Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-10
CONSPIRACY AND FORCE

The latest acts OF YlolehVe
nv the union strikers In chicago as
aescrbed in the dispatches are IN lne
nsual spirit OF such demonstrations
and do more damage TO their cause tha''
anything that may be attempted py lne
omployers Of labor who are resistlhs
The strike. The cowardly attacks inaoe
mon men who choose to work when
the etrikers refuse, proclaim the law
lessness Of the union people VINO en-
pourage them. They call for the EN-
nloyment of all the powert OF laWiul
government for their suppression Force
viii have to be used against such force
MS that, until It IS demonstrated tnat
mobocracy cannot rule In any part OK
this great country
when union men combine to capture
railroad train carrying men ensased
10 work, throw their baggage INTO I"
liver and set fire 10 the traln' ana pur-
eue the strike breakers to DO the'h
bodily harm, they place 'he'h'
selves IN hostility to the Jaw
md exhibit both ferocity ana
,ovard,oe that stamp them as
malefactors, The entire PROCEEDINGS
10 prevent laboring people from work.
Ing In the place OF strikers, incltdlns
npicketing" and the boycott are I'M
lawful and unreasonable ana sprlHS
from palpabIe error in the union
mind. A close observer OF the course
pursued By the unions in strikes mas
said: "rhe unions have formulated an
Eleventh COMMUNICATIONS shalt
not take thy neighbours job
That doctrine is formulated on the
ranacy that q union workman has some
kind Of lien on the job he obtains ana
mat when he leaves II, nobody else mas
the right to take 1t, The truth IT, that
when he strikes and quits work ne mas
no more claim on his job than one has
who never worked at 1t. IL me en-
ployer chooses to Jake him on again,
well and good. II not, and he employs
some other person. the striker mas not
the slightest claim in law or equity up
on the place he has vacated, and no
right whatever to hinder any other
person from working on It, on any
terms that he chooses.
Further, II men agree to strike, no
matter for what purpose. ana they
nomblne TO prevent an employer from
engaging other workers, or to
hinder non-unlon men from working,
they engage in conspiracy within the
meaning Of the law, as defined clearly
by the courts, and both they and the
organization which enters into the
schemc may be prosecuted and pun
ished by fine aud Imprisonment. The
decision OF the California court which
we cited on Monday and that OF the
Appellate court of Illinois in the Kel-
Iogg Switchboard case, show definitely
that the gathering Of union men around
n place that Is pcSeted or boycotted,
for the purpose of preventing the em-
ployment OF non-unlon workers, is un-
lawful and In the nature OF con-
Bpiracy.
The unions ought TO understand that
they lose the sympathy and respect OF
people who might favor their efforts
10 obtain better wages and lighter
hours OF labor, when they proceed to
such dastardly acts Of violence as those
that were committed on Tuesday night,
and which are common In times OF
labor strikes.
Let the unions combine for any legit
mate purpose, and they viii not be
opposed by force; but when they rush
over the line OF human rights and in
terfere with the lltcrty Of labor, they
lay themselves liable TO be met with
all the force that rightful government
can bring TO bear, and they may be
assured that It's exercise viii be sup
ported by the majority Of the people OF
these United States,