Amador ledger., 1907-05-31
Stop LaWleSSneSS.

man0 That Ine SLIOuB al III OF the law
military interference if need be-bsi
eXerted to put an end to the scenes
of IaWlesspess and violence, which
are being enacted in that city. Why
the criminal acts which are every day
being perpetrated in aid of the strik-
ing Garments cause should be allowed
police force is evident at heart IN
sympathy with the strikers, and wink
at the deeds of violence and interfer-
ence with the operation of the street
railway system as much as possible.
They keep up au outward appearance
of peace officers to ''eave their face"
and hold their jobs, but they quietly
aid the strike whenever they can.
There may be few exceptions. The
carmen openly boasted that the
police we're their allies in this con-
test; and there is no doubt they
knew whereof they spoke.
The continuance of this strife is
very damaging not only to San Fran
cisco, but the entire state. 1t con-
yeys the idea that California is a
disorderly state-belongs to the "wild
and woody west," and that the
authorities are negligent about the
enforcement of law necessary to
secure peaceful and stable condition.
Governor Gillett is outspoken in de-
manding the suppression of violence.
But he is evidently Ioath to step into
th9 breach with the state militia. and
preserve the peace at all hazards.
Talk is all very we'll in Its place, but
man of action is needed in this
emergency. The mob scenes have
been tolerated too long. Had the
militia been quartered in San Fran
CISCO at the start it would have saved
a heap of trouble. 1t would have
told the unruly element that labor
organizations cannot defy the law:
that vested capital must be protected,
and men-non-union strike breakers
1t you please-are as much entitled
to earn their living at posts vacated
By the carmen, as any other class of
workers.
The fatal delusion hugged by labor
union men is that fealty to the dicta-
tion of their organization is deemed
of more binding obligation than the
laws. They talk about winning
strikes by peaceful means only. But
their acts do not as a rule chime in
with their professions. The strike
is not being carried on within
the pale of law, and this fact,
sifted to its logical conclusion, means
that they have no faith IN PEACEFUL
methods of conducting their con-
tests. The boycott upon which they
depend so much as peaceful weapon,
is as much of a violent resort as the
hinging of brick bats at car, or the
use of dynamite. 1t is coercion of the
viiest Kind, an unlawful conspiracy.
One of the common evils attending
the Incorporation of small towns. is
the danger arising from over -otficious-
ness, which is usually in the form of
lnteImeddIing with private affairs by
the city authorities. Somebody i'm
agines that a neIghboring property
holder might do better by arranging
the out-bulldings on his lot in con-
formity with the notions of the ag
grieved neighbor. A complaint Is
p1ured into the city officer; an effort
is made to magnify the matter into
nuisance, which the city ought to
abate to suit the views of the COM
plainant. Too often the officers. with
the object of making peace, take
steps to effect Ie-adIustment of
plans, and thereby too often increase
the friction, without accomplishing
any good whatever. The truth is.
nuIsances of public character those
that affect the we'll being of a mum Der
of citizens, are the only ones that
Call for the interference of the officer.
notion that one neighbor Is not
actlng according to the welfare of
another neighbor, is a private affair.
fn1 should be settled by the parties
thereto in civil action. The more
the community as whole is dragged
into such squabbles, the more pro-
nounced will become the disatisfac
tion with local government.
Banks in San Francisco are asking
as high as 81 per cent for money for
building operations in San Francisco.
Loans are hard to get at any figure.
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