United labor bulletin., 1909-12-17

compared with the cost of strike to
the people of communities in no way re-
sponsible for the dispute"
In the same paper news article is
printed showing that plenty of "scabs"
are being employed and that the men are
sure to be defeated.
Nearly every big paper in the country
is printing practically the same matter.
Millions of readers are today being in
duced to lend their efforts to the de-
feat of the striking switchmen.
Hardly word is printed as to the JUS
tice of the mems demands. Nobody can
discover what is the cause of the trou-
BILE and few will get the truth concern
ing the mems position.
This is but a sample of the powerful
machine that is set in action to crush
strikes. 1t is more powerful machine
than the manufacturers association. A
million dollars would be needed to buy
the space now being used in the news
papers for the purpose of DEFEATING
handful of striking workers.
Almost the only papers not being used
to defeat the strike are the Socialist
and labor papers. They are printing the
switchmen's side of the case. They will
refuse all ads asking for scabs.
They are not writing editorials try
ing to induce people to believe that the
question of mems wages and mems lives
are of little or no Importance.
Yet ten union men will support the
World and other capitalist newspapers
to one that will support this paper. They
keep the capitalist papers alive day by
day with their thoughtless pennies. AS
readers they are capitalized and their
the richest asset of the big capitalist
dailies.
We know that this paper is a poor,
weak, struggling thing, and that it de-
mands some sacrifice to buy this paper
instead of much bigger one.
We know that it's limited staff and
means cannot produce a paper of the
brilliancy and show of the large metro
politan dailies. Nevertheless, we know
that if union men buy papers which are
using all their efforts to break strikes
they are simply aiding the enemy. They
are helping to build up papers that print
ad or news or editorials to crush their
own revolt. They are creating a giant
that will some day destroy them.
The switchmen have got a hard battle
before them. Every power that money
can command will be used against them
and unfortunately it will not only be the
power of the bosses, but the power of
it will be partly because the workmen
help papers such as the World, lend their
money and patronage to an enemy, which
at such times as these keeps the work
ers misinformed and uses its machinery
to crush their strikes.
The capitalists alone would be help
less. But with the aid of unemployed
workmen, of union patronage of the cap
italist press, the switchmen have fierce
battle to fight
This paper will do what it can to help
the men. If all union men supported us
we could do 10000 times what we do
now. If our press were really the press
of the workers and were Loyalty support
ed by tie workers, that alone might be
enough 10 turn the tide in favor of the
men in every great strike.
Here's to the switchmen. Here's sue
cess to those brave and fearless men
now in hattie. What little help we can
give is yours. The much that we would
like 60 give must wait until the workers
for whon this paper is published make
it the power it should be.-Iron City
Trades journal.