Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-04-11
Bruce Rogers and George
Speed So Announce in
Hoquiam Last Night
ANARCHY IS ADVOCATED
Will Soon Make Unions Crawl
on Their Bellies, Says
George Speed

HOQUlAM, April 11.-lf any doubt
has existed in the minds OF Union
men as to the ultimate intention of
the |. w. w. revolutionists in regard
to trade unions, the addresses made
here tonight, by Bruce Rogers, |. w.
W. attorney, and George Speed will
dsabuse it.
Both delivered addresses at Finn
hall last night, devoted principally to
abuse of The Washingtonian. This
newspaper appears to have stung the
whole conspiracy in its weakest place
the destruction of organized labor.
both Rogers and Speed defending to
the utmost of their ability such d
charge. Speed read extracts from the
writings of Samuel Gompers to prove
that unskilled labor could be crgani-
zed.
Gompers Is Roasted
Still, he roasted Gompers to the
limit, claiming that this little tin god
Of the trades unions had spent $5,-
100000 in five years for the working
men and had got them less wages
and fewer benefits than they former
ly enjoyed. Every three minutes he
held up a sheet of The Washington.
ian and piled up denunciatiOn against
it. Between spells he roasted the
constitution, denounced the flag, de-
nounced everybody who had accom-
plished anything in national way, in
cludng George Washington; assailed
the churches as the worst curse of all,
attacked the schools; called the gov
ernor a ''miserable rat" and ran the
gamut of insurrection. riot, revolu-
ton and sedition.
A Sample Roast
Here is sample sentence, deliver
ed with all of the poison with which
his system is imbued:
We've got dirty little rat COVER
nors like the one at Olympia; we've
got cheap bluffs at justice sitting on
benches: we've got servile chiefs Of
police; We've got thugs who are
habitues of the lowest districts of
cities: we've got stool pigeons, pri-
vate detectives-and then we've got
Johnson. (Nociferous applause)
To the 200 persons in the hall he
said: See how many times you can
get arrested"
All Depends on Worker
George Speed pitched into the la
Dor unions in the fiercest manner
possible. He denounced them from
every possible angle.
LET the man who digs the eXcava-
tion strike and what becomes cf your
bricklayer?"
Speed was quite profane as ne in
creased in vehemence, and ieclal ed
uniOnized crafts crawl on their he'll
lies and beg for food thus bearing
out the main contentious of his
newspaper regarding the organiza-
tons aim.
Why Rogers Quit the Law
Rogers says he left the law be-
cause it was too parasitical He max
es some pretentions to being club
man, but delights in proclaiming him.
self the most rabid of the rabid He
is apparently in close touch with the
Scripps league of newspapers, and
claims that in every town of Ho-
quam's size in the United States
stories of the Grays Harbor strike,
telling of the horrible atrocities, =
will be printed.
Too Much for Listeners
Although both speeches were much
more revolutionary than any hereto
fore delivered at mass meetings here,
the audience was smaller. The men
were restless and many left during
Speeds harangue.
Speed. in the most insinuating way
possible, told how the wreck of a
passenger trains might depend on one
section man on a railroad. when
we get them fellows organized that
one man can bring on strike of the
whole Pacific system" (Cheers.)
Rogers, in talking, sneers most OF
the time, and, being skilled speak