The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-04-07
JUDICIAL INVASION OF
GUARANTEED RIGHTS
President Samuel Gorr1pers Sounds the Kew
Note in Current Issue Of the Ameri-
can Federatiorist for Freedom
OF the ioihns Masses and the C,1rbins. of
the Piutocratic Exercise of the In
junction Process in Labor Dis
Putes-Strong Argument

Hr axe living i'll 4 time portentous of
results for the present as well as the fu-
rHrr. History is being made in this day
as Il !aS been made in all critical periods
OF human development. While human
progress has constantly unfolded and its
ruUr-c has usually been in orderly form
vt certain epochs characterized by radi-
cal change stand out it marked dis
tsucruuss.
HE rights wrung from an unwilling
monarch by the people of England
through Magma Charta were not sought
- the result of fancy or whim. The
moving cause was denial of human
r.gEts and Of the commonest concepts of
Justice, and under that denial it was
sought 10 tramplc upon human hearts
and human hopes.
Inc Declaration of Independence of
TIE United States and the establishment
"i these colonies into an independent ma.
lion were caused by tyranny and iniust.
zee, "nd the denial of the rights and on
lo7i"HItics for development to the Amer.
'';h colonies 1t gave to the world not
only 4 new nation, republic, but en-
lhasizcd more clearly the unalienable
rights of man to life, liberty, and the
pursuit of happiness, by which he is in.
hrrru'Iy endowed
Inc el'il war a protest against the sa-
cred rights of property of man in man
as "nunciated by the Supreme Court of
10" United States in the Drcdd- Scott do
rsion
;" IN our day we find the movement of
u" workers, in common with those who
'"'e hherty, justice, and humanity, in
formidable protest against reaction a.
Terresented by the dominant power of
wealth and as expressed through the iu
dietary of our country. That which ,y,,
secured by Magma Charta had its influ
enc" not only upon the Anglo Saxon race,
b"i upon the people of the civilized
world
Inc declaration of Independence, the
establishment of the Republic of the Uni
'ed states, bore the principle of human
f'Ih's throughout Continental Europe.
The civil war for the abolition of slav
'TF reached the hearts and conscience
ana gave hope to the people of all ma
lions
ty stealth and subtle scheming the
Wealth r"ssessors of our country have en-
''''''"Tvi aud are endeavoriug to retake
'F'ii1 ih" masses the rights that have been
'''F.E bought, secured and guaranteed.
VIM" property has been universally rec
'@"iI'd, its posscssors proceed upon the
theory that it is of first importance and
Las lFIpr rights over man; that man
'."'- %" sGhordlnatcd and must conform
.' "AA,"'"r shall seem best to further
'.' interests Of private property, rather
.-'A that property shall be the handmade
'. ".hH progress and uplift.
Us TINS underlying thought and the
action OF wealth posscssors which find
.A''F Expression in the abuse of the bene-
'''a. writ of injunction as applied when
i.~i a-os arise between workmen and their
'.i .t"r@. 1t is this thought which find
oppression also i'll the Interpretation
- .t"-th" sherman antitrust law
7' a~ io r.r,umscribc, limit and make
useless the normal activities of
.-" "H-"-"arncrs who associate them
''T their common protection, and
'..' association to utilize their per
inherent, natural and constitutions
r@'S T" protect and promote the ma
POSITION they shall occupy in So
n-c the subtl-r forms in which
mary plutocracy finds its express
..~ rn:.rs"r forms are exhibited
American Cossacks as recently
' Philadelphia and Bethlehem.
. -." military and police brutali-
'. '.e detective and spy system, like
'- the organization of n gang of
-..~ iree-hootcrs. and strike break
.Ha effort to curb and crush Am
'aaan"ot. and it spirit of sover-
"-t Independence.
"...-a : energies in our time are not
"N"--"i Tor pomp. pride, and
.-'. summed up in n word, profit
-.- tie sherman antitrust law the
" Court Of the United States has
'! TIM inasruuch as the activities of
."7 organizations. exerted to pro-
.id promote the interest of the
"sTs. may incidentally injure the bus