Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-01-12
FALSE FRIENDS OF LABOR.


False friends of union labor are trying to IN
innate in insdous fashion that the rank and
file Of the united tOilers sympathize with the
crime of the McNamaras by maintaining that
the convicted murderers were soldiers in the
cause of labor. United labor as a whole knew
nothing of the operations of the McNamaras and
the dynamitng ring until the trial at Los An
geles brought part of the conspiracy to light To
assert that the McNamaraS acted for labor is the
greatest Insult that could be offered to union
men Organized labor has already expressed its
sentiments iii regard TO the McNamaras and their
crime The majority of the men of organized
labor being sane, patriotic and law-abiding cti-
zens, do not see III the MeNamaras either heroes
of labor or soldiers in great cause" They
them as they are, dastardly criminals who
engaged in the most cowardly form of assassina-
ton for price and who when exposed showed
the eowardly criminals anxiety to save their
necks
Lincoln Steffens and other malicious or ire
sponsibe persons who have been attempting TO
show that organized labor indorsed the crime of
the McNamaras may soon expect the rebuke
that is due them from the honest men in the
organized labor movement. The union will
not long submit to this campaign to place upon
them the blame of approving the course of the
McNamaras.
Following the example of the irresponsible
Steffens the Rev John Haynes Holms, New
York clergyman classes the McNamaras as sol
diers in cause" The New York Sun reports
him as saving
The McNamaras not criminals in
the ordinary sense of the word. Rather
they unselhsh soldiers of a cause. VIC
lence the strike and the boycott are war
measures, for the laborer is not dealing
with his friends If you object to them You
object TO the Boston Tea party and the Bat
tie of Bunker Hill Do not blame the la
borer for his acts, but blame the capitalists
you would blame the men who first
fired on Fort Sumter instead Of Sherman
who made that disgraceful march through
Georgia
Who but an anarchist in a pulpit would have
| the eHrontery to compare two of the most cow
ardy assassns that ever worked for paw and
| robbed their Woodworking brethren out of near
! ~ T2OO,0O0 to make a false defense for their
deeds OF murder and destruction to the men of
| Bunker lllllo Certainly there is need for some
laws IN respect to treason when utterances like
these are shouted from pulpit or press in the
United States
/ The McNamaras have not even the excuse of
fanatcism. They chose the most cowardlv form
/ OF assassination, the one in which they stood tbe
least danger of detection. Fanatics do not exact
! pay Tor their work and fanatics are WILLING to
| safer the penalty. The MeNamaras were maid
ON scale of so much per murder or deed Of de.
stfnetlon When they were run to cover by the
law they deluded their Woodworking brethren
/ hto raising gigantic defense fund When they
saw mat their conviction was inevitable the,,
/ Dafgamed for their miserable lives How tho mo-
imaginative and irresponsible Journalist or Tho
inosl Giraffe clergyman can make this line Of ae
tion INTO martyrdom is hard to see Those VIC
hoorse the crime of the McNamaras Az a blo,,
Tor the cause Of the toilers are as mpcb tbo
enemies Of organized labor as the assassins tben.
SelVes.-San Francisco Post