Arizona republican., 1919-06-29
The Mooney Strike


 The action of the GIobe-M Miami Central Union adopting a resolution against the Mooney strike is no doubt what labor organizations which take any action at all this wild proposal will do The Mooney defense committee which has been conduct ing an election strike jubantly reported sweeping majority in favor of it. but there has hap pened nearly every where suppose what has hap pened in the Globe Miami district-a great majority of the members of organized labor did think enough of it to vote all. They did pay it the compliment of opposing it.
 It may be that Mooney did have a fair tria that is that though the proceedings his trial regular and without error, that he may have been convicted partially false testimony. At any rate, there such cloud part the testimony that believe while his freedom would been warranted he should have been allowed to go to trial another charge where all the unsuspected dence offered at the first trial would have been available.
 But that something that could have been brought about only through the governor of Cali forna. After, doubt giving the subject due con sideration the governor elected do it. under the law, that of matter for the pres ent. The governor commuted the sentence of Mooney to life imprisonment. Another governor may some time pardon him and he may then be brought to trial again.
 The proposal to dspace orderly procedure by a nationwide strike would be outrageous if it were not supremey foolish. It is bolshevism. It is govern ment by strike. If it could succeed it would be easy to overthrow the whole structure of government by the means.
 Organized labor it has been responsibly repre- scented, has favored the Mooney strike Even the particular union which Mooney belonged has never stood by him. it did at his trial. The
 
 but Red sentiment The agitation in the first place for the release of Mooney would have amounted to nothing; would have evoked no special interest but for the demand which came from Russia that "Munir be turned loose.
 Why the movement for the freedom of Russia should have had it's origin in Russia is not generay understood. The demand made at a time soon after the fall of the empire. when soldiers and workmens council was beginning it's rule It was surmised that in roundabout way the story of Mooney had reached that distant country and that he there regarded a political prisoner the victim of the bourgeosie.
 Light is thrown the Russian intervention il communication lately presented in congress Iy Representative Blanton of Texas Mooney was N professional anarchist. He helped found and sup port two anarchists papers-frst the Revolt ana afterward the Blast. One of contributors to the former in 1912 was Lenine, while TrotzIzy was friend of Mooney and visited him in prison before he went to Russia"
 Much to be heard of this precious pair later It was easy for them prevail upon the work ing of Russia to demand the release of Mooney the victim of class oppression.
 Labor in America knows that there was no class sentiment against Mooney, supposing there was conspiracy in San Francisco against him as has been alleged. He was merely charged with an awful crime and he had long and bad record as an agitator suspected of previous acts of violence
 Labor desired though all right minded people must have desired, that he have fair trial but we do not think that labor believed that it was being persecued in the person of Mooney. If it to be so persecuted, it would have chosen some other martyr, much more respectable one than Mooney