The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-08-10
Whole No. 266
AN APPEAL TO
THE WORKERS
DonlDood Comrades File a Protest
A$ainst the Injunction System

fellow Workers and Comrades:
Once again l appeal TO You TO take
immediate steps TO throw off the
perpetual injunction which binds
and sLackles the citizens of this
State, with fixed and immutable
chains of slavery, to be entailed asa
heritage on your offspring, and on
those who are TO be born in future
years. Do You wish your children
10 rise up and curse the day YOU
Drought them into existence? Do
You wish your grandchildren to
curse You for a fool and coward:
You say no. Then get busy. Labor
Day make your protests and pledge
yourselves never TO support by your
vote Democrat or Republican for
an office. from the President and
governor down TO the constables
Send your pledges to The Labor Ar
gus, and have 4 copy of each list sent
OR better still. send The Argus to the
governor weekly, and you who can
not protest in public gatherings sign
q pledge of your own never to sup
Port Democrat or Republican for
oliice until the injunction IL with.
drawn and the guard system III
West Virginia is abolished. Let us
force the coal barons Of this State to
restore to us our civil rights. They
nave usurped the power. II public
opinion Will not shame them let US
stop their graft by refusing to vote
the parties in power, who are re-
sponsible for this sweeping iniunc-
ton and "Damnable Guard System,'
J. w. CARROLL.
Whereas, The injunction known
as the Sweeping or Blanket Injuuc-
tion issued by Judge Kellar of the
Southern District of West Virginia,
denies the citizens of this State
their inalienable rights to meet and
discuss their business in n peacea BILE
manner. and further denying the
privilege to march or gather in pub
lie highways with more than two In
number. ;tnu whereas, there has been
several citizens murdered and many
OF them jailed. and many more Of
them dubbed by guns, hand billIes
and siung shots and other deadly
weapons, making miserable the in
1ocent victim of their vile vitupera-
tion and merciless wrath, thereby.
reducing the citizenship by degrees
to the lowest depths of human de-
pravity, and If it is persisted in a
few more years it Will lead to some
thing serious; if not open revolt
ana anarchy.
Therefore, we demand that the
parties who are responsible for this
injunction withdraw the same before
November Sth. 1912-namely, the
Republican and Democrat parties.
We will take no promises. This
must he done.
And in furtherance of this de-
mand We hereby pledge ourselves
never to support by our vote for office
n candidate on either the Republican
or Democratic tickets: as to do su
would be to further perpetuate the
Perpetual Injunction, with all of its
attendant evils
List of signers to the above
pledge:
j. w. Carroll. Donwood: William
RaZzarea. Donwood: Nelson Lark.
MONTGOMERY: Henry Fink. Donwood:
David Steward, Donwood; Ebert
Davis, Donwood; George Riddle,
Donwood: Tom Lawson. Donwood;
Charley Oakley, Donwood: George
Shreve. Donwood: P. r. Moore, Dom
wood: c. c. Hannah, Donwood:
Thomas Foster. Donwood: Nathan
Brack, Donwood; J. A. Richards,
Donwood: William Armstrong, Dom
wood; James Armstrong, Donwood