Are we to judge people by what they say, when their acts belie their words? Are we to judge the mine owners merely by^ their denunciations of the Federation, or are we to judge them by a longer list of infamous acts than has possibly been charged even to the account of the Molly Maguires?
ii6 The Pinkerton Labor Spy.
If we are to judge these wealthy mine owners by their talk, then the Western Federation of Miners is guilty of the Independence outrage; but if we are to base our opinion upon their actions, then it would seem that, if there was a conspiracy, the conspirators were none others than the leaders of the Cripple Creek District Mine Owners' Association.