Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-03-11 | Page 3 | Speak for Mooney, Denounce Gompers

JAK FOR MOONEY, f DENOUNCE GOMPERS Orators of United Hebrew Trades 'Address 'Ad-dress Mass Meeting of Organizations Organiza-tions in New York. . XEW YORK, March 10. The United Hebrew trades came to the rescue of Tom Mooney, California labor leader, convicted of murder, at a mass meeting hero today.' Socialist orators made fiery speeches in his behalf, but denounced with almost equal vigor Samuel Gompers ar.d the American Federation of Labor. There were no indications that the breath between the two labor organizations has been healed. "We stand for something more than the mere .organization of labor,' declared Frank A. Sieverman. "We stand for social and politics. revolution in this country, and that's why they fear us. TYe have mot here today to demand that Tom Mooney shall have a new trial. , Don't worry, my friends, your Tom will i never be hanged! Why? Simply because J the fonaljts, revolutionists of America, are behind him. "We ask no aid from organized, labor from Samuel Compere down. We ask no publicity from the capitalist press. We ?sk no favor from the Wilsons, nor the judges of the courts, nor the prosecuting prosecut-ing attorneys. But Tom Mooney will never be hanged! Three powers are i paralyzed when Socialism makes a threat, and Socialism and revolution are behind Mooney," A similar stand was taken by the other speakers.