The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-05-13
CITIZENS ALLIANCES
Gasp FOR new BREATH
Miners Magazine Advises
Workingmen Against
Over Confidence.
Says Union Destroying Body
Not Manifesting Corpse
Like Death Hue.

DeHFeT, COlO., May ll.-lne last issue
of the Miners Magazine contained the
following, which should be carefully
read by all workingmen:
There are some labor papers that are
offering congratulations to organized
labor by making the statement that the
Citizens Alliance. as an organization,
Is showing symptoms of dissolution. 1t
is true that in a few localities local Or
CARNATIONS of the union breaking SOM
bination have become invalids and will
soon be laid at rest in dishOnored
grave But let no member of organ
lied labor be lulled to sleep in the be-
lief that the Citizens Alliance is rap
idly manifesting the corpse-like hue of
death. The fact that few local or
ganizations have succumbed, or the fact
that the Citizens Alliance has sroWn
weakness throughout an entire state,
is not convincing evidence that it is
expiring as national organization.
During the past year the Citizens
Alliance has assumed powerful pro-
portions in the state Of California. The
efforts of the organization have been
concentrated on the Pacific Coast for
the purpose of waging desperate bat
tie against unionism in the far-famed
Golden State of the West. During the
past six months or more, real estate
sharks, promoters of Skin game" prop
ositions employers associations, mine
operators, employment bureaus, and
strike-breaking: agencies have unified
themselves into a.: combination to in
crease the population of the state of
California. Literature by the ton has
been scattered throughout the large
cities Of the east,.s picturingf;i in glowing
language the brilliant future that
awaits the proprietor Of Drawn and
muscle when, he reaches the state
whose atmosphere is redolent with the
aroma Of fruits and flowers.
Thousands of men and women of
eastern cities have read these word
painted circulars and, feeling the in
dustrial depression in the crowded cit
les Of the eastern states, turned their
faces to the setting sun and are now
numbered with California's unemploy
ed army, who are feeling the. pangs
OF want and hunger:
The Citizens Alliance Of California
has used every commercial body of the
state to glut the labor market of this
western state, so that conflict could
be precipitated between employer and
employee in which the Citizens Al1i-
ance would claim the honors. should
organized labor go: down to defeat.
A victory for the, Citizens Alliance
in California would mean that the Or
ganization would sweep over the coun-
try like tornado and every exploiter
and parasite that preys upon the sweat
and blood Of labor would break. into
the Citizens Alliance of every state in
the Union.
The fact that Farley, the strike
breaker left New York after partici-
pating In the subway strike, and di-
rected his steps to California, leaving
orders for his professional thugs to
follow, is convincing proof that Cali
fornia will be the next battlefield where
labor and capital will measure steel.
II this battle in California takes
place, organized labor throughout Am
erica should rise as a unit and send
forth to the brothers of the Golden
State, every "sinew of war; that Is
stored in the arsenal of unionism.
The defeat Of the. Citizens Alliance
in California will clip the claws and
extract the teeth Of this modern mon
ster and save organized labor in other
states from the assaults of mercenary
pirates.
Organized labor must be on the pick
ct line Of duty and watch with vigilant
vision every move of the enemy.