The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1914-01-02

and children the Streets shot them down like dogs broke their
The word had gone out from the copper magnaes their gun
Citizens Alliance allies and the authorities under their thumb
that the union must crushed its officials driven
district Then the tragedy that shocked the civilized world
morning the sacrifice of eighty lives of and chill
den innocent victims the industrial that ragged The Citizens
Alliance not be legally responsible for that frgtul catastrophe
1t is morally responsible The inamed condition of the public
mind brought about through the tactics of the
Citizens Alliance and some fend inspired create the panic
through his nfamed, diseased brain.
The Citizens Alliance then had the effroney offer charity
had frightened the misery about the hearts of the wives and children
only hope the organization that had fought and fighting
their battle That organization able to for its people
Were the offer of help made by the Citizens Alliance time of
catastrophe brought about through flame and flood
natural from almost rather than what it it
would have been pasewor but under such conditions it was
insult those people who struggling against fearful odds for
the right to organize for self betterment,
Baffed and desperate at this sublime indication OF solidarity OF
the men and women they secretly espsed and openly fought the
employers and their allies played their last desperate card There
of copper whose brings words of love and
from lips those make their business exploit labor.
H. Meyer of Western Federation of
@ nt and has non ont nrra aold His baart heats trnor
of the of the his
broader knowledge of the labor greater he
courts of Idaho andIE WAS BIG THEN Tacoma paper the
hastily referred to him "havng again talked too
much thereby hurt the of organized labor Talked too
much have Meyer in convention when his organization
of heated debate and him keep his head calm
collected and dgned Talked too much ne has done and dong
much for the of humanity suit the employers of labor
who would keep their WOrklngmen IN SerVlle SubJecuOn
rid of Moyer said the magnates and we II break
stre thugs beat him, shot him. threw
with instructions to return to the strike
Sheriff and others fa AS though Meyer
utterly and did know that fae outrage of that
easily discovered would with deadly effect
upon which he fighting and would make him
the laughing stock of the nation 1t urey blind thing to do
mprc employers been doing such things for
West Virginia Colorado Lawrence Patterson have given just such
instances of blind the part of the employers.
protest has from the workers OF the nation at
exhibition depraviy upon the part of the wOudbe
and federal nvestiga
Michigan strike in all its phases Can the United States
big and powerful guaranteeing through It's constitution
the right of life liberty and the pursuit of happiness to all that dwell
the starry folds of Old Glory ignore the industrial with
enaed and suffering in the state of Michigan
The Of industrial strife such wrackng the belt OF
should be extensively studied by the United
Labor asks special privileges has been patient
years OPPRESSION willing and always has been tC
lay disputes before impartial tribunal does demand that
this country blessed with other country
the world with all the potenateS of comfort and happ
opportunity labor under that will the
of life shall be theirs Congress labor
ponderou with tariff question: the currency question: the high
living but if does take cognzne of the human ea
employers and employees that allows corporation t
hundred millions of dollars forty while those who
life and limb produce that wealth live it shall
forfeited its right the Of those who place human hap
piness above the emassng of colossal fortunes.