a t the E m p lo y ers’ degradation of all labor. 1 his being
th a t right must be unquestioned.
A ssociation of Chicago has at last dis­ so, there is som U ething
C llllIlg
V
lii.-o u i u i ;
dastardly
about j He stated fu rth er th at his com pany
“The militia, i.e., the citizen sol­
covered th a t the cost of living has in­ the act of a scab taking a strik e r’s .bad secretly arran g ed to secure n o n ­
diery of the several states in our
creased 1*> per cent during the past place N obody objects to him w ork- union m en for all lines of business in
country, supplies w hat oth erw ise
five years, and has decided th at wages mg anyw here else. If he does not | P ortland. and in s.x m onths every
m ight take its place—a large sta n d in g
should be increased in like ratio. T he wish to join the union he need not, union m an w ould be replaced and the
army.
but inasm uch as the union is m aking unions would th en be a thing of the
“The difference betw een the citizen asso ciatio n lias been delayed in mak
a fight for the ultim ate w elfare of his I-»st. H is firm, he intim ated, was the
ng
the
discovery,
and
if
they
will
fig
soldiery of the U nited S tates and the
pole around which all union cru sh ers
large standing arm ies of m any E uro ttre again, they will find that the cos own children he o ught to have m an­ in the City of P o rtlan d revolved. T h e
of
living
during
the
period
specified
hood
enough
not
to
take
a
striker
s
pean countries is the difference be
has increased fully again as m uch as place. Yet he has an ab stract legal O regon L and & Im m igration Co. had
tween a republic and a m onarchy
gone into the w holesale business of
it is the difference betw een the con th eir findings show. Still if the asso rig h t to do it, but when w hole bodies trad es union annihilation, and he (M e
ciation
show
s
a
disposition
at
all
of
of
men
are
w
ro
u
g
h
t
up
over
a
m
at­
ceptions of liberty and tyranny.
C lelland) was it. H e said he had
"W hile organized
labor stands m ag n an im ity to w ard s the w age-earner ter affecting n ot only th eir happiness form erly been a m em ber o f the Ma.
but
th
eir
very
existence,
it
is
som
e­
it
show
s
th
a
t
the
w
orld
is
gradually
against the arbitram ent of in terna
ch in ists’ U nion, but had lived to see
tional or internal disputes by force of g row ing b etter. It usually puts peo­ th in g hard to get proper consideration the e rro r of his way, and left the fold.
ple
in
b
e
tte
r
hum
or
to
find
th
in
g
s
than
for
ab
stract
rights.
D
uring
the
Revo­
arm s yet we m ust realize we have not
lution the colonist preached political Now- he carried a sharp knife, and pro
yet reached the m illenium ; th a t in to be show n.
freedom , yet the m an w ho opposed posed to ltatfe th e scalp of every
the age in which we live we have not
M ayor A. F. K n o tts, of H am m ond them was in danger of being hung. trad es unionists in the city. N ot know ­
the choice between arm ed force and
Ind., has started a cam paign in favor T he tru th of the th in g about the ing th at there are 10,000 m em bers of
absolute disarm am ent, but the a lte r­
o f th e em ploym ent of m arried men as rig h ts of a nonunion man to take a organized labor in the city, he did not
native o f a large standing arm y and
a m eans of avoiding labor troubles
trik e r's place is hardly ever m ade realize what a capital prize aw aited
a small one -upplem ented by a v olun­
H e th in k s m arried men feel th eir re ­ by the scab himself.
