The San Francisco call., 1903-12-06
UNFORTUNATE CRIPPLE CREEK.

S in the case of the Coeur dAlene mines in Idaho
u it has been found necessary by the Governor of
Colorado to declare martial law in the Cripple
Creek district Acts destructive of life and property have
accompanied the strike of the gold miners belonging
the Western Federation and the lawful authorities of the
State compelled invoke the stretching of the mill
ay and rights of person and
property
Every knows that the conduct that has made this
extreme necessary has right proper nor
reasonable relation the principles of organized labor
They inhere only in the impulse to make unlawful of
physical force. The wsest in organized labor know
that industrial peace prevail long men
taught that they class by themselves and that
every other mans hand is against them. At recent
meeting of the Engineers Union member, Mr.. Cecil B.
Smith, read paper this subject that may be bene-
hcialy studied by ali worngmen and employers and by
the citizens who constitute what President Roosevelt
called the third party in interesa party that suffers
all the and consequences of industrial warfare and
has organization through which to its rights.
Speaking of union labor union Mr. Smith said
The demagogue must be purged from its ranks and
the walking delegate who racs his position for Doodle
and becomes of corruption parasite who sucks
the life blood out OF the and makes it
easy prey its enemies Methods of intimidation and
coercion belong to the past and should be buried with
There plenty of capitalists and corporations too for
that matter, who if they approached in proper
spirit of farmindedness, would only be glad to
forward manner. perfectly willing live and let live
But when organized labor the dcmagogue by making
arbitrary and unjusthable demands it simply plays the
better spirited employers into the hands of those capital
lists and employers who would concede to labor the
right to live only that it may be exploited of the fruits
its industry.
mo man in his right senses can deny that many of
the which have lately been made public as perpe-
rated by organized labor have little short of end
ish acts which seemed to incredible for my eight
or years association with organized labor have
never personally encountered such conditions and could
believe them exist until convinced by sheer weight
of evidence / REFER for instance to the practice of
armng walking delegate with the authority to call
strike his initiative Just fancy walking up to
workman, who is perhaps entirely obvious there
being any trouble whatsoever between himself and his
employer and demanding that he quit work! So strike
is declared and in many cases when the workman de-
INJURED at what he justly considered such tyranncal
of procedure he is met by shower of abuse
mingled with threats If this freedom then what
would constitute tyranny or slavery? If it be-
recognized fact that necessary qualification Sor
membership union the surrender of ones manhood
to the arbitrary demands of official bully then trades
unonsm will have to co. and the it goes under
conditions the better for all concerned for instead
of promoting such methods retard it and place
US in the status of the dark ages
Continuing, he said that the labor unions must in
their strength and become force be reckoned
with the lines of and justice and that the union
should be the workngnans college, schooling him in the
knowledge of economies Referring the internecine
between unions he cited this During the con-
struction of large building walking delegate appeared
declaring that though the whole job unionzed some
of the work had been done by the wrong union and inn
medatey called strike the whole work Suisse
quenty he found that he mistaken and that the
right union had done the work and ordered the men
back and ordered the contractors to pay them their
wages for the time they had been idle The amount was
10000 and the demurrcd but under the walk
paying $4,000.
Characterizing this Mr. Smith as union man said. eff
this was clear of exacting money by backmail
and intimidation then it would be we'll to know what
constitutes such offense Such act ought TO he
punished by Imprisonment, and union which backed ND
such methods will either have change its policy or be
exterminated by outraged public sentiment
That the paper received with every evidence OF
approval by the union to whom it was addressed
seems indicate the speedy nstalment of conditions
which will make impossible these destructive industrial
wars and will make unnecessary such extreme measures
for the enforcement Of the law Colorado has been
compelled to adopt.