Arizona republican., 1906-07-04
To Mongrels, Tyrants,
 Slaves and Freemen

places where 1t Is yet too weak to rule It even has bod carriers union and horse leaders" union to federate with other slaves among the unionized doctors and grand opera singers. The punishment of refractory me nbers UT citizens who dare assert their IersOnal rights includes attacks on funeral pro sessions, and at times the hearsc is overturned and the poor deal body ot the loved mother or child thrown cruelty into the street and th- solow- ing mourners viciously attachel nud beaten from the solemn rites conduct ed for their loved ones in the las: and final farewell.
 These are few of the many lndign!- ties and tyrannies heaped upon the com mon American citizen in his present day slavery, more widespread and trksome, with more assaults upon cit izens, more oppression, more property destroyed and more murders commit ted than during the period of negro i slavery which so aroused the human sympathy of a great people that in the settlement of the question millions of lives and hundreds of millions of prop erty were sacrificed.
 All that to free the African while the latter-day slavery mancles the hands of the white free-born American.
 Think of the condition under which thousands of our citizens are forced, against their will, to pay money to join the unions. and to obey blindly the orders or the leaders to stop work when told, helpless to earn the. little money needed by wife and children for food, clothing and fuel, helpless to maintain their manhood and self respect lowing and crushed until the suicides caused by utter despair has mounted up to an appalling list.
 Why don't the people rise in their might and free themselves from this monster, someone inquires.
 Let us look at the facts and see. Some years ago there arose a God giv- en inspiration for the wage earner to better his condition. and the sympathy of the whole people went out towards the movement. Organization to mass power seemed requisite and trade un- ions came into being, their early mo- tives being pure. They must have lead CTS. improvements began to appear in better sanitary conditions. better hours and better wages. Then the leaders began to demand large salar-
  the members and from employers. 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 methods Money in great sums must be raised and the procedure seemed simple. Hire agita- torsl and organizers on a commission basis. Send an organizer into a dis trict. even where workmen are well paid and contented. Seek out a few hot heads and wild talking individuals, easy to find in any community. Join them in a meeting, make some inflam- matory 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 a nucleus is formed like a small snow ball which only needs a 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 the union" and go on strike.
 Some steady heads demur and say they have good positions and good pay. Waylay such a man on his way home, argue and persuade" him to join the union and strike. Call him "scab" if he refuses, hoot and jeer at him, throw a few stones and get some boys to chase and harrass 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, butcher and coal man. NotI- fy his friends not to associate with him instruct the children to chase his 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 mar tyr begins to feel that it is a terrible 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 un- less he be the one bravest man out of hundred brave men he 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 dares not dis obey, while occasional fines of from 5000 to S100.00 are assessed against him by the union" to punish" him and incidentally fatten the pocketbooks of the leaders.
 Thousands and tens of thousands of high grade American workmen are in that condition of helpless slavery today and they curse, but bow.
 Give them a chance and they would free themselves, but the skillful organ ization 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, drifted into the hands of designing men, who. having discovered the volume of pow CT put in their hands, use it 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 nec- essity of forcing all workmen to join the trust, so the leaders can se- cure the monthly contributions and also govern them. So. to bring this about, We see the most aggravated fOrr11S nf ODnraSSfOY1 and 1a