Bisbee daily review., 1910-08-31

agree this is no exaggeration.
Take one as an illustration:
! There were some thirty men muir
dered and over 5000 bruised and main
ed in the Chicago teamster's strike.
There is seldom a day passes but
somewhere in our country from one TO
score OF our fellow men are assaulted
or murdered by members OF this band.
Then remember the homes blown up
OF burned. The families bounded, the
riotiRg. burning OF street cars, wreck
ing OF trains and attempted or 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 realize why the great
lpeace-lOving majority of over so mil
lion Americans protest against the
growth Of this crime-tainted organi-
zation comprising perhaps one and
one half million men, of which IL Is
estimated at least seven-tenths are
/ peace-loying citizens and are members
| by coercion and are not in sympa-
| thy with the tAree-tenths who have
gained control and force by their meth
DDS.
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 turn
ing them into machines for personal
profit and fame
These men cunningly plan to force
workmen to join and pay 25 to rs
cents a month in fees
Various methods are used to ''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 ex-
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. II
they had yielded to the smooth talk
OF the agents OF the rraSt and Joined
they would pay in fees from s1250.O0
Ito 100000 a 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 organizers
to tie up Battle Creek. They hired
Aalls gave picture shows. smokers.
etc, as an investment looking to iich
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 worhingrnen knew the record sof|
this great trust and formed their own
association to protect their rights ana
also to protect hem from he big Labor
Trust.
In Philadelphia some 1000 indepen-
dent street car men who mainly had
families, had their own union and re-
fused 90 join the big trust prefer
ring to be free to work or not, as
they pleased.
But the trust planned to force them
into the fee-paying ranks, so a strike
was ordered 70 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 Tree men out Of
their positions where they were earn
ing good money to support their fam
lilies. The strike was ordered. not to
raise wages or reduce hours. remsm-
Der, but solely 70 throw out members
Of an independent union and make
places only for Labor Trust members
and thus skS- the independent men
they could not earn a living unless
they first paid fees to the trust man
ayers.
Incidentally the people OF Phita-
delphia must submit 70 no car service.
rioting and bloodshed with millions
IN losses while these fee-hunting
notoriety-seeking trust leaders were
teaching the world that industry can
not be carried on except by workmen
VINO first bend the knee, bow the
head and pay fees.