The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1914-05-01

following taken from the Colorado Worker 3" n,,,icb
ever and gives graphic description of conditions in
o. and the actions that are being taken bv the wor
.~ q matter of self-defense)
and hodeSt stroke Of plutocracy has startIad tho
Innocent women and children slain at the altar
Miners who will not yield to corruption and brov,hoa+
murdered along with their wives and children This
~ tne COLORADO coal companies and their Standard Oil
1o-beak vutures to pluck out the heart of resis
tyranny and robbery, that labor may be left stark
r mercy TINS last act on the part of John D. Rookie
associates IS the most foul. damnable heish outrage
ii III the annals Of industrial warfare
> lcEcIieSS slaughter goes Governor has prov
F:zeA talSfeI veInal william, miserable tool of the
no, themselves, II anybody, deserve the gibbet
%os reports Of lawnessness on part OF the striking
CHASTITY lie. criminal calunny and is only an excuse
>e men and their families, who too rigdly honest
heir trust and too courageous to succumb to threat and
ma, c2Nge before the putocracy and do its bidding
ed: those that refuse must be fouly murdered.
ne Gods. The slaughter OF innocent men and wonoer
Oe stopped. If not, the weakings who are re-
.. their masters from Wall Street. New York to the
:..;inS had better prepare to follow them
.HeNTlve years ago the capitalist tyylts put some
, - death Tor standing up for labor Eight years ago
crime these treacheroS towards attempted to assis-
g Haywood and Pettibone and the workers of the ma
Ire going to try larger scale. Let them dare.
AVE been twenty-five years OF revolutionary education
~ organization since that time and if this wholesale
NJ stopped at once, there will be revolution.
has and We have got to meet it. Upon the is,
III lie whole body Of organized labor unite and every
1tncracy will Join US From the farm the factories and
the workers to meet the red handed destroyeIs OF
>D>idizelS Of the assassnated class, and the arch
:..e common people,
~ .Hen Of Colorado the coal nnesrs comrades:
rue and if do not stand by them to the shedding
~ IT blood in veins, dlsgraced forever and
.ute Of cringing towards.
responsible for the issue 1t is not seeking. It
ej upon and for the very that deprecate
&hu0r blOOdShed. cannot desert our comrades and
he PIT death they have been in ludlow. If they
aYed without and so Will we be dealt
pleasure Of these tyrants.
AYE driven us 70 the wall and let rally forces
1 and fight If they continue to murder our brothers,
~. .UtoniSts at least. will meet them with guns.
AVE done their best and their worst to crush and en-
.eiy politicians have betrayed us; their courts have
jail without trial. and their soldiers have shot
cad in their tracks.
I'm turns at last, and 50 does the worker
slaughter continues every state in the Union will re-
n the tramp Of revolution.
- Comrades for action, No other course is left to
class Their courts are closed to us, except to pro
.toD To enter their courts is simply to be mucte0
means. bound hand and foot; to have our eyes pluck
ne vultures that fatten upon our misery.
Sts courts never have done and will do. anything
king class.
~ is done we must do ourselves and if stand up
" the Atlantic to the Pacific, and from Canada to the
strike terror to their coWardy hearts, and they will
eager relax their grip upon our Threats and beat
Il watch every move they make, and in the meantime,
actOgi.