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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.
__________
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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