Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-01-06
GOMPERS SCORES
INJUNCTION RULE
AssaiIs Capital and Raps Sew
eraI Big Corporations Be-
fore Senate Committee.
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pudiate the structural ironworkers'
unions land leave them helpless and
at the mercy of organized capital
and Unsuitable, uncurbed greed for
profits
! Though all censure those whom
men may deem guilty of dynamite
| conspiracy" the federation leader
continued, none feel the terrible con-
sequences of the indianapolis trial
more keenly than the men of organ
lied labor. There have been added
heartaches and sorrow to our al
| ready heavy burdens. The men ac-
cused and sentenced cannot suffer
the penalties alone-upon them and
all workingfnen fall the suffering and
penalty.
But what of the conspiracy of or
ganized capitalize conspiracy to
murder the liberty of the toilers, to
tear from them the means of protec-
ton by which they have bettered
their condition, to leave them bare
and defenseless in the competitive
struggle? Is not such a conspiracy
sufficiently dastardly to incur some
odium? Should the conspirators with
their hand stained with life blood of
mems ambition, happiness, liberty, be
accorded nothing but honor, power,
responsibility? Should they be al
lowed to continue to manipulate the
powers of government, the admins
tration of justice, until the oppressed
| find the burden intolerable?
Attacks Injunctions.
More wise it is to seek social JUS
| tice while yet we may. The judge
who presided at the trial realized one
of the issues-governmen by injunc-
| ton, lawless, autocratic, irrespon-
sible exercise of governmental au-
thority, according privileges to the
strong and denying justice to the
weak"
| Judge Anderson, who presided over
the trial of the ironworkers, was re-
| ferred to particularly by Mr.. Gompers
when he declared that our whole
social organization seems to be on
trial.
Even the judge who tried the case,
smugly assured of personal irresponsi-
bility," Mr.. Gompers said, CAUTIOUSLY
declared that the evidence in this
case will convince any impartial per-
son that government by injunction is
infinitely to be preferred to govern
ment by dynamite
1.-THE worthy judge had blindly
CHANGED upon one of the causes, but
had failed to realize causal relation
ship. The words to him were simply
a conventional epigram-he does not
know that there is a law of life, just
as immutable as the law of gravita-
ton, of attraction and repulsion
law of life which meets tyranny and
| injustice by resistance. The inapt-
ness, aye. the unwarrantable char
acter of this utterance of the judge
discloses how far afield outside of the
case he went to take another slap at
labor"
Mr.. Gompers defended the American
Federation of Labor as a force for
betterment of conditions, and resented
the attacks made upon it since the
beginning of the dynamiters' case.
at have declared my readiness at
any time to submit for examination
by any representatives of constituted
authority every document. paper or
account, financial or otherwise. have
challenged and now challenge, any of
| our enemies to show that there has
been any unlawful conduct or any
connection, direct or remote, with any
violence in connection with any labor
controversy or otherwise"
Enemies" of Organized Labor.
The federation leader referred tn
statements made by John Kirby, jr.,
president of the National Mauufac-
turers' Association; William J. Burns,
| the detective who caused the arrest
of the McNamaras after the Los An
geles Times explosion. Harrison Grey
Otis, editor of that paper, and Others
| whom he characterized as enemies"
of organized labor, and continued:
"You will see that 1 have quoted
| the worst enemies of organized labor,
| my most conspicuous and relentless
enemies; men who would, If they
could, send me to Jail or consign me to
the gallows have not even referred
to the regard, respect or confidence of
my friends, of the men and women
who believe in me, my work and my
motives. But pray, will anyone point
to a single act, aye, to a single utter
ance of my worst enemies of a con-
structive, 1iberty-loving humanitarian
character? Anybody can be man
hunter; anybody can be negative
force; anybody can be a nobody"
Applies Scripture TO Case.
Mr.. Gompers said he would have the
public consider the convicted iron
workers with the understanding
mind and spirit taught by the Teacher
of old, who said, Let him who is
without sin cast the first stone.
He condemned in this connection
the National Erectors' Association,
the National Manufacturers Associa-
ton and the United States Steel Cor
poration.
"For six years the fight went on, y
| he said. "All of the forces of organ
lied society were used against these
men. You say that these men re-
sorted to forbidden methods Of vio-
lepce and even sacrificed lives. You
condemn their methods of fighting as
elemental, brutal OF any of those
who are guilty the condemnation is
true, but ask you, were the methods
used by the employers less deadly to
| humanity and freedom? Do you think
that one side can play with the forces
OF injustice and tyranny and not lead
to a defensive move on the part oil
| the other? Each will protect his owr
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