The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-02-28
I.W.W. RE0PENS
HEADQUARTERS
IN SPOKANE
FRED HEGGE, SPOKANE SECRE-
RETARY, DIRECTING STRIKES
IN LUMBER CAMPS
NEAR FEDERAL BUILDING
TELLS OF SUCCESSES IN IDAHO.
EASTERN WASHINGTON AND
MONTANA


Despite the statement of the Spo-
kane Chamber of Commerce to the
! Latah County Protective association
that the I. W. w. is being cleaned out
of Spokane, it has come to light that
headquarters for Washington, north
ern Idaho and western Montana have
been reopened in Spokane within a
block of the federal building and
sabotage, strikes and general I. w.
w. program of retarding production
of lumber Especially spruce, needed
for airp1anes) is being directed from
that point. Fred Hegge, who told
Chronicle reporter that the l. w. w.
s'is the most patriotic organization in
the United States Is directing the
work of destruction and retarding of
production in the lumber camps. The
following story from the Spokane
Chronicle will be read with interest
by the citizens of Latah county:
Confirmation of the charge made in
dispatches from Portland that the l.
w. w. assaults on government work in
the spruce woods of western Wash !
ington are being directed by Fred
Hegge, secretary of the
Lumber Workers union, from the Spo-
kane district office is obtained from |
bulletin issued Saturday.
Under "Job Reports" the bulletin
states: "The following job reports
were received during the week from
members on the job. The lumber
workers, by glancing over these re-
ports, can determine just what action
us necessary in order to bring about
the desired results; whether to crowd
on the job or stay off it; whether to
slow down or use the intermittent
strike. Each occasion demands differ
ent tactics. Use your discretion on the
job, for it is there you win or lose"
This advice prefaces the following
two reports: Christie Lumber COM
pany, Wickersham, Wash, (Whatcom-
county, Sentiment toward the o. B.
U. zone Big Union) is bad; 60 men en-
played here, about 20 of whom are
wobblies. About II hours work per
day Sanitary conditions rotten Wa
ges $3.75, low.
"Green River Lumber company, Gar !
ibald, Wash.-Ten hours constitute the
workday here and there are few wob-
blies in the crew of SO men. The con-
ditions are said to be fair; wages
$3.50"
Another section of the bulletin has Z
this. in which the "a L's'' refers to the
Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumber =
men: Rather than sign the pledge
of contentment and slavery of the a
LIS 20 Fellow Workers walked out of
camp No. 2 of the Mason County Log
ging company, Bordeaux, Wash
"This pledge signing business is be-
ing forced on some of the workers,
which is a bad affair, as there are GER
tain red -blooded workers in this coun- :,
try who are very adverse to doing any !,
thing that is forced upon them. In :,
the camp of the Cascade Lumber COM !.
1any, Graham, Wash, most of the crew \,
signed the pledge and the outcome of :.
his was that the following morning !.
hey were called up Is minutes earlier.
After signing the pledge of loyalty :.
hese workers are expected to be good =,
logs and make more profits for the i,
master. Dollar Patriotism persona =
ied!" ~
Reference is made to Colonel Brice :.
,. Disque, organizer of the loyal leg
on, and he is credited with state
hsht that the fight for the eight-hour !,
ay is off until the end Of the war, at =
east, on the Pacific coast" -
"Fight Is Not OF"
In answer, Hegges says. "But let the
lmber barons and their agents digest
lis: The fight for the eight-hour day me
not off-it is very much on. And wa
n it will be until the eight-hour day sb
estab blished once and for all in the Pr
lmber industry. Strikes and strug act
les for better treatment and shorter
ours are not abandoned by few ed
andatory statements from represent Cls
ives Of Big Business. !
'The workers have the courage of an,
eir convictions, they know what they Re
ant and know, also, how to go about cen