The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-03-31
THROWING MUD.

George NJ Gillette, president of the Minnesota
Employers association, is hard at work in an at
tempt to. brighten the members of the legislature
over the provisions Of the anti-irj junction bill He
pens pathetic appeal to the members in which he
says:
''tf YOU want to egaize the acts of the /. w: W.
and other lawbreakers read this letter and act
at once
'The bill would legaize conspiracy and every
act short of criminal violence, which might be COM
mitted by l. W. WIS, Socialists and other agitators
in the name of Labor and take from the courts the
power they now have to restrain such acts.
In another part of the same letter, Gillette makes
this partisan appeal in order to scare the farmer
members into voting against the anti-inJu1ctlon
bill:
'sThe growth of lawlessnese among the class
which would be exempted by this bill, from the
authority of the courts CT the state is already be-
coming as every citizen knows, serious menace
to the agricultural and rural districts OF the state
Gillette very adrc;tly seeks to blacIen the bill
in the eyes of the Legislators by enclosing in his let
ter a number CT w. W. leaflets, hoping that these
leaflets will still further brighten the members from
the rural districts into opposing the measure.
The president of the Minnesota Employers as
ISOLATION knows, does every other we'll Informed
citizen of Minnesota that the Industrial Workers
Of the World don't care rap for ar::i-inlunctlon
laws; that is, they not out advocating the pass
ace of measures CT this kind. Ant-n; junction laws
eghthour day laws, direct legislation in fact prac
ticaly every plank in the platform of demands Of
the American labor movement are considered futile
and Of no Importance by the members Of tie Indus
trial Workers of the World.
Their tactics are radically different from these
employed by the American Federation of Labor,
which is advocating the passage CT the anti-inj June
ton bill in this state.
Congress has passed the Clayton amendment to
the Sherman antitrust law, exempting labor organ
izations from it's operation. The an:iinj1nction
bill now before the Minnesota Legislature seeks
merely to make the state law conform to the Sher-
man antitrust law as amended.
There's reason why George IL; Gillette, seeks
to stir up hatred against the who advocate the
passage Of this measure, order to them in
their ghts he knows BETTER yet he resorts to the
tactics Of the lowest demagogue when he says that
the I. W. w. element in the labor movement wants
this particular bill passed.
AS we stated before, the T. W. W. dc not care
rap for the passage Of anti-injuncticn laws Mr..
Gillette cannot find in the state Of Minnesota or
anywhere else s member of the 7. W. w. who will
say that multiplication laws will do the working
class any good If he investigates, he will find any
number of them who rid;cule the efforts Of the
American Federation of Labor to secure the passage
Of measures of this kind
The Labor World does not believe Gillette s
scurilous letter will have the effect that gentleman
thinks it will have on tie minds of the members Of
the Minnesota Legislature. Nor does it reflect ons
iota OF credit the association of which Mr. Gill;
cite happens to be the president.