Strike bulletin. (Clinton, Ill.) 1913-1915, 1914-05-12
The Impending Crisis

II It,, lf hon l,st~C Virginia, roatcd Michigan
,be1 bio 81 thc Illm"l> Central and Hartman line. and
- B,y.in. stlt,- blood stained Colorado.
In iudl.a NJ, -m"kc mounts high above the martyrcd
.a Around ., of the hills at Wa,cnburg the minute
.n d 4 n,, cid the road of machine guns
with ma,ln, thank to the spfn oi 10, still have
ne mtu a II ,Aior IN TIN, oi mota descnrra
non and p1s,##,' E,hno-,,n.
Ont tho, covered Rookie, a country owned
1, N. Ro ,t= the Land where they saycs-e,ps
,t ,d,an.. .... working class. Under ias winch
,h,y tined L. idlulcuudcr the olemn mountains, the
,a berI,k. ,,dju willows and embracing yne,, they
o ben,4il -laaows II the clouds win
dxe., pa4,. Every state may red with the blood
n other n.ar hut they will peace, the temple
Of the bra,e II.> died Tor Liberty They died ior They
Ueatte.t
,,u,,. and di-etaocd another band o
saeee AZ, nablns the capital the where they
vi. ask I'm The people for the murder with which they
are eharse9 I'm the ,c~ers OF the cities bands oi hired
Assassin, tNard t. carnage
In the Ii-t fN groups oi men aud women crepe
upon their anI hing behind black banner, bearing
the device IL ath make symbol mourning before building
baroned With ii Id To TIN, building the
so,ernncnt t. load. and To- be rcpused.
From tlc West. who hungry and heart-,lok
star, to ~,rd the East where they seek
their sau, Ihc, food and wofk-they clubs and
armed violence The lines the show them d,banded
and scattered
for carry the unfinished work for winch these
dead and noby advanced Let resolve that
these honered shall have died TIN,
shall birth OF ireeanIhai the grey wolves
greed must he eNterminated aud sne place - hrayer
day
Ii TN, dc-,ti,m nperl, the rights oi the worker,
is to be stopped. the working class stop And il the
working awaken under standing that the
has arrived few years will mark the
all ,h4, leit OF American liberty America will be
Ala Mtnor-dead and rotten. But ior this
that the Pilgrim, here, Is tins what the Rockefeller
ministers have been praying The will bring
h the America long endure the conditions
which have penetrated to the hills OF Colorado and from there
sweeping the country.
II is natural for indulge in the illusions OF hope.
great numbers intoxicated with hope But
Development, teach the painful truth There has been
aohng the OF the past lew years to Justify these
hopes le, deceive ourselves longer Everything
possible ha been done aver, the coming storm lnes'lsa
tons have been conducted and everybody OF consequence has
been peuoned and there longer for hope,
wish preserve the right o the workers organize and
sufficient to live
The time Tor general strike Is here. Indeed, past
due Three hundred lie dead Colorado and the widows o
Pam, Greek still the night when the armoed tram
dealt death through the darkness AT Calumet the 'red
heads mothers bowed with their last ere Along the
railroad oi the there strikes with poverty
and murder aboundng every side In the East and West
there k,s and ebellons Ii there is any solidarity IN
the labor NOM the time to demonstrate 1t IN
general strike
But you .ay we weak and this would not be wise
under,akinghat unable with So formidable
an adversary When. them shall be stronger, Will II
b mex, y,ar i've years Will IT be when the General
Manager Association and the mine operators have accom-
tished total diso ganzaton? When Burns detective
Stationed every the and shop: Will We
ghsr strength from tho militia which the state organizing
nr the railroads and bosses Can gather strength b,
foeastnaton and inactivity and acquire means OF
elective by hugsng the deusise phantom OF hope
II IS VAIN to offer extenuang excuses. You may cry
PEACE but no peace War has actually begun. Your
on have been forged. and the eankng ot them may be
sad IN the valleys Colorado where brethren already
se IN the ileld Why stand dei Is job dear and
your work that have decided Ia purchase at
ue price OF deposm and tyranny? Is 1t necessary that the
koekeeer annhate another o 800 before You
"e' that job and jeopardy Must the man
S introduce tyranny directly station OF lie before
yos eei that something with social system
1t We have labor NOW the time i"r IT In
ake protest against the conditions that gradually eating
y the foundation of American liberty New is the time tor
sGENERAl STRIKE
Let ~ the general strike agitation in the shops
ne MINES the railroads and in the cities until Wall
esf toppes and its despots tremble their sleep gen
aa nurreeon Of workers throughout the will
wax the storm and dissolve the impending crisis