The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-04-23

lists: proceed at once. and in every state
Where you can recover damages. do
90. II the law will sustain yea
that n 4 should b.. We srs s' wiring to fses
you before the law. We vii: fight you with
no other Weapons. For every violation Of
the law of State or Nation we Will enter suit
against you; and in this crusade againse
Won d. not understand teat we are to per.
secute, on the contrary, we wish to see the
obeyed the law In yomr dealings. in the
methods by which you have acquired your
immense fortune, then It 10 time
charged should be Rented. You have re.
manned silent under many DAMAGING
charge OF iniuring the state. We will be
We viii let Il be Known to the world through
the means OF the courts ut Justice. And let
me saw right here that no money will buy q
verdict ut the hands of these courts
There ara people who say that this etrug-
ifai and labor That staten ant IL false. This
certainly means war. but It IL war between
legitimate capital. honest enterprise and
honest labor on the one hand and illegiti-
mate wealth on the other hand. This IS
war in which we court the fullest
Investigation OF our acts. Do Won dare
further strike. no shedding o; blood:
IL IL a war in which every business man,
every commercial man. every professional
man. every workiDgman will be invited
to enlist II will not be a " ar upon the In
nocent. and the battlefield upon which IL
will be fought ont will be before the courts
OF law. and that which makes law, public
opinion. There will Re no mobs in this su-
preme hour to silence any mans crinion.
No converts will be mad by physical
force THAT flag which floats over press
or mansion at the bidding Of
m Oh d.sgraces both victor and victim, and
under such flag a. this we do not wage the
battle But this battle Of the people against
years from now. AMI what field so eminently
proper in which to fight it ont before the
courts? Let "a know whether laws were
made TO be Obeyed or not: and II they were
not 50 framed then the people must make
laws that vlI be obeved No man, whether
he be rich or whether he he the poorest of
the poor. shall in future shirk the responsi:
the courts.
IL was to see tia. tn. laws were ooeved
that the order nf the Kni khts Of Labor was
founded. and II the day has come to make
do not write this letter 70 Won either In
the spirit of anger or Of REVENGE. For YOU
personally have no DISLIKE I believe that
m after you would have had the strike ended
ere this. Those who advise you do
not mingle with the peonle. They do
been warned that yonr life is in danger.
Paw no attention to such talk. No man who
has the interest of his country at heart
would harm hair Of your head. But the
eriny I'm the millions OF dollars of treasure
and keeping them ont OF the legitimate
channels of trade and commerce must die,
and the mon whose money 10 invest d in the
enterprises which stock gambling has throt.
tied must make common cause with those
who have been denied the right to earn
enough to provide the merest necessaries of
life for home and family.
When say to you that wa will meet you
In the courts, do not speak rashly or I'LL
adviseilv. have taken counsel from the
best legal minds of the United states. We
are prepared to face yOn before the courts.
and now await your action In the matter.
This Ia not a threaf. play no game of bluff
or chance. sneak for five hun5red thou
sand organized men, who are ready to pay
out the last farthing in order that justice
may prevail.
You have il in your power to make friends
az these men by acting the part of the man
by taking this matter in your own hands.
Will you o 40 and end this strife in the in
terest of humanity and our common corn-
try? It Is your duty to brush aside every
obstacle. assert your authority and
take this matter In your own
hands. Settle every grievance restore every
man TO his place. except those VINO have
been en- gagged In the destruction Of property
or who have broken the laws. Will you do
this? You can then make rules and agree
ments with your men which will forever
preclude the possibility of another such dis
astrous conflict this one has proved itself
to he. remain very truly yours.
lSignsdl T.V. POwDEPLy. g. NJ. w.
Knights OF Labor