The labor world., 1899-06-24

hour 4is~ drawing nigh when in;
fsFsl@ Justice will meet it's own reward
upon American soil. It is well for u us y
ali to listen to the notes Of warning
in time. st ssssS.$$i
The military regime in Idaho has
borne the inevitable fruit IN, the per-
secution and deliberate murder Of in
nulol,cent. citizens, The dangers Of the the
general s evil involved in the suspension,
81 civil authority, the indiscrin &
arrest of persons, with or without
| the excuse of. prejudice or suspicion,
and the denial Of free press, free speech.
and the right off ,comlbina attiion have
been eclipsed for the. time BY the.
astccau,ter incidents Of personal brutality
and degradation Indicted BY the mill, Is
tary, upon the persons Of those now at
their mercy. Il
The supreme court Of Idaho has \ Y
denied the for writ t;ss' q
habeas corpus. The same tribunal
| has ruled thatsif such . writ Ras is,
sued the military authoriti leg would be
justified in disre regarddings it; that the
governor of the state had power to
declare martial law. and that such
q condition now exists. The last YES
ltige ,of state authority, thus strrend-
cred to the federal soldiery, the latter
have proceeded to exercise their power
with an abandon characteristic of II.
Irresponsible might. Neither the instinct
Of common humanity nor the prompt
ings Of spiritual necessity have been
respected. Every principal Of justice,
lpropriety and decency has been beat-
en- down: BY the ruthless hand Of 4 q
satTaRy into4icat with licenss IS
1 sttand ING numerous
tssteso the same e. draugh tsin the past,
lis still novel and exciting indul7
lgence. 6. q
The recent industrial history Of the
United States abounds with instances
of military interference, always un-
(Warranted, and ztheref fore always SUBJ
yerssive Of the principle Of military sub,
ordination and civil supremacy. In
ideed, such interference has latterly
ccme ia be co-incident in all other
wise private industrial disputes Of any
dimensions. The authority thus vest
led in. the military. although greater
than the circums stances would 'justi:
/ II, has Hitherto. been limited; which
limit, although naturally and newt
ably overreached has still been recog7
|nized and observed at a point short Of
the total extinction Of civil rights.
j But in the present instance the military
find themselves, for the first tilnesin
the: history of the United Is; States, I, abb
solutely supreme by the sabdication,
Eors rather betrayal, of the state sov-
lereignty.s IN. degree, ,sat least, the posi-
ton of the military in Idaho is new f
experieAce. Ass such it, has already
demonstrated the pregnant adage that
power without responsibility begets
despotis1n. stsss5ssS,s s.-.lf.55=
| Now that the troops have been Civ
en- a free. hand to crafty their lust
for pure deyiltry they have abandoned
every seimlblance of dignity and dis.
cipline, and have developed the char
acteristics of mere marauders. The
EMullan Mirror, aipaper friendly to the
prosecuted miners has been suppressed
lend its. editor thrown into. the Bull
Pen" for exposing the horrors Of that tina
place. Mrs. Stewart, the wife of tn this ls
man, tried ato get the paper. err. rum 70 on Z.
in order to support herself and family ami
Of three children. A company of cav
airy invaded her premises and confis-
Gated. eighteen cases Of type and all
the advertisements. The woman s is
Ethus left destitute. Union halls have
[been forced open and furniture de-
lstroyed. The safe Of the Burke Min
ers' union was opened and $1,000, in.
ltended fer the relief of the imprisoned
mems families, taken by the troops.
The engineers and pump men of the
Burke mines, who desired to quit work
in sympathy with the miners, were