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Becomes Leader
OF the |. w. w.

The Industrial Workers Of the
World was started about the time of
the Steunenberg trial, and Haywood
soon became interested in il and later
became its leader as secretary-treas-
urer. There are no other executive
officers, and. while IL always poses as
doing only what referendum of its
members desires, il is really a thor
oughgoing one-man-pOwer organiza-
ton, and Haywood is that one man,
subject 10 the fact that he has trained
"a vast number of lieutenants who are
capable of carrying on the work wher-
ever they may be.
As the very essence of the /. W. W.
as an avOwed revolutionary organi-
zation. makes u antagonistic to the
regular trades organizations, Haywood
soon found himself travelling a path
that rapidly diverged from that of the
American Federation Of Labor. Besides
he had become too much of an in
cubus for any organization that pre-
tended TO legality. Even the West
ern Federation Of Miners ousted him
in 1908. and he has since been as
bitter in his enmity toward the Amer
lean Federation of Labor as toward
capitalism.
By 1913 he had become too strong
for the Socialists, and a national ref
erendum elected him from tina. party
by an overwhelming vote. lie attend
ed the convention of the American
Federation of Labor at Rochester. n.
Y, in 1913, but got into a fight with
J. Mahlon Barnes, of Chicago. and,
on the order Of President Samuel
Gompers. was so rapidly and violently
thrown out Of the hall that the police
had 10 come to his rescue. and he ap-
pealed TO them to take him anywhere
except back into the convention hall,
where, he said, his life was in dan
ger.
or late years, with headquarters in
Chicago, he has labored tirelessly TO
build up the One Big Union, has pub
lished Solidarity" a periodical of re-
volt. and has watched and seized every
opportunity to. organize, engineer and
promote strikes, especially among the
unskilled and unorganized laborers.
Notable among the strikes he has di-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-30

Molly Wellington Is a California hen.
Molly belongs TO the Light Brahms
family. She is the best laying hen IN
all the world.
Molly laid 1926 eggs in a year. In the
last two and a half years she has laid
695 eggs. She is a product Of Los
Angeles County. and has arrived at the
poultry farm Of f. n. Prescott, River
dale, \. j, TO prink up for the Madison
Square Garden Poultry Show, now on
and which will be open till Tuesday
night, January 1.
This is the twenty-ninth year Of the
show, and the entry, notwithstanding
the war, is as large as that of last
year, being 10000 beaks of all breeds.
Among the special exhibits at the
show are the government bred egg and
table fowl strains, game birds and rare
native and foreign archaeological dis.
plays. New varieties represented are
seeking recognitlou' in the American
Standard of Perfection" class; they in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-30

