Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-09-07
THE COURTS SCORED.
Labor Leaders Bitterly Denouuce
Government by Injunction.
Another Convention to BE Held IN
Chicago ON the 9th Inst.-Plat-
form Adopted ut the Meet
ing in st. Louis.

labor leaders of the country, which has
been in session here two days, finished
it's work Tuesday evening. The meet
ing was productive of several sensa-
tional speeches and many resolutions
vet no decisive action was taken in the
principal matter for which the gather
ing was summoned-the abo1ishment
of government by injunction. The con-
vention, which had been announced
as the last one of its kind to be held.
while adjourning sine die, has merely
postponed action on the matter before
it for three weeks as call for similar
conference.-the be held in Chicago, Mon
day, September ~, was issued.
The Platform.
The platform as presented is as fol-
lows:
1.-The fear Of the more watchful fathers
OF the republic has been justified. The
judiciary has become supreme. We wit
ness q political phenomenon absolutely
new in the history of the world; republic
PROSTATE at the feet of judges appointed
to administer its laws.
Federal Judges Arraigned.
Having drawn to themselves all the
powers Of the federal government, untih
congress and presidents may act only by
| judicial permission. the federal judges
states, so that. unless a check Is soon put
upon the progress Of usurpation in a short
| time no government but the absolute des-
potism Of federal courts will exist any,
where over any portion OF, American soil.
The pending strike OF coal miners. starved
| to feebleness by their scant wages, by
arduous and dangerous toll. the pending
strike for the right to be fed enough to
judicial usurpation, showing the willing
| ness Of judicial despots to resort to the
! most shameless defiance Of decency. as
we'll as of law and humanity. in order to
| enable heartless avarice to drive its hungry
| serfs back to the mines to faint and die at
their drudgery. and there remains to-day
| not one guaranteed tight Of American cit
fzens the exercise OF which an injunc-
ton has not somewhere MADE a crime
! started by these subversions of constitu-
| tional liberty. We have met to counsel to-
gether, and have come to the following
| illusions that:
Liberty Which IL Not Freedom.
"whereas. the present strike of the coal
that our so-called liberty is not freedom.
but is a stupendous sham. under which
| millions are degenerated, while hundreds
Of thousands Of men. women and chill
dren are starving in novels on the public
! highways.
''Whereas. our capitalistict class. as 1t
again shows in the present strike is armed.
not only by policemen, marshals sherifrs
] anu OopuI1eS, Out also ny n regular army
and militia. in order to enforce govern
ment by injunction. suppressing lawful as
semblage. free speech, and the right to-
the public highway. while on the other
unarmed and defenseless, contrary to the
word and spirit Of the constitution Of the
United States. Therefore. be it
The Plans Proposed.
"Resolved, No. 1.-That we hereby set
apart Friday. the third day of septem-
i H1~ P4~ kHo
OF suffering labor in America, and con-
tribute the earnings OF that day to the
support of our struggling brothers, the
miners. and appeal to every union man and
try to do likewise.
''Resolved, No. 2.-That II the strike Of the
miners is not settled by the goth day of Sep
TENDER, 1897. and announcement made to
Mine Workers. a general convention be held
at Chicago. on Monday. September n.
by the representatives of all unions, Sec
tons. branches. lodges and kindred or
their cause, for the purpose Of considering
further measures in the interests Of the
striking miners and labor in general.
Resolved. No. S.-That we consider the
use of the ballot as the best and safest
means for the amelioration Of the hard
ships under which the laboring class suf-
) fers.
''Resolved, No. 4.-That the public own
! ership OF railroads and telegraphs is one
of the most necessary reforms for oul
body polite.
"Resolved. No. 6.-That we most emphat.
ically protest against government by in
| junction, which plays havoc with even
such political liberties as workingmen
have saved from the steady encroachments
of capitalism. and be it finally
Resolved, No. 6-That no nation in
which the people are totally disarmed can
, long remain a free nation. and therefore,
we urge upon all liberty-loving citizens to
remember and obey article two Of the
= constitution Of the United States, which
, J reads as follows:
" The right of the people to keep and
bear arms shall not be infringed.'"