The Labor enquirer., 1886-06-12

to him l do not know, beyond what wa
published, but the result was the sam
as though they had made and actet
upon the following conversation
Gould MIR. Powderly, do you know
law is made and enforced TO protect capi
tai from the control and avarice o
labor?"
Powderly: Yes sir; and intend tt
respect the law"
Gould you pretend to be working
solely for labor"
Powderly:-"I am sir, in 80 far as
can and respect the law"
Gould Did you know you have nc
legal right to prevent my hiring scabs p
Powderly ly:-"Yes, 1 know it, and
shall obey the law"
Gould Did you know 1 have ticket
and other agents all over the country
and L could through them get scabs
enough and get them on the spot to run
the whold road in twenty-four hours, il
your men would not frighten them away
and stop their engines and otherwise
interfere with my legal business ?"
Powderly Yes, l know it. l will
therefore remove all intimidators and
allow no man to tou h an engine, unless
ordered to do 80 by Mr.. Hoxie.".
Gould you see this gives me the
case, do you not ?"
Powderly ~ do, but shall fight you
in the courts"
Gould you see have won b"cause
the law is on my side, and was so from
the frst!'
Powderly Yes l know it, but 1
shall fight you with the law"
Gould You haven't faith enough in
lawyers to allow them to join your order.
How can you trust them with so impor
tant mater?"
Powderlv:-"We can hire them all
the same!"
Gould :-"As your order repudiates all
lawyers, how do you know l cannot bribe
those you hire?"
PoSderly 81 don't know, but shall
sue you"
Gould :-"Your threat is very gratui-
tous."
Thus the tame peace policy of Mr..
Powderly won for him the loud praise of
all capitalism and defeate the strike,
and left Mr.. Irons in danger'of prosecu-
ton, when littl3 wholesome force and
intimidation would have given the
victory.
Mr.. PowderIy is now holding a posi-
tlon very similar to tnat held by James
Buchanan before the war, and he holds
it in a very similar manner and de-
nounces the Chicago Anarchists as
Buchanan denounced John Brown and
the alb )lltionists, and l predict very
similar results. Kicking against any
liberty party, whether called Gbolition-
lists or Anarchists, is fruitless kicking.
Anarchism has come to stay and if the
state government of Illinois can manage
to find some law to punish Mr.. Spies and
Mr.. Felden it will not stop its progress
any.
Speaking of Mr.. Spies and Mr.. Fielden,
they :ave violated no law and are con-
sequentlv liable to no punishment. In
the state Of Illinois if A tells B to kill c.
A is not liable but if B does kill c, and
kills him because A told him to, then
and not till then is A liable. He would
then be an accessory before the fact. II
A told B to kill C and B did kill G and
showed that he intended To kill G any,
how, and that AS telling him to doit die
not influence him, then A would not be
liable.
The constitution of the state of ILL
nois expressly provides that a person
shall have legal right to say whatevel
he pleases and shall only be held liable
for the consequences of his speech o.
writlng. Mr.. Spies and Mr.. Flelden cal
therefore only be held liable by frs
proving that the man who threw th'
bomb threw it because Mr.. Spies or Mr.
Fielden urged him to throw it. Unde
the law the government must first prov,
who threw the bomb, then must prov
that he did not act wholly of his owl
will but was influenced by another, be
fore thew can begin to prove that MI
Spies or Mr.. Fielden are in any manne
liable.
The governments counsel of cours
know this and see that great splurg
has been made against these two speak
ers without any foundation. How man
policemen in front were wounded b.
policemen in the rear cannot be known
70; the police fired disorderly. Partie
firing from the crowd must have bee
small in number judging from the mum
Der of police wounded by bullets, allow
ing none were wounded by other police
men. Those who fired from the crow
we're no doubt men who had been pre-
yiously misused by the police or fright
ened persons who fred in the air, or dis
guised police and detectives VIII
had been sent to micgle in the crow
and more than likely it was one of thes