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Show To The Western Federation of Miners. ! It seems that at a meeting of the Western . Federation of Miners in this city on Sunday last E. J. Gilbert, whom we are told is the editor of the Crisis, in this city, made an incendiary speech, almost as choked with contemplated blood and car-j car-j nage as the insane ravings of Debs a week ago. His assumption was that the miners -were greatly wronged by the capitalists, and he recalled I lovingly the incendiary words that Ed Boyce de- livered here some years ago, in which he expressed I the hope that the next time he came he would, find 1 the miners carrying guns. Have the miners of Utah any special cause of grievance against the capitalists? If the capitalists capital-ists were all done up as Mr. Gilbert covertly recommends, rec-ommends, would the miners have regular wages? The truth is that such men as belong to thb Western West-ern Federation of Miners who live in Utah should not permit themselves to be carried away just at this time by the rantings of any so-called labor leader such as this man Gilbert. He never would be of any use to them. A man that talks as he does is never of any use to any organization, because be-cause he either licks common sense, or common I honesty, or both. Ho assumes that the prisoners f in Idaho are innocent men, which is all right, as . 1 they are, under the law, innocent until they are proved guilty. He assumes that they will not have a fair trial, which is altogether uncalled for,. because be-cause they will have all tho counsel they want, they will have all the help from the courts that it is possible to extend them, and unless their guilt shall bo established so absolutely clear that no other possible view of the matter can be taken, they will bo discharged. But if they or any other members of tho Federation of Miners are convicted, con-victed, they will be punished if it takes the whole power of tho United States to do it. If the minors of Utah havo any grievance against their employers, they have but' to state it, and If it is a grievance that appeals to the judgment judg-ment of honest men they will havo' the full "sympathy "sym-pathy of tho public, but they will not jostle sensible sen-sible men with veiled or open throat, jecause with organizations it is a good deal as with indl- i viduals; those who go out threatening vengeance for real or fancied wrongs are not the kind of men that people are afraid of. This west is not going to bo turned over to a reign of anarchy, for the sentiment is that while unions are necessary things , and right, sUll unions themselves must keep within with-in the laws, they must not try to be a law unto themselves, and they must not try to execute vengeance by resolutions introduced in their meetings meet-ings by hot-headed fools, who are not working men by trade, and who would be willing to convert society into anarchy if thereby they could obtain a salary without earning it. We say to the Western Federation of Miners, keep cool. If you want anything that is wrong you will not get it, no matter how many madcaps may sick you on to acts of violence and unlawfulness. As it is, you have the warm sympathy of the community. com-munity. Do not abuse it; do not try any bluffs, because the American people do not scare worth a penny. You can get anything that Is right by asking for it. You can get nothing that is wrong by demanding It In never so furious words and threats. |
