United labor bulletin., 1911-01-05

In Columbus. Ohio, the business inter
ests are endeavoring TO prevent oiai
,s,s from holaing meetings. The Sociai-
lat marty Is making great gains III e'".
city since the street car strihe-
In los Angeles the city council mas
.donted the Injunction as city oto,n
ance. Men have been arrested unui ene
..s were filed and there was no inoie
room for the '-law-breakers, VINO me-.
iv endeayored TO bring strikeDreahets
10 their way OF thinking. When tne Jaiis
oyerfiowed men were let go on tneir o~s
recognizance. and In every case ,e'u. - -
.ssa1 Few convictions nave been OBJ
,siped from the hundreds of cases pu.
,he EXPENSE thrust on the working ciASs
has been great :,
Dcnxer has been free from the aPpif
cation of the injunction TO iaoor aisp..Ss s.ss.
for several years. but again the pis
moss interests have started Was
tween capital and labor when may n.y.
he as easy to stop as Was tne SiIpP.s
Crock thing. Labor has been organ
izing In Colorado for years anu az
a., sa,riv good shape The failing OF the
Aa~,a., ,,uIon miners is taken not as
s,,st ac, hut as an act OF class against
Lass II has been shown the WORKERS
,h., nm annlication for an injunction WAs
10, made 10 the fudge in whose Jurisaic.
zion the miners resided. but that the Soa.
onerafors had reason TO beiiese tnat ne
would be more successful II an app'e
tIon were made before Judge Mh,.o,.' ~
whose Jurisdiction does no, eN'snu io ~ ,-ss 80
,,.,,a,l,v In question. The injunction was
.,ranted and tne miners are In jail. IL u
"a that warrants are out for 90 more ..
a. miners. but II is believed they VIII
-, ~ served on account OF the indisn"-
tlou OF the people generally
/ n. Stevens. in the Pueblo Chieii''i"'
says: ,.,.,.s ,hou, this
.ase that are bound to strike atfehiloh-
- ,hs' grsf Mace Louisville. where the
,ntncrs we're on strike. is not in Juase
Whitford's judicial district In ssolns
hts Injunction against the striking min
a.. therefore, he went outside his Jurls-
dic,ion- Why did he do III why olo
the coal companies go TO him insesau y.
10 the Judge OF the DISTRICT Dia .aes
s.ar that Lac Judge in whose jurisdicton
fou,syilIe lies. and who Is presumapiy
far better acquainted with actual cono.
lion. than Is Judge Whitford, wouid NO.
rtve them what they asked!
lastly Judge whitford's punishment
~ ,he man appears out OF all reason.
when the comparatively trivial nature OF
their offense is considered. Al most ,ne
assault that is alleged to have been com-
mi
serious nature than the hsticun encoun-
,.r that scarcely ever earns for its par
tIcipants n police court sentence OF more
than ten days in jail. And yet these
men who. at the worst. cursed the strihe-
breakers. and fought them with their
asts. must 20 to Jail for one year
-smaii wonder. then. that labor Is
aroused. II the principle established oy
Judge whitford in this case Is aiiowea
TO stand, union labor In COLORADO "o"'u
seem to be doomed. -.
scrvatiye labor organization that seldom
gives heed to any political situation mas
deemed the situation important enough
10 adopt the following resolutions:
whereas, Denver Typographical Union
No. 40 views with alarm the decision OF
Judge Greeley w. whitford. whereby SIX
teen coal miners are imprisoned In jail
for n year for constructive contempt oil
court. taus denying them the right OF
trial by a Jury, and the further Injunction
issued by that Judge In the machinists
case. which denies free speech and free
assemblnge to American citizens; there
fore. ,.,
"Resolved, by Denver Typographieal
linton No. 4y that we most emphahcally
protest against these decisions, which.
when carried to a logical conclusion. Will
make all labor organizations inenective
and nulIify every organized effort looking
toward the betterment OF wages, hours
Of labor. sanitary and safety conditions.
"Resolved, further. that we call on an
friends of labor and wage-earners partc'
ularly to take action protesting agains,
sucb unwarranted misuse of the judiciai
,ower OF the state OF Colorado; and ms
arst move In that direction we urge the
Immediate repeal by the legislature oi
tho present inhuman boycott law
Laboring men the world over arr
arousinx themselves from the supersti
tious reverence with which they nave
held the courts. They have been aroused
by the labor press and other Influences,
Thev have been shown the system Oh
The capitniist. Their attention has been
directed to the way judges are selected.
LAWYERS cannot get their names on the
ticket unless they are agreeable" TO the
marty. which Is controlled by the corpora
lions: and they cannot be elected unless
their names are on the ticket
Little wonder. then. that the workIns
osnnle have come to distrust the courts.
r,,tie wonder that when the corpora
,,ons are given an undue advantage over
labor organizations and when men are
r,vcn n larger sentence for constructive
rartcmut thnn they would receive Tor
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