The bee., 1901-05-02

An old farmer living not Il great |
ways from here lately showed him
self n shrewd manager. y young |
man who rather than remain idle |
went to the aforesaid farmer and |
volunteered his services, for his |
board and keeping. The proposition
waslaccepted and the man went to
work soon afterward. The farmer
found the supply Of food running
low, 50 happy thought struck him,
and he concluded to kill two birds
with one stone, and therefore in or
der to crafty members of the l.. NJ.
w. who were so anxious for MEM
bership that it Is rumored they took
the names Off tOmbstones, that he
would furnish them a man, 50 adj
vised his employee to join, which
he did and thereby Mt once became
an applicant for rations saving the
farmer that much. The one good
thing about the affair was that it
left the a9itators less means to
squander in the saloons.
When years pass by and II true
history of the acts reported of the
l.. NJ. w. organization is found in
the records, we imagine that those
who are now mt mbers will hang
heads rs they look over the pages of
crime and attempted crimes they
were parties TO during their presence
in Hopkins and Webster counties.
There they will find recorded an at
tempt made by them TO shoot down
in cold blood u faithful watchman.
Their efforts if reports are true to
dynamite a building and destroy the
lives of those inside, shooting at and
into building occupied by innocent
people with murderous intent. Next
waylaying wOrkmen on their way
to work and shooting at them with
the evident intent to kill. Then
they are found later trying to rescue
by killing the officers in charge, one
accused of shooting, with evil intent
All of this occurred if reports are to
be relied upon at and near Provi-
dence. Then come down to Hopkins
County where cOuld have been seen
an armed mob OF over one hundred
persons marching with an unlawful
purpose in view, stopped by faithful
deputies who read TO lthem the or
ders of the sheriff fOrbidding such Il
crowd con9regating and marching
! in the county. The answer 10 these
peaceable warnings was the contents
of several pistols and guns fired at
the officers, who in self defense shot
! two of their number, for the death Of
which that mob of L. NJ. WIS. were
alone responsible Then began an
open defiance df all law, innocent
women and children were frightened
! by the unlawful act of carrying
openly upon their person large re-
wolves. Also the law against carry
/ ing concealed n deadly weapon was
freely violated by these law break
ers. Then followed the killing
of. Il harmless young man by ono
/ of their number at Nortonville for
the reason. it is claimed, that he was
opposed TO their union and insisted
upon remaining at work. Now ii these
charges and rumors are true, would
not the noted bandits, James broth
ers and Younger brothers, look upon
this record with envy?
The rumor is in circulation that
the miners of Central City and other
points in Muhlenburg county con-
template making the county an
early visit, led by Il brass band. To
those who do not know them, this
would indicate peaceable mission,
but when the brutal history of those
L. NJ. w. marching clubs and their
acts such as have taken place in
Pennsylvania and Illinois is known
no one can be deluded by the thii
disguise of brass band, while con-
cealed upon their persons or in theil
baggage can be found all manner OF
deadly weapons.
Over i'm Indiana the miners union
have generally succeeded in having
their demands favorably acted upor
and what is the result. Take one oi
their own journals and you vii
soon CLEAN therefrom the fact that
wages have been so raised that the
mine operator can not pay the same
and then compete with the Ken
tucky producer in the market, anC
the question arises what does il
profit an organization to force high
wages and thereby destroy the out
put and sale of coal. The Ken
tucky non-union mine operators he
lieve the best and surest plan to ur
sue is to pay good wages and giv'
their men steady employment anC
not listen to the dictates of thos,
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