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Show Resolve Against Capitalism and Enter Protest Against AI-leged AI-leged Persecution. H ARB IN THROES OF H INDUSTRIAL WARFARE Standard Oil Company Charged With Conspiracy and Assas-sination Assas-sination of Steunenberg. Federation of Labor lioll was Sunday nlslit the scene o an animated demon-Ktrutlon demon-Ktrutlon of members of thu Industrial "Workers of the World to protest asuhiBl tbo incarceration and persecution of Messrs. Moyer, Haywood, SL John ami PctUbonc, oJllcers and members of the "Western Federation of Miners. The pro-ccedlnps pro-ccedlnps were enthusiastic throughout .and llio orators were accorded moat cor-dial cor-dial receptions. Tho programme- opened with some ln-strumcntai ln-strumcntai selections by an orchestra, a recitation by Wm. Montgomery and two splendid vocal solos by Mr. Oldcnwnlder. Inspiration Against "Tyranny." A. J. Allen, financial secretary of tho local branch of tho WorKers, guldcu the proceedings and In a few introductory j remarks said In part: "It gives us in-splratlon, in-splratlon, to see such a large audience present j to protost against the tyranlcal rule of tho capitalist class In kidnapping our brothers and hurrying them into Jda- j ho, and the mighty giant labor Is arising to Its power. The public conscience has been roused against the plutocratic class for j violating their own laws. Such action only serves to bring out more forcibly the clnss laws and society Is divided into two hostile camps, "Tyrant Passed Into Unknown. "Just a few miles away, over tho state border in Idaho, there are men In Jail 3hlverlng from the cold somo of our noble comrades. Not long ago a murder was committed, a tyrant was passed Into tho unknown without ceremony. It Is to be regretted that this tyrant was taken away In this way for the reason that there are others of his kind who can do all the harm that could have been done had ho lived. Presumably It was the re-suit re-suit of a cattle feud that has been rag-ing rag-ing In Idaho and Montana. However, regardless of tho cause, the Standard Oil Company and the Mine Owners' Assocla-tlon Assocla-tlon used the occasion to commence fur-thcr fur-thcr persecution of the "Western Federn-tlon Federn-tlon of Miners, They hoped that they might railroad these men to the gallows. It may neem necessary for them to take 'this action because they had seen tho "Western Federation of Miners extend the hand of welcome to every labor union In the land In tho shape of tho Industrial Workers of the World at Chicago last year. This forced, them to take the des- 'pcratc action they have taken and they will not fall to make every effort they can to convict the men. Wo only ask that these men be given a fair trial. Thac is all they need. Steunenherg went out of the world as the result of a plot. I would rather believe that It was a plot hatched at 36 Broadway the Standard OH Com-pany Com-pany than that it was hatched In the minds of the officers of tho Miners' Union." He concluded by introducing II. J. Gilbert as the orator of the evening. Ixl Throes of Industrial Warfare. Mr. Gilbert spoke for over an hour. At times he was Intensely dramatic in his ' utterances and he always had his audl-encc audl-encc with him. He said In part: "A great crime has been committed against this nation; a dastardly crime Is being plotted against the lives of individuals. We nra gathered here to protest against the cow-ardly, cow-ardly, craven set of capitalists, from cx-ecutives cx-ecutives of states down to wardens of Jails. The acts of the ruling class aru Illegal and Immoral. Wc are in thu throen of a tcrrlllc Industrial warfare. i. But even though this may bo a war to the knife wc arc iicre to light It to a finish, and though that Is truo there Is a code of honor that actuates us In our struggles, and that is we arc willing to abide by the law. I stand as the champion of law, but even pernicious though it may be wc are going to be the last to throw It aside. They have thrown It aside and woe betide them when their cause is so weak that they dare not rest It upon tho laws of their own making. When law Is thrown aside we are In a state of anarchy." Church Needs Regeneration. Continuing he Enid he was proud to be- long to an organization which had been referred to as the "Western Federation of Murderers." "and there will come a time," j he said, "when we will look back upon It with gratitude. A bishop of the doml nant church had to admit a week ago Sunday that before It could be a power It would hnvc to partake of the spirit that is actuating the revolutionary wing of the lighting working class " Workers Are Not Criminals. The speaker then reviewed the Coeur d'Aleno trouble, citing as an example for their emulation the case of Mike Devlnc Tho workers don't know enough to bs criminals," he assorted. "They fight each other. Tho laws are made by the ruling class for their own Interests No wonder Steunenherg met the fate he did. There Is a law of compensation In this universe It Is not made by man; "It Is made for some great purpose that we cannot fathom, and no Individual can violate that law without paying the penalty." Referring to the conlllct In Colorado and the horror of Independence he asserted that after that crime the bloodhounds used by tho ofllcers went direct to the liousc of Orchard, but he was not arrested. ar-rested. "So." he exclaimed, "ho Tas In tho employ of the Mine Owners' association." associa-tion." Lenders Must Die if Need Be. Tonight Is the anniversary of the Commune Com-mune in Paris The editor of the Dcseret Mews recently referred to the Commune "aB tho blood-red fury' of tho Seine." Never was life and property safer than during the two months that the working class had control of that city. The workers work-ers of Colorado had not fought the mine owners. Their leaders had saldL 'Discretion 'Discre-tion Is the better part of valor." They said. 