Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-05-25
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ploy only whom he directed them to OF course the
mine will be bound by It for ii is against
/ law, sense and Justice Montpelier Examiner.
When Attorney General Hays, Acting Gov ernor
Sinclair and General Merriam united in notifying the
| employing miners of the Occur d'AIenes that they
would not be permitted to employ any union men,
| they went away beyond their authority. They acted
as unlawfully the miners did when they destroyed
the mill at Wardner.-HaileY Times.
Two wrongs do not make a right either public
private. There is redress for every wrong under
the law, no matter how trivial or how grieyous The
| law may be poorly administered at times, but the
great, good -natured public wakes up now aud then;
and it is like the awakening OF lion. 1t is not well
| to force such an issue.-Murray sun.
Men who kill their fellow beings and destroy prop
erty criminals and should be dealt with as such.
But do not believe the Miners Onion or Fedora
ton should be held responsible for the acts OF indi
vduas, or that innocent members of such organiza-
tons should be made to suffer account Of the mis-
deeds of individuals, any more than church should
be condemned and its entire membership ostraeizei
or the misconduct Of some of its accredited minis
| Z rs or MEMBERSHIP Lake Herald
The State administration has created an nquisito-
rial tribunal unwarranted by law or Justice 1t has
forbidden the employment Of men in certain mines
until they have been examined and given clearance
| certificate by the Coroner of Shnshone county At
torney General Hays says I'VE have taken the mon
in the most emphatic way that neither ceremony
forms q law will be permitted to interfere with the
such utteranees as theseY-C Caldwell Tribune,
Gen Merriams action in demanding total ex.
tinction OF the Miners Union is a step in advance OF
anything heretofore attempted by trusts or corpora.
tons, The courts have always held that labor had
the same right to organize for protection and mutual
benefit that capital has, but this is direct blow at
labor unions and inaugurates il persisted in of
determination that only end in anarchy. Ever
since the railroad troubles Of five years ago labor
unions have looked with suspicion upon the policy Of
| ns an lied
against labor, and the bold action of Merriam in
throwing down the gauntlet and declaring ON
the union will arouse these fears anew, q bitter
perience has taught them that it bodies them good
should the conflict ever come 1t will be sad day
for labor when Merrams decree is universally APP
phed.-Tuscarora Times Review.
Until the Miners Union as an organization has
been proved to be implicated in the wardner riot it
is wonder that it has sympathizers and they
liable to increase Labor unions do not teach law.
lessness, but they can not keep dynamiters and
criminals out of their organizations any more than
other secret societies religious bodies can
Criminals are found in all grades OF society, and the
highest grade criminals the worst OF ALL but
they suffer the least punishment. The Wardner affair
will not settle anything. 1t will not stop the greed
OF trusts nor the organization OF labor Strikes will
continue to occur with regularity long the pre-
sent Industrial system enduros HALEY NewsMiner
We not in sympathy with dynamters and be
= eve that any person, no matter who he is il h,
breaks the law should be punished but think Gen
their authority when they prohibit the mine owner
9 tron, a,,nloyIn,, ony nan thny cI,oosa ubathor
= nnon miner or S.hpryvise II ina state ar Fcdera
Il author;ty con s+en IN Win srh command II ri
case then there il M limit To which II cnn he car
ried, and may look for further orders OF this kin,
every Kind If business Tho merrhant win have I,
get permit from the government to hire clerk thu
i farmer to hire man on his ranch, etc There vii
be no limit to which this interference with priva
business can not be carried. II they can prohibit tn
h employment Of organized unions they can prohihi
the employment OF ueinoe's q any kll,u VI ~ or
prohibit the employment OF a Mason odd Fellow
Knight of Pythas or any other society, hecaus
n some OF It's members happened TO commit crlme.-
Baker CITY Record.
S The State officials and General Merriam have pon
a +, e.,. -. ru -, =.
y " e'eP w i'i =" '''o''''"0 o"'9' ii'es iN'N -
e hidden mine owners to employ union men. This
- arbitrary and without reason great number q
,ri,, man ,roro mo-. il, tho ,,,h tho, b,,,, az, ~
8 ''"'" 49, 49, ' - ~ " ' wv ~ va
Bunker Hill mill but were at work in other mines
the time, 10 hold them responsible Tor the acts Q
Others without the slightest evidence That they wer
IN any way respobslpIe, WIN not succeed ID us pur
pose-th crushing OF laoor organizations me pla
TO punish the innocent as wen az the guilty Is no
calculated TO inspire confidence IN those in authority
4 une hundred members OF ilaterLdi ofutr were l
the crowd thAt Is chtrseu WIN boMlhg up the mn
why not issue an edct tat no member OF that orde
n IN luaho shal DC employer IN any OF the mines O
ahoshohe county, nuch an euict ~oulc De no NOR
G absurd unjust ana nnfeas9haDIe thah the one tina
has been promulgated Inc purpose OF maj tlal Law
Is not TO deal out injustice pronlsCuously 10 pun
ism those VINO are not even suspelohed OF being con
nected with the nh'awial act and VINO were a. w2rl
IN othef mines ~ me tlle IL piece OF hlgh-hahue
work That brands ali those VINO had hand IN 1t a
= unJustiF arbitrary ana incompetent without Tn
slightest l9ea OF the duties o. their POSITIONS OF els