Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-21

vet heard a socialist street preacher
spread his scheme sufficiently to embrace
the nine hundred million peoples OF the
Monaghan race.
Il am afraid that even the most VS.
ionary red flag enthusiast is afraid that
his dupes might see that II the Whlle
workers undertook to elevate that mass
of oriental humanity to the level or even
the poorest American laborer, the proba-
bilities are that that American standard
of living would drop still faster than II
is dropping with the present incoming
of 1900 immigrants daily, mostly from
southern Europe.
THE rank and file Of the l. w. w. is
told that it will have to carry on trade
and manufacture when capitalism snail
have been overthrown. This IS dlnneu
into the ears Of the laborers at every
strike. Go over to Paterson, and you Will
find thousands of men and women
whose strike failed after seven months,
who believe that in a year or SO they
will own the silk mills.
They knew what Elizabeth Gurley
Flynn meant when she told them to go
back to work, but TO make little mer
charitable silk as possible. That is. she
meant that they were to drop threads, let
dyes run. and turn out just as poor
product as possible. This is one form OF
sabotage.
When 1 speak of rank and file of the
/. w. w. 7 mean the dupes who have
been led into strikes. 7 do not mean the
trainps who are affectionateiy called by
the l. w. W. leaders stewbu,ns' and
'chairwarrners.' The organization has
thousands OF these fellows who are lit
orally I-won t-works,' and who hang
around headquarters in varioas cities.
They know that the working class will
not come into the possession OF the tools
of trade, and they would drop dead IL 1t
did.
'.They have seen the Zig ones fight
over the missing 1861 at Lawrence
and the lost fa,.l 81 Paterson. They
know why the Leaders say We keep no
books But th1g .tca ioa.ing better than
working, ana they make UP the mobs
that nep to stafl the riots that are to
arouse the ocStras -.le:i, first on one side
of the country ana then OH the other.
AT its beginning Lie |. ". ~. was at
tackled by the American Federation OF
Labor. These organizations are antago-
nstic in many ways. but vitaily so in this
particular: The american Federation of
Labor calls strike as a last resort. The
/. w. W. opens up with a strike, ana
guarantees another strike as quickly as
one is ended.
''The manufacturer. or employer of la
Dor can take his choice He can deaf
with the American Federation of Labor,
which makes contra acts and lives up to
them, or lie can deal with the !. w. w.
which makes no contracts, violates any
and all agreement. and strikes for de-
struction and revolution.
Most socialists resent being discussed
in connection with the I. w. w. The So
ciaiists are divided into two factions.
reds and .yellcws." as they formerly
called themselves, or direct actiohists'
and .moderates. The party itself voted
to throw out of its ranks all who preach
ed violence But | notice that the best
known /. w. w. leaders are still in the
party, and that it is the socialist element
that always carries on the fight after the
I. w. w has started class war in a town
or city.
THE socialists admit falling off of
5000 pay members the past year. and it