The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-02
Don't Weep at
the Ice House

scra peopls swell UP On -sn1cticu
hrswsd from ahsoIirEs unEruEh-
rs an old trick Of the leaders Of
the Labor Trust ts5 twist facts and
make tie syupa1heGfe ones weep
At the ice house = That's part Of
the tale EIlrIhsr an-f
Gonpers ct al sheer &c. sptL UPON
and defy our enurEs. seeking sFuFa-
thy By falzeEE telling the people the
courts were trying to deprive them
Of free speech ard free press
Men can speak freely and Erina
opinions freely IN this country and 10
court viii object, hI11 tFeE cannot be
allowed to print matter as part Of !
CRIMINAL conspiracy to tnilre and run
ether citizens
CON pers and Ills trust associates
started cut to ruin the Balcks Stove
Co. drive It's hundreds Of worEE1en
out OF work and destroy the value Of
ths plant WITHOUT regard to the fact
that hard earned money Of E1en who
worked had been invested there
TIE cnus1laratssrs were told By tie
curzrts to stop these vicious ~trus1'
methods, eezorts TO break the arna
that won't come under trust ruIag, hui
instead Of stopping they dare tbs
etggzrts to punish them and demand
new laws to prUteeE them IN sEea
destructive and tyrznnSus acts as
they may desire TO do.
TIE reason Goupers and his band
persisted IN trying 10 ruin the Bucks
Stovs Works was because the store
company Insisted On the right to keep
Some old empsdyees a1 work Wien
de unsn1~ ordered ehena discharged
and some Of ~Ga gang put IN
Now let us reFerse the conditions
and have q Look
Suppose the company had ordered
the union To dismiss certain Eaan
from their unton and, the demand be
ing refused. should institute boy
colt against that Eniou. publish tts
name in AZ unfair list instruct 9th
Ct manufacturers all OVER the United
States not to bay the labor Of that
union. have committees call 81 stores
and threaten to boycott If the mer
chants sold anything made Or sha-
union Picket the factories where
members work and sing them On the
way home. blow Up their houses and
wreck the works. and even murder
q few members OF the boyenttsd III
ion to teach them they must obey
the orders Of organized EapEtaf7-7
It world certainly BE- fair for the
company to do these Things IL lawful
for the Labor Trust TO do them
In SUCH case. Under o1r laws the
boycotted uHio1 could apply to or
coHrEs and the courts would order
the company 70 cease boycattFng and
trging TO ruin these union men. SHp
pose thereup2u the company should
6aeer a. the court and IN open de
fsnee continue the unlawful acts ia
persistent. carefully laid cut plan
purposeIy intended to ruin the unior
and force It's members into poverty
What q howl would 90 Up from tat
union demanding that the ccgrtg PRO
tees them and guafzh THAR law-6resk
ing oppressors Then sts7 WORT
praise the courts and 20 On earnfni
2 living protected from ruin and hzp
~ II the knowledge that the p@oplsl
courts could defend them.
How could any IF as receive prc
lection tron Izv-breaxerz uniesz tn
courts have power to. and do panisl
such men
The court IS placed il posFtiot
where i NUS % Gre tnir1 Or II.
other-purfsh men VINO persist in Z.
flying it's peace orders or &C out &
service, Iet anarchy reign ard n
more powerful destroy the weaker.
Peaceable citizens s1Istatn n
courts as their defenders. Eherea
thieves. forgers, burglars, crooks &
all kinds and violent members Of /:
Dor unions, hate them and threate
violence if their members are pui
ished for breaking the Law. The
want the courts to let them 90 ire
and at the same time demand punfsl
ment for other men outside de nj
ion when they break the Law
Notice the above reference is to ".
lent members Of labor unions. TT
great majority Of the sunheardr i
ion men are peaceable, upright eli
zens. The noisy. violent ones get IN
Office and the leaders OF the gre;
Labor Trust know hov to mass til
kind Of men. IN labor conventions al