Evening journal., 1909-09-16

day from the papers. accounts OF brutal
ity TO American workngmen who prefer
to work free from tho impudcnco and
tyranny OF self constituted leaders co
than 10 be always subject 20 their beck
and call. pay them fees and be told by
them when and where to work. and FOR
whom. You will discover tho same gen
eral conditions underlying all these daily
attacks.
In every case the workingman prefers
to be free. lie has that right. lie then
tries 10 go TO work. lie and his family |
sorey need the money for food or he
wouldn't run the risk Of his life. Many I
such man has wiped the tears away I
and quieted the fears OF "a loving wife /
left with a kiss on her lips. set his man
ly jaw and walked into shower OF
stones and bullets TO win food for the |
loved mother and babies.
A good many have been brought home
on strotchers with blood oozlng from
nose and ears. some cold, while some
gradually 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 ana
say too bad
care nothing for the suiferings OF these
men who need food and these helpless
ones who rely on the life and strength
OF husband and fatherg
Let us hope that soon you may be
moved by a just God 60 rise In your
might and by voice and pen. by vote and
right arm you viii do a mans part In
! protecting yourselves and your brothers
from this onslaught on American ciu.
: zens This cruel warfare Sc carried OF
not always TO raise wages, but TO estao
iish union. control. kick out the indepen
8 dent men and establish the label"
i Unfortunately the Labor movement
u which started many years ago honestl
enough. has fallen under control OF
e lot OF tyrannical, vicious "men OF violen
tendencies"
There are too many TO attempt 20
name You can recall them They Include
, men who have planned the murders OF
miners. teamsters pressmen and carpen'
ters. shoemalSers and independent work
, men OF all kinds. Many Of them have es-
capped hanging by an outraged public
only because iuries became terror stric-
ken and dared not convict them.
Some have been punished slightly and
some, including the principal officers or
this nefarious crew are now under sem
tence to Imprisonment but have appealed
their cases.
Right here some apologist rises to pro-
test against speaking thus Of laborlng
men" Bless your dear heart, T. isn't the
honest and real workman who does these
things. 1t is the excitablo ones and tho
. toughs and tugs who don't work except
. with their mouths, but have secured con.
, troll OF too many unions ! don't even at.
1 tempt 10 specify the criminal acts thes,
persons have assisted or winked at II
! their plan for destroying free worldngmel
and forcing men to stay IN "the union
. and hence under their control The news
y papers for the past years contain al
: most daily accounts Of the criminal
Z lawless and tyrannical acts agalns
American citizens and haven't told hal
y the tale. Right here Il becomes necessar
c to say for the ten thousandth time tina
there are scores of honest law-abidin
y union men who deplore and are IN u
n way responsible for the long infamou
record OF the Labor Trust" under Il
6 present management. but they don't seer
q to stop it,
y The men who manage. who pull Il,
e strings and guide the policy have mad
Il the record and 1t stands, as made b
e them.
d Examine. il you please. the record Of
Is string OF members Of the American Fed
IN Grafton Of Labor and you will view lis
of crimes against Americans, stupendou
D. beyond belief They defy the laws, snee
9, at the courts. incite mobs and are avow
ID ed enemies OF the peaceable citizens o
of all classes.
'e This band wields an iron bar over thei
= subjects and drives them to idleness whel
~ ever they want to call strike or eAae
,. extra pocket money for themselves
~ Men don't want 10 be thrown out o
work and lose their livelihood, but wha
y can they do when the slugging and muir
y dering committee stands always ready Z
n do them" II they try 10 work.
- The poor women and helpless children
suffer and no one dares present thel
4. case to the public. They must suher II
silence for they have no way to righ
a. their wrongs, while the notoriety-seekin
- leaders carry out their work
These men cannot thus force oppres
sion on the weak and innocent or us
"a them 10 bring newspaper notice to them
Il selves and money 10 their pockets unles
an they can ''h0ld them IN line.
ce Therefore. with the craft Of the 70
IN and venom Of the serpent they devils
the ..union label" and tell the public
on buy only articles carrying tha' label.
nd Smooth scheme isn't Il?
st They extract fee from every unio
man. and in order TO get these month
fees. they must hold the workers
- "tha union" and force manufacturers
- kick out all independent men.
M can anyone devise moro comple
~ and tyrannical trust?
!. II allowed fun sway, no independei
-. man could keep working in a free factor
"a for the goods wouldn't sell no matt
ne how perfectly they be made. The
,se when tho factory has bean forced to clio
ch and the employees get hungry enoul