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

hiSledu VI TIE CoiiSeTNdJlNe HlOlIO.
"a fair days work for a fair days
pay" We must inscribe on our ban
ner the revolutionary watchword,
abolition of the wage system"
According to the /. w. w. the en-
ployer, no matter if corporation,
farmer, contractor, or a peanut ven
dor-if an employer, rich or poor he
has ceased to be necessity in indust-
rial or social life and is merely a
superfluous parasite. They point out
that any lasting agreement between
the employer and employee is impos-
sible. In fact the most basic and adj
hered to principle of the l. w. w. is
that: Arbitration and permanent
by the organization" They declare
there is no good employer" they all
look alike-there can be no peaceable
pursuit of employment, no truce for
the employer or society, nothing bat
relentless warfare through sabotage
and strike TILL THE PRESENT
FORM OF GOVERNMENT IS
OvERTHROWN.
In the latter part of April 1918, Mr.
Belmont, prominant |. w. w. speak
err and organizer, after passionat g
plea to his radical hearers not to for
sake the application of sabotage ANY
TINE, boldly and with dramatic ex-
ecution, remarked: "The United States
is the most uncivilized nation in the
world today" "our civilization is be-
low that of the ignorant head hunters
of the Philippine Islands" A few
days later Mayor Ole Hanson, the
fearless patriotic Mayor of Seattle,
and chief of Police Joe Warren de-
cided the time had come to call halt
and raided the |. w. W. Hall arrest.
ing 213 members. Chief Warren put
paddock on the door and at this
writing it is still there. The |. w. W.
members were taken to the Police
Station and searched, the officers
finding oevr $4,000 in their wallets. but
NOT A SINGLE LIBERTY BONE
OR RED CROSS BUTTON. This
factor appeared significant to me ano
interrogated score of genuwin'
I. w. w. members as to their unpat
riotic attitude toward the Government
in this critical time Of need. The re
plies were not ambiguous in any in
stance, there was no attempt to con
ceal their radical anti-government
sentiments, ave recognize on countr,
and no flag but the RED FLAG
Why should we loan money to oul
enemy. The present form of govern
ment is simply haven and protection
for the capitalists and the fact of the
matter is the capitalists are the gov
eminent and we hate the capitalists
therefore we would be crazy to loar
money to the government we are try
ing to overthrough." And can truth
fully and conservatively say tina
every genuine |. w. w. emphatic
ally carries the same sentiments il
his heart.
The /. w. w. are "direct actionsts
$50 called because they do not be
lieve the ballot to overthrough tn
present form of government but rel.
wholly on systematic sabotage an
strike to gain that end. They do no
believe in Congress, President, Leg
islature, Governor or Court, or in an
form of law making or law enforce
ment as provided by the Constitution
but would control and rule by dir
ect action referendum and no ind
vidual would hold a more author
tive position than the most menia
worker
= | will now define the most cherishe
= and damnable doctrine of the |. w w
: doctrine that is responsible in
u great degree for the partial failure G
the airplane program:
= Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, the note
|. w. w, agitator, describes sabotap
+ under several heads, the principal {
+ mong which are: "Adulteration, tn
d slowing down of work. the generi
: reduction of efficiency; placing kerr
: sene in ovens to make food unfit; il
! timidation, coercion and any mear
d necessary to gain the end, In a fl
IS factory in Philadelphia, before stol
ping work the cutters We're instruct'
N to alter the size of the patterns {
e which the fur coats had to be mad
lie Every cutter followed this advice an
IS reduced by one-third of an inch &
l. patterns he could lay his hands o
II page 80 Sabotage.)
Spargo, a noted authority, writes
Z part:
l. "Of course the sabotage idea W
lie easily extended-a little dust in Il
he bearings, especially emery dust, won
D. do much. Soap in the boilers won
y retard the development of steam-j
re dicially planned accidents might ga
rs lily cost the employer far more than