El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-04

Some people swell up on emotion
brewed from absolute untruth-
IFS an old trick of the leaders Of he
Labor Trust to twist facts and make
the sympathetic ones weep at the Ice
house" CThats part of the tale further
on-)
compers ct al sheer at, spit upon and
defy our courts, seeking sympathy py
falsely telling the people the courO d
we're irving to deprive them OF free
speech and free pros.
Men can speak freely and print opln-
ions freely in this country and no courl
will object. but they cannot be allowed
20 print matter as part OF criminal ma
conspiracy to injure and ruin other cltl-
zens
Gompers and his trust associates
started out to ruin the Bucks Stove Co,
drive its hundreds Of workmen out o.
work and destroy the value of the plant
without regard 10 the fact that nara
earned money OF men who worked, mad
been invested there.
The conspirators were told by the
courts 20 stop these vicious trust
methods (effOrts to break the firm that
WONT come under trust rule), but in
stead of stopping they dare" the courts
20 punish them ana demand new laws
70 protect them in such destructive ana
tvrannous acts as they may desire 10
do The reason Gompers and
his band persisted in trying TO ruin the
Bucks Stove Works was because the
stove company insisted on the right 10
keep some old employees at work. when
ode union" ordered them discharged and
some of de gang" put in.
Now let US reverse the conditions
and have a look.
Suppose the company had ordered
the union TO dismiss certain men from
their union and, the demand being re-
fused. should institute a boycott against
that union, publish its name in an -un-
fair list" instruct other manufacturers
all over the United States not to buy
The labor of that union, have commit
tees call at stores and threaten to boy
cot if the merchants sold anything
made by that union Picket the fac
tories where members work and slug
them on the way home, blow up their
houses and wreck the works, and EVEN
murder a few members of the boy
coted union to teach them they must
obey the orders of organized capt.
tal?"
II would certainly be fair for the
company TO do these things If Lawful
for the Labor Trust to do them.
bovcoted union could apply 10 on
courts and the courts would order the
company 10 cease boycoting and trying
10 ruin these union men. suppose
thereupon the company should sneer a
the court and in open defiance continue
the unlawful acts in a persistent, care
fuzzy laid out plan, purposely intended
10 ruin the union and force its mem
bers into poverty. What howl would
go up from the union demanding tn Il
the courts protect them and punish
their lawbreaking oppressors- Then
they would praise the courts and &c
on earning a living protected from
ruin and happy in the knowledge that
the peoples courts could defend them
How could any of us receive proIec-
ton from lawbreakers unless the
courts have power TO, and do punish
such men.
The court is placed i'm position where
il must do one thing or the other
punish men who persist in defying its
peace orders or go cut of service. let
anarchy reign and the more powerful
destroy the weaker.
Peacea BILE citizens sustain the courts
as their defenders, whereas thieves
forgers. burglars, crooks of all kinds
and violent members OF labor unions
hate them and threaten violence il
their members are punished fol
breaking the Law, They want the
courts to let them go free and at tn,
same time demand punishment for 9th
er men outside de union when the!
break the law. Notice TIT
above reference is TO violent" mem
bers of labor unions The great ma
5ority of the "unheard" union men ar
peaceable. upright citizens The noisy
violent ones get into office and tn