The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-04

I dropped In to inquire how The
slaves In your community aro getting
81 these days, and what Ia being done
murdered by the members Of tho labor
trust, " ~-. 40
Fhesa fathezless children number
into several Thousand now, and tho
trust adds suite few each yaar, you
know. fFDea It let 8 talk about IT,
Some enc says.
Lately there has been decrease III
violence ewing to public opinion, but
the assaults and murders may be ex-
peeted again when new strikes are In
augHgated:
OF ee;iHss, It easy to be a coward
and shut the eyes, turn deaf ear, and
| III egarve a Ndiaeseet sllonee' 80 you
went get the lash and bludgeen Of tho
trust on your own back OF invite itE
infiuoneen to ruin your business or
political chances,
Those are the threats tho labor
unions hold over the people. you know.
But lie you could DO In tho little barely
Furnished homo Of the workingman
who left tho wife and babies in the
morning to try and earn little to feed
thom, and see tho despair Of the strick.
son wife and tho pleading children when
tho bruised and bleeding body Of tn"
father was brought in at night, the
fruit Of the entertainment commit.
tee'' of tho labor trust, perhaps your
inherent humanity might awake anf
give you fair look at the appallin
SLAYER all about us-slavery Of Amer
can freeborn whites. ~
Within a moderately short time u;
wards of 10000 Of these have bee
brutally beaten, generally until uncop
scious, sometimes acid poured down tn
throat, eyes gouged out, fingers cut Of
Ito prevent. further work), bodie:
thrown into the water, thrust into rcd:
hot furnaces, pushed off buildings, anC
others placed, while unconscious, o.
railway tracks for complete "finish OF
the job. - Shooting and clubbing Of
these poor victims is SO common that
frequently no mention is made in the
such items that they cease to have
Nnews value.' Is this indictment
true9 Don't ask the writer. for all
thority, but simply turn to the daily
record for the facts. 49,.
1t seems that the struggle Of oul
still living fellowmen seeking to earn
bread for their little ones, in the face
Of the danger to life and limb from the
labor trust, excites sort of lukewarn
sympathy among the "better classes
but 7 am led to inquire how the
American people can steel their hearts
against the mute appeals of the little
children Of these murdered fathers, anc
; the widows left to battle alone fol
, their support. Why God permits sucl
things, and how severe will be the pun
: ishment for our apathy, He alon,
knows. -. .5.....
Some readers Of this, living in lux
ury, only know of the misery Of thei
fellow human beings by an occasional
+ cry that escapes, and they never hav'
) a close look at the damnable steel man
,, acles cruelty locked on the hands O.
the common man and his wife AM
, children. But you cannot and mus
t not refuse to help with moral support
at least, your fellows now strugglin.
for relief from the strangling grip O.
this rapidly growing creature, the tyr
annous labor trust. Examine it care
: fully, head, body, legs and feet. In 10
,, calities where it has full sway an,
r complete control, the workmen must joi,
e the trust and pay fees each month t.
support the rulers, or they are not al
lowed to work and support their fami
lies. That starts the slavery. The
perhaps fine of $40 to 500 is pu
i upon the slave, for some past indie
= pendence, or present infraction of trus
/, tsrules.'' He is ordered to quit wor
+ at command. To quit trading at hi
J. grocery, meat shop or other store wher
he has credit. In many cases the gro
GER or butcher is ordered" not t
supply food to certain citizens. Othe
a citizens are ordered = not to buy tn
> favorite hat, shoes, or clothes, becaus
+ they do not bear the trust trademark
the Hunion label.
n You mustn t read your newspaper fc
Is it prints some truths not exactly fl
!. vorable to the labor trust.
You are ordered not to have you
ID horse shod at your blacksmith's for b
\ uses nails made in an independent sho1
c You mustn't ride on the streetcar
4 for the labor trust expects to break th
4 windows and tip them over.
You are instructed not to have yor
I. printing dono in any independent sho1
Il Your public officers are threatene
= If they award public printing to tt
:. lowest bidder if he happens to be undt
ls tle ban of the 9 union.
u Some newspapers are SO completed
Il tied up by their union printers. stere
l. Sypers and pressmen that they dare NJ
O. print facts and news not in sympath
q with tho unions.
+ Tho common man who works to gu
|. BORT his family and refuses to slave Fl
pff t,he labor leaders is liable to be beate
e unconscious and have his, little hon
as and family dynamited.
8 The public officer who endeavors !,