The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-07-07
MUST BE STOPPED
LaWIess Acts Of Red FIaggers Must
Cease at Once.
Deportation Proceedings Being Brought
for Those Allen.

| IOImuldtcu IOI presentation at the
mining Offices and the only intima-
ton anyone has ever had of what
is wanted is the published demands
of the leaders. Scarlet and his
bunch claim that they have the L.
w. w. organization behind them
but as this outlaw outfit is not re.
cognized by any other labor organ
ization as an organization it is
purely strong arm proposition to
get the money.
The men who quit work were
promised help of so much per week
from the leaders. Up to date the
only money changing hands has
been the dues and fees collected by
the leaders. The miners have not
as yet had a glimpse of any benefits.
Many of the men are perfectly will
ling and anxious to go to work.
A great many of those out are men
who have been intimidated into
quitting work. At several of the
towns the men are going back in
large numbers.
The 1. w. w. have put every
town or country in which they have
made their appearance into ruins
and desolation. Their law is that
of an eye for an eye and have pub
licly proclaimed that for every one
of theirs they would take 100.
They preach sabotage and destruc-
ton in their advertising literature.
This should be enough to Jail
every man wearing an 1. w. w.
emblem as it is an open avowal of
murder, incendiarism and riot.
Leniency is useless with men of
this ilk. 1t is useless to even think
of leniency with men who proclaim
that they do not recognize the gov
eminent, its flag or its laws. When
men come to your home with the
sworn purpose of wrecking it, there
is but one course to pursue. If
man strikes town with a bomb in
his grip he is locked up. These l..
w. w. leaders bring worse than
bombs, they bring anarchy and dis
order.
Their literature says that as
workers we have no country" and
at the first sign of authority they
begin to pirate of their constitu-
tional rights. The larger part of
the followers of the red rag are
fresh from the old country and
have as yet not learned the Ian
guage of this country. If every
thing goes right, they will get a
trip back to the country they left.
The larger part of the fault lies
with these alien disturbers and
fomenters of riot and revolution
who came to preach violence and
murder.
They are as putty in the hands
of the leaders who are the worst
enemies of the workingmen. They
prey on ignorance and prejudice
says the Duluth Herald and fatten
on unemployment, idle industries,
destruction of property and wives
and children in want. Their
philosophy sees no good in mere
improvement in wages or working
conditions, because that tends to
make labor contented, and in labor
contented there are no salaries and
expenses for them. Their aim is
disturbance, disorder, discomfort
and destruction. Their goal is
syndica1ism, and their methods
are the blind, fanatic methods of
the syndicalist. They promote
and prolong strikes as the syndi-
calist throws a monkey wrench
into fly wheel and wrecks the
machinery. The suffering and loss
of human life incidental to their
game they view with a cynical
indifference.
There should be no patience
with such an element, and the
authorities need not be nice in
handling it. The job is to get
rid of it, and get rid of it quickly. |"