Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-09-17

orally thousands Of cases wherein your
fellow American has been assaulted
manned or killed by these men. The
same work is going on day by day. Sup
pose you make a practice of picking out
each day from the papers, accounts Of
brutality to American workingmen who
prefer to work free from the impudence
and tyranny of self-constituted leaders I'D
than to be always subject to their beck
and call. pay them fees and be told by
them when and where 10 work. and for
whom You will discover the same gener-
al conditions underlying all these daily
attacks
be free He has that right He then tries
10 go TO work He and his family lsorely
need the money for food or he wouldn't
run the risk Of his life. Many such &
man has wiped the tears away and quiet
ed the fears OF loving wife. left with.
a kiss her lips. set his manly Jaw and
let's win food for the loved mother and.
babies
A good many have been brought home
on stretchers with blood oozing from nose
and ears, some cold, while some grad
ually recover and carry for life the grim
marks OF the union LABEL
They are your fellows, my friends, and
yet you supinely read the accounts and
say too bad" 49, s..
Have you grown so calloused that you
care nothing for the sufferings OF these
men who need food and these helpless
ones who rely on the life and strength
. OF husband and father7 -
Let US hope that soon you may be
moved by a just God to rise in your
might and by voice and pen. by vote and
right arm you will do a mans part in
protecting yourselves and your brothers
from this onslaught on American citi-
gems. This cruel warfare is carried on
not always 10 raise wages. but to estab-
Iish union control, kick out the in6epend-
emit men and establish the 'laDei"
Unfortunately the Labor movement"
which started many years ago honestly
enough. has fallen under control OF a
lot OF tyrannical vicious 'men Of violent
tendencies"
There are too many TO attempt to
name. You can recall them. They In
clude men who have planned the murders
of miners. teamsters. pressmen. and car
penters, shoemakers and independent
workmen OF all kinds. Many Of them
have escaped hanging by an outraged
public only because juries became terror
stricken and dared not convict them.
Some have been punished slightly and
some, including the principal officers of
LllG neIarlOuS crew are HOH sen
tence to Imprisonment but have appealed
their cases.
Right here some apologist rises to pro-
, tect against speaking thus Of laboring
men" Bless your dear. heart, 1t isn't
the honest and real workman who does
these things, II is the excitable ones and
the toughs and tugs who don't work
except with their mouths. but have Sc
cured control Of too many unions. don't
even attempt to specify the criminal acts
these persons have assisted or winked
! at I'm their plan for destroying free work
ingmen and forcing men to stay in t'the
union" and hence under their control.
The newspapers for the past Z years
contain almost daily accounts Of the
criminal, lawiess and tyrannical acts
| against American citizens and haven't
told half the tale. Right here It becomes
necessary TO say for ten thousandeth time
that there are scores Of honest law-abiu-
ing upon men who deplore and are in no
way responsible for the long Infamous
record OF the Labor Trust" under its
present management. but they don't seem
10 stop II.
The men who manage. who pull the
strings and guide the policy have made
the record and IL stands, as made by
/ them
Examine, IL you please. the record of
I string of members of the American FEEDER
alton OF Labor and you will view a list
OF crimes against Americans. stupendous
beyond belief. They defy the laws, sheer
1T the courts. incite mobs and are avowed
enemies Of the peaceable citizens OF all
classes.
I This bud wields an iron bar over their
subjects and drives them to idleness
I whenever they want TO call a strike oil
exact extra pocket money for themselves.
Men don't wait to be thrown out of
work and lose their livelihood. but what
can they do when the smuggling and muir
dering committee stands always ready to
do them " they try TO work
: The poor women and helpless children
suffer and no one dares present their
case TO the public. They must suffer in
silence for they have no way to right
their wrongs. while the notoriety-seeking
leaders carry out their work.
. These men cannot thus force oppres-
sion on the weak and innocent or use
them to bring newspaper notice to them
selves and money 70 their pockets unless
trey can hold them in line"
Therefore, with the craft OF the fox
and venom OF the serpent they devise
the union label end tell the public to
, buy only articles carrying that Label.
/ Smooth scheme isn't Il?
They extract a fee from every union
man, and in order 70 get these monthly
fees. they must hold the workers in "the
union" and force manufacturers to kick
out al independent men.
Can anyone devise a more complete and
tyrannical trustf