The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-10-29
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Whenever q Strik is Conten1-
plated Some Must 4.
Be Used TO Remove Them.
Never Should Violence Be Re.
sorted 70 IT Always Means
/: the Worst for, Labor. !:

sorted to-1t Always Means
the Worst for Labor, !:
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Events are multiplying in the in
dustxial world which prove: the impa-
tient j. and indkacrtmtnates, strike Ito be
not only intellectual I'M accomplishing
it, gobject::but detrimental ito the IN
tersts,- and a barrier to the real pro-
gress of organized labor. The strike
isH*a'oright that :organizedH labor should
not and never Will surrender, except
by voluntary agreement, but 1t is a
right that organized labor should iex-*
ercise only as last resort ::': =
:. when engaged In, It. should not UNI
der any circumstances be. accompanied
by violence. q" j. ~
Violence is never II !" factor I'M the
successful settlement of a strike, but
when indulged in is invariably fac
tor III the rrolongation or defeat ~. a
strike: NO Trades Union sanctions or
condones violence. The: officers and
labor press are constantly counseling
peaceful methods, and to blame a la,-
Dor organization for the violence done
by: individuals ts wholly unjust. Or.
ranfzed- labor is not responsible: for
the: acts !of the lawlessly Inclined in
dividual Or the inflamed, irrepressible
and irresponsible mob. The strike
breaker is held In utter detestation by
all workers.. He detests Himself, for
he realizes that In the estimation of
all workers, whether they; are members
Of labor organizations Or not, he Is the
industrial skunk. His environment,
not his nature differs from that: Of his
prototype, consequently different rem
edies must be applied J. :: 49,:
Aronlatization, no violence, is the
| proper remedy. The regulation strike
breaker Is a breeder and promoter of
violence. ;*4:fie is the ii1stru 1nent Of
force. The brand of: strike breaker
ready and willing to be shipped in car
load lots to any point in the country,
! meets with: popular disapprovaI. His
Introduction usually exasperates the
quick tempered Individual or the excit-
able mob. .@.7
It is because Of popular. disapproval
of the strike breaker and the detesta-
ton In which the occupation is held
by the individual that the strike break
er Is subjected at times to violent
treatment. and not because those who
commit the violence are unionists,
union sympathizers or because vio-
lence is a part of unionism's policy.
The treatment accorded the" strike
breaker could probably be termed a
violent demonstration Of Individual
and popular disapproval of the indus
trial skunk. No matter how much
the individual or mob may feel that
the strike breaker richly deserves vio-
lent treatment, such course is con-
trary to law, and should not be prac-
tised, and certainly can not and
should not be: permit ted IL need
LESS atgedi,1,
gould tbe
no violence acon lleactes WI Ii an strike;
or; anyyttIing aselse it is conducting. The
violence associated with some strikes,
it matters not '%5by% whom: committed
reacts 'in3ur:iiously~ against: THE strikers
lcause. IT III to the Interests: or the
strikers ca,lse,- and the union, that
each union: to the extent OF It's power
should lend its efforts TO guard against
violence. The strike breaker much be
cofEs;fdereds; as factor tn Strikes ii
proper constellation was given: him
before 4 strike. occurred, many of til
- strikes engaged In would never take
place:":"G' ";'= -. :: :: >'-':*
/ In those occupations requiring more
or less skill; and where the workers
are we'll organized, supplying the
places of a. considerable number OF
strikers is a serious and too costly a
! proposition to be nationally undertake
en-. The employer who undertakes ii
today Is largely actuated by the same
influences and spirit that animates the
individuals or mob following their I'M
restrained impulses. When strike
breakers in sufficient, numbers, and
capa BILE OF doing the work can be pro-
cured to supply the places Of strikers
the strike breaker must be approached
by some other route than violence: In
all strikes Of any magnitude where
strike breakers have been introduced
twenty have been persuaded from
going to work, or stop working by
persuasion, to every one influenced not
i to go to work, or to cease work, by VIC
1ence. The possibilities and the prob
abilities Of the strike breakers taking
4 the places of strikers should be, care
! fully studied and understood, and the
best plans formed to meet the situa-
ton: Unions have been subjected to
brutal treatment for centuries int s., yet w :
ionism has steadily progressed. The
good ,intontst can not::!be beaten out
Of his union. The employer will not
cease to procure strike breakers. + be-
+ cause they are beaten, and neither will
1 the strike breakers cease to take the
I; place OF: iss|ttr.ikers.S The strike breaker
must be brought over to unionism's
cause. and organized labor must: find
an directive way to do 1t. In ali con-
templated strikes, the strike breake;
should be fully considered before thu
strike takes place: 1f{indications poinj
!. to the defeat of a strike through tha
strike breaker: wisdom should: direct