The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-07-19


The authorities iorget there are
about thirty million wol kers in this
country and only abCs = 100, 900
.iaambers OF the Labor trust and that
most OF them are coerced into men,
bershlp.
How can authorities answer to the
vast army of 2S million free workers.
farmers and householders whose af-
fairs are from time to time interlerred
with and who have to bear the loss OF
wages and the general heavy loss OF
stopped industries brought about by
the leaders of the Labor Trust in their
manipulation OF men seeking to drive
them into fee-paying slavery?
The 2S,0O0,O00 workers, not men,
bers of the trust. object to being
driven from work, or having r, r.
trains stopped with all the far-reach.
ing losses, or the street cars stopped
and men and women prevented from
getting to and from work, or factories
struck and perhaps destroyed, the
weekly pay roll stopped and the sus.
tenance of at least part and perhaps
all of community withdrawn.
The great Philadelphia street car
strike was forced by the big Labor
Trust, not on account Of wages and
hours but to throw out about 1000
men who had their own union. a
peaceable one.
These men did not want to pay fees
to the trust leaders and be subject to
their whims so they formed their own
union for self protection. Thereupon
the big trust called a strike, blew up
and burned cars, attacked and
slaughtered men, kept people from
getting to and from work, forced their
other slaves to quit work and cost the
people OF Phil several million dollars
and untold suffering and inconveni-
ence solely for the purpose of "show-
ing" them the power OF the Labor
Trust to force" people to mind" and
force these Independent men to join
the trust. eobey'' and pay fees to the
leaders
That is serious state OF affairs in
this free country and Is enough to
awaken every American to the ne
cessity of curbing such men In their
insane facezfor notoriety, power and
gathering.
Citizens want industry. commerce
and wages TO continue without inter
ference from any set of men either
employers or employees who seek sell
|fish gain to themselves alone, with
out regard to now much all the peo
pie outside the trust may be incon
yenIenced and damaged
The trust leaders, to make stronger
their control of members, fight val
iantly to be allowed to boycott and
conspire to ruin all free citizens either
employers or workmen who do moi
pay fees TO the trust leaders.
Therefore when this 5000, 100000 ap
preparation bill came up they deluged
Congress with demands 70 exempt
combinations of labor from prosecu
iion II they broke the law and, start
| ling as 1t may seem, over hundred
Congressman voted to so exempt
them. In other words voted to per
NIT one set of men to break the Law
and dominate the great majority o
citizens. while the majority must keeI
the law and submit to the damage
losses, insolence and idleness put up
on them by the comparatively smal
band Of trust members.
why we're these Congressman COW
ards?" you ask. Because the trus
managers sent word to their loca
! managers In all parts of the sountr!
instructing them to fire in letters ant
kilograms to Congressman wheneye
bill to give the trust more power i
introduced.
The great mass OF citizens who ar
to be tyrannized over have no organ
ization to warn them to notify Cor
gressmen Of their wishes and so sh'
heavy fire comes from but one sid
1.-THE Labor Trust side) and thus In