Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-05-14

| National Guard; in these oiTcumsian.
ces, the federation Is pledged by it's
constitution to boycott every
able-bodied man In the Slate
between the ages OF Eighteen and
foriy-five years, because they come
under the operations OF law. Surely
no miner or other workingmsn who
has spark OF real patriotism wiehos
to belong to an Organization whcl
does that.
There lie a law In this State against
nlacklistlng, and another against con.
spitscy. l an employer blaekllsis an
kemp Oye 20 tue latter cannot get
work, ne is maze punishable as teton.
That Is a protection to N mbers OF
labor unions aud others, oven tnOu h
he latter may have engaged in a strike
that bss been disastrous TO the om-
aoyer. Yet this Mi ers' federation
proposes to blacklist men for no other
reason than that they obey State
law / sssooiltiug themselves with
state Organization. D5ea any reason.
able man think the State viii submit
or long to any practice Of that kind
against cltzens In It's service? A con.
epiracy to obstrucl the aim nistration
Of law and Justice 10 also u serious
ffsnse, anu an overt act in carrying
out u conspiracy to deprive anybody
4 employment might bring seriaus
results to the conspiraIors. Black
listing by employers, to deprive men
Of employ ment, Is no worse than
blacklistlng by fellow empI1yes to do
the same thing. Both are equally
despicable.
Those Immediately concerned In
this business ought 10 give a hearing
TO all sides Of the question, and exer-
else calm, dispassionats judgment
thereon, remembering that no patri-
otto element among the working
classes Will be found remaining or
combining In decorations or associa-
tivhs that assail the means OF effective
government. The attitude OF the
president OF the Miners federation In
this respect is condemned by pubic
sentiment not only here, but
elsewhere in the West, as
may be eeen by the following edi-
torisl comments, which are typical u
the explosions OF the press generally.
This 10 from the Sacramento, CAL,
Record. u nion OF Wednesday:
one Boyce is presiding over the So
called Western Federation OF Miners,
in session vi Salt Lake. lie is an ASS,
and he prayed in convention. He should
have been raken out aud tied back OF
the church. The fellow who in this day
and land stigma,izes National Guards
men as Sl3 II month muIderers deserves
to DO executed by the con empt OF decent
men. This same blatant fellow talked Of
arming the miners with riff d and doing
some sort OF deadly work on somebody.
lie prated of some one lying IN wait for
the miner to choke him into doing some
body's Will, and all that sort OF rot. The
cause of labor Is shamed and outraged
by such advocates. The honest wage
Garner is looking not Tor rifles and con-
hict, but for fair wages and an honest
| deal. He knows how TO get both with
| or denouncing the militia OF his nation
which embodies ali able bodied male
| citizens between u and 40. The Boyce
fellow was backed by the presence OF
| Eugene V. Dobs on the rostrum. Debs
| lacks only the courage OF Boyce; both
men think alike. else The whilom Chicago
| riot meter would have arisen and in me
| name OF labor entered u protest against
the braying OF Boyce.
Anu this from the Spokane, Wash,
Spokesman Review OF Tuesday:
Edward Boyce, president of the West
| ern Federation of Miners, has been Civ
| ing more vicious and lawless counsel to
the miners OF this country. His address
at salt Lake yesterday was the essence OF
anarchy, and ought to DO condemned by
every law-respecting workiDgman in
| America. Boyce has led large fol-
lowing Into past troubles, and ii he Is
| followed again, will plunge the mining
sections OF Montana, Idaho and other
western states Into whirlwind OF blood
shed, dynamite explosions. destruction
and misery.
Born upon u foreign soil, he enjoys
American freedom only to attack H.
| dearest principles of law and order. he
has shown himself to DO entirely un-
worthy of adopted citizenship. He is in
truth dangerous enemy to organized
labor, and q foe to American citizenship,
| lie has neither love nor respect for the
| flag which every loyal workingman
adores, and waits with patience for an
opportunity To direct others to fire upon
that flag while he skulks in the rear.