The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-08-31
Hoodwinking
Clergymen

somewhere In our country from on,
to a score of our fellow men are as
saultcd or murdered by members Q
this band Hs-i3 t,.f,.
Ihon remember the homes blowI
up or burned The families bounded
tho rloting, burning OF street cars
wrcsking OF trains and attempted Of
successful killing Of passengers.
The general disturbance OF industr,
and the thousands of dollars forcet
from taxpayers to pay extra police
sheriffs and militia to protect, even IN
a feeble way, the citizens from thu
mobs of members OF the American
Federation OF Labor
Then you will realize why tho great
peace loving majority OF over so mil
lion Americans protest against the
growth OF this crime-talnted organlza
tion comprising perhaps one and one
half million men OF which II Is esti
mated at least seycn-tenths are peace
loving citizens and are members by
coercion and are not in sympathy with
the three.tenths who have gained COR
troll and force tlIcir methods.
We lind that few designing men
have seized control OF the American
Federation of Labor just as some
shrcwd capitalists have secured con.
troll Of some railroads and other IN
tcrests and are now twisting aud turn.
ing them into machines for personal
profit and fame.
These men cunningly plan TO force
workmcn to join and pay 2S to rs
cents a month In fees.
Various methods are used to "in-
ducer workmen to join.
First. they talk OF the tyranny OF
capitsr making slaves OF workmen.
then they work up enthusiasm about
the brotherhood oil man" and other
talk which experience has shown ex
cites the emotions OF worxmen and
they are induced to Lin" and pay
fees to the leaders.
The 5000, workmen iD Dattle 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 ip fees from sl250.0O
to $2000.00 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 o
money aud last, winter Is "organlzers'
to tie up Battle Creek. They birct
halls. gave picture shows, smokers
etc. as An investment, looking to rlcl
returns when they succeeded in hay
ing them tied hand aud foot.
But they failed aud the last of thcs'
''organizcrs" lct Battle Creek on Ma.
ist saying its no use"
The workmcp knew the record o
this great trust aud formed their ow,
association to protect their rights an
Also to protect thcm from the bls ia
Dor Trust.
! In philadelphia some 1000 indepeud
ent street car men. Tho maiply ba,
/ nDIllics. had their own union and rt
fused to Join the big trust, prcferrin
to be free to work or not as the
pleased.
+ But the trust planned 10 force then
| into the fcc-paying ranks, SO a strlk
was ordered to compel the tractio
company to kick out these men an
hire only Labor Trust members.
1t was not question OF wages o
hours but to push the free men out 0
their positions where they were carr
ing good money to support their fan
lilies. The strike was ordered, not I
raise wage or reduce hours, rcmen
bcr, but solely 70 throw out niembcr
of an independent union and max
places only for Labor Tru;t members
and thus show the Independent me
they could not earn living unies
/ they first paid fees to the trust mar
ayers.
Incidentally the people OF Philadc
phia must submit to no car service
rioting and bloodshed with millions 4
losses whine these fce-hunting. motor
/ ety-seeking trust leaders we're teach
ting the world that industry cannot b
carried on except by workmen VIII
first bend the knee, bow the head AM
pay fees.
How these men as strike leader
love to see their names In the papers