The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-06-11
TreasonabIe Socialists.

The United States grand jury at Seattle,
Wash. Ter, has found indictments against
ten leaders OF the recent anti-Chinese riots
in that city. The iury's report is q most
extraordinary document. 1t alleges that
evidences has been laid before the grand
Jury sufficient to convince them that there
exists throughout the country a treason
able organization known as the Red
American International Workingmen's as.
sociation." Among other things the re.
port says
This association, with all its branches, is
essentially anarchiCal in theory and prac.
tice. The main articles OF it's creed are ar
son, robbery and murder. It's proclaimed
purpose is the overthrow of our govern.
ment and the erection upon its ruins OF
so-called socialist commonwealth. The
policy pursued by this association is to
secure control Of all labor organizations,
and particularly of the Knights of Labor;
to see to it that the officers OF all labor or.
CARNATIONS are chosen from the scientific
socialists; to employ every means to pro-
duce discomfort among the people, and to
stir up on all occasions and at all times
as much strife and agitation as pos
sible More than a year ago the
Pacific coast was selected as the most IA
vorable ground on which TO start u move
ment for the sIbversion OF the government.
Last fall branches of this organization were
established at Seattle, Tacoma, Olympia
and other points on Puget sound. Agita
tion OF the Chinese question was to be
made at once the pretext and cover Tor the
reasonable operations OF the band OF
scientific socialists. The labor organiza-
tions were, although unknown to the main
body of the members. systematically
worked to promote the reasonable OBJ.
jects and purposes OF the scientific social
lists. ALI the disturbances and outrages on
Puget sound for the last six months, arising
nominally from the agitation ofthe Chinese
question, were really fomented by this in
famous association, whose real aims and
designs have been studiousiy keptirom the
knowledge OF the real workingmen OF labor
organizations. The scientific socialists oil
the Red American International Working
| men'c association are, as shown by unmis-
taxable evidence before us, secretly in
structing their deluded, ignorant end bru-
| talized followers in the means ofpractically
applying dynamite; how to seize armories
and military stores; to prevent the depart
| ure OF troops from concentrating points;
how to nreserve order in centers OF insur-
| rections; how to imprison and destroy men
OF property and influence. To accomplish
this end, this association instructs it's
members to be particularly active in labor
organizations. This red-handed body ol
Union as tho first point OF attack They
say in their society circulars THE Pacific
| coast particularly, by reason OF it's pecul-
| lar population, its natural wealth, it's
position, is such that few determined
| men could isolate ii from the balance Of
| the world for months oftiine, and the agita-
| tion already started over it's whole area is
| peculiarly fitted to be the first to lead of
| in the active work when the time for that
work shall come"
Catholic Doctrine OF Capital and Labor
The pastoral letter OF the archbishops
| and Che bishops OF the Catholic provinces,
of Milwaukee. assembled In the first pro-
vincial c0dncil, to the laity OF their charge
has been made public. On the subject Of cap
ital and labor fhe letter says:
We have indeed o sacred duty to fulfill
toward our fellow citizens. Mere human
wisdom will ever prove unable to solve
permanently and satisfactorily the social
problems which on all sides are crowding
In upon us. Tho church OF God alone with
unerring. because divinely assisted, iudg-
ment can guide society through the laby-
rintbs OF passion and selhshness into the
serene regions OF justice and charity, The
question OF capital and labor isF Che oil
difference emphasized in the Gospel be-
tween the rich end the poor. sWoe to- tha
rich and blessed are the poor are max
inns established by the divine Judge
When capitalists follow the heather rule
to bry labor in the cheapest market, God
is not with them; and when laborers inn
agine that all men should have an equal
share in the comforts and enjoyments oi
this earthly life, Divine providence has
ruled otherwise. Industry and sobirety
have always proved more profitable to hui
man nature and to society than wealth
and extravaganza. To commit injustice is
/ always an evil; to suffer it may he turned
|into,a blessing. Retaliation Is ncverallow-
|ssd, but the church has during the middle
ages united the workingmen into guilds,
l and the misery which they endure nowwas
unknown bof0ro the sixteenth century.