Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1905-08-31
TROUBLE AT TRACY

said 81 am here on sad mission.
am called by tragic events which led up
to the unfortunate affair ON last Thurs
dav when two of your best citizens
were asassinated and another wounded.
/ have inquired of all classes OF catn-
zens since came here and aii agree
that tbe men who were shot down so
ruthlesslv were honorable men, law
abiding citizens, from prominent MEM
bers of our labor organization
81 came then in answer to the caih
of your sheriff and your citizens TO
helm maintain law and order in the
good old county of Grundy ana when
/ get here am told by your citizens
and by representatives of organized la
Dor that the law is mot being maintain
ed in your midst. If you people mere
will not for yourselves maintain law
and order will see that 1t Is main
tained.
"I am your chief executive. l have
nothing TO do with the trouble; am
not here to settle the disputes between
operators and miners; I recognize the
right of labor to organize, the right 1t
has to better the conditions Of those
who labor in every lawful way, but
organized labor, unorganized labor, no
labor, has rights in violation OF the
law, which must and shall be enforc-
ed.
"To the men who labor / want to say
that I love labor, honor and glory In
it. Labor in respectable, it is honor
able. The world is coming to admire
It more and more and to worship mus
Gle and Drawn.
WHOLE STATE HONORs LABOR.
"We honor ourselves in honoring la
Dor. just few days ago issued g
labor proclamation stating that the
legislature of the state had recognized
the dignity of labor and had set aside
the first Monday in September as La
Dor day I have already accepted an
invitation to deliver an address on
, that day in Nashville.
God gave labor a right to organize
but no labor organization can say that
: others cannot work.
SIT is right to every man to hv'
and to provide for his wife and child
' rem. / believe that there is no organ
D lied labor man here to-day who want
8 to deny that right l say to you tha
the law was made for the poor ant
: the weak and not for the rich AM
strong, it is for the protection of tn
poor man and the laboring man NOR
than for the corporation and the mil
g lionaire. That class is able to protec
# itself. l say to you that your great
If est good lies in upholding the law an
IS not in violating it.
o lis there a laboring man here tc
Q day who will say that | am not right
am not saying that organized lab(
l. is responsible for these murders. d
a not believe that it is. believe thu
le organized labor will cooperate wit
to the good people of this country in el
l. forcing the law. cannot see how o
n ganized labor could do otherwise.
I'd TO USE ALL KNOWN POWERS.
W II want to say here that every poy
" er of the state of Tennessee, evel
nd member of the National Guard, eve
ng high sheriff in the state, every citiz
in the state will be called here,
"a need be, to preserve the law. If tn
re fails, l shall appeal to that man wi
ed has shown himself to be the friend
organized labor, shall appeal to t
m president of the United States for &C
Die ernment troops. There can be but o
M result if the law is defed-these thir
m will happen-for the law shall be pl
served. Think what the result mig
be. 1t might cost the lives of many
om your citizens or many of the mont
dy ion men or many from organized
the Dor.
ty; "In the National Guard l have
he son, the pride of my life. His life II
ION be sacrificed and the lives of the 81
y. of many of you, but if that sacrifice
red necessary for the preservation of
ere law, they must come If the law
DDS the state cannot control, what will
on come of its citizens3 l have come b
18th TO reason with you, to ask every
'os- of You in the sound of my voice, / c
as not what your occupation may be,
ov. stand by me to preserve the law. -
to The governor was followed by g
the Hannah, and Attorney General Fl
inn banks, who said everything would
done to preserve order and ferret
the guilty parties
Sat MEETS MINERS IN HALL.
a Sunday night Gov. Cox addre'
Ohm the miners in their hall and was
,oke corded the best of attention. The
the ernor delivered the same speech as
Ia the afternoon making ii even L
line convincing He said, He did not
sely licye the assassinations were the v
ird- of the mi0n but that any organ
and tim could have thieves and mur
ems. crs Rounds of applause followed
erve appeal for ail in supporting the
the zen lie-v % enforcing the law
o do T. H. Cannon, member If Dis
and Board IT, VI. vs.. of A.. followed
L.