The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-01
RANDALL MAKES
 4 WARM ANSWER Has a Few Remarks for the
 Citizens, Alliance UNIONS ARE NOT AFFECTED oruanizer States That They Will Thrive on Sour MIX Issued Them
 By Alliance and Discusses
 Labor Problems.
UNIONS ARE NOT AFFECTED

hand by business and protesslohai hieh as +o what organized labor Is going to ao when the anti-boycott law goes into e1- feet November 3, 1903?
 will answer that question in reply to an address issued to the puoie sS 'ne Citizens Alliance and which appeared III the local daily papers of October zS.
 Tn the first place, I wish to say that trades unions will thrive on the sour mix which is being issued to them by the Cit- ,zens, Alliance. The effect of the anti ,,o,,oott law and all efforts of the corpora tions (clothed in the beautiful garment of the Citizens Al1iance) to the contrary notwithstanding; but it must be dlstihc' W understood that labor unions are man. iv composed of good, peaceable. law-abld- ;ng citizens, who are Capable of earning fron, two dollars and fifty cents to eight dollars per day, and who will remain within the bounds of this law until us constitutionality has been tested m .he highest courts of the land; and II tne final decision goes against then' they "'H take their medicine like men
 I have failed to see where any soou purpose has been shown by the cltizens Alliance; on the contrary, it has been made very clear by the use of the woros ..underclass'' in their public address and other actions of this, I suppose, upper class, that their motives are impure and are calculated to widen the breach lnsteau of creating friendly and personal relauons between employer and empioyee.
 The very first act of this Citizens Al liance was to do the Red Flag act, by appealing to the great law-making power of Alabama to help them to tie the hands, seal the mouths, and raise dagger with which to take the life of the only medium through which labor unions propose to emaneipate elevate and educate the child slaves of this great country, by the pass age of an un-American anti-boycott law.
 If this alliance ever had any desire to encourage more friendly relations between employer and employe, why are they re- sorting to measures of law and extermi- nation in a matter purely local and per- sonal?
 If pure motives prompted this move- ment, why in the name of peace and good will did this alliance not call a confer enee of the conservative element of their friends and neighbors who have always remained true, politically and otherwise. and make an effort to correct whatever WTOnBS I1dL may nave been cOHInltteu!
 There is an abundance of evidence which tends to show that wherever differences have existed and the employers have manifested a fair disposition and giv- ing spirit, recognizing fully the rights of employees, it has ever been an easy thing to adjust matters. Ae
 For instance, in the case of the Clerks association. if their demands were ex- cessive, and the Merchants Exchange had manifested a liberal disposition, no one would have been more ready to acknowl- edge the fact than the clerks. But a iit- tie stubbornness has prolonged a settle- ment.
 Not satisfied with the effect of their work, this alliance, which presumes to stand for more friendly personal rela tions" bring their subjects to task be- fore the eyes of the public and with a hot iron brand them in the face as under class dictators."
 Industrial Peace.
 No one desires industrial peace and prosperity and will do more to obtain it than the conservative wage-earner; but when a peace-makng, liberty loving or ganization takes the olive branch of peace in one hand and a glittering sword in the other, it is hard to believe that peace Is desired. If peace is desired why does moi lhls noble alliance" try to pour oil on the troubled waters instead of going to lhe public with such expressions as only tend to agitate strife, class prejudice. and disturb the peaceable relations which now exist between large majority of our eff izens and the working classes.
 we can have none of this under-elass olctatlon. The foregoing expression has never been publicly made use of in a siniiiar connection in any state, north. cast or vest and the fact that the Citi- zens Alliance has told the truth. stands to It's credit. and the line is drawn not between organized labor and unorganized labor, for their interests are common but between very small class of indi- viduals and mighty host of good citi- zens, earnest tolers and hardworlxino- bread earners.
 The Obligation.
 T fully agree to discountenance all strikes, boycotts and schemes of perse- cutions. am over twenty-one years of age ana am oy occupation
 T agree to abide by the constitution and bylaws of the Citizens Alliance, and agree on my honor to keep secret for ever all that may be said or done by the alliance, or any of it's members; also. the personel of it's membership,
 Sign :,
 The above clause in the obligation re- futes the obligation that no fight is be- ing made on organized labor, and the fact that each member is required to for ever keep secret all doings and savings and the personnel of its membership. ia to any intelligent person sufficient evil dence of the evil-purposed intent of the organization, which, would, as thief in the night. steal the right to set the price on their own commodity, (the muscle). With which the poor working girls at from s250 to s4 Der week, the mine, mill and factory children of this country can purchase bread to support themselves and, perhaps. a widowed mother and or phan babies.
 s Some of the Bad.
 They speak of the necessity and duties of a good citizenship, and. in another paragraph. advocate a policy which would deprive the wage earner of the high American privilege of demanding shorter hours and more pay. in order that they may have the time to study and the means by which to become intel ligent and good citizens; the right to work or refuse to work for indiyid- uals or corporations, who decline to al- low them to fix the price on their labor, the only commodity they have to put upon the market. Further this policy would not allow workingmen to refuse to deal with their enemies and to deal with their friends. If, for good reasons. wage-workers are not permitted to strike (and 1t is particularly noticeable that the alliance left the work strike out of the n,< <Iicaffon of article 2 in their addraac,