﻿BONEYARD
By T-BONE SLIM

So as not to be too blunt—let us put it this way:
There are only one and one-half (excuses, alibis) for not helping a striking workingman, financially. The first excuse, the only fullgrown excuse is—no money.
That’s a good one.
Now let us examine that “half excuse:” Failure to help a striker, in this case, is the same as making a statement that you never intend to strike yourself; that you are unconscious of ever running into a situation where you will need the help of your fellow workers. That is the half-excuse—no matter how you disguise it.
All other excuses are perfect un-naturals— cripples.
How differently Capt. Goos—(that pickt up Ruth Elder) acted!
He refused to accept $1,000 as reward but dod accept it as “a token” on the grounds, as he said: “Someday we may feel like being saved ourself.”
Now, the Colorado miners are in position to accept tokens of your manhood and, no doubt, will return the compliment, many times— even when you won’t actually need it.
If John D. Rockefeller, himself, fails to help “his own” strikers, he’s strictly un-American, and what not.