The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-12-12

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cNen,pliiied in Scranton
what particular acts ANA doctrines dC
you object to" We reply:
TO tn" doctrine. first of all. that
membership in II union gives any man
license to violate law. There has
been for we'll nigh two years in this
community Il systemati" development
of contempt for law and order. I'nde,
i, property has deprecated. business
been Interrupted and injured. the
growth of our city checked and its good
name talrneu into Il text for ridicule,
pity or reDrouch. The kind Of trades
unonism which cannot get along With
out strikes boycot,s. riots. assaults on
persons and property. dynamite eXplo-
sions and the generation of anarchy
and dcspotism had better be eliminated.
1t is an unproftabi" investment for
every man concerned in it.
We also object to the doctrine sought
to be made the cornerstone of Amer
lean trades unionism. that Il working.
man not a member of a union has no
rights which the union is bound to re-
spect. In the reign of terror through
which our city is passing. and which is
soon to be Il nightmare of the past.
there has been no inhumnnty so bitter
or relentless as that which trades
unionists have inflicted upon working
men outside their fold. For trying to
earn an honest living at work which
unionists have voluntarily struck, nom
unionists have been stoned. beaten,
boycottcd and even shot: they have
been refused opportunity to purchase
food and shelter. and conspiracies have
been organized to visit lawlesS Venge-
ancc upon tradeSmen trading with
them. their families or their indorsers.
Although the highest law in the land.
following the gospel of Jesus Christ,
has ordained liberty Of the Individual
there has been an attempt to amend
his priceless heritage by limiting its
scope to trades -lnionsts only. We say
this attemn. must be abandoned il
lmionism is to live.
I'm the third place we vigorously OBJ
icct to the false and oerniciouS doc
trinc. ana to all acis sprineing from it
hat 1t is to the interest of American
labor to view employers as enemies TO
cultivate Il professional attitude of class
hatred. SUSPICION or uiStruSt. This is
almost wholly due to the labor agila-
tors and to dcmaSoGicul newspapers
and politicians. !, did not cXis, until
lh'N lmplanteh il. II could not sur
hlII h, IN,
ally llnpart To ii. through distortions of
truth in furtheranre of their own dis
honest purposes. Their interests being
largely identical. the decent working
man and the decent employer and the
decent ones Ear olltnumbcy The. indc-
cent ones, no matter what mischief
makers may say otherwisr-ough, 10
move forward hand in hand. II should
De the mission o. uniOniSm 10 bring
them and keeE them together Not by
threats: for threats prevent cancellation
and progress. Rather by the unions so
proving their usefulness as Instruments
for labor's selI-improvemen that en-
operate with them.
Inefe can be no durable benefit TO
labor from "a violation OF constitutional
rights. The men who are tricking or
sanzed labor into conflicts with law
and order and into sullen class pre-
iudices and antugonismS arc its Wors,
and societys worst enemies. So far
as Scranton Is concerned. for The well
fare of the city they must be put down.
The right and duty of labor 10 organize
for protection and benefit must be
maintained ANA labor itself saved from
those who are leading it 10 self f-destr,lc-
tion. We believe that tme will vindl.
cate what is here said
Z
Tn" expert" testimony in the Bonnie
case al long range has the appearances