Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-06-14

up it was urged, and in a short time
the employer will be on his knees
ANY conscious and wilful act on
me part Of one or more workers, in
tended to slacken and reduce the out
put of production any skill
full operation on the machinery of pro-
duction intended not to destroy it, but
to temporarily disable it and put it
out of running condition. Sabateurs
are the Eclaireurs, the scouts of class
struggle"
Bosquet, after bitter denunciation
of the present system, says:
"The simple stoppage of work is
not sufficient to realize the aims of a
strike-it is necessary, indeed indis-
pensible-that the tools, instruments,
utensils, machines and other means of
production of shop, mill, mine, or fac
tory, also go on strike, or in other
words that they be put in NON
RUNNING CONDITION."
Vincent st. John, a high l. w. w.
official and author of "The History,
Structure and Methods of the |. W.
W., declares:
"As revolutionary organization
the i w. w. aim to use any and all
tactics that will get results sought
the tactics used are
determined solely by the power of the
organization to make good their use
the QUESTION OF RIGHT AND
WRONG DOESN'T CONCERN U.s."
Vincent st. John never wrote more
direct, bell-ringing truth in his life,
the |. w. w. have unquestionably
demonstrated from one end of the
country to the other that they do not
hesitate over right and wrong, and
habitually following the line of least
resistance they generally uphold the
wrong" In the woods they syste
matically cut logs too short or too
long, cut wire rope, put emery dust
and sand in bearings, loaf on the job,
and periodically strike in manner
to keep the employer in constant
state of NERVES" and to compel a
minimum output of timber products,
the object being to cause the employer
as much trouble and financial loss as
possible. In the mines, mills and on
forms, every means of slowing down
production and of harassing the en-
ployer is taken instant and paralyzing
advantage of. In the fruit districts
of Washington the |. w. w. workers
!. studiously pinched finger nail holes in
fruit, and every other ingenious meth
cd they could successfully employ, and
escape detection. In the wheat belt in
Washington they flatfootedly made the
direst of threats, demanding unreason-
= able pay and short hours and declaing
they would make good their ntimida-
ton, i. e., to strike, terrorize and cause
the harvest to "rot on the ground,
| and all this in war time; however
prompt action of government and state
4 officials prevented the tie up.
f The |. W. w. has declared, and still
openly boasts, that it's purpose is tc
d destroy society-to overturn civiliza-
e tion-to stamp out individuality, anG
= to erase the laws of private property
e of any sort, whether of land, money
i mental attainment, or manual skill
70 The |, w. w. is an enemy more ser
= ious in its purpose and character thar
s any Imperial government. Wars ma!
r be ended by treaty, following which
= there would be an opportunity and in
d centive for self development; and civ
n ilization would continue to advance
2. though its character would necessaril,
d be changed. They are attempting t
II usher in an era of universal servitud
n Of the fit to the unfit, the skilled t
the unskilled, the intelligent TO the un
n intelligent, the aspiring to the un
aspiring, and the man who has some
is thing of his own to the empty handed
lie They see the possibility of using tn
ID tremendous force of organized ignoI
Id ance, incapacity and class hatred b
J. seizing upon the vast army of tn
s. wilfully ignorant, unskilled and dis
a gruntled, and have set themselves I
is the task of recruiting this army