by revolution. They arc embittered and
desperate men.
As they attain distinction through
native leadership Haywood picks them
out. makes them local secretary-treas
urers. organizers or recruiting agents.
Supplied with funds from the ample
central treasury. fed with the monthly
80 cent mites Of hundred thousand
pitiful dupes, they cease 10 ride the
trucks and follow the railway tracks.
and ride instead i'm Pullmans and auto
mobiles. They are sent east, north or
south TO the scene of every Industrial
dispute.
They are "roughnecks'' men of
strength. rcsourceful, voluble and
armed with q smattering Of revolution
airy economies. Wherever they GO they
leave behind the seeds of anarchy and
revolt. An unsuccessful strike is as
welcome 10 them as a successful one. II
the strike succeeds the glory is claimed
for the /. ". W; if it loses, il has az
forded a rich field for the implanting
OF the doctrines Of class hatred and war
and enduring bitterness.
The courage Of these men is forever
renewed by Haywood. A letter from
"Bill' or "a few moments of personal
contact and the weakened one is
ready again TO 90 forth to risk igno-
miny, physical suffering, mObbing and
Jail. Haywood is a big, masterful man.
well over six feet. The sinister aspect
resulting from the loss of one eye is
Offset by soft and melodious voice
and sort of large gentleness Of man
ner. lie is rarely rufiled.
he is a plausible giant, who smiles
and caresScs while eXerting all his
strength to crush. Arrested, he goes
INCREASINGLY and smilingly to Jail. He
shows no personal bitterness toward
BOD. enemies. I'm the recent raid and ar
rCs's in Chicago he found time to speak
approximately of the courtesy of the
officers who conducted the operations
that landed him in Jail. The smile that
blinds is his. To smile and smite is his
way.
Let not your face betray your hand
is, in effect, his motto. In a way, il is
the programme of the whole J. ". W.
campaign. The leaders, like Haywood,
arc always surprised when arrested.
They cant understand their arrest
They have obeyed the law. They have
not offended. They complain of the
laWlessncss of the authorities and in
N"ht t"HotltuN4oHdl iibHta. lHcy as
sumo an utter obliviousness to the in
consistency of complaining of lawless-
ness when they would overthrow the
law, or Of invoking the Constitution
they would destroy. They applaud
Frank Little when he vilifes the Presi-
dent the head of constituted authority,
and they cry lawlessness when he Is
lynched. They distribute tons of de-
moralizing sabotage literature and saw
age appeals to class hatred and incite-
ment to civil strife, and then deplore
violence and the destruction of prop
erty and boast Of conducting orderly
strikes.
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clude rose combed buff, white and black
0rplngtons, Rhinelanders. Pearl GUM
cas-, Missouri Fluffs and Buttercups.
Educational talks and motion pict.
ures on the hen and her doings are an
everyday attraction.
The pigeon has scared into a place
OF great distinction this year. The rea-
son is that 5000 young "homers" are
needed every month for training as
carriers OF war messages. The pigeon
follows the flag as we'll as the eagle
and has become very necessary bird
in the front lines. To stimulate ia
terest in raising them for the army
Major Griiiing, of the United States
Signal Corps, and members of the In
ternational Federation Of Homer Pigeon
Fanciers have an exhibit at the Garden.
But even the homing pigeon in war
time doesn't greatly obscure the public
interest in Molly Wellington, who has
laid 695 eggs in two years and a half
and thereby broken ali previous records.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-30
Chief of American Bolsheviki,
Who by Reign of Terror Here Would
Build a Utopia for the Masses Only
Smiling, Soft Spoken,
Trained and STEPPED
in Crime, He Seeks to
Give Lowest Classes
Power and Pillage

against the letter Of the law: lie mas
seen iail and prison innumerable times
Tbev have no terrors for him; but they
are dsagrecable hiatuses IN his pusl-
ness. II is more comfortable and more
efficient to organize destruction IN
we'll appointed Office while receIFlh
and spending a large income from
American slaves" than to try 10 90
those things from a prison cell Inc
impetuous rebel OF fifteen years ago
has become the crafty plotter' reeaIu-
full Of his own skin.
But his ambition has grown. lie VINO
was once leader Of an organization con-
cerned with the assassinatl0hs OF III
owners and Governors whose scope ana
NOT extend beyond the intermouhtaih
etates has now reached the stage OF
tho world. Now he would overtime"
the whole of society and destroy '"e
u i Born in Utah. in 1869, Haywood was
a worker in the mines at the age OF
rino "Bound out" to farmer by MS
stnnfatber at eleven, he ran away az
tif+eon and found a job as man BOY
With the Ohio Mining Company IN Nc
ada Coming to mans years, he De,
came a prospector and contractor, anu
worked mining leases in Utah, Nevada,
Colorado and Idaho. A ready ta,her
ord oasv handler of the strong IAN
cuace that rough men like, he soon
became a leader in the Western Fed
rattan Of Miners. when it was organ
led at Silver Sity, Idaho, and was
chairman Of the executive board OIL
mat body when the bitter. C ,9dn
d'Alene mining troubles began IN lo's y
The Federation was beaten after 4
hitter struggle, in which Governor
Steanenberg Of Idaho gained the indy
INC hatred Of Haywood and his asso-
cfatcs. Then the headquarters OF the,
federation were moved to Denver, ard
for the next few years its history, IS
one Of murder and violence, IN the
c.' Of which no less than twenty
eiy men were killed. During all TINS
lime Haywood was the guiding power
Of the organization.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-30
Deplored Wrecking
OF the Gate

