The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1875-07-24
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CLEyELANp. July 18Th. 1915.
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half Of the case that involves the gCou |
name of Mr.. Slney and Mr.. y. Parkies, in
the Clearheld courts Of PenLsy wanna. The
case is one that ought to command the at
tention Of every workman in that State,
and more especially, every labor unionlst
and prominent man in the ranks Of labor.
To me. the movement on the part Of the coal
corporations is one Of the boldest assaults
ever made upon the rightful privileges Of
the citizens of any State, and if successful,
must make the sphere in which worklngmen
move, who are endeavoring to obtain the
best results they can for their labor, very
limited one indeed Let John Siney be
convicted, and there is no strike Of labor
can be conducted IN that State, and the
men engaged in il be free from arrest and
Imprisonment in the same way, if employers
80 will it. They are then without a doubt
slaves t. the bosses, and the law, instead Of
protecting men in their rights becomes an
engine to curtail them and Cypress Tell /
me, pray what the condition of men are, |
who have no resort by consent Of action 70
prevent imposition in the many forms,
that it is practiced upon them b. the op-
Grating class Where such laws exist the
people are neither patriotic, intelligent nor
great; nor are the lives and property Of
those who make such laws 50 very safe
either. IL that is the state to which We
IL,
duced in the greatest mineral State d the
Union, then for one feel there is real
danger, that hitherto believed had no
existence, except in the mines Of those
Who desired ~ ridicule the labor move
ment, and kept bowling communist to
all Who favored II or we're prominent M
its ranks Now, however, when We are
denied the right to meet " masse, discuss
the best means t. advance our common
interests. and resolve to use our best
influence with as many Of our fellows as
We can and have them act with US, then
all the liberties We tnlOy are worthless,
and We are free men only IN name. We
mistake the temper Of the wOrklngmen u
Pennsylvania, if they will let such law
lay upon the books, or elect men 70 Of
fee who favor 1t. Who does s. favor It and
seeks Office is a tyrant in his soul, and
unworthy the confidence OF support OF
any man with spark Of republican tre II
his veins Who would support such one
for office is a catiff and a slave by nature,
though living beneath American skies, and
unworthy the suffrage the country gives.
Tricky lawyers and men 81 wealth, who
are Interested in having such laws as tbs
conspiracy Law u Pennsylvania passed, may
succeed for a time IN the devlhsh effort
Ii may stand there like a magazine "
powder. designed to shoot such men only
a. John SIney, OF the poor fellows who are
. to-day its victims in the State Prison, but
a match properly applied may leave tbs
whole structure in ruins in an instant
When samson Of old found himself the
victim of deceit and cruelty he calmly
t waited his opportunity, and pulled the
temple down. anG though he persisted him
, self, he also demolished his tOrmentors and
prosecutors. Slavery in the South lived,
tiourished and WAS upheld by laws and
, uiges, and juries condemned the poor
y-etches who tried to escape from fangs
and servitude but at last il was torn down
bv the sacrifice of half million noble
I
lives. 81 snail it be with all laws that are
| proven to be oppressive to the people. Sc
soon as they know it fully they will even
rise IN their might, and if need be, pull
r the temple down upon themselves to break
, the power Of cruel yoke. That this will
be the fate Of the conspiracy law sooner OF
later, have no doubt whatever; before it
be done many may need to suffer under its
provisions. So has it been with every
form Of oppression. 1t Is not fully aP-
preciated till many noble ones have been
its victims. The people are slow to move;
they are patient and long suffering II
has been SO in every revolution in the old
world II was 50 in the case Of the States
in 20. None OF them are born in an
hour. or the work Of any man or set of
men who excite the ptople. They are the
results Of aggregated evils that have proven
intolerable, and when all prayers and ap-
peals have failed to bring a remedy, when
all peaceable means have been exhausted To
get relief, then like a mighty volcano, Ia
Dor, pent up labor, burst its bonds, and
what recks it. if it perish in the ruins it
makes.
Those facts stand prom inently out for
every man "a read for himself, and herein
lies the evidence Of the danger that may
not De generally seen in existence of this
| conspiracy law and its ilk on the statutes
Of any State IL is burdensome and weighs !
heavily upon the people, and for time
NAV be borne, but it cannot be long. H
People as intelligent as are the average
workingmen, cannot be made slaves They
must and will have room in which 70
move. and the property owner the states
man, Or the progenitor of such measures,
are the short sighted men, Who II per
mitted to make our laws will bring on me
nation premature decay, shake 1t TO It's
foundation by a violent revolution.
Il is all very wen for good men 70
descant on the folly of such spasmodic et-
forts to produce good LAYS and good gov-
eminent But such things are really IN
evitable, if those in power will not remove
the cause. Great Britain has tried tins