Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-05-27

the employers imported I. W. w. az
itators is deliberately false, printed
for no other purpose than to arouse a
wrong sentiment against the millmen.
The truth is, as the Post we'll knows,
that the agitators came here and Sc
cured employment for the purpose of
making trouble, and the thought that
the millmen would import men for
that purpose is too absurd even for
the Post to believe.
President O'Connors Threats
In his address before the Chamber
of Commerce, President T. V. O'Con-
nor did not stop to select words with
which to denounce the members of
the l. w. w., and he told of IL men,
bers of that organization that he said
were now in the employ of the steve
dore company. Inquiry at the office
of the company reveals the coinci-
dence that those IL men were the
identical IL who would be neither ca
joled or intimidated into joining the
union and stood by the company dur
ing the strike. Mr.. O'Connor ap-
peared to be ignorant Of the fact that
the l. w. w. had received it's hearth
est support from the local longshore-
mems union. They may have with
drawn their membership from that
anarchistic organization, but the fact
remains that they were, and doubt
less are, in sympathy with those agi-
tators.
Mr.. O'Connor expressed himself as
favoring industrial peace-in which
expression the Herald believes him to
be perfectly honest-but he gave out
covert threats Of tying up the COM
MERGE of Grays Harbor in case his
demand for union recognition was not
complied with. Later, in replying to
w. B. Mack, who had said the mills
would not furnish lumber to a line
Of vessels that was about to contract
with the union to load them, Presi-
dent O'Connor called Mr.. Mack's at
tention to the fact that such action
would be a violation of the interstate
commerce law, and promised in case
such action was taken, that the H.
ternational would carry the case to
the highest court in the land.
While he was citing the law, Presi-
dnet O'Connor might have recalled
a decision by Judge Hanford, in the
federal court at Seattle, that would
show how his threat to tie up the
commerce of this harbor WOULD be
a violation of the Sherman antitrust
law He might have cited the deci-
sion of Judge Hanford, rendered on
August &c. 1908, in which he enjoin-
ed the union longshoremen Of Seat
tie from interfering with the vessels
of the Alaska Steamship Co, hold
ing that any interference by acts Of
violence, threats, etc, was a viola
ton of Section of the Sherman law
Any interference with Grays Harbor
commerce in any United States port
would fall directly under that deci-
sion.
The Interest of the Public.
The threat of the international
president is repeated by the Post and
may be accepted for what it is worth.
The citizens of Aberdeen are inter
ested in maintaining industrial peace
so are the mill operators If in
! dustrial war is to ensue, the Interna-
tional Unon-which evidently wants
the dues from Grays Harbor--will
inaugurate it and take the blame.
The thousands of people in this city
who have absolutely no connection
with the operation of mills or ship
ment of lumber. usually stand the
greatest losers in those industrial