Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-04-09

before the commission shows, justified in
calling out the citizen soldicry of the com
monwealtll to preserve its peace and vim
dictate its laws The resentment expressed
by many persons connected with the
strike at the presence of the armed
guards and militia of the state does not
argue well for the pcaccablc character
or purposes of such persons. No peace
able or law-abiding citizen has reason to
fear or resent their presence"
This is the kind of conduct, however.
which may be expected from those who
maintain that they are at war as If the
medieval right of private war" still cx
listed. Speaking of the boycott another
evil consequence of the theory, the report
SAYS.
ut also becomes our duty to condemn
another less violent but not less repre-
hcnsblc. form of attack upon those rights
and liberties of the citizens, which the
public opinion of civilized countries recog-
nncs and protects"
] quote, now, partly from the report
and partly from the abstract made by the
very accurate and painstaking Washing
ton correspondent of the New York Even
ing Post, as follows
What is popularity known as the boy
colt IA word of evil omen and unhappy
origin. is n form of coercion by which
work their will upon single person, ol
upon few persons. by compelling other.
to abstain from social or beneficial inter
course with such person or persons. Car
ried to the extent in some instances prac
tised in tho weapon of aggression, ant
its use immoral and anti-social.
Examples of secondary boycotts' ar,
not wanting in the record of the case be
fore the commission. young school
mistress was boycotted, and her dis
missal from employment compelled fol
no other reason than that a brother
not living in her immediate family, chos'
to work contrary to the wishes OF tn,
striking miners A lad, about IL years
old, employed in a drug store, was dis
charged, owing to threats made TO hi.
employer by delegation of the strikers
on behalf of their organization, for tn
reason that his father had chosen to re
turn to work before the strike was ended
This Is tyranny says the report
pure and simple, and as such Is hate
full, no matter whether attempted by
few OF by many, by operators or by
workmen, and no society that tolerate
or condones IT can justly call itself free.
And the following is what the repor
has to say of tho war theory:
at was attempted to defend the boy
colt by calling the contest between ON
ployers and employees war between CAPT
tti anu ldbOI, blli ulShlIlS liIt
gies of the word. to justify thereby. th'
cruelty and illegality of conduct on the
part of those conducting a strike. TN
analogy Is not apt, ana the argumcn
founded upon it is fallacious. There i
only one warmaking power recognized
/ by our institutions, and that is the gov
ernnent of the United States. War he
tween citizens is not to be tolerated an,
cannot, in the proper sense exist.
| The practices which We are condemn
! ing would be outside the pale Of civilze,
war In civilized warfare women AM
children and the dcfencecss are SAT
from attack, and a code of honor con
| trolls the parties To such warfare whic
cries out against the boycott we hay
in. view. Cruel and cowardly are term
not too severe by which to characterize
These are Wholesome remarks whic
should be pondered deeply by labor nm
| ions. The commissions report is unani
nous, and among the commissioners Wor
two or three men strongly inclined towar
labor whose views were respected in tn
| increase of wages and shortening of day
AS TIE commission thought on this vita
question SO the community at large is he
ginning to think. and soon the truth ut
tered by the commission will be uniVcr
sally recognized: "A labor organization
whose purpose can only be accomplshc
~ t"e 'iol't'''' % ld" mas no rlsill |
AS,
| ~. ~ '"'i','U'H' ',e ''iutil'N ol "tShh
| lied labor has of late been in the dircc
ton followed in the recent strike by tn
| United Mine Workers, and labor men ma
ucpV'l" Oh thIS' mat Wheil the coinmun
10y iul'E '"i'N mecca mat Il strike III
Na.Ir'iN means Ni"iatloh oi Jaw ulS"rdel
iliir anu ASSAULTS upon 'he rights OF II
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