The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-30

those who are fighting for their rign1'
Calls were made for Hon. J. W. Blake
OF Mexia. chairman OF the State Democratic
executive committee. but he was not IN
the hall.
Mr.. Wash Lewis was called as repre-
sentative OF the labor organizations he
INDUCED in very apt and laushapie
argument ad absurdum upon the appiica-
ton Of the injunction. He said after y
while 1t would be so that an empioyel
could hire man. cut down his wages W
starvation prices and then get out an u
junction to prevent his quitting his SER
vice.
Calls were made for Mr.. f. H.. Hurd
| of the Knights OF Labor. He said he had
| no peech to make, but would indorsc any
| resolution this meeting would send to 81
Louis cSndemnatory of the running OF
this government by injunction.
| Colonel George w. Brewster OF the
| Typographical Union was called and MADE
a magnificent speech His sympathy, ne
said. was with suffering humanity. He
vigorously condemned the injunction. He
| referred to the street car employees strike
here a few weeks ago, when the peoples
sympathy were enlisted with a lot Of home
people whose personal rights and liberties
were about to be abridged. Now we are
| called upon to protest against National
| interference with personal liberty. Vita
| The limitless resources OF this country
| WHY should We not have an abundance?
| With our boundless resources 1t is strange
| that we should have millions OF idle peo-
| pie whose only capital is their labor.
| Were the people profitahly employed
| strikes would be unheard CT There are
| today millions Of people out OF employ
| ment, and men who ten years ago would
| not think of taking the places OF these
\ men are now offering to do so simply TO
| get bread for their families. Can you
with the memory Of these grievances still
| fresh 70 to the balotboX and vote the per-
| petuity of political party that will per-
| nit such rank injustice. In whose inter-
est are these judges appointed? Not in
| the interest of the masses of the people,
| those who pay the bulk OF taxes for the
| maintenance OF the government and fight
| the battles Of the country, who favor free
| speech. free press, free silver and free
| men. If our land is as productive. our
| factories as capable OF turning out the
| products as formerly, how is 1t that sui
cides are occurring every day of people
| out OF work and that our asylums are fill
| ing from the same cause? We must free
| ourselves of this government by injunc-
| ton and every other tyranny. Every
| American citizen must be made a free
and Independent man. believe that
evervcne is in favor of doing away with
| personal slavery The speaker closed with
the famous words of Patrick Henry, "As
| for me! give me liberty or DEATH
Mr.. Thomas Swope was then introduced
and in presenting some resolutions. said:
| The conditions which have made this
and similar meetings so necessary are
such. however, that 1t seems to me no true
American could gain his own consent to
withhold his voice from participation in
that mighty protest which Is now going
UP from the Atlantic to the Pacific, from
the lakes TO the gulf, gaining in intensity,
In volume, In earnestness. in power with
added momentum, with irresistible force,
and which will sweep all before it. until
this country is once more In fact and in
truth the home of the free.
| 1t is not that now. and II will not be
again, until this fearful power arrogated
to itself by the Federal judiciary. and in
some instances the State. has been swept
away. and gives place to laws that are alike
| Just to the rich and the poor. When these
| injunctions were issued the miners had
committed no crimes, nor soSye they done
so since. unless II be a crime to exercise
a right given by the constitution, after
they had Neen forbidden to do so by
Judge. II they had done anything criminal,
| the penalties are given In the statutes. II
| they had not done anything criminal, no
| Judge had the right to say that they vera
going to do so. 1t was not that violence
was feared, my friends, but 1t was that
the mine operators thought that
1 they could break the strike with these
injunctions. and their hrelnSs did their
| bidding We must show our colors Let
US all do our duty and strive In every hon
orable way to change a state of society
which makes such conditions possible.
MI Chairman, l beg to submit a set Of
| resolutions:
| Whereas, There has been for several
| weeks past a strike in the mining dis
irlcts of several Of tho coal producing
| states, the Mi ikerS i'm their statements TO
,he public aHesns as their cause for ac-
70 tl'1 e enG' tS vases Gsia were not enough
l.othitlS OF eicthing and educating their
iaI'iiies nat .hey We're being syste-
| mntically ruhhed Of the fruits of their
toii by an unfair system OF weights and
accounting, end that wl.at little was left
| they were forced to spend at the ''pluck-
me, stores c. the several companies; and
Whereas The M ners, through a system
OF nivrtaSs reaceatlc inarchine,s and
| persuasion, were making much headway
| toward successful end o: their strike. in
which they mad the moral and financial
support OF organized labor of America and
us friends. when the mine operators, fear
lnS that these demonstrations always
| conducted peaceably ant with no opjec-
tlonahie Gestures, would result In the
| maj closing down OF all mines aud force
mem 10 nav the living wages asked by
| their ennloyes. cd, through representa-
| lions 10 Federal and State Judges secure
| IRON them iniunctions restraining the
miners from. exercising the rights aud
p'lNiIeSes OF free men: and
whereas. In tho issuance of these in
| 1un, lions those Judges violated their oath,
| ~ office in that they went beyond the
limits OF their authority and set a pre-
| cedent which IL allowed to stand will In
,ime be so tload in its tendencies that
any nan may Sc eeI lived OF his rights ana
liberties at the within OF Il Judge; ANA
Whereas, Government by Injunction for
INST H. wat this ettion means is r,,n,Ig
naht to tie constitution OF the United
states an insult 10 its trpmvrs, and a sten
| toward tho enthrallmeat OF the nr,ss.s
INTO a slavery mere complete and coma
ZION more deplorable than that ever
known IN he history OF the ciyil,rea
world IL means that these who possess
wealth. shall re the absolute arbt,ers or