Denver labor bulletin., 1918-02-16
!. LABOR MAN STRIKES POWERFUL BLOW
FOR GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP ROADS,

not named-are the same who have
been trying to get rid of Secretary
Daniels and Secretary Baker.
Andrew Furuseth is on the job for
the Seamen, and when he gets thru
with the fight the fur-collared gen
will know they should not have
started a discussion. The Seamen
are going to show that plot is afoot
to destroy the American merchant ma
rine during the war, to destroy all
chance of a government-owned mer-
chant marine and to reduce wage
standards for all other maritime coun-
tries to the point they held before the
LaFollette act took effect.
That Union Button" Issue.
Officials of the Minnesota State
Federation of Labor and of the CEN
trail labor councils of Minneapolis and
st. Paul have been here for week,
and some of them are camping for
another week, watching to see whether
the Presidents special commission will
do anything about the union button
issue in Minnesota. The special COM
mission which recently toured the
west went to the Twin Cities and
persuaded the workers to call off
their general strike, which was called
when union car men were forbidden
by the state public safety commission
to wear union buttons. The car strike
is still on, but the company is bring
ing in farm hands to scab during the
cold weather.
Meanwhile, the right of union men
to wear union buttons is denied by a
part of the state government of Min
nesota-chiefy by Governor Burn
quist, the arch-enemy of organized la
Dor and organized farmers The la
Dor movement of Minnesota is going to
keep that issue alive until the federal
government has spoken. And then
Schwab and the l. W. w.
a pair of oyeralls and a pair of
working gloves have just been received
by Charles NJ Schwab. steel king,
from the J. W W. headquarters in
Chicago. Along with this gift came
a letter. which indicated that not even
years wait in jail for trial on a
conspiracy charge has dampcned the
enthusiasm or the sense Of humor of
the "Wabblies."
Irrespective Fellow Worker" is
the salutation We note with interest
Your recent statement regarding the
new social era, IN which you say that
the workers will soon rule the world.
aud the change will be hard on the
rich but will bc good for all Of us
We, the Industrial Workers OF the
World, agree with you when you say
that We are at the threshold Of a
new era. II is going to
come upon US sooner than we expect.
1t is the social renaissance Of the
whole world. Some people call it so
cialism; others call it Bolshevikism.
We, the Industrial Workers, call it
industrialism"
ASK for Small Check.
Then. after quoting Schwab some
more along the same line, the Wab-
blies assure Charles that he has shown
much less Ignorance Of these matters
than most Of his class. and accord
inEly he has qualified to read some Of
their literature, sent under separate
cover
Also, as special mark of their
respect for his judgment that lit is
coming sooner than we expect" they
send him his overalls and gloves right
off, so that he may be ready to go to
work They wind up by promising
him place as lob delegate" as soon
as he joins the l. W W. and they sug-
Eest that he send n 100000 check for
the defense fund.