Evening journal., 1910-01-04

II
,p.abor Trust to twist facts and make the
i"sympathetic ones" "weep at the ice
lhouse.s', (Thats part Of the tale further
onJ
Gompers ct al sneer at. spit upon and
ldefy our couris, seeking sympathy by
falsely telling the people tho courts were
-, 9 IL -,
can speak freely and print opin-
freely in this country and no court
II object. but they cannot be allowed
print matter AS PART OF A CRIMI-
,AL CONSPIRACY 70 injure and ruin
other citizens.
Gompers and his trust associats started
out to 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 in
vested there.
The conspirators were told by the courts
Ito stop these vicious trust methods, (ef-
fc.ls to break the firm that won't come
under trust rule. but instead Of stop
ping they dare the courts TO punish
them and demand new laws to protect
them in such destructive and tyrannous
acts as they may desire 10 do >
SISTED in trying TO ruin the Bucks Stove
Works was because the stove company
insisted on the right TO keep some old
iemployees at work when dc union" or
dered them discharged and some OF "de
gang" put in.
Now let us reverse the Conditions and
have look.
Suppose the company had ordered the
I.'nion to dismiss certain men from their
lunion and the demand being refused.
should institute a boycott against that
union. publish its name in an unfair
list" instruct other manufacturers 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 members
lof the boycotted union to teach them
lthey must obey the orders Of organized
lCapital?"
It would certainly be fair for the COM
ipany to do these things IL lawful for the
Labor Trust to do hem.
In such case. under our laws the
boycotted union could apply to our courts
Ito cease boycotting and trying to ruin
these union men. Suppose thereupor
the company should sneer at the court
and in open defiance continue the unlaw.
ful acts in a persistent. carefully laid
out plan. purposely intended to ruin the
lunion and force it's members into pow
erty. What a howl would go up from
the union demanding that the courts pro
tect them and punish their law-breakine
loppressors. Then they would praise tho
courts and go on earning a living pro
tected from ruin and happy in the knowl
edge that tho peoples courts could de
fend them.
How could any Of us receive protec
tion from law-breakers unless tho court,
have power TO. and do punish sucl
men.
The court is placed in position wher,
It must do one thing or the other
punish men who persist in defying it.
peace orders or 90 out of service, lei
anarchy reign and the more powerful
destroy the weaker
Peaceable citizens sustain the courts
as their defenders, whereas thieves. forg
ers. burglars. crooks OF all kinds an,
violent members of labor unions, hat
them and threaten violence If their mem
bers are punished for breaking the law
They want the courts to let them go FREE
and at the same time demand punish
ment for other men "outside de union
when they break the Law.
Notice the above reference is TO "vio
lent" luembers of labor unions. The grea
Tnajolty OF the "unheard" union mel
are peaceable. upright citizens. Th
noisyl. violent ones get into Office an'
the eRders of the great Labor Trus
KNOW bow TO mass this kind OF men. Il