The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-08-21
STRIKERS ARE ARRESTED
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terencc AT once for settlement or arbitra-
tion OF the troubles in the Pittsburg coal
district or he must stand accused of in
consistency and insincerity. Public
oninion will certainly hold him response
HE for the destitution which must inc
vitably prevail in the district during the
coming winter.
RESOLUTIONS AGAINST COURTS.
Columbus. O., Aug. 20.-The National
executive board of the United Mine
Workers adjourned to-day after having
issued a call for n conference Of organ
lied labor To he held in st. Louis August
30. The board rejected the proposition
OF the Pttsburg operators for confer
cnce 10 arbitrate the wage dispute in
that district: claiming that such action
would be prejudicial to the interests of
the miners at large. The board is ready
to consider overtures for the arbitration
OF the issues of the great strike only
when these overtures come from all the
operators in the competitive district
which includes Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
West Virginia and Pennsylvania. The
board has decided not to deviate from
the established policy until the result Of
aggressive work in the field will be con-
tinued and the efforts to spread the strike
in the West Virginia district renewed
The success or failure of the strike hangs
upon the st. Louis conference, the call
for which has been endorsed by Samuel
Gompers, president of the American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor, and ]. X. Sovereign,
General Master Workman OF the
knights Of Labor. They maintain that
the fight now being waged by the miners
| il one of common interest to organized
labor throughout the country.
At the st. Louis conference all labor
organizations will be asked to join issues
with the miners. The failure TO secure
general suspension in West Virginia
has greatly interfered with the prospects
of success, as the coal supplied from
that and the few isolated districts is
meeting the limited demand. The only
hope OF cutting off this supply appears TO
lie in the refusal OF orga nized labor in
the ordinary channels OF traffic and bust
ness to handle or use this coal. If the.
object of the st. Louis conference is ac-
complished the strike will be extended
to nearly every branch of labor in the
country. se.-'. as ';re
The call, among other things, says:
"The tyrannical and un-American injunc-
tons of the Federal and state courts are
revolutionary against the first principles
of free government and derogatory to the
inherent rights of the masses, endaRger-
ing the public peace and destroying the
personal security and individual liberties
of the common people. ass y
1.-THE courts have deserted the temple
of justice and now stand for the defiant
bulwark of confederated capital. Their
arbitrary rulings have set up one stand
ard of rights for the rich and another for
the poor. They decree that capital is al
ways right and labor always wrong. They
have made it unlawful for starving peo-
pie to appeal against tyrannical treat
ment, present grievances or propose
just and reasonable terms for the redress
Of insufferable wrongs. 4s
But it is no longer a mere struggle
between employee and employer. The jul
dietary has assumed the indefensible
claims of the operators and the struggle
is between tyrannical courts and the
people. The courts although under oath
to serve the rich and poor alike, have vol
unteered to defend the sordid interests
of the rich against the God-given rights
of the poor, and now threaten to turn the
Calling guns and Winchesters Of criRi;-
nails and thugs against all who dare pro
test against their despicable restraining
orders. The judiciary is prostituted to
the bidding Of oppressive capital, has
placed the rights Of property above the
rights Of persons and has Disseminated
against the many in the interest Of the
few"