The record-union., 1894-08-13
artisan, belongs to any labor organiza-

artisan, belongs to any labor organiza-
ton of any kind.
According to Mr.. Gompers' late speech
delivered at a Chautauqua III Michigan.
when discussing the number of laborers
out OF employment he said, If the report
is reliable. There are little over mill
lion OF men in this country between the
ages of 20 and % out of employment"
This one million of men is the same
number between the ages of 20 and 90
that have inmigrated here from among
the scum of Europe, and are filled with
the seeds of anarchy, between the lst
day of June, 1889, and the lst day OF June,
1894, so the official reports of the Govern
ment show, to take the places OF Ameri-
cans whose labor would be at premium
instead of at discount were it not for our
loose immigration laws. Good imml-
grants are desirable. Pauper labor and
anarchists are not desirable. Will some
one tell me why these friends of labor do
not bend their energies to influence laws
to keep undesirable people from the coun-
try, those that come in competition'wIth
American labor? According to the state
ment of Mr.. Gompers if all labor organi-
Zations of whatever kind and character
were TO have left their employers with
out moments notice on June 18th there
were more than enough unemployed to
have taken their places, and they would
have been glad of the opportunity.
1t is privilege that every man has in
this country to quit work whenever he
sees tit to do so, but it is not privilege
that he has to interfere with the rights of
others.
When the citizens of this city saw at
the Southern Pacific depot, on the morn
ingS of the 29th and Both of June and on
the lst and I'd of July, hundreds of men
by brute force interfering with the rights
of others who wished TO work, and the
officers of the county seeming TO be help
less to keep back the mob that had as
sembled around the properly OF the
Southern Pacific Railroad Company.
blocking the commerce Of the State and
killing" engines at the very junction of
the gateway to this western empre-with
this condition staring tie people of this
city IN the face, when it was known that
the City Trustees had passed resolutions
instructing the Mayor TO put on all the
police force necessary, granting him un-
limited authority, being informed that he
was not able TO get men who would serve
as special policemen at that time, was 1t
strange that the citizens should organize
themselves into a body to protect the
rights and the property of the people?
Much has been said in relation to the
Citizens Protective Association that it
like to know what this A. r. u. An
archy Rounding Usurpersl Association
is, if it is not self-constituted body.
Surely a part Of the people IN Sacramento
had just as much right to organize in the
interests of law and order as another part
of the people had to organize, having Il
branch in their order known as the Media
ton Committee, run solely and in the in
terestS of anarchy.
hn nd trxr
have special cause to be thankful to the
Southern Pacific Railroad and its man
agement. They stood Tor that principle
at great cost to the company. Their
engineers, conductors, many tiremen and
traiumen, employees about the shops and
managers here were true to the interests
Of the country by starting the wheels Of
commerce when allowed.
The Trade Unions, City Trustees, Citi-
zens' Protective Association, al. worked
during the strike hard and saved prop
erty, bloodshed and riots; very little loss
was sustained compared with the loss in
the East at such times
II was a sad thing to see poor Sam Clark
and the soldiers as they were taken from
the wreck in Yolo county, killed while
on duty striving for principle-honest
and faithful, obeyiDg orders. 1t made
every brave man and woman sorry.
How long are Americans to stand by
and watch the growth of anarchy in this
country? How long are they to permit
the pauper element of Europe to be
dumped on our shores? Is it not time
that America should be kept for Ameri-
cans and their principles? HOWELL.
Sacramento, August IL, 1894.
''Oid Crank's" View.
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criticism OF Mr.. Gonpers' assertion that
the laboring man has had no protection
under the laws Tor many years. His as
sertion is true to shameful extent It
is notorious that laboring men whose con-
dition compelled them to work for less
wages than the labor organizations de-
sired to obtain for their mem bers have
been insulted, abused assaulted, mall
treated, and some have been murdered,
by the members or sympathiZers of
labor organizations; and no adequate pro-
lection has been afforded by the State or
\ National Government to sustain the nat
ural right of all men to work for living
at any price they are willing to accept or
which their necessities may compel them
to accept.
1t does look inconsistent tor Mr.. Com
perS, the leader OF an organization which
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complain OF the supiness or neglect of
the Government in failing to protect the
abused laborers by breaking up The or
ganlzations which sanction such crimes
openly or tacitly, or tor falling to punish
such criminals; but l am glad somebody
has made such complaint, even if it is the
devil who instigated such treatment
Peeping from behind the protecting OBJ
security OF nom de plume, L assert boldly
that no man, whether in an organization
or out of it, who does not accord 10 every
other man the rights and privileges which
he desires and claims for himself, is fit to
be member of what is called self-gov-
erned nation. Such men are only fit to
live under despotism. No organization
which sanctions, openly or tactitly, in
reference with the natural rights of
other men or the right to ownership of
property can ever accomplish any good.
Such organizations are more than threat
to liberty, and are a menace to society,
and their Illegal acts should be punished
severely. OLD CRANK.
Sacramento, Aug. 10, 1894.
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