Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-11-04
HOPE OF QUICK PEACE.


The nation will offer up a prayer of thanksgiv
inc Il the government high hopes ot quick ending
Of the coal miners strike are realized. According
TO reports from Washington, a settlement OF one
kind or another, or breaking OF he strike by the
voluntary return of large numbers of the mer
to the mines is likely.
With few days to sit idly and think; and
have it shown to them how the sympathy OF the
,eonle Of the nation has been almost entirely alien
ated bv their action in this case, the miners APP
narentlv are beginning to realize the mistake oil
their position and wonder whether after all, in lis
tening to the radical leaders which have for the
moment wrested labor leadership from the hands
of the conservatives they have not been following
false gods.
That the labor organizations are largely nov
IN the hands of anarchistic radicals, calling them
selves |. w. Ws-who openly seek the overthrow
Of our governments pretty we'll known to the
thinking people of this country, especially those
who deal directly with labor Mark Harris mem
Der of the New York stock exchange, has some
plain things to say about these leaders, who are
leading labor to its ruin, a little pamphlet which
he issues Here is what he says
Here in the East we don't know much abou
the |. w. W. but every decent man in the Yves
and Northwest knows the breed, and knowing
them, he despises them.
Primarily, the l. W. w. claims to be union
labor organization but its true aim is the same as
the Bolsheviks of Russia namely to overthrow
organized government
When this country entered the the |
w. W. leaders caused more tsouble in the West
ern states than all other alien organizations put to
gether.
They openly preached revolution, and i
was pretty well proved to the satisfaction OF every
decent citizen that German gold was behind thu
organization.
In the early days of the war, wheat was
one of the big factors and while every patriotc
citizen was saving even crust of bread to feec
the Allies, these misnamed labor leaders wen
among the harvest hands of the Northwest anc
preached the doctrine of no work and big wages.
'Wheathelds were destroyed under the guis'
of strikes, forest fires were frequent and genera
reign of terror was inaugurated in the Northwest
all with the object of hamperng the Unitec
States government.
Conditions became so bad in states ike Ore
gon and Washington that vigilance committee
were formed and in the end these rascals were
run out of the rich valley counties.
A few msinformed citizens sympathize will
the l. W. w. because they believe it represent
union labor, but if these same citizens knew thu
true facts they would never defend its actions.
Today, the big fight is not between labor anc
capital but between the |. w. W. element and tn
old labor leaders, and it is this fight that real
causes most of the strikes.
In New York city, the longshoremen struc
in spite of the fact that their old leaders pleadet
with them to remain at work.
It v. O'Connor for many years leader O
the longshoremen's union openly charged one ma
with being not only an l. W. w. but also Boz
shevist who during the war was charged with be
ing German agent.
This man directly responsible for tn
longshoremens unauthorized strike and it onl
shows how bold these men have grown since tn
war ended
Any man who has the gift of CAB can ca,
lily secure following by promising something fc
nothing and that explains why the |. w w. f.
natics secure following in union labor lodges.
They preach the doctrine of little work an
big paw with the argument that the man who Pre-
duces should have the big slice out of the pie.
1T is an easy matter to stir up class hatret
and that is what the l. W. W. is doing every ds
in the week.
IF they were allowed to continue, the Unite