Arizona republican., 1908-10-20

man has been harmed.
 What Are lnjunctions?
 Now what is an injunction?" some
 one asks. When it becomes known
 that the trust leaders plan to have their sluggers waylay other work
 men and assault them. or picket and
 spit on and insult or attack Ameri-
 caH> citizens going to or coming from work, or plan to destroy some ma chinery, blow up a factory, mine or
 wOrkman's home or do any other act
 of violence or crime, the courts es-
 tablished by the people and for their protection can issue a restraining order" or injunction" ordering these men not to do the acts they intend,
 until the court can have time to en-
 quire into the rights in the case.
 Every man with his mind set on revenge or violence, and eevry single inmate of every penitentiary in this country hates a court injunction like
 a mad dog hates water.
 What does the man who fears an injunction have in his mind? Do you believe he is seeking peace? No citizen who was at home or on the street on a peaceful, lawful mis- sion has ever been troubled by a court order to prevent men from at tacking property or persons. IL has been common for Labor leaders CD and a few politicians to say that courts have abused" the right to is sue injunctions in labor cases. After careful search of the records Hon Charles E. Littlefield made open re- quest of President Roosevelt to cite one single injunction wherein peace intending citizens had been harmed and our estimable president was put in the embarrassing position of hay
 ing stated that abuses had arisen because some interested persons had so told him, but on demand for the cases, they could not be produced.
 5000 Reward.
 I now again offer $IO0OO co in cash for evidence of a single case in the
 past five years in labor disputes
 where court injunctions to protect
 persons and property have been op- posed to the public good. No per | son can produce one. Why there | fore. should the Labor Trust leaders so strenuOusly demand that the courts l be stripped of the right to issue in l functions to protect people and prop | erty
 | These leaders want to be free to order the sluggers to proceed with their work and their dynamiters to | blow up homes or property before | the courts can intervene to protect ] That's exactly what is meant by the proposal to prevent any court from 1 issuing a restraining order without ] five to seven days notice. That would give time to the intending criminals to do their work and get into hiding before the court can pro tect those whom the sluggers intend to harm. The independent working mans home could thus be blown up and he taught the danger of diso- bedience of orders" of the Labor Trust
 It's a pitiable condition, that of
 workingmen, both union and non iUnion when they dare disObey any Labor Trust managers order however impudent or tyrannous.
 Shall we nourish the further growth of such power centered in the hands of a few misnamed Labor | leaders" now seeking to tell union men that they must vote for the party pledged to enact any law these
 trust leaders ask looking to more power, if they will deliver the labor vote?"
 Trade on Labor Vote.
 That trade was humiliating insult to every liberty loving workman in America and they are quite justified in the general resentment against it.
 The political managers of both
 great parties wish Post would keep
 still" He talks to plain" He don't know any more about politics than a
 rabbit" But amidst all the word
 twisting, pretense, cowardice, side stepping. and boot licking of politics
 before a national campaign it is re-
 freshing to take a few long deep
 breaths, wipe the cobwebs out of
 ones eyes and take a good, keen.
 close look at exact facts.
 Post as president of the National
 Citizens Industrial Association has a duty to perform without fear or favor
 of any political party or class organ
 izatiOn either of Capital or Labor, and when these facts are placed before
 the 20 to 30 million readers of this article and they realize the danger to
 their properties and personal liberties
 by voting for class legislation and
 privilege, that duty will have been
 done It may interest you to know
 that Post was lately elected an Hon
 orary member of one of the highest grade Trade Unions in America, the National Association of Stationary Engineers in recognition of his ser vices in trying to stamp out the crim- inal and tyrannOus control of affairs | by the present misnamed Labor Leaders CD and to bring the labor movement to a more peaceful and lawful management and therefore back to the respect and esteem of the public and wipe from the sacred
 name of Labor" the Odium and dis
 grace these trust leaders have smear
 ed upon it. A better time is coming and every honest American can do his part to bring it about.
 | There's a Reason.
 c. W. POST, Battle Creek, Mich,