Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-11-27
The |. w. w. Situation.


deem by the hired orators and Work
ers' of the |. W. w. has been made
under the allegation that the city
council abridged the right of free
speech in this city, whereas the diff
Guilty is that the |. w. W. want to use
the right of free speech in prohibited
places only. There has been abso-
lutely no interference with their
speech, on the contrary, their orators
were given the use of the city hall
for their meetings, as we'll as the
streets, where they would not inter-
fere with the rights of the public to
the free use of such streets.
The history Of this organization is
long story of trouble making. They
enter a city with the avowed purpose
of creating trouble. 1t is their scheme
of advertising. Their plan is to en-
barrass the city authorities, and pile
up big bills for police and court eX-
penses while their exploits are at
tracing the desired attention. Preach
ing against all law and lawful authori-
ty, they clamor for the due process
Of law" when interfered with, and
it was just this plan of campaign that
the citizens of Aberdeen united to
combat.
The doctrine advocated by the paid
orators of the organization has been
of the most inflamatory nature, but
no heed was paid it until the crowds
gathered about them in such numbers
as to impede travel on the streets.
Then the city council established GER
tain limits n which those gatherings
were prohibited. Then war was de-
clared on the city by the official Sec
rotary of the national organization at
Chicago, who wired Mayor Parks that
the |. w. w. would destroy Aberdeen
and make grass grow in it's Streets"
if it took 20 years.
The !. w. w. openly proclaims war
and war according to General Sher-
man, is hell, so that in declaring war
they must not expect to be met ev-
erywhere by bunch of peaceful non
combatants. The citizens of Aber
deem are for peace, but it must be an
honorable peace. Massing hundreds
of irresponsible undesirables, many OF
them not citizens of the United States
for the purpose of invading Aberdeen
and coercing it's authorities, was evil
IDENTIFY by order of the national Off
GERS and was to be taken no other
way than as a declaration of war in
accordance with the threat of the
secretary.
Here is the official proclamation,
published in a local paper, over the
signature of the official writer of the
local
"The l. w. w. proclaims a class
war between the employing and en-
ployed classes.
"The l. w. W. doesn't regard the
employing classes so-called rights, as
we hold that as labor produces all
wealth, to labor belongs all wealth.
The employing class is essentially a
robber class"
In the light of the history of this
organization, and it's actions in this
city, it is small wonder that the citi-
zenship of Aberdeen arose to repel
this invasion. What they teach or
preach, or from what walk of life
they come is of no consequence. What
Aberdeen resists, and will resist, is
an attempt of non-residents to die
tate to the authorities. Our officials
may, and do, err. They do not please
all of us, all the time, but We simply
will not have them dictated to by
parties from abroad.
In repelling this invasion, the citi-
zens of Aberdeen may have left them
selves open to a charge of unlawful
proceeding, but there is no gainsay-
ing the fact that the means adopted