The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1913-04-18
ROAD EXPERIENCES OF A
COUPLE OF LABOR
AGITATORS.
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ing up their immediate Jurisdiction in
a short time There, as elsewhere,
our movement was the live topic Of
conversation. The business men of
the community have faith in the
Shingleweavers and know that with
them at the helm the work of organi-
zation win progress along sane lines
On less than twenty-four hours no.
tice, Brothers WentZ, Prickett and the
other boys Of the local went out and
drummed out a crowd to hear me that
filled their hall 1t was an inspiring
crowd-a crowd that looked straight
into your eye as you talked and lis
tened with that intentness that is an
incentive to the best efforts of any
speaker with a real message to de-
liver.
There as at Elbe the boys were
furious over the action of the hall au-
thorities the night before The con-
tretemps didn't bother Folsom and
myself so much. We expect opposi-
ton and discount it in advance but
10 the local boys it was a body punch
and it hurt deep They were baked
of their Saturday night meeting
through the smallness of a little
coterie of business men who vainly
imagined they were throttling the en-
tire labor movement by their con-
temptuous tactics, but our cause didn't
lose any There isn't a logger nor
mill worker in that neck of the woods
that doesn't KNOW that there is a
shingleweavers, sawmill workers and
woodsmen's union, and that we mean
business. The spirit of a rebellion
against tyranny was famed just that
much harder and the boys want to
know more than ever about us and
what we intend to do You can't
make the boys around Elbe and Min
eral believe we are a bosses union"
or that we are leading them up to
slaughter
The more l meet these men of the
mills and camps the more l am
thrilled by the magnitude of our move
ment. The possibilities latent in a
thorough organization of the men en-
gagged in the timber industry stagger
the Imagination Wholly apart from
the benefits TO be derived from or
ganization by the workers in the tim
Der industry, the impetus it will give
10 the whole cause of labor in this
state is incalculable. The giant of
labor is tearing at the bonds that bind
him. Small wonder the greedy en-
ployer Of labor breads the awakening.
The six weeks campaign in the
timber industry have been wonderful
days and yet we have but scratched
the soil We have done but little
more than gain an insight into the
future, grasp the significance of this
onward campaign. The days to come
viii bring to us nearer realization
of our hopes. Every recruit now OBJ
tanned is a crusader, missionary,
going back to his place of employ
ment to tell his fellow workers what
he has done and what he has learned.
It's worth every bit of the hard work
our boys are putting into this move
ment to see the spirit with which the
men meet them, their anxiety to learn
everything possible about us.
When we meet in convention in
Aberdeen next January we will look
upon this year as the shortest year we
have ever known because it has been
the busiest and the satisfaction of
having accomplished some big things
will be ours. So every man off with
his coat and at it!