Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-02-01
A Roundup

Since the Government authorities have begun to Round Up,
a few of the men who have so long brought odium upon the name OF
honest labor, 4 have been urged by some editors to publicly define
the reasons for my seven years newspaper campaign on the tyran-
MES of many Labor Union Leaders,
Some men endow colleges. Others build libraries.
/ preferred to devote to newspapers my contributions toward
education warning the people, to protect themselves against ls the
greatest, most tyrannical and dangerous trust this country has ever
Especially insdious and dangerous, because it's inner plans werd
not understood by the average citizen who, seeing no immediate
slavery to himself, peacefully followed his own pursuits and bTndly
stronger as time went on. Not one word in my entire campaign has
been / 1 hass dn lga tnisd p te defend fr t%s s sssasla miTion honest and law.
abiding workmen who protest against the bullying and abuse OF
No one seemed to sympathize with the few thousand widows
and orphans Of the men murdered while faithfully trying to earn
a Labor TRUST RI S9a So p tried to present { ahdr' cause ass from time to time.
The, healthy 8 4y average average common nc citizen 5as q j. ? perhaps bag fs deserving rsness Of a At
other labor leaders tyranny as a reward for his Indifference.
I knew years ago that the plan of this big labor trust was to
ultimately gain control oyer every workman, clerk and empoye in
the z. s. including. farm hands and government employees,
This has been partly accomplished in some localities; then
First to harvest initiation fees, sometimes up to $4,000 each
Next monthly dues. Say $2s5oooo a month in a town with
members at 20 cents each.
Then the lash Of the slave driver came forth. Orders 20 strike;
what to buy; what not to buy; how to vote wbanS to parade
Ieayelope for strike benefits to- other men forced into ialeness pend
Ing negohT1oha between crooked leaders l1 and crooked ors employers mp e
ing the workmen tools. kept idle while the chiefs scrap for control or
One Of the hardest strokes Of the lash is the money forced from
members to defend dynamiters, suggers and murderers when
But let am honest workman, who, perchance, has been driven
taught a lesson through the sugging or dynamiting committees
The slavery Of the honest American worhnngman IS pltlaDle
Now, observe the plan Of this gang to govern men and. affairs
power of numbers to induce government officials to permit organic
| nnIo a. ra sess shaii apf s : Church. sHa State ! and u Family Fsas ys"AAs : =
Then force Congressman to pass anttlnJunctlon laws to prevent
courts from stopping proposed outrages-
Force merehaHts-#o9 hire only union clerks and sell only
slabel' goods Use union funds to support smuggling and dynamnt-
OF course, in carrying out the plan for complete control py the
gang some were caught.
Whenever openly exposed the men higher up Immediately
begin to assess members to protect the criminals and always rush
| hrath p : na y no = s ana the = defense fer Of + the s wase worker, with
such play upon the sympathy of the people they cover their own
1t would be hard to convince the widows of the twentyone
murdered men IN the Los Angeles tragedy, and hundreds Of others,
THAT their husbands received much benefit from "the defense of the
wage worker, = nor could they well understand such working OF that
particular brand Of the brotherhood of man. scheme.
Late events have stripped the lambs coat from the body of the
underneath, which / have tried time and again to explain to the
Men who preferred to work aud support their families have been
waylaid. Fingers chopped off, with the comforting assurance that
snow you can set type it you viii" Grow bars and heavy weighs
dropped ON heads. Fathers beaten unconscious and many times
crippled for life little homes blown up and many and many q corpse
brought to the destitute family.
into the thousands, and judges and jures have been threatened with
death, bribed, and witnesses slugged or put out Of the way.
guarded from the agents of the Labor Trust with it's tentaeles
esaeh;aa to the most remote eornrs of our country.
Don't permit yourself to be misled by the vapoaings of sentt
mental drooling degenerates who assert that these murders y just
fled because society has oppressed wodAlnsAael-
IN no country in the world are they paid as high and as
much earnest effort devoted 10 their welfare Noll is there as anrund-
ant opportunity m any other country IN the world If Sorkingmeh
to gain fortunes.
Onr great railroads and Industries are largely headed by former
wage eaTners-
These murders are instigated by that class OF men, alwaysm
evidence, who hate success. They eooay and cruelty plan aud exec
Enaq4 Moqs qua a@aH uMe Iaql 6asEes % sIap1nu pua s4IngsaB s4no
power over the slaves who dare protest. The nightly talk on STRIKES
given Ia many a union meeting, develops the nate and murderous
instinct which waits only for opportunity to carry out
Take the Los Angeles case as an illustration the Times had
49, nto.k n xaaro ~ oil kinds If aftaeka nnt herauSpe its
fs;bfnl empioyes were underpaias They received wages higher than
the union scale but thsT refused 70 bow down and piaae themselves
raier control Of the gang, hence they were persnsenty assaled
Aan4 finally I'll wer murdered. These men only askedsto be let alone
to support their fa4niHe#Sb but union leaders determined 70 rule over
4hena. hence b eaFdefH-
The wla1 sas~ae sE# he Iea3erc of thegreat Labor Trust, the
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