The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-03-25

to all of these papers, and it would be al
intellectual impossibility for the agent t.
color the dispatches to suit each news
paper.
The circular goes on to denounce thu
wholesale arrests made, "hurrying off o.
said parties to prison without giving then
hearing before a United States com
missioner fixing their bonds at exhorbi
tant figures, as tyrannical, unjust and un
American
Does anybody know of any wholesale
arrest: A few men have been arrested al
several different places, taken before the
United States courts and bonded. But
every man arrested was charged with kill
ing engines or otherwise using violence
What is the opinion of these knights on
this subject! We quote from the circu.
lar, declaration of principles Nos. . and
| 3.
2. That we unhesitatingly condemn
the perpetrators of the crimes above
cited (if they actually Occurred) whether
the perpetrators are members of the or
der or not, and favor their speedy punish
ment.
8. That we ever stand ready to uphold
the law, opposing violations thereof. as
individuals and as an organization.
whether federal, state or municipal, and
believe that all men, white or black. rich
or poor, should share the same fate for
all violations.
consistency, thou art a jewell You
denounce Newspaper reporter for charg-
ing that crimes have been committed:
swear that he lies in charging the knights
with committing these crimes. which
charge he did not make, and now You "un-
hesitatingly condem the perpetrators \
X y whether the perpetrators are
members of the order or not" "Tlis is
a pretty how de do" 1t strikes us that
your whereases and declarations of
principles are about as inconsistent
as any two things could possibly be, and
that they were animated by two things, to-
wit: A desire to vindicate the order and a
perception of the drift of public opinion
that induced you to take back all you said
before you closed. You want to be fair,
law abiding citizens, but yon cannot see
now this is possible and continue mem.
oership in an order that gives Mr.. Pow
lerly and a few other officers of your head
center, or whatever you callit, the power
20 deprive you and your wives and chill
lren of daily bread. In fact, the power
% stop all the machinery of industry and
uin and starve the whole country at their |
weet will.
AS long as your association will confne
is efforts to the betterment of the work
ng classes and the results of your strikes
njure no one else but the "monopolies"
gainst which you complain, and confine
ourselves strictly to the obedience oflaw,
hen the public sympathy will be with you,
ut when you permit these men to exer-
Use such power as to distress whole COM
whole states, upon paltry pre-
exits, of which no one understands the
lerits of the quarrel, then not only will
ne people, but the combined arms of mu-
icipal, state and federal authority be
sed against you.
1t will be remembered that the crafts
zen who wrought images for the great
ample of Diana, at Ephesus, attempted
olence against the early Christians, when
Re town clerk gave some good advice that
still applicable.
Wherefore" said he, ''if Demetrius and
e craftsmen that are with him, hive a
after against any man the law is open v
ID there are deputies; let them implead 3
lie another" 4