The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1914-06-19
THE INDUSTRIAL CONFLICT AND THE CLASS STRUGGLE.

Let fool ourselves with optomsc Upian about
s 9ugh the 9% put sure tn an the
cold bare facts another We must take into consideration the
M mes Of me Mog class IN TINS nfusstal aV Wb he
ece the workers have had in their industrial cos IN recent
oa eac the moeaohd al aoqo s snd r nation
are not going passvey submit encroachent on th
working class Just as soon as the workers begin to show signs of
intelligence and express desire for more OF the pfoeuc OF e
and begins tear and the rebeous slaves As proof
Of these facts have but to look back few short months TO
Calumet Holly Grove and Ludlow to fully realize to what extent
murder and rapne they go their fendsh and frantic eff
forts to protect their heish system Of and robbery
ing for the entire product of their labor but only asking o
senbace of their legal right and wage that would enaoe
es making from their labor form an Idea to what
extent they will go before they wi" turn over 10 the WOrkg class
the machines Of production and distribution The process OF evo
tuition may peaceful there such thing as peaceful
revolution Of society in the that the term revolution is gen
orally used The industrial organizations the economic field anc
The Socialist party organization the political field are but differ
phases Of the class struggle and there nothing aoou
ing to secure advantage the other hence
there be long struggle EXISTS OF either ok
side or the other has met defeat So let forget this dream of
peaceful revolution and prepare the impending crisis and
face the issue fairly This talk about the denty OF interest De-
capital and labor bosh and the LABOR eaers ahc
capitalists of arbitration fraud and he and nothing
than smooth scheme to rob the workers and keep te
pace working class whether their inter
est are compromised leaders and arbitration boards
whether they openly robbed of their rights by the iron hand
capitalism robbery An arbitration board whether selected
BY the officials Of The contendng forces appointed by the gov
eng bodies the they only on the amount the
shall rob the slaves but long the employer takes as
much cent from the toll of another it is robbery just the
The working class beginning realize that 1t is moral
wrong for set Of to take any part OF the pro
another toll whether the amount is large small
morally right for the employer take onefourth OF the
products the employees toll then it must be morally right o1
him to it all and above bare living If it wrong to-
the ALL then it equally for him take
the smallest part thereof An arbitration board appointed by the
representatives Of labor arrate the difference between what
the workers produce and what the masters should pay hem bu
onones robbery and the board appointed government
body abtrat this difference but egazed the crime Inc
Inference what the workers produce and what they get
e prime Of the class struggle. The capitalist is fighting
an unequal division Of aors products with the short end go
ing labor labor is beginning to realize that it is entitled h
the full products it's labor It is the fight this difference
hat will revouonze society," and only fools expect before
the differences been settled The dream Of peaceful
beautiful thing, but Of defense in the
face Of machine guns.