The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-06-22

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would mean reversal in the, h,r,t-
er courts, according ~ the opinion
of attorneys who have gone Gu
fully into the matter
With the setting aside of This T.,
dictment the way will be cl,sr.t
for the big trial which will st,rr
on July 9TH with the plea OF John
j. and James B. Mcnamara.
The failure of this case will y,
source OF much encourac.u,n-
to Los Angeles workers. The thr,.
men We're arrested on the t,srimo,.
ny OF notorious stool pigeon who
had ingrattated himself with -b,,
union men and had been drawing
strike benefits.
Bomb-finders are almost daily ~,
the job and their antics are .unYrE
to make the gods weep. The Gus-
ing of piece of steel tubing. which
had been cast aside by 4 motor,yr,-
list was made the occasion of lorr.
scareheads and pictures of the in.
fernal contraption" by III. daily
newspapers. Capt. Paul FIammer
OF the detective bureau of Los An
Geles discoursed learnedly on what
done had it been filled with nitro
glycerine and had ii been placed
at any certain place and exploded at
a certain hour.
The detective added that lie be-
lieved the finding of this bomb"
was important as It might lead 70
the persons who have been handling
dynamite in Los Angeles recently.
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sons who have been manufacturing
bombs. All this silly rot was print
ed with great solemnity and used
to Brighten the timid. No trace there
had been any explosive connected
with the piece of iron-merey the
imagination of the professional
bomb-finders. Capitalistic nowspa-
pers realize the public mind must
be kept infiamed against the men
in prison and this is their best plan.
iF'g6
The eight hour law for women
which was put on the statute books
through the efforts of the Socialists
and Labor Unions of California Is
meeting with bitter opposition by all
the eXploiters of women in the state
Hotel proprietors under the cloak OF
the oOutHeIH IiOlel Men y HSSOtli-
ton are the most active in attempts
to defeat the purpose of the law.
Suits are pending IN half dozen
cities. The Labor Unions and So
cialists in many places have joined
in a common fund to defend the Law
and already half 4 dozen favorable
decisions in lower courts have been
obtained
The same interests are preparing
to fight the child labor law but the
Socialists declare there are scores
of high court decisions that have
sustained similar laws in other
states and the chances of defeating
this law are slim. Labor haters
do not despair and their lawyers
are busily engaged in seeking a
method of evading the law which
sets the working age at - years
and provides other means for the
protection of the children of the
state.
The arrest OF Ricardo Flores Ma
gon, his brother, Enrique, Librado
Villereal and Anselmo FiguerOa, edi-
tors and publishers of REGENERA-
CION, the Mexican Liberal weekly
newspaper, was not unexpected by
those who have been keeping close
touch on affairs pertaining to the
revolt in Mexico.
Captalistic newspapers in Los An
gcles have been paving tn" way
to 4 story showing the failure OF
Socialism because the rebels in
Lower California We're about 20 be
annihilated. These papers have had
much to say about the Socialist
fighters below the line.
The facts of the case Their" ar" but
few Socialists in the ranks of the
men now under arms in Lower Cali
fornia and those are there on their
own responsibility
The Editors of Regeneration and
the men under arrest are no, Socisi-
ists-infact these men are not In
sympathy with the Socialist move
ment. Regardless of this the work
ing class in Los Angeles Will DOUBT
less do all that can be done I"
bring about the liberation OF the
men.
1t is believed the recent raids oE
the rebels on H.. G. Otis ranch
in Lower California has caused Il"
appeal to Washington TO stop IN"
Liberal Junta in Los Angeles from
further operation. The chaFErs
against the men are the sam" oiu
Standardization OF IN" N".
trality laws. AIagon and Liorauo
have each served prison terms III
Arizona under similar indictments