Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-01-06
Don't Weep At
The Ice House.

Some people swell up on emotion
brewed from absolute untruth-
It's an I'D trick Of the leaders Of the
Labor Trust TO twist facts and make
the sympathetic ones weep at the
ice house" Chats part OF the tale
further on-)
Gompers Ct al sneer at. spit upon
and defy our courts. seeking sympathy
by falsely telling the people the courts
were trying to deprive them OF free
speech and free press
Men can speak freely and print opin-
ions freely in this country and no
court will object. but they cannot be
allowed to print matter as part Of a
criminal conspiracy to injure and ruin
other citizens
Gompers and his trust associates
started out 10 ruin the Bucks Stove
Co, drive its hundreds OF workmen
out Of work and destroy the value Of
the plant without regard to the fact
that hard earned money of men who
worked. had been invested there
The eonspirators were told by the
courts to stop these vicious trust
methods. tefforts to break the firm
that wont come under trust rulel, but
instead of stopping they dare" the
courts to punish them and demand
new laws to protect them in such de-
structiye and tyrannical acts as they
may desire to do The reason
Gompers and his band persisted in try
ing to ruin the Bucks Stove Works
was because the stove company insist
ed on the right to keep some old EN-
ployees at work when de union" or
dered them discharged and some OF
"de gang put on
Now let us reverse the conditions
and have 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 unfair list" instruct other man
ufacturers all over the United States
not to buy the labor OF that union.
have committees call at stores and
threaten TO boycott II the merchants
sold anything made by that union
Picket the factories where members
work and slug them on the way home.
blow up their houses and wreck the
works. and even murder a few mem
bers Of the boycotted union to teach
them they must obey the orders Of
organized Capifal?- -
IL would certainly be fair for the
company to do these things IL lawful
for the Labor Trust TO do them
In such a case. under our laws the
boycotted union could apply to our
courts and the courts would order
tho ~ 81 49, u
trying TO ruin these union men. Sup
pose theregpon the company should
sneer at the court and In open defianc.
continue the unlawful acts in a per
sistent. carefully laid out plan. pur
posely intended to ruin the unior
and force its members into povert,
What a howl would 20 up from tn,
union demanding that the courts pro
tect them and punish their law-break
ing oppressors. Then they wouIl
praise the courts and 90 on earning
living protected from ruin and happ
in the knowledge that the people
courts could defend them.
How could any OF US receive proteS
ton from law-breakers unless the court
have power TO. and do punish sue
men.
The court Is placed in position ~,er
u must do ore thing or the other
punish men who persist in defyine II
peace orders or 90 out Of service, Il
anarchy reign. and the more po~erfI
destroy the weaker.
Peaceful citizens sustain the court
as their defenders. whereas thieye.
forgers. burglars. crooks OF all kind
and violent members of labor union
hate them and threaten violence
their members are punished for breal
ing the law. They want the courts ,
let them go free and at the same tin
demand punishment for other men .fou
side de union" when they break Il
law Notice the above refe
enee 10 violent members Of lab.
unions. The great majority Of Il
~unheardS union men are peacsahl