The labor world., 1899-05-27

We have ample proof of this, gained
from a source furnished. to "A large eS-
tent by yourself and your near ac
Quaintances. Tt being such good att
thority, we used it. The firm: in Aues-
tor, was the Continental, Tobacco Co.
About the same time you accepted the:
position, it went into. the trust-thc
American Tobacco Co. you; with :, it.
Tut unfortunately (for you) trustiti-
cation soon made your labor power
superfuity, along with many other
wage slayes., Neither .s can I'VE we conceiS'Ie. civ .
whyja man. who poses as "a leader.
should leave his union when it was
plainly evident the storm clouds were
hanging over it, ready to burst at any
moment, to rend it sassunder. If You
possess: the executive ability, sound
Judgment, you perhaps fancy you do,
you should. have remained at home
and offered it for the benefit oftthe
! hcys in their struggle. Had you done
tEis then there would be some cause
for! you. to talk about the S. L.. e. be-
ing jealous of the esteem III which 4
am held by my fellow unionists.''
i Otherwise the mere proposition is ri
diculous, childish. I'm fact: the. thought
cmanating from a full-grown man
shows a decided lack of maturity.
1. Furthermore, we, have. learned from
/ Mr.. Denfeld that your monthly salary
was $1,000. You apparently lay great
stress on the abuse Of the S. L. F..
And you also say you ~ want TO. know
!, Of anyone you had swronged in this
i city. Good. Sometime last winter
one Alfred Nc Callllm. now worthy
factory inspect orr for "honest Johnl,:" Z
4 delivered a supposed lecture in the
i Iyceum theatre under the preslma bly,
profound and weighty subject:
''Dreamers and Workers In reality it
i was: "a TRADE on the: S: L.. r. and its
members. Besides being a clear and
evident defense of our present labo:
fleeing. capitalist profit systsm, bold
q ~ showing the hand of sfakirism, It
d was a Wilful, deliberate alsification Of
II the socialist movement: We, the
q embers, were denounced Jas '.sscabs'"'
. when in this city our section is COM
.iposed two-thirds of trade unionists.
The same is true throughout the land.
Further. we were =. called. "bums,' .
'loafers, . a terminals srag-tags,'' =
i.'lazy- ood-for-nothings, . "cut-throats,''
:.fools, .'knayes,''. and names similar,
. too numerous to mention and that we
i cannot Tread or write, :" ''knows nothing
d of American institutions and care
4 less" that all I'VE want is is TO divide
y with someone who has brainsato ,hus-
4 tle.'' This notorious fakir who went
SO far III his efforts to skill socialism :
as to aylthat iWeissman, the i famous rs
fakir, anarchist dynamiter,#was press
identsof the bakers organized with the
Socialist Trade and Labor alliance, ex-
Il posing some Of his, crookedness, while
1 it is well known he is at. the head OF
q the bakers affiliated with Gompers'
a. F. of LIZ! How is that for ~''ssvilli-
fcation''' and 5"abuse'"? But its al!
right when. used, by an anti-socialist:1
The whole lecture was materially q
Istring Of lies. Who was. It made all
the arrangements for thar occasion: !:
f.. r. Cobb. Who acted as chairman
on that occasion, calmly listening to
what he knew to be string of, abuse:
I T.. R. Cobb, Then to cover up the
shame and disgrace of the affair the
iistyrs and stripes were stretched across
the stage and a chorus Cinnocently
induced, to. sing) sang America! Now
''what kind Of an idea"= would it be if
you would keep other company than
that of this fakir? Thus you see you
more than wronged not only one but
~
every member. of the ST.. p. More
than this, in the union you have
staunchly defended conservatism and
lhjndered progress, striking blows at
the socialists whenever possible. This
one illustration will. suffice. In re .
gard "minding my own business yon
seem to forget that you are a public
servant, subject to anyone's criticism,
which will continue to do whenever
I deem it necessary. Whenever "abuse'
and '.yillifica ton" is needed it shall
be animated with the same vim as in
the past. Mark that. ..5s-.:-s, j.
L. DWORSCHAK, Secy.
Duluth, Minn., May 26, 1899. "
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