Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-20

children Chamber about their knees to i'm
press the jury with sympathy. SO much
for the brutal murderer, but who brings
into court the destitute, fatherless children
of the poor workman murdered in cold
blood because he obeyed the instincts of
an Almighty Father, who impelled him to
seek work to feed his little ores? What
play is ever made by them to sway a
iury7 The murderer is supported by the
funds of the Labor Trust. The orphans of
the victim have no money to help them
obtain justice.
Impudent Pretense
The Labor Trust leaders proclaim peace
full intent and publicly decry violence. Such
barefaced assertions as that of the presi-
dent Of the American Federation of Labor
that "Organized labor is one of the most
potent factors for the preservation of
peace" is only interesting as an %iliustra-
ton of the extreme impudence of these
leaders with a most terrible record of
criminal procedure behind them. it lately
became public that this trust expended up
wards of $4,000 to defend It's members in
the Haywood-Moyer trial, securing acqutt-
tai by a frightened jury, Notwithstanding
the fact that the judge who presided at
the trial announced afterward that the
testimony duplicating the members of the
Labor Trust in the deeds of violence was
in his opinion true.
The Labor Trust shouts for the public
| ear, and winks in another direction while
II finds It necessary 10 rush to the support
of its criminal members, in order to keep
up the work.
without certainty of protection the slug
! ger would quickly become discouraged. The
victim of the Labor Trust dare not pub
licly protest even If he lives through the
entertainment by the entertainment cont
mittee,'' and the wives, widows and chill
dren have no way to bring their wrongs to
the public ear. The poorhouse may take
care Of some and the streets of some. but
the suffering, terror and agony put upon
the children, wives and widows OF indie
pendent workiEgmen is known only to
themselves and their God and no one
seems to have the humanity or bravery to
speak in their defense.
Thousands of individual members of
organized labor have hearts as tender as
can be found in all human nature but
they seem powerless in the iron GRASP
of impudent and desperate tyrants who
hold them bound and who extort from
them not only money, but obedience
and bring reproach on the very name
of Labor.
Honest Union Men Helpless
Let an honest union man raise his
voice in protest at a union meeting and
the men of violent tendencies cry hin
down with shouts to throw dat guy on
the window" and If he don't shut up hc
may expect TO be violently and effect
lively shut up. Some day let us hope tina
organized labor will get rid of the pres
ent leaders and conduct the sale of ia
product Uabor) in the peaceful, lega
manner of business men who sell the or
binary products of humanity, and wher
they cannot sell their labor at a salts
? factory price TO one man, do as the far
4 mer does, offer his wheat to anOth e
I buyer and either sells II at the highes
, price the market will warrant or keeps /
, for a higher market, but does not pickle
the mill, assault other farmers who pre-
fer TO sell their wheat, or blow up tn
mill whose owner cannot at that tim
buy at the price asked.
/, The man who has saved money wit
which to purchase wheat or labor shout
> not be manned, murdered or his propert
destroyed because he does not feel Xix
parting with that money to buy whea
: or labor when he either does not want
!" or knows the price to be too high to wal
A'hN - htA FaAN NNNAAb ~ ~
: cion should be promptly and effectivel
punished by the courts and the bullie
put where they cannot t%yrannize over II
dependent Americans.
This rapid growth of anarchy and evI
dent purpose of the Labor Trust to dictat
just what persons shall be employed, no
ID long and at what price and how niue
5, pay to the managers has taught ever
Is man who has saved a dollar and wan
Is to build a house or establish a factor
e, that he had better keep his money in son
D. safe investment. instead OF going int
" something where he would be actual
Is forced to buy labor when not needed al
to employ men he don't want.
In other words the man who has a litt
money TO invest don't propose to ha,
trust, even the Labor Trust tell him no
or where to pay It out. This widespread a
, tack Of the Labor Trust on citizens vi
would have money to invest in labor II a
lowed TO invest peaceably. has been oil
" Of the strongest elements which brougI
- on the panic.
Men who have money TO build. dor
like TO be hsrassed TO death by CO
cd tinued delays by labor union tangle
sn therefore hundreds OF them don't bull
de So Will new factories and other ente
ut prises.
Of Between the loud mouthed political dem
lie gogues and the Labor Trust leaders. I
steady attacks on industries dried the
rs up and the panic came bringing idlene
or and misery TO thousands.
The demand by the Labor Trust lead'
of for an anti injunction law, is quite
mt keeping with the purposes OF the tyre
Of nous leaders. A careful Investigation
tie the records Of all Federal courts for I
past S years disoLoses the fact that o.
20 injunctions have issued in labor dispur
and in not one OF these cases has the
ng perior court reversed OF faild TO appro
Fir No other subject handled by our eou