I have con­ him.
te er citizen soldiery—the m ilitia of
A day or tw o after M cClelland had
sponsibilities g rea ter than single men versed with m any and have never
ou r several states.
and th ey are less liable to act h astily heard one m ake it. But I wish to bro u g h t d isaster upon organized la
"W ith this both wisdom and policy,
w hen a dispute arises. M ayor K n o tts suggest to organized labor th a t to bor th ro u g h the flowing bowl, a cou
as well as principle, should w arrant
an n ounced th at he would call a m eet attack a scab who takes a strik e r’s pie of gentlem en visited the office at
our trades unions in not ta k in g any
the address printed upon the card, and
ing at which the m an u factu rers and
cognizance of the m atter at all, allow ­ the leading citizens of H am m ond place is not only a violation of law, interview ed one of the p artn ers, who
ing each m em ber to follow the bent of could discuss the pro -m arriag e p ro ­ but is foolish, for it does not hurt was the only one in the office at the
his own inclinations, in sisting only ject as a serious question of public the em ployer. It does not even in­ tim e. T hese gentlem en represented
convenience him. If a scab should
that he shall be a w age-earner, a
policy and form ulate plans for a con be killed he sim ply gets an o th er h ire­ a large lum ber com pany in S outhern
faithful member of his union, and certed
O reg o n and wished to hire several
m ovem ent to discrim inate
true to the cause of labor—th e cause ag ain st bachelors and encourage bene­ ling to take his place. W h at cares h undred non-union m en for the lum ­
he fo r the widows and orphans? He ber cam ps and m ills ow ned by the
of hum anity.”
dicts.
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m ay be m orally responsible for hav­ com pany in th at district.
T h e gentlem en were told by the
It appears by the correspondence ing placed scabs in a position w here
T he current report that P resident
agent th at he could not deliver the
they
get
hurt
or
killed,
but
lie
will
Roosevelt has been urged to call an from th e industrial turm oil in Russia
men at once, but if they would reg ister
not su p p o rt th eir w idow s and chil­ and leave an o rder he would supply
extra session of congress for the p u r­ th a t the sym pathy of the educated
dren.
Instead
of
this,
organize
your
them . T he gentlem en registered and
pose of passing a currency b ill calcu­ classes is w ith the w orkm en, as the
forces in such a m anner as to make left th e order.
lated to relieve the rich men and strike m ovem ent is directed n o t only
In the conversation betw een the
the em ployer feel a little of the un­
lum berm en and the agent the la tte r
gam blers of W all street, lias brought for th e am elioration of labor condi
p
leasan
tn
ess
of
a
strike.
Send
a
com
­
co rro b o rated all that the unsuspect­
forth a protest from J. B. Corey, a tions. but also ag ain st the system of
m ittee to his house before breakfast ing M cClelland had told the bartender.
retired coal m erchant of B raddock. In g overnm ent. T h e w orkm en are re ­
So th ere is an em ploym ent agency
to urge him in a respectful m anner
a letter to the president he h an d s this g arded as the pioneers in the m ove­
in P o rtlan d th at proposes to crq?h out
to
arb
itra
te;
let
it
follow
him
to
his
bouquet to our congressm en: “ I sin­ m ent for political freeddm .
all phases of trad es unionism in P o rt­
office.
Send an o th er to bis club.
land.
cerely hope that the dignity and honor
If th e energy of the p ro m o ters of
H on. E dw ard M. Sheppard, of New N ext day repeat the program m e, and
of our N ational G overnm ent, th e good
th
is
refresh in g scheme is to be m eas­
if
the
com
m
ittee
is
clubbed
and
sent
nam e of the A merican people, as well York, said in a recent speech th at
to jail, send another. If the em ployer ured by the am ount of business sense
trad
e
unions
pro
m
o
te
justice
and
con
as the success of your own adm inis­
they have displayed so far little fear
leaves tow n, telegraph to the o rg an i­ need be exercised as to the future
tration, will cause you to refuse to stitu tc one of the g reat and conserva
zation in the com m unity to which he safety of organized labor. A nyw ay,
com m it such a grave m istake as th a t tive forces of our industrial rights.
has gone to w ait on him and urge it is hard for a com bination of rogues,
of calling an extra session of congress
as these, to dislodge the hum ani­
The garment workers in Sacramen­ him to arb itrate. You can thus by such
will be. If you will stop and consider
tarian principles of organized labor.
peaceable
m
ethods
get
resu
lts
quicker
for one m om ent, you will find it a fact to have organized.
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