The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-06-22

mas DttH iuutu 10 tue crimes
committed in the aggressive warfare
against the toiling masses by the
corporate interests and their allied
hErelinsa.
The manufacturers association of
the West, defeated in their repeated
efforts to strange the voice and Grip
Pile the hands oil labor. are insane
with rage and BLING with determine
alton 10 trample under The foot all
rights OF the workers. and crush the
growing rcvoltS OF the rising prole-
taTiat
They We're defeated in their plans
to railroad Haywood ami mis- assoc
in;cS OF the Western Federation of
Miners to the gallows plans on
which they had prepared TO murder
the advocates of working class soil
darity. The heroic sacrifices of the
men and women of toll halted their
EInod-stained hands when they
thought tina; the right Of free speech
q free press of unrestricted asSenI-
DiaGe-all achievements of the war
riors OF the American Revolution
lad been strangled and abridged.
The acts, OF terror perpetrated by
the agents of the manufacturers
their photographers, and the Grim
maj lhhSS anu cttttllNeS, DNt Chlr-
acteriHc the savage disregard of the
oppressorS to all except their own
interests. Their millions in money
and economic power vested in the
government and the courts are to he
used TO forever subjugate the work.
ing class under the infamous regime.
The rights of workers. citizens or
this country. are annulIed and abro-
gated.
Savage force alone dictates the
methods ana policies of those IN
POWER
And this braZen defiance OF the
most common rights of man by n
band Of capitalist conspiratorS no
longer confines itself to the limited
industrial arena of the West. Three
workers. one an official of labor
union, are now charged with crimes
spirited away from their homes by
the hired lIcsSiaUS Of the Western
Manufacturers Association, kidnap-
ped, held in solitary confinement
End by fortunes similar to those ap-
piled ia the Middle Ages. Tie per-
petratorS of these outraGoS seek to
get confessions admitting their
crimes. for the discovery of which
thes" detectives are to get the ran
amiters of the rights Of the working
class.
Even in Russia an often let; work
or could have shot and Killed in self
pI election II member Of the Cars
secret agency. such as Detective w.
Burns. ANA he would he acquitted by
d Jury of mis- peers.
But in braZon alliance with this
criminal that other corporation stool
pigeon. Governor Marshall Of Indf-
lana, aids the irfany of allowing
these men TO be eXtradited without
permitting them TO defend themselves
AGAINST the charges made against
them.
tn" capitalists hav" thrown off the
mask. The workers must take mn
III" gauntlet or perish under the
weight of the onslauphters that the
cprr"sSors are preparing
II such criminal procedures arc
allowed to go unchallencod. these
mininnS and hirclinrs II the cap
ltalist oppreSSOrS. the McPharlans
the finkcrtonS. the Burns and many
others may take the riCh; ONTO them
selves to SPREAD terror and havoc in
ihc houses ana homes of all who
would object against further on
'''''H'i.''llt~ ol ltE4 AZ rlSntS DN tN-
rants and their paid understrappers.
They may iuvad" the home of ev-
CRY citizen ana rauSack and carry
away all mau holds dc2:: Won will
-" r"w"rleSS to protect yourselves
AGAINST III" revenge "Hacutnd behind
me brass badge OF the immune de-
1e"tiv" Of cruel master class.
They may attack You at night or
Gay. rtvaGe all that falls into their
sway, carry off all .nat is flesh OF
your flesh. TO become the prey of
lest to a criminal gang of capitalist
murders: and it will he logalizcI bv
~" s"rvile uphol:ers of the capital-
law and order.
1t is high time 10 wake up.
When once a people allow .hoir
ri'htS TO he rrampI"d upon in such
an outrageous manner. there will
d" no halt. no limit until a vioisn;
fuptur" alone raises barrier
a"ainst the further abuses Of power
by IN" EXPLORERS and oppressors.
This tragic affair must meet with
mt on" r"solv" on the part of the
workers OF America
Brutal rs the measures Of re.
preston. 50 must the method of ro.
siSianc" he stern and determined
II brutal force by capitalists in.
f"r"SiS dictates the course the direc;