The Grit-advocate., 1904-09-09

thorities under the guise of organized labor.
The resolutions of the trainmen read as follows
Whereas The persons responsible for the Labor Day
parade in Denver September s. 1904 have At TO
lnerect into the matters outside the realm Of labor
and have put to the front the Western Federation 0f Min
ers and its against the constituted
Resolved That Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen.
w. McGraw lodge No $50 declines to participate in said
Day parade as protest against the
OF Socialism and dsrespect for law by making conspic-
uous organization wholly of sympathy with the aims
and aspirations Of organized labor and labor unions.
The Governor Offers Assistance.
The action Of the governor in calling the attention Of
Sheriff Bell of Cripple Creek the necessity of preventing
further violence in Teller county has with the ap
proval of every fair-minded citizen.
The machinery of the law Teller county the
hands of officers and there why
the civil authorities should handle the situation with
out the the interference of the "vigilantes."
at all times to uphold the law and its safeguards. with
doctrine and in spite Misrepresentation Of gov
enemies is the position he has taken right along
| American workingmen right when
they please where they please and for what they please
and the law must be mpartiay enforced. This is
tmen in which every good citizen joins however they
differ as to who right and who is in dispute.
So far as the rabid denunciaton of the authorities.
which is coming from the Western Federation Miners
and their friends among the Democratic politicians is
cerned this to be expected History
where awless individuals have been restrained by force
in which they have approved of the of the author
tiles.
| 1t is simply questio method. is the judgment
OF some that the to handle lawess crowd is
sideration comes to encourage it by
firing lin the air. This is the weak and the that
in this country.
The party in thi. shows
that it has this method The Democratic
governor Orman permitted mob which had captured by
assault the works of the smuggler Union mine in San
Miguel to peaceable of 1t until the
of the property had signed that
satisfactory the leaders of the mob reign of
naturally followed and lawess element terrorzed
Miguel county for many months after this occurred Men
waylaid many assaulted and murdered.
NEWSPAPERS ana merchants who objected to the awless
ness were boycotted and possible effort made
to bring financial ruin them
This was tho lawless condition of affairs which the
man administration. and it had to be stamped out; the
longer was allowed continue the it became
The Republican party has the courage
nounce crime but it, and has apology
legacy of lawessness The people of Colorado will have
opportunity at the coming election place themselves
such awlessness average one
way to settle this question and that is to support the
hat believes in forcing prompt and complete obedience
the laws designed to protect life and property
Revolutionary Utterance.
The Western Federation recently secured the
services of attorney who up defense in con-
the Red Book issued association This
defense appeared in the Denver News of August 2Sth and
occupied nearly ten columns of fine print The lawyer
naturally entered plea of mot guilty" for his clients
but his demurrer Is weak and is be
Der sh next.
The defense consisted principally in charging up num-
Der of mine accidents to the mine owners the of
which occurred before tho association was
organized. No attempt made to explain the of
rebellion in San Miguel county. is offered for
the deportation of eghty-three Snug
Union mine for the brutal which they re-
ceived at the hands OF the federation The de
murrer' had much to of the of troops An
county but offered explanation for purchase of
by the wholesale by the strikers before troops
were ordered out
Judging by this statement deportation only lawful
and just when ndulged in by Federation of
Miners. While this organization claims the right
workngmen into its ranks against their will,
the right of the authorities force members to keen
and the lawful rights nonederaon work
hp fa6a atippI
in this statement is found the reads as fol.
lows:
I'VE point with lasting pride words Of Edward
Boyce when he said: 7 strongly advise you provide
every member with the latest improved rifle which
you take important question so that in
two hear the martial tread 900 armed
men in the ranks of labor
Nothing could clearly establish the revolutionary
and reasonable character Of this organization this
fresh call II the Western Federation of Miners
do they need with $4,000 armed men? The statement
claims that they will be needed to protect homes of
the workingmen. If the Socalistc which this or
ganZation advocates the majority of the
armed provided by law could be by the Social.
lists to guard their homes
II they do not the majority of the people believe
their they must be content under constitution
have their homes guarded by the authorities provided
under the order Of things The that these
mand for armed men, have made deliberate the
violent to resume operations
Every possible encouragement for the adde headed
rampant anarchist commit crime is given BY this para
graph. This idea of raising Of 25OOO Socialists
reorganize society is of absurd not too
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