Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1911-12-29

Every hostile newspaper, and that
means every newspaper controlled by
the interests, and there are many Of
them; every officer of the hostile as
sociations, every opponent Of trade
unionism, has gone into an ecstacy Of
enthusiasm of denunciation Of the
trade unions, not because of the crime
to which the McNamara 3 plead guilty,
but because opportunity has been af-
forded to strike another. blow at the
organized wage earners; another ave-
nue. has been presented through which
to arouse suspicion and dissension in
their ranks, and another chance has
been awaited of to proceed with the
attempt at their disruption and dis
Indignation. Before the catastrophe
and since that time the Los Angeles
Times has INDUCED in defamation and
of the trade unionists and
the trade unions; its utterances have
been more violent and anarchistic than
the contents of any of the ultra-radical
publications whose object it is to des-
troy society by violence and anarchy.
Censures Los Angeles Times.
The Los Angeles Times, was, and is,
no respector of persons, creeds or con-
ditions. Every trade unionist, every
officer of a trade union, every repre-
sentative Of any movement that was
distasteful to the editor of the Times,
suffered from the baleful effect of the
merciless and brutal castigation that
he administered, and that he had an
opportunity to give expression to sim
ply because he is the owner Of daily
newspaper. journalism ran riot, iber-
ty turned to license, the foodgates of
vituperation and character assassina.
ton opened at his touch, because he
has an engine more powerful when
damnably used than dynamite, bombs
or nitroglycerine. He revealed in an
orgy of editorial crime and newspaper
RIGHTEOUSNESS. From the standpoint Of
law and humanity the McNamara s
are guilty of terrible and revolving
crime and will now suffer tho penalty
for their wrongdoing; from a mora!
standpoint the proprietor of the Los
Angeles Times is just as guilty as the
McNamara Is, and in his guilt he j:
joined by those representatives of the
anti-union associations who infame the
minds of the wage earners, who force
on them the one idea of the hopeless
ness of their struggle and who indulge
in legalized crime in order that prof
may thrive and greed may be nurtured
Despite the shrieking Of the hostile
press, despite the insane rejoicing O.
the enemies of labor, and despite thu
great addition which has been imposed
on labor's burden by those who ar
recreant to its cause, the full import O.
this tremendous development in tn
relations between capital and labo,
will finally assert itself, and the Grim
inals who can not be reached by Law
will not go unwhipped of the scorn o
public opinion.
! A Message.
| To the millions of trade unionist
throughout the continent we conve
this message:
It cannot be denied that labor j
its organized and unorganized forr
has suffered temporarily; but as it ha
recovered from many reverses, as
has arisen after many defeats, so wi
it rise again, more powerful, compae
and determined, for its cause is jus
and its methods are correct. The storl
of utilization at present raging wi
subside, and in the clear sunlight {
better day the causes and the re;
sons and the impelling motives tn:
have brought about the most regret
able events to which we make re
} erence, will be understood Of all me
J and those moral criminals, those cri1
. inals Of the literary engines Of de
truction used by the mat every oppo
tunity at their command, will stas
forth stripped of their sleeps clothir
, and will be held up in their true colo
to the gaze of all mankind.
| Repeats Position
: To those critics who have so avid
9 accepted this opportunity to rail again
the officers of the trade union NOV
: ment, we again say, as we said on NJ;
10: "We are thankful to our criti
e for their good advice, but we belle
$ we know our business, and we propo
t to conduct ourselves in accordance wi
e the dictates of our best judgmel
e The trade unions Of this country, n
r the present critics of the trade uni
: movement, have built up that mo-
e ment to the tremendous force that
e is today. AS representatives Of til
n movement we believe we understa
1t the desires Of it's members, and we VI
n endeavor to make these aims, aspi
n lions and desires effective through
he channels that we select.''
lie Yours most respectfully,
a JAMES NJ. LYNCH
n Chairman Of the Conferen
Re. FRANK DUFFY,
So Secretary Of the Conferen
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Skin a Mass Of Fire.
Horrible torture-pain unendurabl