Whom Governor SteuucnDcrg was as
sass.notcd on December 80, 1906, the
official publication of the western
Federation of Miners, conducted by
HAYWOOD. announced the tragedy as
follows:
Former Governor Frank Steunen-
berg of Idaho met his death last sat
urdav evening, at his home in Cald-
well. Idaho. The press dispatches re-
mort his death via the bomb route.
And:
~ chap by the name Of Stuenen-
berg was blown up by "A bomb at
Caldwell. Idaho, on December 30.
He was Governor Of that state some
few years ago. and attained consid-
cradle Of reputation as the in
ventor of that revered American
institution known as the 'bullpen.'
The bomb had been carelessly left,
presumably by some Russian reNOlu-
ZIONIST. in the gateway leading to
the Steunenberg habitation. Such
carelessness should be frowned down.
The gate was completely wrecked
Harry Orchard, an employe and OIL
cial of the Western Federation of
Miners, was arrested and made a con
fession in which, with dreadful de-
tail, he implicated Haywood not only
in this assassination but in long list
of brutal murders. Haywood, Meyer
and Pettibone-all federation officials
were kidnapped from Colorado by
Idaho officers and taken to Boise,
where in June, 1907. Haywood was
placed on trial for the murder OF
Steunenberg. lie was acquitted, partly
because the jury could not believe
that any man was capable of plotting
so many horrible crimes as those i'm
puted TO Haywood by Orchard. How
ever, the crimes were committed, a
score Of men were killed and nobody
but Orchard was ever punished for
any of the murders. The men killed
were enemies Of the Western Fedora
ton Of Miners and Haywood was the
director Of that organization.
This was the fitting preparatory
school of the man who subsequently,
organized the Industrial Workers OF
the World. After his acquittal organ
lied labor everywhere made a hero OF
Haywood, and the whole underworld
of revolt acclaimed him as its leader
even as then President Roosevelt de-
Eounced him as an undesirable citi-
zen" lie was even the Socialist can.
didate for Governor OF Colorado Will,
on trial at Boise.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-30
60 in Medical Society;
Is in Service, II to Go

The Audubon Medical Society OF
Washington Heights claims to be the
banner patriotic organization OF the
city. Out Of a total membership OF
sixty, eighteen are now in the United
States service and twenty-seven more
are waiting 10 be called.
A service flag was unfurled last night
al the clubs headquarters, zoos Amster-
dam Avenue. Each Of the eighteen
stars bore the name Of a member and
room was left on the white field for the
other stars as fast as the men are
called.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-30
Trained in Western
Federation of Miners

The leopard cannot change its spots.
In his youth Haywood was d Halter Of
all authority. In his young manhood
he was trained in that school of vio-
lence conducted by the Western Fed
Grafton Of Miners. In those days he
followed the red trail because he loved
the wild sport of man hunting. In
middle age he has become the profess
sional organizer of destruction. II is
now his business. lie knows no other
With the extension Of professional
ism at the expense of amateurism he
has become more and more careful.
more aud more cautious not to offend
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-30
Would Be Robespierre
of u. S. Revolt Seized
War as Opportunity
to Stab at Nations In
dustrial Vitals
By Theodore NJ. Knappen

l.r oBESPIERRE was the per
sonifcation Of the French
Revolution" says Taine,
that bold attempt 90 reach Heaven in
one day, resulting for time in making
q hell on earth
The Robespierrc OF the like Ameri-
can revolution that might have been
occupies a cell in a Chicago Jail:
William Dudley Haywood. secretary
treasurer OF the Industrial Workers o.
the World.
HAYWOOD has been an svowed rebel
FOR az least twelve years. For all Of
that time he has been the acknowledged
leader of all those who have sought the
destruction Of the existing system Of
government and industry by means Of
direct action. lie saw in the war the
supreme opportunity for the ruin Of
America as il is, that he might raise in
its place a new industrial democracy.
Tie dreamed Of whole nation para
lived by strikes, rendered impotent for
war and compelled to direct its entire
attention TO internal disorder.
To Haywood nationality IS the great
illusion and the state the great super
fluffy. To him all authority is an
usurpation. He sees no difference be-
tween political democracies and sutoc-
racies, between presidents and Kings.
TO Haywood the United States at war
with Germany is only one group of
capitalistic origin striving TO garroto
another. u is Of no consequence which
group wins. Victory for either side
will be at the cost of the common peo-
pie, and they will still be confronted
By their ancient foe.
"There are but two nations" Hay
wood says, "a nation Of masters and a
nation Of slaves"
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TSpecial Correspondence

