Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-01-17

lOud8e.
TO the members of the Cripple Creek
district to the brave men of our organi-
Zation in Telluride who have suffered
insult, humiliation and imprisonment
to the soldiers Of our dauntless army in
Arizona, California, Nevada and in ev
cry other locality within the jursdie.
ton of our organization. where our
membership is fighting Il battle against
corporate desnotism and for the upiift-
ing of humanity 20 hi&hcr plane Of
civilization. the executives board Of thf
Western Federation of N.nrl,S How il.
session assembled pledges the laoral
and tinancial support II }he "r4aaza-
ton to lhe end tHat justice may 1e
crowned NitA HauaaI> Of irtory and
U4at 3aH1ltI iitSolcnt greed ander bay.
on"t protection s.1sa.l fail gra&tratc ana
ifeie>s hPforp tn Ilever >lrrtIGcr
struggle which demands tlat lnalii7oo5l
Shall le liberated troI1 tae tlii';jlden5
ol meIeiIess, Incorporated bri@andage.
10 TIC -.o4I mI4efs ef tae state. WHO
t4are .a59a5i Il t=g t=attf" cry tof eight
4enrs aad taeta= f.sta5ane conditions.
Whose loyalty to uujonisiu= has Deon
warmed ~ tie thrilling cleqaeuee Of u
Mother ,ioiles. WHOM uniformed
ra'iian Threatened H.sA the scoWbeu,
W g,et!.se i,s. ;leathlcs5 fraternity Of
our organization, realizing that in their
victory WE ";,n Join in the chorus that
will coEmenarafe the triumph of or
g;llliZed labor III the Centennial State.
We pledge the membership OF our or
ganizatIou that Injustice and wrong
shall be fought with every legal weap
Oh liz eur Arlnory, and, if unionism
must Wear the croWn= of martyrlon
nad die at the stake through relentless
persecution, then the present genera
ten can quote the heroic sentiment
expressed by Paul Kruger that the
price that will be paid for our ami
lilalion viii StaGger humanity
.The recruiting offices that have been
opened by authority Of the governor
and the Adjutant general OF the state
have merely been employment agencies
to furnish strike breakers to enable the
Mine Owners association to resume op-
erationS. but this liendiSh and unhal
lowed scheme has been i costly failure,
and now the governor of the state has
declared martial law in Teller county,
Notwithstanding that such Il declara-
ton is an open and braZen viola ton of
the constitution, which the governor
is sworn 10 uphold notwithstanding
tIp fact tbat fhprp is no itlSIIrrpft ion Dr
invasion, Notwithstanding the fact that
the civil authorities lGlve at no time
been slorn Of their power except by
military lawlessness, Colorado'S stand
ard b"arer OF rotten Rppubicanism has
at last crowned all the intany of his
shameless career of official pertidy by
proclaiming martial law because the
Mine Owners aSsocia tion With all the
armed power of the state, re-enforced
by eX-convicts and gun thugs, have
failed to break TIE strike. The eXecu-
tive board can find no words Sufficient
ly strong to dpnOnncn this act in the
brutal drama of coercion that makes
Il Russian Siberia a paradise when
compared to Colorado.
I'VE know no surrender, and justice
will arise from the staggering blows
administered by a soullcss executive.
and the future will record the political
revenge of an oppressed people, who
are awakening from their letllargy to
smite unbridled tyranny blow that
will end In its eternal death