Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1894-07-21

TuE labor unionr II Lus Angeles haN"
boyco,,-d the Times ~ that city, aud
caused the Withdrawal of the bulk 81 i'S
advertising patronage.
THIS position of TMK CirlLkS IN thA, III"
railroad companies should Arb',rAi"
differences with employees aud he forced
to carry the mails. no matter wha, ""r
IL train carriAs Il.
" workingnen would vot. for their III
t.r-sts with the readiness and unanimity
with which they strike, IL would be- but
a rhor, time until they hail nothing what.
ever Ia complain IL
JupaR HALLsrr, of Denver. dismissed
all the contempt IL court caaes brought
before him. He Ia trying only the cases
whrr. the men arr charged with inter.
fering with the running " trains.
Tbs New Mexican aays; The mr'n.
hers II the Railway Managers arr"1iA
,ion are apparently more rcsp"nSihlr f"r
the late interruption II the United States
malls than DrlS or any member of tue
American Railway association
THE Western Union company used
every -ndeAvor to protect the dispatches
passing over its lines in Colorado during
the strike, aud only surrendered them
.pon ia. order 81 ia. court On" ~ the
Trinidad papers last week asserted tina,
III, telegraph company CAV" ~ the lie.
Hpa,h-s without cnmpulHinu, which wak
an injustice t" the company.
Tux PhuniI Gazette says This II
the only labor strike tina, has ever taken
plac" Ia the country where the c"nsrrVa.
tive, decent p"opi. we're on the sidr of
the strikers The r-Annn IN plain. the
lab"rrrr have ~, justice and right on
their side"
TnE p~ming Headlight, says, III
under rrr=rn, conditions of aggrandL-,s
capital labor In I" ~, anything like its
share IL prductinn, II must also form y
,rus, aS close and powerful IA that Of
wealth. We Il" not say that this IL right
W" only say that IT IL ~ right y. It II
I" organize capital into great corpora
,i"nS Ia hold up prices anil restrict prp.
ductiun."
Tax Democrat accuses this paper Of
trying Ia stir up strife in opposition Ia
corporations. The assertion IL wide Of
the mark. This paper has insisted tina,
the railroads have not shown due respect
for the rights Of the people in regard to
delivering mail promptly. and in arrest.
ing men who had not molsstsd the prop
erty 81 the company. and whn~r only
crime was that III joining In a strike for
what the men b-lsv. tn be great prin-
cipls.
PxorLk who own property in Chicago
are . good deal alarmed. Tn. rio, olAuu-
in their insurance policies reads aS fol.
lows; "Thr company will not be- liabl.
for losl directly or indirectly by invasion.
inaurrrction, riot. civil war or com,nnt ion
or military or usurp-d power. or by or.
der Of any civil authority" This CLAUSE
IL . part Of all insurance policies issued
in ,his country and I, simply means tia,
insurance companies are no, responsible
for property burned by rioters.
The labor organizations are transfer.
ring their efforts from Chicago 10 Wash.
ington and are demanding the impeach
msnt Of the president and attorney gen.
sral In this they show their wisdom
The Law Of the land Ia made for all par.
ties alike from the highest To the lowest.
and labor has won some notable victor.
lee lately In tho courts. II IL possible for
the wage earner 81 the country to secure
the Enforcement Of any laws they may
desire by going to the ballo, box and do
ing their lighting thsre.