The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1901-09-21

organizations Of capital much to APP
prove. as tending to bring about those
embittered relations among the diner
emit ranks of society from which may
spring the conditions OF lawlessness
and, chaos in which they seek the mill
lenium. -<r#a5 t{lFgast es.esti, e.s.5r, IN
Such men as this bloodthirsty fiend
give labor unions wide berth. There
are none such in our movement, and
none such would be tolerated. No man
who might even casually give adj
hesion to- the teachings Of anarchy
could maintain his place among SELF
respecting union laborers. Violence
or radicalism has no place in the pro-
gramme Of organized labor. We seek
not the: betterment Of arY one class but
of all classes Of social and industrial
society, and we seek it in the paths of
peace and human good will. The worst
enemy Of the laboring man, of the poor
or the ignorant man, ts he who fails to
appreciate the glorious possibilities of
life under our present grand system Of
civil liberty.
OrEanized labor lifts up it's voice to
the Heavenly Throne asking that the
peril which assails American govern
ment shall pass away, and that the
gentle and beautiful character who lies
stricken at Buffalo may soon live to re-
sumo his career of usefulness and de-
votion to his kind. 1t is a crime, not
against American institutions but
against humanity itself, that has been
committed. We unite with every
member of organized labor in the pray
er that it's intended victim may long
be saved to his people.-Minnesota Un-
ion Advocate est. Paul..
The Workers Gazette joins in the
prayers Of the people for q speedy and
complete recovery Of President Nc
Kinley.
While all good citizens deeply deplore
the attempted assassination Of our SUI
preme ruler, it does not follow that
they should join In the monopolistic
cry to stamp out free speech by the use
Of physical force. That is anarchy of
the most violent and dangerous type,
and is just the thing complained Of.
If the wealthy anarchists are afraid
Of being killed by the propertyless an
archists, the Workers Gazette would
suggest that they can meet the prob
lem more effectively and in a more
scientific and civilized way by working
for laws and conditions that will give
every citizen an equal opportunity to
enjoy his equal rights.
Oppression is the father Of anarchy.
| When the strong invade the rights Of
| the weak the weak naturally inbibe
| the spirit of invasion, and anarchy fol-
! lows. The weak not only are taught
| to live on the principle Of every man
for himself, but being beaten at the
| game and losing all hope Of success,
| they become morbid and revengeful.
and say: IF our lives amount to moth
ing, we might as well sacrifice them
on the alter of self1shness as in the
mad scramble for livelihood" Then
they become dangerous to society at
large. And are they, solely to blame?
Workers Gazette. (Omaha.)
William Mckinley, the president Of
the United States, has been shot down
| by an anarchist in the presence of a.
| large crowd on the exposition grounds
in Buffalo, while shaking the hand of
| the assassin. ::
We have always fought Mckinley
and his party, as we foucht Bryan and
his party, and all other capitalistic
| parties. But we turnaside with horror
| and contempt from the depicable deed
in Buffalo.
Horrors of that kind have less excuse
in this country than elsewhere. For
the first time in the history of the
| world the oppressed class has the same
The hidenr the progress of the proletar-
| namely, the right of suffrage. Now,
instead Of maxine use of this circum-
stance, the hair Drained fellows, who
call themselves anarchists, everywhere
preach against it.
Any sane man must ask himself what
right has small minority-and the
anarchists are an infinitesimal minority
! indeed-to- force its views by means of
bomb, pistol and dagger, upon a. ma
jority, upon thousand-fold majority?
And has not that tremendous majority
a right in self-protection to turn
around and wipe out a brand Of assas-
sins who commit every crime imagin-
able under the pretext of trying to
make this world better?
The anarchists have been stumbling
block in the way of the labor move
,nent in this as in every other country
They hinder progress Of the proletar
lat not only by casting suspicion upon
it's most energetic (and oftimes really
the best) elements in the political and
trades union movement. and blocking
their path in every way; but by the in
sane outbreaks of this or that degener-
ate. who takes these bloody phrases
seriously, they furnish to the reaction
aries the wished for Dretext to take
steps against the labor. movement.
George Plechanow. tersely says: I'm
the name Of revolution anarchists serve
| the cause of reaction;in the name Of
morality they approve of the most i'm
moral acts; in the name Of the individ-
ual liberty they trample under foot all
the rights Of their fellow men."-Social
Democratic Herald, official organ of
Socialist Party, s(Millaukee.)