Tombstone epitaph., 1920-04-04


 at Butte and other places.
 After telling how the men were sticking together at the camp. and relating what position the executive had been placed in by forced inac- tivity, Embree in the three-page type written letter said;
 We are sticking nere in as solid a bunch as 1 have ever known in the history of the labor movement Elm bree says in opening his letter. Out of 1l45 men who were given their H. berty 10 go where they pleased on July 2lst, not more than fifteen have drfted away including five who have been sen. on various missions by the executive committee Even fl We have to stay here two weeks longer. as long as the federal government is wiling to feed us. don't think We would lose more than another fifty or seventy-fiye"
 Nevertheless. there are other fac tors whihch are initiating heavily against us Time itself is one Of the greatest Remaining inactive is a i tearfully hard task for even the best among us It tends 10 cause criti- cism Of their executive committee and of those in charge al Salt Lake City and Chicago, anu it also gives the weekkneed among us added en- couragement for the belief that some of them already entertain the be- ! lief that the strike is lost and that it has resolved itself into an affair where each one Of us will have to shif, for himself and make the bes; Of it.
 Embree follows with a statement ! that everything depends upon the strike at Globe. and expresses the fear that fl what he calls Mover union" affiliated with the American Federation of Labor. makes itself solid there il will kill any chance that the l. ". w. may have o: win. ming the strike at Bisbee. He then tells of the difficulty Of getting mon. ey. especially 10 assis; those al. Col unbus in returning 10 Bisbee in sol i'd body-a plan which Embr-e de clares, would enlist sympathy for the I. w w. in all parts Of the country ana might force the federal govern
 ment. by the weight of public opiE
 ion. to furnish transportation and sustenance after the march had star: ed. He continued:
 This is why We have been poster
 ing you for money during the last two days. We must have funds her
 at the Columbus state bank 10 make
 this attempt Not only will it be
 the means of winning the Bisbe,
 strike, but il is almost certain to pu
 new life in every man on strike al
 through the industry and show th, bosses that such an indomitable spil
 il is not 10 be overcome.
 Our men here are absolutely to b,
 depended upon for such an unGertai.
 ing. They would welcome it provided they can be shoNn they are not tC . be sent out on the desert as a wan ton. useless sacrifice. If you can d'
 your part in providing tine funds. W, will guarantee results at this end We are greatly disappointed il Perry al the Salt Lake office ant whoever is acting there with him l Taking up first the matter of tn, . six-hour day. Bisbee went on strik, because the membership there force: US to go out in sympathy with Butte . more than for any idea of winnini better conditions for ourselves. An, we know that to make demands whici were not practically the same a l those presented at Butte would b l likely to injure the boys there am { prove boomerang to ourselves. "A demand for six-hour day woui : have been our greatest mistake il , Arizona. Such a demand among in
 raw material we have would requir ; a campaign of education and organ zation extending over a couple o - years The whole strike would hay . ended in a complete fiasco long az | if that demand had been incorpora, , led. It is too new and untried q knov , that is burgeois expressionD but
 want to convey that it Is not deer roof ed in our v,,iuHa orox .rono~ ~e