Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-08-10

respect for the able, competent, thrifty,
and peaceable worker, and cores
ponding dislike and antipathy to the
arrogant and violent pretender Of til,
other class.
The second class named, are for the
time being forced to stand the denun
Citations of the public against labor un-
ions, for they are in sad company.
which has brought disgrace upon the
name of Unions, SO there seems no way
but for the decent men to stand it I'M
and make the old or new unions, which
they may form, lawful, respectable and
worthy of the esteem of the public.
We are on record as being friends
and well wishers of the second class
named and as thoroughly and unalter-
ably opposed to the law breakers, GRIM
inals, and DULLES of the other class so
when union men denounce and revile
US, it is easy to determine in which
class they belong.
The union men in the first class are
genuine and undeniable anarchists.
aliens and outlaws.
Let us analyZe and see.
When strike occurs. they picket
plants, threaten people, assault men.
dynamite property, boycott and even
murder, they are criminals and opposed
to all law.
An anarchist is one opposed to law.
When police or the military are
called in to preserve the peace and pro-
tect the common people, do these inch
welcome and uphold them? They do
not, but hasten to protest" and do all
in their power to remove them, so they
can carry out their acts of violence and
lawbreaking.
They favor no law but their own, and
that is the true hall mark of an Anar-
chst pure and simple.
Someone says we are harsh in our
description of these men. We are not
responsible for their character and
acts. They do these things regardless
Of anyone, and the only way the public
can fairly Judge them is to know Me
facts.
1t is this class of union men who
have placed Il boycott on our products,
| in trying to force us to join their law
| less ranks and ruin some publishers
and they are the ones who propose to
punish Mr.. Post for fearlessly telling
| the facts about them and their
| methods.
A man with a family Of children to
support was kept out of work by Il
| strike in Chicago. The family would
have starved, had he not obtained
| money to buy them bread.
God Almighty has instiled in the
| mind Of every man. worthy the name,
| a desire to work and furnish bread and
| clothing for his little ones. but in this
| case the labor union said he must not.
Gods motive was the strongest, he
broke the rules of the union and went
| to work.
They caught him one evening on the
| street, knocked him down with brass
| knucLles. kicked him unconscious, then
| pried his mouth open. and poured car
bOlic acid down his throat.
Another man who was forced to work
| to support his family was met, and the
strikers put their fingers in his eyes.
gOuged one Of them out until 1t hung
| on his check Are these the only cases
| of outrage?
Hundreds Of acts equally Infamous
are repeated from day to day. daring
strikes cond;rc tod 'v lawless and
criminal members If labor unions.
Decent ncouie ro@d with horror thu
tales of dis.r IS women attacked and
sometimes strirr"' on the street, (St.
Louis st: cav striko) worSmen blown
to pieces with dTna"-itn men assault
ed mobS formed r1ilIionc Of doIla re
worth Of prooe-tT destroyed. many
lives lost and n general raign Of terror
disorder, and ANARCHY conducted by the
| labor trust, in t~ving to force the
balance Of mankind to o''ev. without
question the mandates of the leaders
of the Unions.
Such outragee on the public peace
and such absolute disregard of the
lives, property. and liberty Of citizens.