New-York tribune., 1920-04-13
[. W. W. Behind
Strike, Aiming 2
At Revolution
{Continued from page one)

I. W. ". boring from within" declared
L. G. Griffing, assistant grand chief of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi-
neers and Firemen. "An uncoverinr of
the leadership will show that the men
are radicals who have crept into the
organizations to carry out their dis
ruptlve propaganda better. An ex-
tensive propaganda is being carried on,
showing a powerful organization be-
hind tho trouble, and one of its fea-
lures is the statement that the brother
hood chiefs are secretly backing the
strike. When the majority of the
strikers, who are non radical, are con-
vinced' that this is untrue, I expect
them to return to work"
I. W. W. Element Strong
"The l. W. W. element is strong in
the New York situation" added 7. R.
Dodge, assistant to the president of
"The brotherhoods will spare no effort
to defeat it if it takes our entire men,
. bership and all our funds to do so.
The sNike is very much like that
Of the American Railway Union in
1894, which brought on the great strug-
gle under Debs in Chicago. Our or
ganizaton lost 10000 men then. and
to-day we arc prepared to expel 80
900 if any such number pressts in
refusing to live up to its contracts
We do not want men in our organza-
ton who do not live up to their agree
ments.
THE railroads could not grant the
demands of the men if they wanted to-
The Esch-Cummins law provides the
means for adjusting wage disputes, and
we are now advancing wage demands
through the legal channels. We have
10000 men and $5,OOO,0O in funds, and
both will be used to the fullest extent
to prove our determination to live up
to our contracts"
"The trouble is obviously of l. W. W.
origin" declared a railway man who
would not permit his name to be used,
but who is in intimate touch with the
situation on all the lines entering New
York. "It is clearly a case for the De-
partment of Justice The same outfit
is behind this that has been propagat-
ing trouble in other fields of industry.
do not believe it can be cleared up
in a day or two; it will not be until the
public learns the facts and the strikers
see that the public will not stand for
this kind of nonsense that the men will
see the handwriting on the wall.
Aim for One Big Union
'The purpose of the strike was
clearly revealed at the meeting held
April in Chicago. A man by the
name Of Miller made speech, in which
he said: we are building up this or
ganization on the same lines as the
I wobblies.' That means l. W. W., of
course. Now is our opportunity to
organize into one big union, where
every nan-swill have voice and will
| not be dictated to, where he can say
what he pleases and quit when he
| wants TO- This whole statement is
the |. ". W. propaganda in nutshell
All the tactics, too, are those of the
I. W. W. I should not say that the i'm
mediate purpose was revolutionary; it
is more against the old-line unions than
anything else SO far. That is all that
| can say at present. The /. w. w. has
been slipping it's men into the unions
and getting secret converts for some
time, and the conditions have become
chaotic The union officials seem to
have no control in some places, but
there is no uniformity in the action OF
the men on any road or in any union.
There is no doubt Of the good faith