The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-11-07


working among the workers trying
to induce them to join, but outside
of the foremen, mill-owncrs and
some of the old employees, they
have met with little success. They
have been given every opportunity,
by the mill-owners, even to the eX-
tent of closing down their mills for
from one to two hours on different
occasions, but it has only served to
further embitter the workers to-
ward the ILL, as it has given
those workers who really under
stand that organization the oppor-
tunity of showing up that organ
ization in its true colors. Every
thing possible has been done by
those in favor of this Boss" con-
trolled organization to force the
workers to join except to come out
openly themselves and tell the
workers that it was up to them to
join or they would have to look for
another job. At one mill in Ever
EFT the Secretary of the Loyal Lee
gion local and one other employee
of the company went among the
workers and asked them to join the
LII, and when they, as real men,
refused to join, they were told that
they would be given thirty days to
join or would be discharged. The
answer these tools" of that COM
pany received was that it did not
take them thirty days to make ur
their minds; they were ready to quit
on the spot if it was a case of join
ing the ILL. These men We're
members of the "Timberworkers'
Union" and the little stunt played
by these company tools has helped
the Timberworkers in securing
many new members.
AS the ILL had tried many diff
ferent men in this district and all
had failed, they then brought the
great and only O'Malley, who they
firmly believed would be the one
to put the finishing touch to the
organization work and all the work.
ers would join this wonderful $3.50
organization. Sorry to relate that
o Malley hardly got started until
he was challenged to a public de-
bate with representative of the
Timberworkers' Union, and al
though he no doubt would have
liked to have refused, he was forced
to accept or move on to fresher
fields.
This Debate took place Thursday
Oct. so, at the Red Mems hall. in
Everett. O'Malley represented the
LII and Vice-President Canter-
berry represented the Timberwork-
ers.
| will try and relate a little of
what took place. Canterbury, of
the Timberworkers opened the de-
bate and told of why it had been
necessary for the workers to organ
ize. He explained that even in
many ages gone by that it had been
a matter of self-preservation on the
part of the workers, to band them
selves together, to protect them
selves against those who would seek
to make slaves of them as the col
ored people had been up to their
freedom through the Civil War.
Also that in many cases where
workers had banded themselves to-
gether that they would be defeated
for the time being; that it had only
served to put new strength in their
next attempt. He gradully worked
up to the present time, illustrating
his different points in favor of the
present form Of labor unions, with
very appropriate stories that met
with the approval of his audience.
In his opening the debate he was
given one hours time and kept his
audiences attention at all times
and was given a great burst of ap-
plause that lasted for considerable
length of time and plainly showed
that his argument had already won
his audience.
O'Malley, in his opening remarks,
started throwing mud at the Off
Gals of labor organizations by
branding them as radicals and that
It had been on account of this rad