Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1918-07-12
Harmony is Essential to Success
Secession Must be at Once Ruthlessly and Effect
lively Stamped Out of Existence
If Ever the History of Labor Unity, Solidarity in Action
in Fact and Spirit Necessary Now is the Time
Rebellion Must be Crushed in the Interest
of ToiIers in the Ranks of Labor


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on the upward trend, both in organi-
zatiOn, influence, power and import
ance and their material conditions,
hours of labor, life and work.
And now, for some reacon wholly
inconsistent with that constructive
course, by inaugurating a policy of
rebellion, secession and rivalry, are
the achievements of the past twenty
years to be thrown back and into
the scrapheap by the attempted or
ganization and recognition of the
dual, rival and hostile organization
of miners? For, be it remembered
that if the Colorado dissidents are
to be granted charter or recogni-
ton Of any kind by the organized
labor movement, national, state or
local, the successes of the dissidents
IN establishing their organization
would mean the destruction of the
United Mine Workers of America.
| Such a movement must not and will
not succeed. What is described in
the foregoing paragraphs is true at
this present hour among several in
dustries
Recently, in Chicago, a rebellious
secession movement was about to be
launched in the Cigarmakers' Inter
national Union Of America Agents
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undertook an agitation for division,
secession and rivalry. At a meeting
held by the dissident element in New
York, a resolution was adopted de-
manding fourteen changes in the con-
stitution of the international union
and gave the international union of
ficers' fifteen days time in which to
reply and that unless the demands
were granted, new organization of
cigarmakers would be organized
Recently the representatives of this
Bolshviki movement stated to the
president and first vice president of
the international union, that they
knew that the demands could not be
granted Nevertheless they started
the rival, hostile organization, con-
ducting shop strikes, making the de-
mands that these factories should not
be regarded as International union
shops.
These men are traitors to their
fellow workers and to the cause of
labor, and be it said to the credit of
the Central Federated union of New
York, that the secession movement
was roundly denounced and a reso-
luton adopted and fully carried in
to effect that neither recognition nor
support be given the secessionists,
that they were regarded as giving aid
and comfort to the enemy, not only
to the enemy of labor but to the
enemy of our country.
Information comes to US also that
incipient attempts of the same char
acter have been and are being made
in small industries and some threat
en- in few of the essential industries.
Reverting back to the action of the
seeding miners of Colorado, we ap-
peal to them, their conscience, their
labor and international patriotism, to
cease their efforts to divide the min
ers of America, or even of Colorado,
to make their contentious, if they
have any just cause, within the limits
of the organization. If they refuse
to follow the course of true trade
unionists, then they are entitled to
the scorn of every faithful, conscien-
tious labor man of America. They
should receive neither aid nor COM
fort from the organized workers of
Colorado, of Denver, or of any other
locality.
If ever in the history of labor
unity, solidarity in action, in fact and
in spirit, are necessary, now is the
time.
Secession in the labor movement
must be effectually crushed if the
interests of the toilers of America
are to be protected and advanced just
as secession in our republic was over
come, for the good of the republic
and the maintenance of our freedom
and the ability to enter into any con-
test for their perpetuation,