Evening journal., 1910-08-31

dered and over 5000 bruised and
manned in the Chicago teamster's
strike.
There is seldom a day passes but
somewhere in our country from one 70
a score of our fellew men are as
saultsd or murdered by members OF
this band.
Then remember the homes blown up
or burned. The families bounded, the
rioting, burning Of street cars, wreck
ing OF trains and attempted OF sue
cessful killing of passengers.
The general disturbance Of industry
and the thousands Of dollars forced
from tax payers to pay extra police,
sheriffs and militia to protect, even
in feeble way, the citizens from the
mobs OF members of the American
Federation of Labor
Then you viii realze. why the great
peace-loving majority Of over 80 mil
lion Americans protest against the
growth of this crime-tainted organi-
cation comprising perhaps one and
one half million men. of which II IS
estimated at least seven-tenths are
peace-loving citizens and are members
by coercion and are not in sympathy
with the three-tenths who have gain
ed control and force their methods.
We find that a few designing men
have seized control Of the American
Federation Of Labor, just as some
shrewd capitalists have secured con-
troll OF some railroads and other in
terests and are now twisting and
turning them into machines for per-
sonal profit and fame.
These men cunningly plan to force
workmen to join and pay 25 10 75
cents a month in fees.
Various methods are used 10 In
duce" workmen to join.
First, they talk of the tyranny OF
capital" making slaves of workmen-
Then they work up enthusiasm
about the brotherhood Of man" and
other talk which experience has
shown excites the emotions of work
men and they are induced to "join"
and pay fees to the leaders
The 5000 wOrkmen in Battle Creek
are. as a rule. free from the dictates
/ Of the great Labor Trust and still get
the highest wages in Michigan. II
they had yielded to the smooth talk
Of the agents of the trust and joined,
they would pay in fees from s12500O
to 100000 q month to the big trust
and be subject to strike orders any
! time
Now they save that and put the
money into homes and family COM
forts
But the managers of the American
Federation Of Labor have worked hard
and long TO harness them
The trust has sent small bales of
money and last winter Is "organiz-
ers" 10 tie up Battle Greek. They
hired halls, gave picture shows, smok-
ers, ETC., as an investment, looking
to rich returns when they succeeded
in having them tied hand and foot.
But they failed and the last OF these
"organizers" left Battle Creek on May
LIST saying ITS no use. !"
The workmen knew the record OF
this great trust and formed their own
association to protect their rights and
also to protect them from the big La.
Dor Trust
In Philadelphia some 1000 indepen.
dent street car men, who mainly hac
families, had their own union and re.
fused to join the big trust, preferrinf
to be free to work or not as they
pleased.
But the trust planned to force then
into the fee-paying ranks, so a strike
was ordered to compel the Traction
company to kick out these men anC
hire only Labor Trust members.
1t was not a question Of wages o.
hours but to push the free men ou
> of their positions where they wer,
learning good money to support thei
families. The strike was ordered
not to raise wages or reduce hours
remember, but solely to throw ou
members of an independent uniol
and make places only for Labor Trus
members. and thus show the inde
pendent men they could not earn
living unless they first paid fees 4
the trust managers.
: Incidentally the people Of Philadel
5 phia must submit to no car service
rioting and bloodshed with millions il
. losses white these fee-hunting, notori
) ety-seeking trust leaders we're teach
ing the world that industry cannot b.
carried on except by workmen VIII,
hrst bend the knee. bow the head an,
pay fees.
How these men as strike leader