The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-21

and mothers, and have thei,
niiuren Chamber about theil
Nhees 10 impress the jury with sym
pa.hy. SO much for the brutal muir
ueier' out who brings into court the
uestitute, fatherless children of the
poor workman murdered in cold blood
because he obeyed the instincts of an
alnighty Father who impelled him to
seek work to feed his little ones
What play is ever made by them to
sway jury? The murderer is sun.
ported by the funds of the Labor
trust. The orphans Of the victim
nave no money to help them obtain
justice.
Imprudent Pretense.
Ihe Labor Trust leaders proclaim
peace1ul intent and publicly decry VIC.
renee. Such bare faced assertions as
that of the president of the American
Federation of Labor that "Organized
LABOR Is one of the most potent fac
TORS for the preservation of peace" is
AMY interesting as in illustration of
| the extreme impudence of these lead
ers with most terrible record of
criminal procedure behind them. 1t
lately became public that this Trust
| expended upwards of $15O,O00.0O to
defend Its members in the Haywood
Meyer trial, securing acquital by a
frightened jury, Notwithstanding the
fact that the judge who presided at
the trial announced afterward that
the testimony duplicating the mem
bers Of the Labor Trust in the deeds
OF violence was in his opinion true.
The Labor Trust shouts for the pub
lie ear, and winks in another direction
while 1t finds it necessary to rush 10
/ the support of it's criminal members,
i'll order to keep up the work"
Without certainty of protection the
slugger would quickly become dis
couraged. The victim of the Labor
Trust dare not publicly protest even
If lie lives through the entertainment
by the entertainment committee"
and the wives, widows and children
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 Independent working
men 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 ty-
rants 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 union meeting
and the men of violent tendencies"
cry him down with shouts to throw
dat guy out de niwdow" and If he
don't shut up he may expect to be
violently and effectively shut up.
Some day let us hope that organized
labor will get rid of the present lead
ers and conduct the sale of its pro
duct 0abor) in the peaceful regal
manner of business men who sell the
ordinary products of humanity, and
when they cannot sell their labor at
satisfactory price to one man, do as
the farmer does VINO offers his wheat
to another buyer and either sells 1t at
the highest price the market will war
rant or keeps it for higher market
but does not picket them i'll, assault
other farmers who prefer to sell their
wheat, or blow up the mill whose
owner cannot at that time buy at the
price asked.
The man who has saved money with
which to purchase wheat or labo:
should not lie manned, murdered or
his property destroyed because he
does not feel like parting with that
money W DuS WHCdt VI i'poi '.'Fi'
he either does not want it or knows
the price to be too high to warrant
it's purchase. Any attempt at coer-
zion should be promptly and effcctual.
]v punished by the courts and the
bullies put where they cannot AGAIN
tvrannize over Independent Amcr-
cans.
This rapid growth of anarchy and
cyident purpose of the Labor Trust to
dictate Just what persons shall be en-
plaved. how long and at what price
and how much pay to the managers
1 has taught every man who has saved
a dollar and wants to build house or
establish a factory. that he had better
! keep his money in some safe invest
ment instead of going into som'thlne
where he would be actually forced t.
I Inv labor when not needed ana u
+ employ men he don't want.
In other words, the man who mas a
4 little money to invest don't propose
/ +, have any trust, even the aDof
Trust. tell him how or where to pay
1 Il out. This widespread attack OF the
i Labor Trust on citizens who WON'T
1 have money to invest in labor Ii al
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