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Show , . COLORADO LABOR TROUBLES. The labor troubles brewing in our ,-:,. s state for more than a year rent -lied their , ;;.. 1 during the week. The blowing up of tin- ,,, ... Independence in the early hours of tin- j.,, . ;n, while miners were there awaiting a train . iaiv. them to their homes and families in Crip;.;. (';.,.. and Victor, was a fiendish act. for .whi-h ;,Ull. ishment is too severe. This murderous :: w:; take away from the union a great deal of ...,. pa thy that has been hown them. The p': ,.!,, for which the union is contending, ma-. if right, but their realization can never be .. ' I by the midnight as.-,assin. Life, liberty and l iii -u of happiness are man's inalienable right-. 'H miners who went to Independence from "v ; Cripple Creek had a perfect riirht to sell x v j,,. bor to the capitalist, and perhaps neeeii; i: . ,j them to do so to save their wives and little from starvation. Could they better their . m u i 1; i, ,u by not doing so, it is not at all lik'-ly tha- they would risk their lives in the bowels of the rarii. as every miner does, to keep starvation ;rnI1 their doors. Bur they do so. as they have a ridif to do, and after their night's labor are nneKv murdered. Whence this sad result '. The eo;itfr. in Colorado is between capital and labor. Tli fonner cannot be implicated. They may ,. greedy, proud, haughty or entirely indirbiviir r. the demands of the union, but no one will sii-p'.-f them of conniving at or wishing the as.-assi nation of a union laborer, much les of those who worki in the mines. The dastardly deed rruM then ke committed by those of their own craft. It cannot be charged directly to the union; but owing to the long and lawless contest that has spread so much disssension through all the mining regions of Colorado, Co-lorado, a certain cass has become envious, discontented, discon-tented, resentful, hostile and are awaiting an opportune op-portune time to execute their evil designs by -holding the innocent blood of their fellow lalTr. Well may it be asked if this state of affair.-, in which such diabolical deeds can occur, do hnpppr, however rare, are the best and only means of remedying rem-edying evils, be they real or imaeinary? We mnv boast of intelligence and tHe progress of the iie. but if in this twentieth century, in this Llr?-fl land of liberty, where all enjoy suffrage, share in i universal education, and are under the hles-cl -V light of the Gospel, which means peace and g - will to all, such wicked deeds can take place, then our boast only reflects credit on the supremacy of Satan over our Maker. What is the cause of the?. wide-spread and existing evils? We have ht faith in God, Christian virtues are set aside. Providence Provi-dence is ridiculed and religion is depicted and looked upon as a superstition. The worship of Mammon is substituted for the worship f "l. With these feelings the hydra anarchy displays it-venom, it-venom, hatred and malice for religion and unvrm-ment, unvrm-ment, whilst many well-meaning persons are lured 1 away from the paths of rectitude by the fair prom- I ise sof socialistic reformers. I The murderous plot at Independence so successfully suc-cessfully executed sufficiently demonstrates these evil tendencies, and leaves no doubt in the minds ot impartial persons that Mammon worship i the primary cause of all evil. When that predominates predomin-ates barbarism, not enlightenment or progress, is the final result; for barbarism means that passion predominates over reason, or that moral power is subject to brute force. |
