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Show Ill THE CONVICTION OF THE Hfgg DYNAMITERS. lift J The sentences imposed on the of- JJlJ floials of the Iron Workers' Iuler- 18 (1 national union by Judge Anderson in Mil Indianapolis yesterday ended a trial HI that promises to do as much for the EJI cause of unionism as for law and Hi order. The ipfllctlng of punifjhmgnt Hjj ehould purify the industrial ntraos- E'f phere There have been labor lcad- RM. ers who, taking the law Into their Cw own hands, have tended to rob the un- It Jons of their good name. There will HI bo less of this lawlessness in the fu- E-rl ture. The labor leaders have not been ill without some provocation. They have tjl maintained that powerful employers, Igjf such as the Erectors' association, B3 have resorted to every crime known 19 to the statutes in attempting to beat 1 down labor. Corrupt judges have M protected the employers, Pinkertons jHm have fought for them and even the E J government has winked at their mis- deeds. Hi TnIs a11 musl cbanee- If the un" 111 ion men have evidence' to support Hi their accusations, the government H 1 prosecutors should be as diligent in Mm i bringing the members of the Erectors' S ; association to an accounting as they H have been active In the present prose- BSjf cutions. fp The distrust which has existed In HJ' the Industrial world must be overcome Hti by thp majesty of the law. fcl No man, or group of men, must be HI allowed to feel free to blow up the fl lives and property of those who stand HI In the way. If there Is any killing ll to be done, the executioner must bo WM robed in authority by the Btate or HI the nation. There Is only a step from the reign of terror which McNamara, B MoManJgal, Ryan and Hockin were H creating to an anarchy In which the Mm life of no man would be secure. The H aggrieved, whether employer or em-mmm em-mmm t'(pciSc' nJTer should be allowed to he MM jl'juflflj.llury iand execatiWUlP) fdr rio Q . one with a grievance can bo just f! Now that there has been a house I " cleaning, we look for the unions of the M 1 country to ho somewhat more self-clr K . cumspect and to exact a little better ft Jl stewardship from those they place In Jl control of their organizations. As a B.d result, labor unions should grow in BiV "elf-respect, in public respect, and in Wt m power for good. |