The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-04-30
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times of struggle between employers
and employees goes without saying.
But there are limits to what can pa
tiently be endured in the way Of mis-
representation in the columns of the
kept press. That hec lass in control
of the daily paper should be favored
in every possible way is taken as a
matter of course. Points of view"
are for sale in the average newspaper
on the same principle that advertising
space is sold for al the traffic will
bear" No one with an ounce of brains
pays any attention to the vaporings
Of kept editors. But this is no reason
why members of the working class
their organizations and their loya,
membership"
Both dailies of Everett have printed
articles and editorials which would
be exceedingly damaging to labor's
cause were it not that the average in
telligent citizen is we'll aware of the
fact that these rags belong body and
soul to the class that fattens ON the
arduous and dangerous toll of the tim
berworkers.
True to the hands that feed them as
we expect the daily press to be, vic
ious and unprincipled as their inspir-
ed articles usually are, we cannot but
be astonished at the bold effrontery
of the Tribune in it's leading editorial
of last Tuesday.
Not satisfied with printing articles
calculated to arouse prejudice and an
tagonism among our disinterested
citizens, the Tribune shamelessly sug-
gests that the workers of Everett have
become so lawless and violent that af-
fairs have got beyond the control of
the regular police force, and that the
time has arrived when it has become
necessary to call for outside help, the
state and federal soldiers.
To quote verbatim:
"It seems out of the question for the
present police force of Everett to at
tempt to control lawlessness arising
from the mill situation and at the
same time to give the proper protec-
tion to the entire city, which is a part
of its duty. But the law must be en-
forced and all property must be pro-
tected. There are those in authority
whose duty it is to see that this is
done. If the police force is inadequate
there are other means at hand The
state has a responsibility and the stat
has power to act provided the officials
whose duty it is to call upon the state
do their duty. Above the state and
more powerful is the federal govern
ment. There is force enough to keep
the peace of Everett if force is the
only way of bringing respect for the
law and the rights of American citi-
zens, and, there are officials with pow
er to call upon the state if their own
means are insufficient.
Law abiding citizens expect these
officials to do their whole duty. The
time has come to put a stop TO law.
! lessness, riot and bloodshed Twenty
two municipal policement cannot do
it, but there is adequate force at hand
to keep Everett from falling into the
disgraceful slough of anarchy"
All this bloodthirsty raving because
forsooth, the mill owners have import
ed four or five lawless thugs into Ev-
erett to incite to violence, so that
some color of excuse can be given for
an onslaught on the picket line by pro-
fessional gunner.
Down in front of the mills stand the
armed thugs, cursing and threatening
the silent, peaceful pickets, vainly try
ing to incite them by the most viru-
lent abuse to answer back, or resent
what, coming from real men, would
be considered a deadly insult. Above
and behind armored port holes, stand
hidden armed guards, with rifles level
ed on peaceful men READY, ready to
men loyal to their unions, to their fam
lilies, to thep rinoiples of true man
hood, may be got" by imported gun
men, at a price.
Why not "deport' these hired assas-
sins?
Why not drive out of town these pro-
fessional trouble-breeders?
Let the kept press answer this ques-
ton.
There has been no trouble of law
less nature In Everett that is not di-
rectly traceable to Laird and White
and their gang. Why are these law.
less animals not driven from our
midst?
Well-paid wage-workers do not buy
their food and supplies from mail-or-
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