The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-07-04


into the street and the sorrowins
mourners vic.ously attacked and
driven from the solemn rites conduct
ed for their loved ones in the last and
final farewell.
These are a few of the many 1ndig'
mites and tyraunies heaped upon the
common American citizens in this
present day slavery of the labor trust
slavery more widespread and irk.
some, with more assaults upon citizens.
more oppression, more property de-
stroyed, and more murders committed
than during the period of negro STA
cry, which so aroused the human sym
pathy of great people, that in the
settlement of the question millionnS
OF lives and hundreds of millions OF
property Wee sacrificed
All that to free the African while
the latter.day slavery manacles the
hands of the white free-born Ameri
can.
Think of the condit on under which
thousands OF our citizens are forced
against their will, to pay money to
join the unions, and to obey bllndly
the orders of the leaders TO stop work
Wdlen told, helpless to earn the little
money needed by wife and children
for food, clothing and fuel, helpless to
maintain their manhood and self-re.
spect, bowling and crushed until the
suicides caused by utter despair, has
mounted up to an appalling list.
Why don't the people rise in their
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monster, someone inquiries?
Let US look AT the facts and see.
Some years ago. there arose a God
given inspiration for the wage Garner
to better his condition, and the sym.
pathy of the whole people went out
towards the movement. Organization
to mass power seemed requisite and
trade unions came into being, their
early motives being pure. They must
have leaders, Improvements began TO
appear in better sanitary conditions,
better hours and better wages. Then
the leaders began to demand large
salaries and finally to wiring graft
from the members and from employ
ers. Then appeared the intoxication
of power; the leader found that his
slightest word must be obeyed, and in
order to enforce it he must rule by
terrorism and absolute slavery meth
DDS. Money in great sums must be
raised and the procedure seemed SIM
pie. Hire agitatOrs and organizers n
commission basis. Send an organ
izer into any district even where work
men are well paid and contented. Seek
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individuals, easy to find in any COM
munity. JOIN them in a meeting, maxi
some infiammatory speeches, tell them
how they are abused, and that labor
creates all wealth and therefore must
take 1t ALL" Urge them to make other
wOrkmen dissatisfied, and in a few
days nucleus is formed like snow
ball which only needs little rolling
to grow rapidly. Then mass these dis
contents and march to a factory and
call on the workmen to drop their
tools, join 1.-THE union" and go on strike.
Some steady heads demur and say
they have good positions and good pay.
Waylay such man on his way home,
argue and persuade him to join the
union and strike. Call him "scab" If
he refuses, boot and jeer at him, throw
few stone> and get some boys TO
chase and harass him. Have crowd
call on his grocer and tell him he will
be 'boycotted if he furnishes that
scab'' any goods; same to the clothier,
hatcher and coal man. Notify his
friends not TO associate with him, In
struct the children to chase his and
and terrorize them going and coming
from school. Notify his employer that
all other workmen will quit and boy
colt his goods If he don't discharge
that scab." About that time this
martyr begins to feel that it is terri
BILE price to pay for his standing up
for the freedom and liberty guaranteed
him by the constitution of his fathers
and his right to Independent action
and unless he be the one bravest man
out Of a hundred brave men ne will
yield and bow his neck to the yoke OF
the labor trust, an absolute slave
crushed and helpless. From that time
he is subject to orders" he dare not
disobey, while occasional fines of from
$1,000 to $4,000 are assessed against
him by "the union" to punish him
and inc denta'ly fatten the pocket
books of the leaders,.
Thousands and tens of thousands of
high grade American workmen are in
that condition of helpless slavery to-
day and they curse, but bow.
Give them chance and they would
free themselves, but the skillful organ
lzation set up and ruled by the paid
leaders Is powerful enough to keep
them properly tanned.
Thus We see a movement started
with high and noble purpose, Omitted
into the hands of designing men who,
having discovered the volume Of pow
er put in their hands, use 1t for per-
sonal ends, talking loud about the
wrongs of labor" ETC., etc., while fas-
tening the chains tighter and tighter
on the arms of that labor.
They quickly discover the necessity
of forcing all workmen to join the
trust so the leaders can secure the
monthly contributions and also govern
them. So, to bring this about, we see
the most aggravated forms Of oppres-
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