United labor bulletin., 1911-06-01
|GOMPERS SCORES
EXPIRES. ROOSEVELT
QUOTATIONS. FROM ARTICLE IN FED
ERATl0NlST WILL SET
LABOR THINKING.

The leading article in the June issue
OF the american FederationIst, by Presi-
derf Gcmpers, deals with the McNamara
case. 1t quotes in fuil former President
Ecoseveits article in the Outlook, then
deals with the article, as mr. Roosevelt
is tire spokesman of number who think
like him. The article occupies 10 pages,
ard SHOULD be read by all as an exposi-
tion of iabor's attitude on the Mcnamara
case. The following are few quota
tions:
skIf the trade -unionists had been taught
by events not to attach much credit, or
even in most cases any credit, to the
arms of detectives in regard 10 the case
which had been an almost daily produc-
lion for months after the explosion, they
mad all the more reason to put their own
Interpretation of the significance of the
hnding of dynamite in the building in
which Secretary Mcnamara had his Of
ice. II il can be proven that dynamite
vas stored there TO the knowledge of
Secretary Mcnamara. he is a fit subject
Tor an examination as to his sanity by
expert alienists. The incredibility that
a directing dynamiter would have stock
of the explosive either near his business
office or about the home of either of his
parents, or of any of his relatives. is an
absurdity, IL We are to give the accused
man credit for the least sense of caution
whatever"
Trade unionists were further inn
pressed with the idea that the stage had
been set by the fact that the lawyer for
the Manufacturers association. Walter
Drew. was at hand before the arrest
ready to supply the press with a list of
20 alleged dynamite explosions as having
recently taken place. All the scenery
and properties of the piece had thus
been ready beforehand. 1t might seem
even that a good part of the press re
ports, such as a list of dynamitings, had
been mailed days before marked, To be
released on order of Detective Burns
when he makes a certain spectacular ar
rest"
"The entire proceedings of the prose
cution in the case of the officers of the
Structural Iron Workers bears strong
resemblance to the proceedings four
years ago in the prosecution of the Off
Gals of the Western Federation of Min
ers. The kidnapping, the spectacular ad-
vertising of the prosecutors, the whole
sale charges of murder. a self-confessed
culprit turning states evidence, stories
coming from him too extravagant to be
believed. the many evidences of secret
deliberations and plottings in the offices
of the attorneys for the employers, the
strenuous endeavor to prejudice the
country against organized labor-all
these factors have alike been conspicu-
Gus in the two cases.
what is the outcome to be? Are, the
real plotters to be brought to book? Is
there a deep criminality beneath the sur
lace of current happenings which the
public has not yet suspectedg If the
unions had had the same amount of
money to expend as their antagonists.
how deep could they have probed into
the conspiracies against thems How
many of their accusers are themselves
capable of acts which might shock man
kindg Readers. note and take these
queries to heart. Remember them"
The circular appeal issued by the ex-
ecutive council for financial assistance
ror the proper defense before the courts
of the incarcerated men. and for the
prosecution of the kidnapers is also pub
lished in the June issue of the American
Federationist