Norwich bulletin., 1910-08-31

Take just one as an illustration;
 There were some thirty men rnur- Cered and over 5000 bruised and maim- ed in the Chfcago's teamster's strike.
 There is seldom a day passes but somewhere fin our country from one 10 score of our fellow men are assault ed 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 or success fuI killing of passense CTS.
 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 a feeble way. the citizens from the mobs of members of the American Federation of Labor.
 Then you will realize why the great peace-loving majority of over so mill ion Americans protest against the growth of this crime tainted organiza- ton comprising perhaps one and one half million men, of which 1t is esti- mated at least seven-tenths are peace loving citizens and are members by coercion and are not in sympathy with the three tenthe who have gained con- trol 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 control of some railroads and other interests and are now twisting and turning them into machines for personal profit and fame.
 These men cunningly plan to force workmen to join and pay 2s to 75 cents a month in fees.
 Various methods are used to fin duce" workmen to join
 First. they talk of the tyranny of capital" making slaves of workman.
 Then they work up enthusiasm 4out the brotherhood of man" and other cites the emotions Of workmen 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. If they had yielded to the smooth talk of the agents of the trust and joined, they would pay in fees from s1250.0o to $2000.0O a month to the big trust and be sub iect to strike orders any time. Now they save that and put the money into homes and family comforts. 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 organizers to tie up Battle Creek. They hired
  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 i "organizers' left Battle Creek on May 1st saying its no use. The workmen knew the record of this great trust and formed their own as- sociation to protect their rights and also to protect them from the biz Labor Trust.
 In Philadelphia some 1000 indepen- | dent street car men, who mainly Lad | families, had their own union and re- | to be free to work or not as they | pleased.
 l But the trust planned to force them | into the fec paying ranks, so a strilos was ordered to compel the traction company to kick out these men and | hire only Labor Trust members. | It was not a question of wages or | hours but to push the free men out Of | their positions where they were earn | ing good money to support their fsni- | lies. The strike was ordered, not tc | raise wages or reduce hours, remem- ! Der. but solely to throw out members i of inde pendent union and make | places only for Labor Trust members and thus show the Independent men 1 they nrst paid fees to ths trust mana gers.
 1 Incid entally the people of Philadel- | phia must submit 10 no car service
 rioting and bloodshed with millions fr i losses while these fee hunting. notori I ety-seeking trust leaders were teaching l the world that industry cannot he car ! ried on except by workmen who first bend the knee, bow the head and pa, l fees.