Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-09-21
Let Him Finish II.
the situation. and this could be don
by telegraph. within an hour

the situation. and this could be done
BY telegraph. within an hour.
The American Federation OF Labor
organized IN lSs6-the year OF strikes.
and soon supplsnted the knights of
Labor. The great Strike was for the
eight-hour day and a wage increase
The car men In New York. the freight
handlers. teamsters and others struck
all over the East. In Chicago. where
$4,000 men were on strike. a small
group OF anarchists took advantage of
/ the turmoil and III a clash with the
/ police one OF them threw a bomb. kill
| ing and wounding many policemen.
The disorder was suppressed. the
strike lost, and several anarchists
were hanged.
Immediately after l8s6-the year OF
strikes-the growth of the great trusts
began and continued through Roose-
yelt's administration. Through his
/ favor. these combinations fortified
themselves in such a manner that sew.
| eral Woodrow Wilson's will be needed
to reform them and restore equality OF
| opportunity and Square-dealine in biz
business
/ The third great strike in our history
occurred in 1892. during President
Harrison's administration. The en-
ployes at Carnegie's steel works at
Homestead. Pa. asked for higher
wages and decent living conditions
Being refused and brOwbcaten, the,
struck. Carnegie hired horde oil
strikebreakers and thug guards and
the war was on, both sides using arms
| Many were killed and vast property
losses were inflicted. The Governor
sent troops and suppressed the strike
Carnegie soon aftcrward began trylnC
TO ease his conscience by endowinl
Libraries and clamoring for interna
tional peace
The fourth great strike occurred II
1904 year OF hard times-durin:
Cleycland's second term. Nevada old
timers will remember 1894. when til,
silver coinage and purchase act wa
repealed. when CoXcy's industrial
army marched TO Washington.
The Pullman employees, organized b,
Eugene V. Debs, struck for highe
wages and decent working conditions
Mobs destroyed property worth mil
lions and Cleveland sent troops an,
/ suppressed the strike. \ great none
panic followed
The fifth great strike occurred il
lSO2-the hard coal miners. organize,
by the United Mine Workers. and thi
disastrous war lasted six months |
cost about 100000, 900 and untold sui
fering. commission appointed b.
the reluctant and inefficient Roosevelt
finally effected an open.shop compro
mise.
The sixth great strike, OF recent un
savory memory, less than years age
was that of the oppressed coal miner
employed at the Rockefeller proper
ties In Colorado. The same method
were used by both sides. The stat
militia, however were used this time
reinforcing the horde OF hired thugs
Civil war continued until a large mum
Der OF lives were lost, including tn
massacre OF many women and chi
dren. Federal troops were finally sen
and order restored.
This, in brief. is the red rcCOrd-si
bloody, useless, foolish. wastefui, out
rageous strikes in the last 80 years
all because our statesmen were to,
small and inefficient to devise ney
legislation to suit the new condition.
and establish justice for the workiny
people.
In New York today the seventh grea
strike Is due. The causes. the de
mands, the conditions, are the same
the forces at war the same.
The boss employers. the organized
Dlutocracy, are bent upon wbOlesal,
destruction and civil war rather thar
accept, without an industrial Arranged
don. tho humanitarian programme Of
President Wilson. which establishes
for all industry the principle OF tho
cight.hour day. fair investigation of al
labor disputes, and ultimately, within
the next two years, the long desired
laws and governmental supervision 4
strikes