The Greeley tribune., 1911-01-19
dynamite In Los Angeles

So. Chicago paragrapher
81. en- 10 make very roor combina-
~ anu there is a general editor.
80 ."'Lh1llon to connect the latest
NY S'eHo0s explosion with the one
,an wrecked the Times building
A SUMNER. Moreover, notes the
49,. '"'N sun in ironical phrase.
.u'.L pTislnG and energetic agi-
among the trades-unionists
VI '-"S angeles must be grieved that
w" accidental explosions of dyna-
inl'e laprcn in that city the build
,nt' occupied by concerns that have
hau disputes with organized labor
arc The structures injured"
"'""EaI Otis had been fighting
'e' '"'A phases Of trades-unionism for
90 We are reminded. and the
L'e"'.l.n Iron works, whose build
ins Wits uown up Christmas morning
ma ir. ally been engaged in a con
tro'1sl With union of metal-work- nj
els lac coincidence Will be not
ed d, ares the Sun.
an l-c agitators of the Los An
ger I.adcs-unions are certainly to
oe 'o@hlsserated for the ill-fortune
'haJ @'sues them relentlessly and
ma "-ntually compel them to re-
hhD'*h the campaign OF education
IN "u'h they have been laboring so
long anj SO disinterestedly."
IN Tue fact that no Los Angeles
par urInted an account of the ex-
plosion the Springfield Union sees
most surprising timidity on the
par O. the press of the California
clty. AIthO no one was killed and
but one man injured this time, the
Union urges the authorities to make
IL ST strenuous attempt to ferret
out those responsible Tor the explo-
sion, tor no city. even rapidly grow
Ing Los Angeles f., can afford to get
a reputation for this sort of venge-
funrss." AS to the labor-unions.
this paper says:
'Ihn head of the labor council in
thai city insists that the dynamiting
should not be charged to that body
In any way. The secretary of the
foundry company gives out the state
men expressing the belief that the
dec was not done by any of the
metaI-WOrkers who went on strike,
but was the work of men who do
not belong in the city. operating for
then own selfish ends, This may be
true, and the labor interests of the
I CITY are entitled to the same assump-
tion OF innocence that is the right OF
eveTy suspect in the absence of tan
giblg evidence against him. How
ever, the labor council can do a SER
vic 20 itself and the public by put
TIM forth its best efforts to solve
such mysterious explosions, which,
| justly or not, tend to injure labors
cause in that section. 1t should also
dis courage all violent and unseemly
attempts to extend the power of
union labor.
In Los Angeles. as in San Fran
cisco. the unions are disposed to mix
in politics and extend their influence
and operations far beyond their le-
Ultimate province. This policy can
not fail to be detrimental to the
lest interests of California. The
running Of municipal affairs should
he committed neither to capital nor
10 union labor Each may organize
for its own protection and advance
It's interests In legitimate way, but
neither should be allowed to usurp
functions that belong TO the people.
According to the press dispatches
rom Los Angeles a vigilance COM
mittee of 1000 business men is be-
ing organized to keep labor agitat-
Ors out of the city. John Llewellyn,
secretary of the company whose
building was partly wrecked, Is evil
IDENTIFY of the opinion that the ef-
fort to destroy their plant was the
result OF their differences with the
labor-unions. His statement Is print
ID in the New York Tribune as fol-
lows:
There is no doubt in my mind
that this effort to destroy our prop
erty Is due to the fact that we are
Standing on our rights to run our
business in our own way. | do not,
However, wish to be understood as
intimating that the men who were
working in Los Angeles and went
out in the metal-workers' strike are
for it. ! do not think
hey have had anything to do with
Il. I believe 1t is the work of men
who do not belong here. and VINO
ror their own malicious ends are will
Ing to commit any Kind OF crime.
The standpoint OF the labor-unions
IN Los Angeles is thus clearly stated
by Fred c. Wheeler. president OF the
central Labor Council:
THE fact that the Llewellyn Iron
works Is at war with organized
abor is all that our enemies need to
7ndeavor to lay this outrage at our
lCOrs Every true friend OF the