'Np. we must suffer; wo must die If need bo In order to open the eyes of the other class. If we only hold the fort long enough reinforcements will come and victory vic-tory will be ours.' That day Is hero." Eloquence From the Tomb. The execution of tho Chicago anarchists In 1SS7 was next cited as a case In point. "These anarchists," continued tho speaker, speak-er, "were executed for what I am doing tonight. They wore prototypes of those who were to come and they went to their graves silently, but some men speak more eloquently from the tomb than from tho platform. , t "I stand here tonight to protest for law and order, but where human life Is at stake, when the ruling class are not willing will-ing to abide bv the law. then It is tlmo for us to say, 'Wo have played your game with the ballot and you have broken tho law and denied our rights. Wo are still willing to play It because wo know wo wl'l win, but In the meantime we shall say unto them, "You shall not commit this mu-der" If they dare to carry It that far. onco again will you hear that old refrain: re-frain: Shall our leaders die? Shall our leaders 5!e? Then there's a half ti million mti Shall know tho reason why. At this point cries came from all over tho hall. "Two million! Two million!" Reverting back to the state of anarchy In Chicago, the orator said: "190C Is not 187. We have sown the seed; we are now ready to reap the harvest. The remedy Is In the ballot box and next fall they will carrv Colorado and In 1SSS they will not onlv carry Colorado and Montana; they will carrv the United States, and at last v c-'ll drive the capitalist to his last stamping stamp-ing ground, the backward South, and we will kill the beast In Its lair. Arc you always al-ways going to carry guns for them and never for yourself? Go and vote and then back up .that vote with a rifle. That veto stays put and here's the thing that says so," Resolutions Adopted. The chairman then offered the following resolutions, which were adopted with acclaim: ac-claim: Whereas: The officials inckoys of tho capitalist capi-talist clasa havo ruthlessly overthrown every mfe-KU&rd which tho law provides and by brute force hn.vo kidnapped and Imprisoned Charles If. Mover, William D. Hey wood nnd Vlndcnt St. John, oiflclali", and rt. A. Pettl-bono, Pettl-bono, a member of tho Western Federation of Minors, and, Whi.Tcas: Tho dnJly prciw, with a few hon-orablo hon-orablo exceptions, Is doing Its utmost to pre-Judlco pre-Judlco and lntlamc the minds of tho people against our comrades by holding them up as criminal and 'assooslns for tho purpoeo of rnllroadlng them to the Ralloxrs, and. Whereas; The Mine Owners' association anl tho Standnrd Oil company for years havo vainly endeavored to destroy the Western Federation Fed-eration of Miners by means of hull pens, do-j-orlatlona. manufactured "confessions" and bruto force of every kind, and have been mt and defeated by peaceful, IcroI appeals to tho courts and ballot, and. Whereas- In every caao where n union man has been accused and a trial had, the members of the Western Federation of Miners havo been acquitted, Resolved: That we, an members' of the working work-ing clojfs In man meeting assembled, declare our belief In tho Innocence of our Imprisoned comrades and' In thu Industrial Workers of tho World, of which tho Wcxtem Federation of Miners Is an Integral part as law abiding la-I la-I Ikji ortfanlzillons and denounce this attempt of tho law-brcaklngr Standard OH company and Mine Owners' association to murder our broth-frr. broth-frr. nnd wo warn tho tools and lackeys of enp-Itnllsm enp-Itnllsm that wo will not stand by and submit to thin outrage on American citizenship. Resolved: That wo denounce tho unfair and , vidouH cour.iu of the prostituted Urcss and we' call on the working' Clara of Salt Lake to repudiate re-pudiate these orcar.M of plutocracy and to support sup-port Tho Crlrls and al! other papers In sympathy sym-pathy with unionism. Resolved. Wo declaru that tho prlvato ownership own-ership of tho im.'i.ns of production by the plutocrats plu-tocrats Is tho renl cause of this and, all othor outrages and crimes against tho people arid we tail on th worklnc class to Join the Industrial Workers of the World ond iho Socialist party of Utah, and to legally and actually taKo possesion pos-sesion of the mines, railways, factories and trusts In the namu of tho American peoplo and thus put an end to the uaurjKUlon and des-roll.TOi des-roll.TOi of the trust-owrlng plutocracy which has debauccd our Institutions. Impoverished our people and lu peeking to murder thv labor lead-en lead-en who cannot bo hrlbed to betruy their class. Mr Corbett then rendered the "Mar-sellalse," "Mar-sellalse," and a song on tho freedom of labor, the audience Joining In tho chorus, and the proceedings terminated. |