Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-11-02
Steu1enberg's Gold Brick.


From the Salt Lake Herald
From all indications Mark Hanna has enticed Gov
Steunenberg to Ohio and sold him gold brick
Mark has placed dahos chief executive ca exhibition
in the Buckeye State the who takes the entire
responsibility for the presence Of federal troops in
Northern Idaho to enforce the Attorney Generals
edict against the employment Of union miners. As
Atlas bore the void 50 Stcunenberg has shouldered
the blame
There may be people in Ohio foolish enough to
think that the Governor of State can hold federal
troops spite of the President, but not many. Gen.
Merriams part in the drama is not forgotten and
labor unions in Ohio as elsewhere recognize the fact
that Merriam carrying cut the instructions Of
Commander-in chief Mckinley when he declared his
purpose to enforce the un- American order.
Whether dozen or hundred men are guilty Of
arson murder, either principals acc isorics
before or after the fact, makes no difference The
criminals should all be punished. But do not
believe that the miners union is an aggregation Of
murderers that it is in any way connected with or
responsible for the explosions and riots,
An order was made by state authorities and en-.
forced by the administrations federal authority pro-
hibiting members of miners unions from getting
sark In Northern Idaho and forbidding mine owners
,oy union labor This order, needless to say,
met d2e
poray 70 ,,,,,,a.,.,,,,, ~, o,3orse sucb
""oe'ei Uo'i.'e' 'tlt IT is rank injustt e. an-s
piece Of despotisn, but i,,,f,,rris :. ani
rogation of civil law and Z ~ encroaehment
upon the rights Of the individual Grant the right OF
civil authority TO issue military power TO en-
force an order against the employment Of men he
cause they belong to labor organization, or speci
fed union, and the next step will be TO keep men
from getting work who belong to certain church OF
to political party opposed to the one in power II
would be hard to duplicate this order outside of 81
IBERIA It depriyes union Of work in the vicinity
of wardner-it has driven the families Of innocent
union men from their homes and filled the air oil
that district with the cries Of hungry children and
the curses Of maddened men. And this was accom-
plished By the aid Of General in the regular army
sent there for the purpose by chief executive whc
holds that trusts are immune from federal interfer
encc that he has right, moral or legal, to curta
the powers OF organized capital working out illegal
purposes, and destroying more property and mort
lives causing suffering and desola.ion than
have ali the labor riots in history.
Governor Steunonberg may generously undertake
to relieve the administration OF all blame but labor
ing men in ohio aud elsewhere have located an,
evenly divided the responsibility.
at large stretch OF military authority
said President Gompers, 'for any officer to deear
any organization of innocent men guilty of an in
famous crime, and for General Merriam to charac
terize the miners union as criminal organization
was uncallcd for"
The Federation of Western Miners in convention
assem- hled condemned every public Official response
bic for the nbropation of civil law IN Ilnho from
President Mckinley, through his seeretar, of war
down to Governor Steunenberg and Coroner France
These officials were not condemned for doing thei
sworn duty, as trust defenders intimate, but for ex
ceeding their rights for going outside of their dut
to strike blow at organized labor
Labor organizations all over the east have takel
the matter up and Ohio Republicans are appealing 4
Hanna to do. something to rcliave the federal au
thorties Of the burden which Governor Steunenber,
would assume, ii he could.