MALONE, \. Y, Dec. 2o-Accordlng
to the reliable estimates Of State For
est. Fish and Game Department en-
ployes. more fur and wild meat have
been taken from the Adirondack region
during the month OF November than
during any entire season in the last
forty years.
Not before in the memory Of the
Oldest North Woods men have hunting
and trapping paid so well as now. At
least twoscore men who ply those
crafts in the mountain forests have
banked over $500 each as the profits
OF that one months forage with gun
and trap, and their return OF pelts
thus far i'm December indicates undl-
minished "bags" through the remain
ing four months OF the season. More
than one professional hunter will
emerge from the woods next spring
from $500 TO $4,000 better of than
when he entered. In former years
these same men have been we'll content
il the hunting grounds Melted them
one-fourth as much.
One of the reasons the North Woods
is proving so prolific this season is, OF
course. the greater abundance of game.
Guides Of many years experience as
sert that since the Civil War only in
the years 1876 and 1882 were bears
and deer more numerous, and only
once, judging from the December rec
ords, were so many foxes shot or
trapped. Mink, coon, skunk and musk
rat are also exceedingly plentiful, so
thai trappers who devote themselves to
these smaller animals have come 20
deem it a poor day when they do not
snare enough TO yield them from Slo
to $15 through the sale OF the raw
skins.
Prices Never SO High
Adding stimulus 10 these winter ac-
tiyities in the AdirOndacks is the re-
markabe condition of the fur market.
Since white men began 20 hunt and trap
i'm North America the price paid for
pelts has never been so nigh. II one
of the ancient trappers who sold ms
winters cache TO Hudson Bay Com
pany factor for a suit of clothes, pow
der and ball and a hOgshead OF rum
could dispose of that same quantity OF
pcts at the present market he would
pocket in real money more than one
hundred times as much. Even last year
the Adirondack trappers received little
more than half the price they are get
ting now.
1t is not so long ago that a muskrat
skin sold for nine cents and prime mink
brought less than 81. This year Adj
rondack trappers are getting 50 to -
for each mink they sell and raw musk
rat is worth from 50 cents 70 81. And
IL must be remembered that these are
first" prices for the raw pelt "a 1t is
brought in from the woods.
Fur passes through four hands, at
least. before it is made up for final
sale rs robe or garment. Each mid
dleman, if tradition approXlmates the
truth. exacts at least so per cent profit
for his handling. Wherefore It may be
computed reasonably that the mink
skin costs its human wearer at least
ten times what it netted the man with
the trap.
The lowly, malodorous skunk gives
IN his skin at the end Of his lonely
life to q trapper who will not part with
it this winter for less than S4.25. In
the years before the war these skunk
pelts, not one-third az valuable as now,
were shipped to London or Paris, made
up there and reshipped TO America to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-30
u. S.-Nippon Notes
Arouse the Chinese
Native Newspapers Warn
the People They Must
Defend Themselves


SHANGHAI, Nov. IA. Newspapers
printed in English in Shanghai and a
small number of Chinese dailies have
taken the. position that the Lansing
Ishii notes, in which the United States
recognizes Japan's special position in
China. enunciate no new principle, but
are merely a restatement of matter
contained in numerous treaties and
agreements.
The majority of the Chinese news
papers, however, do not share this view
and regard the recognition of Japan's
special position by America as grave
menace to China. Surprise is expressed
that America has done anything which
brings her historic friendship with
China into question, but the surprise
has also elected a general warning
from the Chinese press that China
must arouse herself, create stable
government and get into a position
where she can defend herself and need
not rely upon foreign nations 70 pro-
tect her.
Shanghai Papers Comment
Many of the Shanghai Chinese pa
pers, as well as newspapers in all the
other large centres in China, empha-
size the assertion that the negotiations
between the United States and Japan
make it appear that China is not an
independent country. Commenting on
this reflection upon China, the "Sin-
wanpao" says:
What can be more alarming and dis
piriting than this? IL is our citizens
who have caused the internal trouble
and thus invited foreign aggression.
Now we realize even the friendly coun-
try United States, to which we have
been looking for sympathy and assist
ance. is not 20 be relied upon. Does
this mean that the integrity OF our
country is lost forever"
Territorial Integrity Lost
The "Shenpao" says: SIS the terrific
rial integrity of China still intac'? In
the strictest sense Of the word 1t has
long ago been destroyed and shattered.
The reason why China, in spite CT her
dead and rotten spirit, is still able to
make an appearance of living Great
ure by propping up the skin with the
bleached skeleton is not becausy she
has certain special characteristics
which save her from her fate, but be-
cause those who are watching the spoils
with knife in hand are still waiting for
their time"
The "Shenpao' declares that it is
unable TO comprehend how it is posi-
Bile TO recognize Jspan's special inter
ests in China ard at the same time to
maintain the principle OF the open door
and equal commercial opportunity TO
all nations in China. The one is the
opposite of the other, il asserts.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-30
Draws Inspiration
From French Revolution

