The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-07-10
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'SOT IOOuuVW" COulu not COHCelV0r OF a.
case In which a writ of habeas. corpus
could. mot; be used to safeguard any
individual rights. But the labor rep
1resentatives on the commission point
ed out instances in which men in Jail,
without friends or. money, were pow
erless to secure it's aid. - -
The labor men who testiied-Wil-
liam b. Haywood and Anton Johann
isen-justifed resistance to the author
tiles when personal rights are over
ridden and the local courts fail to
afford protection. Commissioner
Weinstock questioned them at length
in an effort to get them to admit that
the use Of violence is not necessary
under our form Of government with
universal suffrage, and such other
popular powers as the initiative, ref
erendum and recall. But they insisted
that with hired gunner and the mill
tia employed by the bosses" there is
nothing to- do but to resist when
constitutional rights are set aside.
Johannsen said: IF you're con-
vinced of judicial invasion of your
rights, stand by your rights and take
the consequences" 1.-THE power of
Injunction" he declared, docs not go
much beyond the courage Of those
enJoined.'
Although still under indictment for
carrying dynamite around in his suit
case-he says he has never so much
as seen stick Of it-Johannsen justi-
hes the Mcnamara brothers aas haV-
Ing been goaded to the feeling that
violence was the only way in which
they could combat the immense power
Of the United States Steel Corporation
and its subsidiary and allied compan-
ies,. whose policy Of crushing all labor
organizations has so far succeeded
that the Structural Iron Workers is the
only union left in the Industry He
referred to Los Angeles as: a /.tcity> of
slaves under the open shop regime.
Labor Crusher Not Proud of Open
Shop.
Walter Drew, who prosecuted the
dyEamiters convicted at INDIANAPOLIS,
admitted that he was mot at all proud
OF the use that has been made~ef
the open shop in Los Angeles Eek
cesses come with power,' said he in
referring to the domination by the
Merchants and Manufacturers associ-
alton Of that city, "and we are ali
human and cannot stand too mitch
power" ..,.G
Witnesses already mentioned and
several others discussed in plain terms
the" injustice that the poor man suf-
fers because he cannot secure the
same legal ability as the rich. Judge
Clark pointed out that the ablest
counsel are often retained by wealthy
corporations to scheme out one DELAY
after another SO that the poor mans
resources shall be exhausted and he
Will lose the popular support that
GIBBS away as years go by.
rms inequality of legal service
'lop-sided law"-was forcibly describ-
Ell by Clarence Darrow, who added
sat1r1cally: IF in the prize ring YOU
led out a dwarf to. fight Jack john
son. the crowd wouldn't stand for It,"
Mr: barrow; however, testified that
in the anthracite coal strike he de-
voted four months to the cause of
the strikers and secured for them an
award amounting to millions of dol
lars, his fee being $4,000. For the
defense of Meyer, Haywood and Petit
bone he received $4,000 and lost his
health and law practice. For the de-
$4,000, but spent it all in defense
of himself which occupied the subse-
quent year and a half
He justified the McNamaras at
length along the lines that Johannsen
had mentioned and expressed the
hope that "some day soon" they may
be pardoned. He analysed the state
Of mind that led to the use of dyna-
mite, and said that, although he him.
self never would have advised it. he
did not feel that he could. sit. in
judgment on those who had felt driven
to 1t by their sense of the injustices
under which labor suffers. ..... ,-.,,.,
The duty of the police with ref
erence to free speech and and as
semblage, and the use Of, gunner
in strikes were discussed by Arthur
Woods, Police Commissioner Of New
York City. He took the position that
the police should not merely: permit
but should protect assemblages and
lawful picketing, provided only that
the traffic rights of others are not
overridden. He gave Instances from
his New York experience to show the.