The Nome daily nugget., 1911-12-04

these two confessed criminals have been stalking through the land for years. posing as the representative of certain organizations called labor to promote hrotherly love. equity, jJs ticc. and equality among the working classes. one of the murdcrcrs Is. or
 was, an officer. high up in the ,.stima
 tion of his craft He had been ad-
 vsnced to the position of secretary and
 treasurer Yet they were nothing less than fiends incarnate. human wolves prowllng about with the brand ot Cain across their foreheads. masked from
 the public gaze for the time being. only
 to he blszoned forth later in all It's hideousness
 For some reason or other in working out decrecs these men were allowed l..
 travel over the country leaving path
 of death. misery. heartaches and Se-
 struction. all for what purpose We
 AhoWe'H not, yet tht nanu CT justice
 m time overtakes them and they art
 cu' down. but never too soon for tt.
 rood of a community
 What will be the outcome of all
 th.s' How will it affect the unions . These are questions for the future to dDswcr. but we are safe In stating that ! orr anized labor has received such
 Solor plexus blow 1t will be fully 2 generation hefor. it can hope to re ] cover.
 l AT organizations like human beings | ar' prone to err. and mistakes have
 tu he rectiled often as bitter lessons 1 and costly experiences This wIl , prove to be true in the McNamara brothers case. The papers of organ ' ized labor and Of socialistic tempera- ment rushed into the breach to de ! fend these guilty persons fin manner that has convinced the world they ar. not to be classed as safe and sane , institutions. They have built up ar
 organization that appears to be cx- tremelv weak in its foundation and tn, | sooner the whole structure l. torn
 down and rebuilt. timbers and struts i replaced with sound material that are | not baromcters to rise and fall to catch their direction irrespective of the prin- ] ciplcs of their government. the quicker
 We can look forward to the day when
 crimes like the ones committed in con
 nection with the Los Angeles Times
 the i.lewellyn works and other non
 union institutions will never he charp.
 ed [" the doines ot organized labor
 Under n" consideration in industrial
 strif. will on" crime justify another.
 -uch is a criminal belief thai should {. 'e done away with and II no other | lesson + mastered. from the bitter ' one just administered [" nreanizatipr labor in the confession of these most guilty members. pertaining to this very ] same fact. it will advance them to the i point where they are in a position to . lay much better foundation. 1 All will admit that labor should or ganize [" combat with combinations Of capital. one IS as natural as the other they form the balance that tends to
 maintain an equilibrium. one Of the laws of nature: but any institution ! that believes it's success depends upon the taking of human life must fall ! like the house built upon the sand in : times of flood
 The progress made In perfecting or [ ganized labor is given a set back that will require years and years to over | come. in the elimination of the plea of guilty of murder in the first degree | by James B. McNamara and the plea ! of being guilty of blowing up the | Llleweliyn works by his brother John,
 so the better class of citizens. and we | will grant they are far In the ma jority should institute good house
 cleaning Get at the root of the evils
 that are springing up from time to | time within your midst eradicatine
 and replacing them by having all the
 good and noble rules for your proper
 guidance enforced. then you will never
 he called. or feel obliged to rush pell
 nell to the assistance of a member.
 whether he be innocent or guilty nor
 feel in duty bound to defend him or
 them to the extent that the good name
 Of the organization is placed In jeo- pardy.