The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-14
SOCIALISTS FIGHT.
Two Factions Are
Striving for Con-
troll of Party.
De LEON AND ANTI-DE LEON.
Charges Are Preferred
Against Mrs. Martha
Moore Avery.

ut makes no difference which side
wins. At best it will be but a Cadmean
victory. The victors will suffer equally
with the vanquished," said a prominent
m=mber of the socialist labor party N
discussing with The Spy man the
threatened breaking up of the local sec
tion into two hostile camps.
The trouble in the party is due to
factional disputes in regard to the lead
ership Of Daniel De Leon of New York,
Rutocrat of American socialism, who
claims to have once been a professor at
columbia College, from which he was
expelled because of his socialistic views.
According to information that Addi-
son w. Barr of the social democracy
has received from the faculty of Col
nmbia, 1t appears that Prof. De Leon
never had any more connection with
columbia than Jack Ferritor has with
the Spanish legation at Madagascar.
The adherents of De Leon are in the
minority, but they are fighting every
inch of the ground, although it is GER
tain that sooner or later they will be
forced out of the party councils and
compelled, in self defense, to either form
q party of their own or ally themselves
with the social democracy.
There has been friction in the party
ever since Addison w. Barr hauled
down his oolors as admiral of the social
fist labor fleet, and transferred his flag
ship to the fleet Of the social democracy,
the party that has had such wonderful
success in HaYerhill, where it succeeded
in eleeting a mayor.
Walter ]. Hoar is the most staurch
supporter of Daniel De Leon in Wor-
cester and for his loyalty to the New
York chieftain, who is now having
troubles of his own, Mr. Hoar has been
suspended from the councils of his
party. 1t is said that Charles K. Hardy,
SOCIALIST candidate for mayor of Wor-
hester at the last municipal election,
was instrumental in the ousting of Mr.
Hoar and it is said that the basket still
Btands SUCCESSFULLY beside the guillo-
tine with prospects CT other heads fall
ing into it before long. The enemies of
De Leon are determined that he shall be
Forced out of the party, and no stone
will be left unturned to accomplish this
end.
There is this difference between the
two parties within tie party, apart
from the fight against De Leon" said a
Socialist to The Spy man. Zone side
wishes to do something for the work
+ ingman which is philanthropic and
Jtopian The other faction wishes to
That Is practical scientific and cooper
ative and more in line with real Marx
Inc socialism. You may try q thousand
years to do something for the working
man, but unless the workingman CO.
operates with you what are your efforts
worth? The significance Of the words
for and with therefore, are striking
~ illustrated in the socialist labor party
light
Word has reached this city that Mrs.
Martha Moore Avery, the De Leon rep
resentative in Massachusetts,, is to be
brought before her section in Boston to
answer charges preferred by friends of
Charles G. Marcy Of this city, who was
denounced by Mrs. Avery recently be-
cause of his anu-De Leon activity. Mrs
Avery Is a gatling gun in skirts, and
has the reputation of being holy ter
ror when she takes tho warpath against
Suspected traitors to the De Leon fac
tion.
joseph MaIoney of Lynn, state or
ganizer Of the party, Is to come to this
city soon and endeavor to start branch
Of the Socialist Trade and Labor alliance
among the shoe workers of Worcester
but in view of the present fight in the
party, and the natural conservatism of
the shoe workers. he is not likely to
meet with much success.