The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1892-07-28

every law-abidmg citizen to work FOR
whom or what he pleases is never
questioned; till the last trace of an
archy is blotted out; till every man
who has transgressed the law has paid
or is paying the penalty and last, till
it is demonstrated beyond doubt that
they will never again be needed for
what they are here to-day.
The Occur d'Alene Press, another
OF the miners former friends says.
1.-The cause Of the laborer has ever
held the respect and sympathy of all
fair minded people, and just as long
aa they respect the laws of the land,
forming unions only for the purpose
of mutual protection and the MAIN
tainance of good wages, will they
continue to fetain that respect and
sympathy; but when they use their
united strength for the purpose of
breaking the laws of their country,
destroying property and committing
murder, they no longer retain the
sympathy of any law abiding citizen
and are not entitled to any more
regard than any other band of out
laws That some of the union men
Of the Occur d. 'Alenc district are out
laws and murderers is SO patent that
it canno. be disputed and they have
forfeited all claims on the respect of
the community. The union men have
not made the demonstration CT bravery
that their friends boasted of; in every
instance they have had the odds on
their side, and in the case of the
Mission riot, they made a very
cowardly attack on a lot of unarmed
! men, after guaranteeing them safe es-
cort out Of the country; and at the ap-
pearance of few U. S. troops in the
country, they flew to hills or laid
down their arms and claimed the
protection Of the laws that few
hours before they were trying to over
throw. The entire affair is deplorable
and it is to be hoped that the guilty
will soon meet their proper punish
ment and that the balance will regain
their reason and return to their usual
vocations. But all union men are
, not responsible for the acts of the
:, past week in the Occur d Alenes.
There are many among them who are
. law abiding citizens.
= Even the Wallace Press, the very
a paper to the editor of which the Miner
e referred when it said "who in public
}, speech and print have inflamed tn,
. ignorant, ETC." repentingly says
h 'sThe events of the past week in th'
Occur d Alenes should find M
1 repetition in the country. Last weel
peace, this week war However bite
r the controversy between capital an'
" labor may be, labor always gets
" further setback by resortng to arm
h the sword shall die by the sword,
an old proverb, and labor is no
,s trained in that school, Although tn
ra provocation may be most griovou
ia sometimes, it is much better to endur
10 the ills that exist than to fly to NOR
to serious ones. No domestic caus
4 was ever benefited by violence
lv Destruction of property must Away
a bring forward the strong arms of th
q. government, or encouragement woul
or be given to the violentminde
ae for anarahy. The vast body of tn
nd people always sympathize with lahe
w. organizations, but they cannC
he harmonic with bloody strife an
of destruction of property"
,r- All other papers in the minin
in district express the same sentiment
". The abiding people of the mort
40 are inconsolably indignant over tt
ne bloody work of lawlcss ruffians ar
se extended the utmost welcome
Int military authority. 1t is agoDiyir
"a that the good citizens are compell'
r., to suffer the reactions of this on
ell lawry.