The Forrest City times., 1910-09-02

There Is seldom day passes but somewhere in our country from one to 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 rtoting. burning of street cars. wrecking of trains and attempted or successful 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 i Federation of Labor
 Then you will realize why the great peace-loving majority of over 80 mil lion Americans protest against the growth of this crime-tainted organiza- 1 ton comprising perhaps one and one half million men, of which it Is esti- l mated at least seven-tenths are peace 1 loving citizens and are members by coercion and are not in sympathy with the three-tenths 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 con- trol 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 75 cents month in fees
 Various methods are used to fin 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 1 pay fees to the leaders.
 The 5000 Workmen in Battle Creek are. as rule. free from the dictates o1 the great Labor Trust and still get the highest wages In Michigan. If 1 they had yielded to the smooth talk 1 of the agents of the trust and Joined they would pay in fees from s125O. % l to s20o0.00 a month to the big trust and be subject to strike orders any i time.
 Now they save that and put the money Into homes and family com forts
 But the managers of the American l 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 halls, gave picture shows. smokers etc. as an investment. looking to rich returns when they succeeded in hay ] ing them tied hand and foot.
 But they failed and the last of these organizers" left Battle Creek on May 1st saying tits 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 Labor Trust
 In Philadelphia some 40Oo indepen- dent street car men, who mainly had families. had their own union and re- fused to join the big trust. preferring to De free to work or not as they pleased.
 But the trust planned to force them into the feepaying ranks, SO a strike was ordered to compel the traction NoiiipdiS lO 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 fami- lies. The strike was ordered. not to raise wages or reduce hours, remem. Der, but solely to throw out members or an independent union and make places only for Labor Trust members and thus show the independent men they could not earn a living unless they first paid fees to the trust man. agers.
 Incidentally the people of Philadel. phia must submit to no car serv,ce rioting and bloodshed with millions Tn losses while these fee-hunting noto- riety seeking trust leaders were teach. ing the world that industry cannot he carried on except by workrnen who nrst bend the knee. bow the head and pay fees.
 How these men as strike leaders iose 10 see their names in the papers