Arizona republican., 1917-03-09
HEAD 1T l. W. W. SAYS HE |S NUT
 AF TER VIOLENCE

There k at least one member of the l. W. W. in Phoenix who does not be- lieve in violence. He maintains there are thousands more like him and that the popular theory his associates arc all equipped with g stick O. dvnt -nito in their hip pockets is so ridiculous there k no reason for arguing on the subject. The head of the Industrial Workers of the World in Phoenix is Grover II. Perry. Hho has been buckng the world since he was l2 years old and has learned by bitter experience that q fam fly name does not entitie him to sit among the seats Of the mighty. Ii there is anything in d name. Perry should at the present time be down on the ] border commanding squadron of l troops or out on the ocean in command | of torpedo boat destroyer. for his great 1 grandfather was none other than 1om- i modore Oliver Hazard Perry. who de- feated the British so diSastrously H the ! battle of Lake Erie fought near Put -n- i Bay in 1873. But though Perry is proud i of his ancestors feais of arms, he is not going 10 follow in his footsteps. and if he was to have his way there would be no armies or navies. They are not l reeded in the scheme of things which he is working for.
 
 Of the I. W. W. are rot fit to print Al the bloodshed spilled and all the evil coming forth from labor troubles in the past decade have been laid at the doors of that organization. They may have deserved that reputation, but Ii r shor, talk with Perry. who has q mill lion arguments in favor of his theories at his finger ends, is convincing to say the least In fact the reporter who was ta Irata ol~ coming away with an l. w W. card in his pocket that 1t was only q question of a few minutes more and the deed 1 would have been accomplished.
 1 Perry is quiet. unassuming. well edn . l cated and has been considerable of a rewspaperman in his day. He left home at the age Of ] 2 and has cen fighting for what he terms his rights ever since His experiences must have been excit- ing for he relates incidents which he personally saw in the bull pens of Lud low. in Bayonne. New Jersey: in East Youngstown, Ohio. and in various other places. where lahorers ran uu against the stern hand of the law His convictions are absolutely rock bound and no amount Of argument can make him see the faliacy of anything but his own ideas.
 Perry is the author of any amount of lfl'i dAht ' utdniiE NllI Ailt l. W. W. He has worked ir the main offices of the organization and Is one of the best versed men in the country on it's aims and objects
 He was asked yesterday if there was liable to be violence in Phoenix. He laughed at the question.
 There might be-. he replied but hope not There is no reason why there should be- We are not looking fo, tTnIIl1la Mo have ,,atl4if1tr |, officers of the city. county or state only we have no use for the manner ir which they make their living. We be- lieve they are parasites on the body polite. l candidly told Governor Campbell tyou see we are always can- did) that l expected to use his offic, as my headquarters some time Ol course l was stretching 1t a little. bu the time will come when the govern ment will be in the hands of the work ing men.
 The greatest weapon of the L w. W is the folded arms. That is, if we don get what we want we will simply stoJ work. If we can organize all the labor CTS in the world. and by that don mean pick and shovel artists. but Ia borers. reporters. craftsmen and al workers there will be no strikes. La bor Is the source of all wealth, and i should belong to them
 In fact he talckd for nearly an hon on his pet theories. He never onc' grew bombastic or profane His speecl Is low and his English is excellent.
 Violence" he said, is the last resor of the l. W. w. There is no reasoi why we should use 1t. but when tn, officials start it. as they did in Sal Diego, we have to reply in kind. Al soon as we finish organizing the meta miners of the state we will probabl, start in Phoenix, and l hope we cal line up every worker in the city
 don't look for trouble. I have talked with the chief Of police and the sheriff The sheriff will tell you how the Chand fer strike was hanoled l myself wen to Chandler and cautioned against vio lence, and you. know as well as 1 d. there was none. In fact none of ou men were armed.
 Members of the Western Federation