Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-01-16
TUESDAY, JANUARY Is, 1912.
A DELUGE OF HUMAN BLOOD.

A DELUGE OF HUMAN BLOOD.
There is world of philosophy in
the report of Secretary Tveitmoe OF
the California building council,
which he read yesterday before the
eleventh annual convention of that
organization al Fresno Mr.. Tveit.
moe is one of the men who has been
indicted by the federal grand jury
at Los Angeles for completely on the
so-called national dynamite conspir-
acy. He maintains his innocence.
He does not condone the offense
Of the McNamaras, but he takes ex-
ception to the manner of their pros.
ecution, which was conducted, not as
the trial of two criminals, but as a
trial of union men. The criminals
lost their individuality in the court
procedure, Under the manner in
which the trial was conducted, and
in the eyes Of the world were made
to stand as apostles of unionism.
The doctrine of union labor, like
charity, may cover a multitude of
sins. This may be seen in even a
small shop, where tyrannical FORE
man may inflict petty abuses upon
a workman and cringe behind a
screen by saying that he is obeying
union rules. Despotism does not long
exist, however when the majority Of
the union men learn it, for it is far
removed from the vital principles of
unionism. That which affects al
small shop may influence the entire
if INSCRIPTIONS men
are given authority. BY using their
official positions as screen, the
brothers were enabled to
perpetrate outrages upon an unsus-
pecting public, and when discovered,
skirted out of sight behind their po-
sitions of trust. The prosecution did
not assist in converting the public |
mind from this opinion.
The people of the nation are now |
to realize the underly.
Ing truth that the dynamiters we're
not martyrs for the cause of labor,
but that they were simply two mis-.
guided individuals acting from pure
ly personal selfish and evil motives.
The attitude of the rank and file of |
union men and women is clearly
shown by Mr.. Tveitmoe, who says,
that they "believe murder the most |
horrible of all crimes, and that of
taking human life, whether committed
by individuals, society, the state, or !
the nation, whether in an ordinary
brawl, industrial struggle, or So
called civilized war, is murder"
He draws attention to the fact
that if labor were to invoke it's law
the old Biblical penalty of ian eye
for an eye, and tooth for TOOTH"
the world would see "a deluge Of
huban blood"
Labor pays an awful toll of human
life to the mills, and factories, the
mines and great industries of mod
ern times. Improper regulations,
the use of defective machinery, un.
sanitary work rooms, carelessness
and negligence on the part of those
in authority, are but few of the
reasons for the enormous death list
that embraces the names of count
less laborers throughout the world
year after year Suppose labor
would decide upon a plan of retail
alton, and exact rom society one
life in return for each life of labor
ing man that is snuffed out. Truly
4 deluge of human blood would flow
But the union man does not seek
revenge for the wrongs he suffers
instead the great labor leaders plan
o bring about betterment of condi-
ions through peaceable means.
They are gradually succeeding. Ed
1cation. perseverance, and common
ense are the weapons they are en-
ag. Violence belongs to the de-
,raved criminal and is not the tool
Il the real union labor leader. So
ong as unionists control tie mass Of
ahnrinR men and women OF the