The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1920-08-13
GHOST OF |. W. NJ.
WILL NOT DOWN


has been declared dead. The cause
Of it's demise is charged to the steel
! Trust aud other financial pirates in
/ that they shut off the Movements
/ financial wind But its ghost will
not down, and is filling with fear
| the souls of the steel magnatcs and
! their associates in crime. Read the
following article by Charles NJ. Kelly:
/ 1t is not surprising that the Steel
| Trust made such extraordinary eff
| forts to prevent the publication of
/ a report of Il survey Of the steel
industry made by the lntcrchurch
| World Movement The only surpris-
ing thing about the entire incident
| is that it failed in its efforts. Ger
tanly a more damning arraignment
of the high-haudcd, autocratc. un-
American and inhuman methods Of
| the steel Trust or any other indus
try has not been printed in this
country in many years.
This survey was undertaken dur
| ing the steel strike last fall. 1t was
made under the most difficult condl-
| tions. The officials of the Steel
Trust placed every obstruction in the
way of an orderly inquiry, and after
| it had been completed resorted to
| the methods of house-breaker to
prevent its publication Agents
were installed in the offices of the
| lnterchurch World Movement under
! instructions to steal the report after
emssarics had failed to buy it with
cold cash When all its attempts
at suppression had been thwarted,
the Steel Trust and Big Business de
! clarcd Il blockade against the finan-
ciul plans of the movement and it
has been practically abandoned.
But it lived long enough to rem
der signal service to humanity.
Its revelations must inevitably arouse
| public sentiment to the gravity of
! Il situation that is leading directly
! to unrestricted warfare" to use
! the words of the report. The pres
! ideut is urged to appoint commits
| sion that will bring worker and en-
ploycr together and prevent another
serious interruption of industry.
The report is judicial in tone,
comprehensive in scope and startling
in its conclusion. 1t upholds the
claims Of the steel workers that they
of intolerable conditions. 1t proves
the hollowness and insincerity of the
charge that bolshevism or syndical-
ism had anything to do with that
effort to secure industrial justice.
1t censures governmental agencies
for inaction when they We're not
openly or covertly under the con
troll of the Steel Trust. 1t is charged
that the press and pulpit were used
for base purposes, and denounces
the system of espionage and "un-
der-cover" men and agents provo
catew employed by Gary to suppress
the legitimate rights of the toilers.
1t is demanded that the proper
federal officers be requested to make
public two reports ON recent inves-
legations of the steel industry, in
making which public money was
spent, and to explain why these and
similar reports have not hitherto
been made public. and why reports
printed have been limited to eX-
tremely small circulations.
GARY FLIES TO EUROPE
That the Steel Trust was entirely
familiar with the findings of the
Investigators and the recommended
tions is evidenced by the desperate
methods that were made to secure
its suppression. They brand as false
every allegation made by the trust
during the strike. and for the first
time the public realizes how madly
it had been deceived by agencies that
were under control of the steel peo-
pie. The newspapers We're principal
offenders in that they entirely per-
verified the issues at stake and en-
deavored 70 iuflame the public mind
/ by paradiug q charge that it was
revolutionary in its. inception and
purpose. The constant iteration of
this falsehood wQueStionably alien
ated large section of the public,
including union labor, and was re
sponsjole for the collapse Of the
strike.
1t is noteworthy that on the eve
Of the publication OF the report,
! President Gary, Of the Steel Trust,
suddenly went to Europe. There
can be no question that there is 4
very direct relation between these
events While the newspapers con-
yinus 70 Soft-pedal the report, the
[ public cannot longer be kept in ig-
uorarce OF the facts. and Mr.. Gary
realized, better than many OF his
/ sycophanyic organs, that he would
be compelled to answer for the wrong
chat had been done under mis- di-
rec-ion or by his authority.
Unless fair play is no longer
priced ty Americans, there will be
an immediate and positive demand
,hur justice be accorded the men who
are today subjected TO the most
/ CALLING conditious-conditions that
/ approximate feudaliSm The twelve
hour day must 90. That is not COM
/ parible with twentieth century con-
yep-iou Of social justice The men
must nave an adequate wage They
/ today are SuosiStiug on beggarly
wages. They must have the right
% organize and bargain collectively
In short they must be given the
same rights that workers elsewhere
enjoy. Failing 20 receive them, there
will. be d resumption Of industrial
strife and when il comes Mr.. Gary
viii not find it SO easy through false
/ propaganda to lead the public astray