The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1920-03-12
THE BIG EMPLOYERS
ARE MUCH ALARMED

PITTSBUHGH, March 5.-B0i-
torial sputterings and Cspitslisde
complaints are romins thick and
fast since It has become generally
noised about that In some form or
another organized labor is from
now ea going to give some political
expression to It's demands.
Loud are the lamentations
among the profiteers, the buccaneers
Of industry, and the whole crew Of
labor espieiters, One Of the most
pathetic exhibitions uf grief over
the raAh steps organized labor Ia
taking was the editorial cutlery of
the Pittsburgh Leader,
This paper could witness the
slavery Of the steel workers for
generation and hold itE peace Il
could see II not participate In some
OF the worst political deals that
Pennsylvania ever saw and still
preserve its calm. but the idea that
the labor movement might suffer
from entering the political whirl-
pool was more than this staunch
supporter OF the steel trust could
stand. In trumpet blasts 1t sound
ed It's warning and gloomy indeed
were the consequences 1t predicted,
Meanwhile the way the official
machinery was used against the
striking steel workers Is still fresh
in the minds Of the sometimes for
getful workers. They recall, for
instance, Congressman Cooper Of
Youngstown stood up in the halls
of Congress and bewailed the ten
dency toward revolution because
the steel trust employees were try
ing to break the chains of indus
trial slavery. This too he did as a
member of one of the railroad
brotherhoods. While it is bad to be
stabbed by ones enemies, it is to be
expected. But our friends-their
daggers produce the most unkind-
est cut of all"
The silly laudation of the kept
press completely turned Cooper's
head When the brotherhoods
were making their desperate effort
to kill the vicious Cummins-Esch
bill, Congressman Coopers vote
was one registered for the bill and
against his own union brothers.
This time he could not shout
revolution" he could not wave the
flag, He had to stand up and be
counted and--he was on the other
side, He had broken faith, shatter-
ed the hopes and betrayed the con-
fidence of the men who made him
what he is.
1t is predicted that Cooper will
get the UNANIMOUS vote of the
workers TO stay at home in the
coming election. After the 4th of
March next he will be at liberty to
till the soil.
Down in Pittsburgh there is an
other man-not a union man, how
ever, but one who assured organ
lied labor they would get a square
deal if he were elected. This is
Sheriff Haddock. 1t was his depu-
ties who fired the shots that ended
the devoted life Of Fannie Sellens-I
the blacklist spot in the dark indus
trial history of Pennsylvania. It'll
was he who was the supreme peace
officer in the Monongahela Valley
and under whose directions the
state constabulary operated in the
steel towns.
Now comes Mr.. Haddock with the
that he is going to
run for delegate to the Republican
National Convention. Here again
organized labor will try to score a
defeat for him.
During the steel strike Haddock
closed all the halls against the
workers. No man, however bad,
could close any more. Fannie Sell
sens could give only her one life.
Even if the fears of our hypo-
critical sympathizers are realized
and the labor movement suffers, it
can at least be said that the forces
moved. Perhaps it were better TO
move the wrong way than not to
have moved at all
At any rate no one will watch the