The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1914-12-18
DEGENERATED POWER.

We have but review the record of the United
es organization Tor the last few years to fully realize that this
powerful organization is slowly decayng and dying
two The organization suffering from the effects Of
ROTTEN Head disease brought by the whitening and de-
cay or the bottom The rank and e through their mental az
ness have refused to their share Of the responsibilities Of
the organization which directly responsible for the corruption
gUelas u l head and the poison from this has
contaminated the root and fibre OF the entire organization. It
reached through artery and the results Of
Poisoning and concentrating influences in the conpron
sng cIes ad utter failures of the organization. Every
the workers have every from the masters
by force diplomacy and arbitration have brough lasting
Results they are Just time borrowers or stay OF execution IL
give the time to marshall their forces and prepare
or the final reckoning Men organize for the purpose of uniting
their efforts order give power the force that is
used against common enemy 1t the desire gain pow
the part of the miners that gave birth to the United Mine
Workers organization By uniting their forces fighting they
learned light every conflict they gave them pow
un they considered the most powerful organization
this country But after winning this power they failed to use 1t
they stopped fighting and began the WeanG
chem efforts settle their industrial dsputealbtraton a
diplomacy Just when they should have used force by applying
power gained through Years of industrial conflicts The
realized the power CT organization and stopped fighting
it. They granted without fight and by ste
led the organization into wilderness OF diplomacy where thel
officials trapped and tanned the rank and nile lost their hg
n and t power gained in past conflicts withered and dc
generated from and the powerful organization &c
ye!oped into dues collecting agency dominated by an oca
whose principle duties to draw fat salaries from tn
members and sell them cut to their masters until today IN
official machine the organization the uSe1u
y of the coal barors. Now who are to blame fol tines
conditions? No but the miners themselves the dues pave
she We're morally cowardy and mentally too lazy to assam
The responsibility OF their organization and to exercise the po"e
they had gained the struggles of the past but after Sinking
THEM responsibilities and loading them their executives and
eegng their officials the power of the organization they Kick
ecauc used to suit Them The power the Officials are
sing on the miners belonged to the miners and they
il away Tie officials possess only the power that the rank and
file has given them and they use that power 10 cpet4te
themselves in Office and aabis dues collecting agency hy the
means Of cecko with the assistance of their conted2r&tes
the coal operators maintain them IL ease and luxury the mn
blame but hese Ives and their own Ignorance
mental azness Ii the rank and file OF the miners does not
arouse themselves the dangers that threaten Their interest m
he organization will take prophet to foree what the
end viii be- Tie Paint and Cabin Creek strike was compromised
end the miners robbed their victory. The Ne" River miners
we're robbed o. victory With another official compromise and
the Vancouver and Colorado strikes lost Illinois IS neng
starved and being crushed while the revenues OF the Or
ranizao are being su.egeJ b the officials IN e%torIioAla
saes The .lAg spirit Of the organization is dead and the
or hya IS j.; IL. r:7 and lie and the vital question is
viii they rise 10 e occasion and exert their mannood IN 'e
% save their 0ygHfl z@JiDli from lgnobe death?