The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1912-04-12
(By E. p. Marsh J

Mr. Manufacturer and Mr. Business Man of Everett want
to talk to you about this W. w. business W. agitation
your
this city OF all the large manufacturing cities of the North Pacific
up the Workers you wondering how long
will be ere the trouble makers descend in force our borders
And you are probably considering how deal with them in case
they choose Everett an objective point.
In this article we want to appeal to from trade union
standpoint However much dislike trade unonism
seriously to read word of this article and to weigh
A. F. of L. unonsnl and T. W. W. at the
ultimate end the bement conditions
they apart as the poes MARX WELL This DIFFER
Of n % a5 RsoS s s d % e @
compact organization to the end that better conditions be
employers strike we
have but have always been willing to sit down and talk
first and have times made of points de
manded in order Others We forget and
children at home who forced suffer if compelled
strike.
The Industrial Workers what is called drect aonis
Their policy to make flat unaeabe demands and tie i'm
meda the industrial plant affected the demands met
forthwith.
I W. policy of striking without
warning and without the right but that
Federation sn on Of nG abo nor '"' 'y the p0'y OF the American
To sum it all up if trade unions become involved in strikes
which industrial strife and business sagnaton because
employers refuse to listen to demands to conference
A F. of unions and will find this statement general
Where do the Industrial Workers gain
They make their headway places where working under
openly Identity themselves with labor ion ScKe ROCKS Law
and other eastern centers where the small hours
Of espionage nionm allowed foothod fertile
fields for the W. W. Don't forget that this the day and of
organization class of the worlds people and that if
working people cannot organize openly and abovboa eventually
they will do secretly, candestnely.
When reach the breaking point their whole beings filled
with dust of employers and hatred of their surroundings they
for the rerand teachings of the l. W. W. popagands
To get home let's briefly review Grays Tlarbor
You know and know that cannot live decnty $500
day they have families support children
two-dolar tends drive
foreigner much al the wages
cut to $50 day The mills filled with foreigners and
they used as they were to standard of living far below felt
the pinch and knew something They wouldn't let them
the life out OF the only organization the timber industry the ng
weavers The business all this going
quiescent The inevitable happened The w W. the field
and looked good them They began drifting
speech fight Manufacturers police
yet killed with club all the worlds history The blaze
the arbor only smothered quenched
campaign ceased but the of the W. w
renamed They might have been ecated had the employers made
better conditions for their employees They didn't their policy
and the germs multiplied until like prairie by
the Industrial Workers spread throughout the lumber industry
the of industrial business mounting money
loss of thousands of dollars the manufacturers compelled
placed somewhere near living
affaon That policy pursued years ago saved all
that there would have be
w Wis its seed the soil of wretched working
spnkles with the of discomfort and eaps
industrial revolt 1t hrves persecution may
out of its way looking for it.
You do not want the Industrial Workers
NEITHER DO WE TRADE UNIONISTS We approve of
their methods tactics and know well the turmoil that
lows their entry into community There
Just now why they should No chance for street
nave antstreet speaking ordinance
The town well organized in nearly all of the trades
been remarkably free from industrial Organization
along compact lines one OF the best guarantees of industrial
The hne per organized in this cit,
and for there has been ripple
Z the shingle mills of Everett
The mill workers being urged to organize in this city
the present time and affiliate American Federation q
Labor With the idea of striking month"; No