Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-10-08
FOSTER DECLARED
FOE OF THE NATION
U. S. Judge Says Strike Leader
Dangerous Domestic Enemy
LITTLE CHANGE IN WALk0UT
Appears Strikers Lose Some Ground
in the Chicago District, but situa-
ton Remains About the Same
In the Pittsburgh Area.

Philadelphia, Pa, Oct. William
Zebulon Foster, leader of the striking
steel workers, was bitterly denounced
as "a dangerous domestic enemy" by
Judge Joseph Burlington of the United
States Circuit Court of Appeals.
Judge Burlington. with Circuit Judge
Morris of Wilmington, Del. presided
over a session of the naturalization
court and warned the prospective cit
liens to beware of such dangerous ag-
itators as Foster.
Il have been all through the steel
and other Industrial establishments
In the western part of the state" said
Judge Burlington, land 1 have found
the foreign born element well paid for
their time, contented and happy.
Terrible Doctrines Preached.
"But there is In my town pitts
burgh) now a man, William Zebulon
Foster, who is going among the for
eign population teaching terrible doc
trines of anarchy in his book, things
that go to the destruction of the
American government.
"The most dangerous man know of
Is the parlor bolshevist who doesn't
work and who doesn't know anything
about working people, but who preach
es discOrd and creates unrest and
causes unhappiness in families by his
preaching of un-American doctrines.
Foster is the type of man who is
causing all this unrest amongst the
foreign born not only of this state,
but of the country. nave known the
habits and the desires of the foreign
born of this state too long to be de-
luded to the belief that they are re-
sponsible for the present unrest.
Blames Native Americans.
1.-THE danger to American institu-
lions Is not in the foreign born; it is
In the native born.
"This man Foster is a native born
citizen. He is a most dangerous leader
and a dangerous domestic enemy.
say this right from the shoulder. be-
cause feel it my duty to do so.
''The man who tells you that no gov
eminent is better than any sort of
government; the man who breaches
anarchy, and the man who is always
kicking about the government is do
nestle enemy, and you should avoid
him. If he doesn't like this country
or the way it is governed, he ought
to get passport and get out of it,"
No Change at Pittsburgh.
Pittsburgh, Pa, Oct 1.-The steel
workers strike in the Pittsburgh dis
trict drifted along without any i'm
portant change. The entire strike
zone was quiet. The unions claim
they are holding their men together
and are constantly bringing more into
their ranks. The steel companies, on
the contrary, say they are getting
more workers into the plants. No
break, It is believed, can be looked for
until after the industrial conference,
which opens at Washington Monday.
Mills Gain in West.
Chicago, Oct. 1.-The steel mills
seemed to gain trifle on the strikers
in the strike which involves 100000
men In the Chicago district.
More men than at any time since
the strike was called went to work in
the Gary plant of the Illinois Steel
company Other plants which have
been operating with reduced forces
held their own.
Strike leaders admitted a few de-
fections, but said they were gaining
strength and never would go back I'M
til the strike was won.