United labor bulletin., 1913-05-29
nAYWOoD'S BATTLE FOR PATTERSON SILk MILL WORKfI

ing unorganized, Joined Mr.. Haywood's
l. w. w.
Here one sees again how Haywood
finds his opportunity to build up the
Industrial Workers Of the World. 1t
was the same at Paterson as at Law
renee. The older and more exclusive
trade unionism in the textile industry
had never organized the Paterson op-
eratives. The /. w. ~. jumps in and
furnishes leadership for the strike, no
doubt fomenting it and keeping it going
in accordance with the 'direct-action
principles the organization stands for.
II the strike. fails, the defeated workers
will probably practice the destructive
arts of sabotage after their return to
the mills, precisely as is taught by syn
dicalism."
AS in Lawrence, the strikers children
play prominent and picturesque part.
The first declaration that they would be
sent out of town to be taken care of
was met by the mayor with the state
ment that Paterson could take care of
her own children. To call his BLUR
Miss Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Bill"
Haywood's chief lieutenant, took eight
six small children around to the city
hall But here they found the commits
sioner of the outdoor poor ready to take
cQaTBe Oh edCQ case a4ttI piOPci ihsSoSA-
cation. So the promised presentation
ceremony failed to take place, and the
distribution of childfen began, some
reaching New York in time to appear in
the May day socialist parade.
The somewhat belated entrance OF
the American Federation of Labor is
interpreted by the Industrial Workers
as "a declaration OF war AS the New
York Evening Post puts it:
with the entrance of John Golden.
president of the United Textile Workers,
at the behest, it is said. of the mill own
ers, and the opening of Headquarters
to enroll strikers in the A F. of L., the
old fight between the two organizations,
that had its opening battles in the great
strikes at Lawrence and Little Falls, is
on again, with more bitterness and de-
termination than ever. and the situation
has reached the point wnere Haywood
and his followers ree1ize that If the
F. of L. effects a settlement with the
bosses. and the workers return to their
tasks. the loss of prestige to the l. w
w. will be a blow from which recovery
will be nearly impossible"
While several newspapers reported
much apparent success in this effort
organize unions among the dyers anc
textile workers, the New York World
does not see what the A. F. OF L. lead
ers can accomplish, for 'the strikers are
lined up almost solidly with William L
HAYWOOD and his colleagues" And th'
Newark News, explaining this peculi'
situation in the nearby city, says:
'If the workers now have substa
tial grievance, they had it when the l.
w. w. organized the, strike. II they a
now in an effective position for redress
the 1. W. w. leadership deserves
credit
"on the surface It would seem that
the L Wv. had .pzSzone over on the
craft unionists, and that the latter
should take counsel with themselves to
avoid losing prestige. Their delayed en-
trance into the field looks like an ell
fort TO cover ready made union recruits
into their organization. using as lever
the apparent inability of the l. w. W.
To reach any settlement because of their
radical and hostile philosophy
THE refreshingly simple l. w w.
creed. with its all right and all wrong
its uncompromising adherence to the
belief that labor is the sole agent in
production and that the share of all
else is robbery. may naturally be expect
ed to make an effective appeal to men
talities which the more conservative,
and. in the long run, sounder oeliefs oil
the Federation leave unimprest FER
hans this may account for the success
in orsanization that the l. w. w. had as
much as remissness on the part OF the
Federation"
The national leaders of the Federation.
explains the News. do not take part in
a labor contest like that in Paterson
unless called in by the local central
body. But the central body in Paterson
could not act at first because it could
not get the inducement OF enough votes,
for many of its members we're l. w. W.
sympathizers" The logical way out,
that is. from the manufacturers stand
point. concludes the Newark daily, would
seem to be IAN alliance with union infiu-
ences that are constructive rather than
revolutionary" And. according to some
Paterson dispatches, this is the way
many mill owners feel about it.
The Paterson Call believes that the
strenuous campaign now being waged by
the American Federation of Labor will
bear fruit, and that through the efforts
of Federation officials the strike will
finally be settled. This is a consumma-
ton earnestly desired by many papers
in the region near the scene OF Mr..
Haywood's activities. And they pass to
a denunciation of this labor leader, his
organization and his methods. Wor
ing people. declares the New YORK
World, need protection quite as much
against dangerous breeders OF disturb
ance like the Industrial Workers of the
World as against unjust and greedy en-
ployers." The Journal OF Commerce.
too remarks:
'Tf allowed to have their own way
from economic anarchy to the verge OF
political anarchy, the inevitable recourse
must be to a strengthening of power in
the hands Of those who have the capac-
ity to govern. for the protection of per
son and property alike. and for tn
preservation OF the economic and social
system. These Haywoods and Ettors
and Trescas and Flynns are the worst
enemies of democratic government"
Yet rioting. "mob rule anarchy. is