The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1912-11-22
sYNDICALISM AND SABOTAGE.

American labor movement blaze their way the
industrial SKY s J Whether yndcasm will in turn fze
out permanent fixture in unonm shaping ITS course
made appearance and should be studied to be mdetoo lha
much patent 1t appears to be an aftermath n GT al W " m
prominently identified with that organization oynu
movement i's s; l3 % nI Warfare on Ina nnionsm
There are svndca leagues process Of formation IN
parts the does not openly endorse any known form
all classes of labor organized and I'M
organized skilled and uked into its ranks While strongest per
haps among that branch of labor csSed as mked does not W
confne its activity that branch alone but seeks TO make
conservative highly skilled organizations me Syn
dcaists should be confused with the political
political the of the ballot to obtain socialism
tHe Gb m w. h IN etinCnstriaj organization and action
and that Organize the workers into powerful organ
federation of organizations and the strike weapon as the
real shortcut the industrial heaven Did one study ncam no
proposed plan of amagamaon and federation
appear very desirable thing The American Federation
strike tactics by syndcasts and preachedometmes
openly, sometimes noby them enters another realm The
trade union policy one of eonca5lon not continual warfare
Through trade agreements written and oral concessions are made
possible unionsm guards aousy the right strike but
regards as last resort weapon to be used whfn all efforts at
is his Alpha and Omega the beginning and the end With him
with trade of any kind treason the working
The theory that continual striking against an employer will event
ualy him out mentally and financially until he will be glad to
turn his industry to his employees who will then operate Tor
syndicaism Sabotage continual with any
weapon that handy It embraces the passive strike
s ] ins " erg cap6t at TampernS With the
duty handle them; nauseatng
ingredients preparation of food hotel chefs; mayng
employed boosted of by ndcasts
where yndasm and sabotage have been into
Woehlke magazine writer quotes w. w leader as
follows Hartman strike: Some of the the
couple but fools wouldn't the hint They struck
like gentlemen They the boss thirty days notice oiled the
thing in the world make railroad time They cannot
o
laundry inside engine that fills from the gold dust tank
cleaned if they the cylinder blown the
squirt Of kerosene into the arose connections will do well
But those fools still have the honor notion their heads The
mon the ennIoyars3 business Al baIe t p f n ny
had be down when after three months the odo petroleum
union place strikers They soap Jumps of
salt mice and cockroaches into the dough- until the
dropped accidentally containing hundreds of
acid sprayed over the looms IN textile mills ate through the threads
and stopped the machinery Simply by turning the cocks in the
1t Of commission IT. e covroJ m ii it ft I
and robbed the plants Of their for hours Dssats
fled garment workers applied diluted suuc acid the inside of
literally apart In one Of the pamphlets soId by the In
dusra Workers the writer relates with deep disgust how the @
marked by white bandage around arms from their own ranks
Berlin are accused Of treason TO tP ca b g TGaans Oh
ing ncpent blaze caused by the power plant
fire department Nor they understand the action of the English
and American miners xempng the pumping engineers
the strike orders that the might shafts
mat IS sabotage direction the nth power
companied yndeasm Europe Syndca tell tactics
used IN foreign counresFrance for
greatly modified in this country modied Establish the
principle that the Of force destruction of property etc is
perfectly honorable method of industrial difference
between mild and absolute
difference Of degree In principle the destruction of
integral machine nv
mite of the Los Angeles Times building who simply
hides tool does not to take nethr did McNamara
The of dynamite ourag carried the McNamaras
their accompces the logical of direct
called sabotage To the
that the syndcas making Roadway country
The steel and the wooden breeding flies
foreigners brought this country believing that America
land of opportunity the poor and OBJ
pressed enslaved bondage ever marked
black slavery be expected to become anything
of
institutions crushed by the brutal savedrvng
fertile soil for the seeds of rebellion
this We have desk periodical
American Employer The avowed of this
the employers of America into