United labor bulletin., 1914-07-25
CHURCH LEADERS
CALUMNIATELABOR
vofe Slaves Gain No Hope
From Sectarian Religion
- Letter" to Secretary Wilson by
nver Ministers an Echo Of Ante
I Bellum Slavery Preaching
BY ]. G. scHwALM.

II was with sincere regret and serious
arm that read the open Letter" by
citizens of the state voicing the senti-
hents of large majority" which ap-
peared in the small ad section of Sun
days News. However, when got TO the
end, and saw the signatures of the pro-
moters of the letter | sighed an ex-
tremc sigh of relief and spread on my
nervous eountenance a broad smile.
Why, bless your family, Mr.. Editor,
each one of those fellows would shy at
a dancing fairy and say that 1t was n
demon from the Internal regions. But
il some old money mad plutocrat, with
his soul stepped in the blood and sweat
of his child and women and men work
ers would offer them n donation to
their creed-ridden institution, what an
angel they would make of him, So,
remembering the source of the letter,
we are entirely justified to classify it
with the man that can catch n canon
ball and the swailower of swords.
But why are these men of the cloth
so rabid and merciless towards the poor
strikers, Why do they rejoice from
their inncrmost depth that the strike is
lost, And why, II IL is lost. do they
want Secretary Wilson to call 1t off.
They say it should be called off ~in
the first pl ace" because ..the success Of
the strike was very doubtful from the
beginning" Lord, what logic, Why. II
any OF these gentlemen ever proposed.
how did they dare to do itf I will wager
a beer that II any of them is mar
ried IL vas the other party that did the
proposing. You know there must have
been some doubt a. to the success OF
the proposition. These fellows are not
in il with the boy that caught the
CREASED pig on the Fourth Of July. He
did not know for certain that he could
win but he had the ambition to try. I
don't suppose the promoters of the
--Open Letter" ever had the nerve 10
swat At a fly for fear they might miss
II. The success was doubtful from the
beginning Wen, well There is no
Martin Luther. Patrick Henry, Washing
ton. Franklin. jefferson. Lincoln. Garri-
son. Phillips. etc, among this bunch.
Mummies, parched and pctrified, is what
they are.
in the second place. less than one
quarter of the miners belonged to the
union" Well. supposing that only 1000
of the 10000 did come out or belonged
to the union; that ought TO have in
duced any right minded person or cor
poration to inquire as TO the cause for
such action. For. as the Declaration of
Independence truthfully sets forth, men
aW more disposed TO suffer than to
-chanGe their relationships for slight
s-causes VIII these wiseacres of sectar-
wianism tell us that all the world is
paradise and that there arr no more
wrongs to right and no more protests
10 be considcrcdf Oh yes, the devil must
be routed but Il must BE- done from fine
pulpits and rostrums by chanting hymns
and prayers and sacraments and decor
ated vestmcnts. etc.
n. q - r. - III
informed people not aware of il. that
there are hundreds Of instances where
workers went on strike and never heard
of a union or of n labor leaderf Only
this week II Is reported that more than
n hundred men working for Denver
street contractors struck for the identi-
cal purpose that the miners struck for.
namely. the. enforcement of law, and not
a single one belonged to a union. But
the wrath Of these open Letter. pco-
pie have for anything called union"
turns their naturally white faces into
deep purple.
Again, Aft should he called off be-
cause unprovokcd violence dissipates the
sympathy OF the public" Most certain.
ly does "unprovoked violence dissipate
the sympathy of the public" The state
guard and Rockefeller are finding this
out to finish. II is as plain as Christ
on the cross that whatsoever people sow
that Is what they must reap. am
very certain that the "unprovoked vio-
1ehcc" which the writer's of the "0pcn
Letter. have committed against truth
and justice will "dissipate the sympa-
thy" of thousands for their person and
position.
The stupidness Of these men is some
thing that Is incomprchcnsiblc. When
they write to Secretary Wilson about
the "bad faith of those in charge of the
strike" they display their utter lack of
either thought or knowledge. Secretary
Wilson has been in the unions long
enough to understand what Is involved
when strike is declared. He knows
that when men lay down their work
in opposition TO the insults and injus-
tice of the hcartlcss millionaire owner
IL is q declaration of war. and that fine
pulpit talk never won strike.
What will Secretary Wilson think Of
men who put In print declaration like
this; "A further reason why the strike
should be called off IL the attitude its
leaders have assumed against the state
Those who openly call men to arms
against the state are clearly liable TO
the penalties Of treason What they did
yesterday in Colorado they are ready
to do against Illinois tomorrow. and
against the United States the day after"
II Secretary Wilson will not resent
to the quick this insult to organized
labor I miss my estimation OF him.
What greater indignity and outrage
could be heaped upon organized labor
than this calumny and libelf
The names Of men guilty Of an insult |
like the above should be known to every |
sympathixcr Of justice as we'll as Of |
organized labor, and I append them to |
this articles