The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-09-08
THE COURTS SCORED.
Labor Leaders Bitterly Denounce
Government by Injunction.
Another Convention tn lie Held In
Chicago ON the 27th Inst.-Piat-
form Adopted at the Meet
ing I'm ST. Louis.

st. Louis, Sept. 1.-The conference OF Z
! labor leaders of the country, which mas
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 summoued-the adjustment
! of government by injunction. The con-
vention. which had been announced
as the last one of it's kind TO be held,
while adiourning sine die, has merely
nostponed action on the matter before
! il for three weeks as a call for a similar
conference to be held in Chicago, Mon
day, September %, was issued.
The Platform.
The platform as presented is as fol-
lows:
..rba fear Of the more watchful fathers
! 10 the republic has been justified The
| Judiciary has become supreme. We wit
| ness a political phenomenon absolutely
new I'm the history or the world a republic
| PROSTATE at the feet OF Judges appointed
| 10 administer its laws
Federal Judges Arraigned.
"IIaving drawn to themselves all the
movers of the federal government, until
| congress and presidents may act only by
judicial permission. the federal judges
| have begun the suhiugation or sovereign
! states. so that unless a check Is soon put
upon the progress OF usurpation. in 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
make labor possible has been prolific OF
| ,,cnrnatiOn- showing the willing
! ness of judicial despots to resort 10 the
most shameless defiance of decency. as
| well as OF law and humanity. in order TO
enable heartless avarice to drive It's hungry
serfs back TO the mines TO faint and die at
| their drudgery, and there remains to-day
not one guaranteed right of American cit
! izens the exercise or which an in)unc-
| tion 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 Is Not Freedom.
whereas, the present strike Of the coal
miners has again demonstrated the fact
| 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 capitalistic class, as Il
again shows in the present strike. is armed.
! not only by policemen, marshals. sheriffs
| and DEPUTIES but also by q regular army
and militia. I'm order to enforce govern
ment by injunction. suppressing lawful as
semblage. free speech. and the right to
the public highway. while on the other
| hand the laboring men OF the country are
unarmed and defenseless. contrary to the
word and spirit OF the constitution of the
United States. Therefore. be 1t
The Plans Proposed.
Resolved. No THAT we hereby set
I'll
Der. 1897. as Good Friday for the cause
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
every friend of labor throughout the coun-
| try to do likewise.
Resolved. No 2-That II the strike OF the
| miners is not settled by the goth day OF Sep
tember 1897 and announcement made to
that effect by the president OF the United
| Mine Workers. a general convention be held
| at Chicago. on Monday. September q.
by the representatives of all unions, sec
lions. branches. lodges and kindred or
| ganizations OF laboring men and friends Of
| their cause. for the purpose of considering
further measures In the interests OF the
striking miners and labor In general
| Resolved. No. 3.-Thatswe 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. f.-That the public own
ership OF railroads and telegraphs is one
OF the most necessary reforms for our
| body polite.
| Resolved No. 5-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 entertainments
of capitalism, and be II finally
Resolved. No. 6.-That no nation in
which the people are totally disarmed can
| long remain 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
! reads as follows:
Z" The right Of the people to keep and
bear arms shall not be infringed.'