The Green Forest tribune., 1910-01-07
Don't Weep At
 The Ice House.

see if the object lesson which they have been forced to give to these lead CTS is going to be recognized and if they are going to conform themselves and their future work and actions in &C., cordance thereto
 Let the people remember that con- ment, "The Federation of Labor in par t1cular stands before the bar Of ~Qblic opinion having been convicted. ..4% sci 1shness and disposition to, rule all the people of the country ip the inter- est of the few"
 The great 90 per cent of Americans do not take kindly to the acts of tyranny of these trust leaders openly demanding that all people bow down to the rules of the Labor Trust and we are treated to the humiliating specta- Gle of our Congress and even the Chief Executive entertaining these convicted laW-breakers and listening with eonsid- eration to their insolent demands that the very laws be changed to allow them to safely carry on their plan of gaining control over the affairs of the people.
 The sturdy workers of America have come to know the truth about these martyrs sacrificing themselves in the noble cause of labor but it's only the hysterical ones who swell up and cry over the aforesaid heroes" reminding one of the two romantic elderly maids who, weeping copiously, were discov- cred by the old janitor at Mt. Vernon.
 What is it ails you ladies?"
 Taking the handkerchief from one swollen red eye, between sobs she said:
 'Why we have so long revered the memory of George Washington that we feel it privilege to come here and weep at his tomb
 "Yas'm, yas'm, yo' shore has desire to express yo' sympathy but yo' are overfiowin' at de wrong spot, yo' is weepin' at de ice house."
 Don't get maudlin about law-break- CTS who must be punished if the very existence of our people is to be main- tained
 If you have any surplus sympathy 1t can be extended to the honest workers who continue to earn food when threat ened and are frequently hurt and sometimes killed before the courts can intervene to protect them. Now the Labor Trust leaders de- mand of Congress that the courts be stripped of power to issue injunctions to prevent them from assaulting or per- haps murdering men who dare earn living when ordered by the Labor Trust to quit work.
 Don't weep at the Ice House. and don't permit any set of law-breakers to bully our courts, if your voice and | vote can prevent. Be sure and write your Representatives and Senators in | Congress asking them not to vote for | any measure to prevent the courts | from protecting homes, property and | persons from attack by paid agents of this great Labor Trust. | Let every reader write, and write now.
 Don't sit silent and allow the organ ized and paid men of this great trust to force Congress to believe they rep resent the great masses of the Amer | ican people. Say your say and let your representatives in Congress know that you do not want to be governed under new laws which would empower the Labor Trust leaders with legal right to tell you when to work, Where! For whom! At what price! What to buy. What not to buy! Whom to vote forl How much you shall pay per month in fees to the Labor Trust! | etc., etc, etc.
 | This power is now being demanded by the passage of laws in Congress. Tell your Senators and Representa- tives plainly that you don't want them to vote for any measure that will allow any set of men either representing | Capital or Labor to ~~~o-n and dic- tate to the commoI who prefer | to be free to go and come, work or not ,and vote for whom they please. | Every mans liberty will disappear when the leaders of the great Labor Trust or any other trust can ride rough shod over people and mass their forces ] to prevent our courts freT affording 1 protection.
 There's Reason"
 c. w. POST. Battle Greek, Mich.