lie and all his crew hate this gov
eminent and the industrial captains
as intensely as the Jacobins hated
mobiles and kings. They have drawn
their inspiration from the bloodiest
chapters Of the French Revolution 7,
verse ard PROSE they have extolled
Robespierrc, Danton. Marat and all Inc
red-hsndct murdcrcrs Of the Reign Of
Terror.
Thus does one Of their poets describe
them:
SONS OF the sans culotteS,
savage. erect. disdainful,
Proud Of their Pariah estate
They return TO the civilization that has
east them out
Hate for hate and blow for blow.
Society denied them all LIES sweet.
soft, comfortable things,
And 80 society raised up unto itself its
destroyers."
Arturo Ciovannitti Red poet, now un-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-30
A New Turn for
The Hymn of Hate

Ho hates the Kaiser only little
worse than he hates the republic, be-
cause he is willing to concede that the
avowed German alliance Of state and
capitalism is q little worse than the
informal alliance between government
and plutocracy" in the United States.
Haywood's conception of the war is
set forth in a blasphemous parody OF
Onward, Christian Soldiers" written
for the /. W. W. Song Book by John
+. Kendrick, the second and last stan
zas Of which arc:
Onward, Christian soldiers. rip and
tear and smite!
Let the gentle Jesus bless your dyns-
mite.
Splinter skulls with shrapnel, fertilize
the sod;
Folks who do not speak your tongue
deserve the curse Of God.
smash the doors Of every home, pretty
maidens seize;
Use your might and sacred right TO
treat them as you please.
Onward. Christian soldiers! Blighting
TrampIing human freedom under pious
feet.
Praise the Lord whose dollar sign
dupes his favored race!
Make the foreign trash respect your
bullion brand of grace.
Trust In mock salvation, serve as
pirates tools;
History will say of you: That pack
OF c D. fools"
Your average optimistic American
hates 20 admit it. refuses TO admit it,
but IL is a fact that there are in this
country hundreds Of thousands Of men
and women, perhaps millions, who are
more viruleut enemies Of the nation
than the Germans. For years the
number and bitterness Of these internal
enemies has been increased by immi-
grafton and education. The breeding
places Of class hatred Of the Old World
have sent their increase 20 America in
large numbers and the propaganda Of
The |. W. ". and the direct action
Socialists has built up a great body OF
native enemies.
William D. Haywood IS The towering
leader OF all these forces Of disinte-
grafton. For many years he has nursed
an ambition 20 be the leader Of the
revolution that shall overthrow the
United States as it exists. The war
came TO him as great opportunity.
While Germany was striking at the
she'll Of the political state he would
crush the real national organization
tho whole present system Of industrial
organization.
For more than ten years he had
rlpened the minds Of his followers for
such an opportunity. When he
organized the Industrial Workers OF
the World be organized rebellion. Eve,
since he and all the Red radicals thai
have gathered around him have called
4 themselves rebels and have preache,
revolution through industrial chaos.
Draws Inspiration
From French Revolution
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der arrest and indictment, says of the

der arrest and indictment, says Of the
l. W. W. itinerant:
"And he-the wanderer Of to-day
Tomorrow he shall he Marat."
All through all their pamphlets,
newspapers and talk recurs the parallel
Of the French Revolution; everywhere
crops out the bloody vision Of its repe-
tition.
"They have accused Frank Little Of
being the agent Of Germany says Hay
wood. while knowing that he. like the
rest of us, would use tho -- of the
Kaiser to strangle the last royal -
These bitter malcontents have openly
advocated the destruction of property,
they have called their punished leaders
martyrs and they have sworn revenge
for every White and Little who has
died for the cause.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-30

I<~ OBESPIERRE was the per
sonifcation Of the French
IN Revolution" says Tainc,