Arizona republican., 1910-08-31

strike.
 There is seldom a day passes but somewhere in our country from one to score of our fellow men are as sauIted 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 sue cessful killing of passengers
 The general disturbance of indus try and the thousands of dollars forced from tax payers to pay extra police. sheriffs and militia to pro- tect, even in a feeble way. the citl- zens from the mObs of members of the American federation of Labor.
 Then you will realize why the great peace-loving majority of over so million Americans protest against the growth of this crime-tainted organi- zatiOn comprising perhaps one and half million men, of which 1t is estimated at least seven anths are peace-Ioving citizens and are mem bers by coercion and are not in sym pathy with the three -tenths who have gained control and force their meth ods.
 We find that a few designing men have seized control of the American Federation of Labor. just as some shrewd capitalists have secured con- trol 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 9 to "a cents a month in fees. Various methods are used to in | duce" wOrkmen tO join.
 First, they talk of the tyranny of J capitaI'' making slaves of worSmen 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 Greek are. as rule, free from the dictates ! of the great Labor Trust and still gel the highest wages in Michigan. If they had yielded to the smooth talk oi the agents of the trust and joined they would pay in fees from S125O.OC | to $20O0.OO a month to the big trus and be subject to strike orders any time.
 Now they save that and put tn, money into homes and family com forts
 But the managers of the American | Federation of Labor have worked hard and long to harness them. I The trust has sent small bales O money and last winter, IS organizers to tie up Battle Creek. They hire, l halls. gave picture shows, smokers returns when they succeeded in hay ing them tied hand and foot
 But they failed and the last O these organizers" left Battle Greet on May 1st saving its no use"
 The workmen knew the record Q I this great trust and formed their owl I association to protect their rights an | also to protect them from the big La T bor Trust
 Il In Philadelphia some 4000 independ
 ent street car men, who mainly ha Il families. had their own union and re
 fused to join the big trust. preferrin :. to be free to work or not as the
 pleased.
 But the trust planned to force ther
 into the fee-paying ranks. so a strik
 was ordered to compel the tractio
 company to kick out these men an | hire only Labor Trust members | It was not a question of wages Q
 hours but to push the free men out O Il their positions where they were earn
 ing good money to support their fami I lies. The strike was ordered, not t
 raise wages or reduce hours, remem
 Der, but solely to throw out member : of an independent union and mak
 places only for Labor Trust members Il and thus show the independent mel they could not earn a living unles they first paid fees to the trust man agers.
 Incidentally the people of Philadel phia must submit to no car service rioting and bloodshed with millions il losses while these fee-hunting, notori 1 ety-seeking trust leaders were teach ing the world that industry cannot b carried on except by worknen wh' first bend the knee, bow the head ant pay fees,