Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-03
A Very Earnest Word to Organized Labor

Angeles-and no kind respectable
awabding-wi make very plain its lack of sympathy for
the brutal that ansped Spring street in this city
Thursday when aboers who bearing the body dead
comrade from the of the Alexandria hotel butaly
and beaten by thugs who however much they masquerade
friends of union labor nothing less than human brues
and being such disgrace any that they
socae themselves with.
There is nothing world for which The Herald has
consideration than organized the right kind No sensible
will for argue that labor afford to be
lied Merchants organize themselves into shipping associations for
mutual defense against transportation because they
realize the fact that human nature inherently SO weak that men
interested transportation be trusted establish for
the service which they the community without check
upon their actions.
Every capitac the country organ
lied for the mutual protection from its members against exoron
injustice No who has any of justice will for
argue laborers the country afford accord
employers the absolute dictate the compensation which
abores shall receive and all honest rghthnng will admit
without question the necessity of borers organizing in order
protect themselves from exacons the part OF employers
may unwilling pay Just wage At the time labor
like every other interest must be organized under the law and for
the purpose of accomplishing its ends in lawful manner
The of the of Los Angeles in recently enacng
legislation generally the anpcketng ordinance
merely emphasizing this Certain ndividualsmost of them
hope and believe nonresdents of Los Ang-had fit to
attempt interfere with who working IN certain INDUS
city by invading the personal right which citizen
has pursue his occupation without moestaon from
Others Some men, petens being and sup
porters striking abo persisted other citizens by
actions from which every has right to be free and from which
right call upon the law him. In order that men
should be protected their rights this CITY, and that Los ng
maintain its reputation aw-abding town.
the city council passed ordinance imposing penalty persons
invaded the rights others This law is being enforced and
it right No and least of all
organized labor which greatest strength by appealing to the
mankind afford be served at the
breaking the county of invading human
of aw-beang which the antpickeng ord
intended prevent mild and noensive compared
with the who attempted disgrace organized
making murderous attacks the who were bearing
the dead oWwoman from the place where he had
IF
history of Los Angeles before this and to be hoped
that example will be made of the brues engaged in 1t that
nothing like it will ever again.
Herald knows that real organized labor in the city OF Los
Angeles sympathy for this of thing The large vote al
the of Los Angeles IN favor OF good
city elections shows that they are awabd
citizens and labor element of the city OF Los Angeles aV
probably higher in morality and Intelligence ha
that city in the We know that the action OF
the thugs who guilty of the muderous attacks that we are de-
nong does the spirit of the seltespecng decent
labor city, labor and especially organized
labor makes that has absolutely no sympathy with
the tough Who disgrace the cause that they
pretend defend will be for organized labor