United labor bulletin., 1911-02-16
Great Demonstration Was a Dis.
grace; Should Not Be Toler-
ated, Says Dean.

Church of England and rector OF St
Johns cathedral at Fourteenth avenue
and Clarkson street-forgetting his birth
and the downtrodden people of the Ould
Soil-denounced labor unions and the
demonstration held on Feb. 2, from his
pulpit Sunday. The dean desired to be-
little the demonstration and at the same
time denognce the participants therein,
asserting that a great many became par
ticipants through coercion.
He said that only 5000 unionists
marched in the parade when there were
nearer 5000.
He said the parade was held to intim-
idate the courts and the legislature.
He forgets that the legal points of the
case are now in the balance before the
supreme court, whose decision his re-
marks might have a tendency to infiu-
ence.
The dean says that if prices are too
high the public should cease to purchase.
but should make no effort to control
In speaking of the great demonstra-
ton the dean said:
"OnIy last week this city was dis
graced by a procession of 5000 working
men, many Of them to my personal
knowledge unwilling participants in the
parade, which was organized by their
leaders, 10 intimidate the executive. A
judge defends the liberty Of peaceful
men, whose only offense is that they
choose to do work which members of a
union refuse to do. For their right to
exercise their individual liberty, they are
murderousIy beaten. Whatever might be
the rights or wrongs Of the dispute Of
the unions with their employers. IL can
not be tolerated that peaceabIy instinct
ed and unarmed men shall not be able
TO walk on the public byway unmoIested.
and what is the more humiiiatng is, the
lamentabie fact. that the organizers Of
such demonstrations know and believe
that some judges can be so influenced to
do injustice, or else they would not be
at the trouble and huge expense of so
flaunting their power, to obtain their un-
reasonable demands.
This spirit Of lawlessness has grown
into the dimensions of a national vice."
he continued. "of course it is the direct
outcome of the innate wiIfullness Of the
human heart, but IL is TO check this nat
ural RIGHTEOUSNESS that God set the soli-
tary in families that the members of
the family might learn to discipline each
other, and to control their selfish pro-
pensities for the mutual good. Many
causes have contributed to undermine
this essential home discipline. The av-
erase American father is confident. re-
sourcefui and seIf-reIiant. He hands on
this characteristic to his children, false
notion of liberty permeates the atmos-
outbreaks against
restraint are treated by fiippant ire
sponsibie press, bent upon sensation, in
an offhand and picturesque style, which
strips such offenses of all their serious
ness"
The dean said in an interview that he
did not know more about the imprison-
ment of the 16 union miners than he had
read in the public press.
He said that Banker Kountze, who is
a stockholder in the Northern Colorado
Coal company, was n very dear friend.
The position of Dean Hart is made
ridiculous by the fact that he has been
posing for years in an unenviable light
before the public.
He is not citizen of the United
States.
He is not in sympathy with the insti-
tutions of America
He is of lowly birth-his mother being
barmaid and his father a jaunting cart
driver. says Elbert Hubbard.
He became sky-pilot by reading
prayers for wealthy New York family
while a butler.
He does not follow the teachings of
the Bible-he builded his church upon
the sand by scab-labor and the founda-
ton sank. and he was forced to tear 1t
Whenever possible he buys everything
needed in England. That's where he got
that hat.
He owes allegiance to the king of
England. being an English citizen.
The deans children were all born in
England-but one. This one was born
on the rolling deep before the ship that
carried the mother could arrive from
America. This to avoid having American
children.
The dean came near being lynched is
years ago in Denver for his meddling in
things American when not an American
citizen. His house was stoned and he
was only saved by the presence of his
wife and children. who pleaded for him.
In another column on this page We re-
produce an article from the pen of FL
bert Hubbard. which We commend to
Bulletin readers.