Arizona republican., 1914-09-19
Two Days of Disgrace

The Republican condemns in the strongest Ian guage of which capable of using the proceedings of the last two days by members of the Cooks and Walters Union in front of the New Cafeteria Every citizen business and official unless he be jellyfsh vicious, must also condemn them openly. The citizens Phoenix, unless they have less decency and courage than believe they have will not stand for continuation of the acts which have been openly perpetrated on one of the towns principal streets.
 The Republican, having amply proved it's friend ness organized labor having for several years maintained a union shop with mutual advantage itself and it's employees with whom at all times it has enjoyed the most cordial relations, feels at ib erty discuss the disorders which have been pre- cipitated by the Cooks and Walters Union in trying force itself upon the proprietor of the cafeteria We have nothing to do with the merits of the con- troversy, but with the effect of it public order That effect has been bad and it is directly traceable demonstrations made in front of the place of business of the man whom they aimed.
 We sincerely trust that the sensible of the labor leaders promptly themselves and insist that these demonstrations stop.
 The law of the state expressly permits demOn- straons this kind, but it contemplates that they shall be "peaceable" They cannot end even be conducted peaceably if there is a hostile purpose in the minds those making them. Peaceableness of purposes is largely determined by results and the results in this have been breaches of the peace and personal encounters, all of which trary to higher law than any specific statute.
 We cannot think that union labor is in sym pathy with this or any other movement in Phoenix, calculated further to disturb the relations of em- ployer and employe. Back of this disorder ir ubO here be riding the rods tomorrow And, we think that honest sensible organized labor will take from us warning in the friendly spirit in which it is given.
 Union men desire of course that the trades Of the town shall be organized, but in several cases they have attempted unwsely to carry out this de- sire with the result that many employers have banded themselves together with the purpose or making Phoenix an "open town" In the circum- stances if the employers sufficiently determined there can be but end to such fight Thls Is not an industrial town. The number of persons employed in the skilled trades is small in compari- son with the population, and the minority would certainly be overthrown if the industrial question should be the front in the manner In when it has been presented in this case. That would precpitate a fight with the result that every shop where there is friction would become an "open shop"
 little more than a year a long and bitter strike and in the end losing one, was conducted against the Phoenix Street Railway company rightly or wrongly, a most unpopular institution inc strikers had behind them all organized labor. and they had the sympathy of great majority ot the people vet they could win. In the present case the Cooks and Walters Union has not the sym pathv of the people. The very large majority oi expressed sentiment is that of bitter condemnatloh The union cannot win this fight, and If out ot IL there grows general industrial conflict in Phoenix organized labor as whole must suffer severely.