New Britain herald., 1922-07-17
"Strike Together, Vote Together,
 Fight Together" Is Debs' Advice
Says Both Capital and Union Leaders Stayed in Rear, While Working Men Were Slaughtered in the Trenches During War.

Chicago, July 17.-Eugene V. Debs leader of the great American railway union strike in 1894 today issued a statement to the striking railroad men and other unions that the time had come for the rank and file to unite and strike together, vote together and fight together
 Some "Scabs" Are Hurt.
 There has been some slight dis hurt" Mir. Debs said This has been the extent of the violence but it has been sufficient to bring to the strikers what they fought for in the late world war. The federal government an- nounces through the department Of justice that it will stand no trifling on the part of the strikers and that if necessary armed force will be em- ployed at once for their suppression
 The governors of seven states have simultaneously announced that they have the National Guard in their re- spective states mobilized and ready to move at command when the exigen- cies of the situation demand
 Scores Government.
 You will have no trouble in guess ing what kind of action is thus meant on the part of the national and state governments which you shouted for. voted for. invested your last dollar for, and crossed the Atlantic to fight and be gassed and die for in war to make the world in general and Amer lea in particular safe for democracy and liberty.
 Opposed to Labor.
 And now that the war is over and Kaiserism is dead and democracy and liberty are on top this same crowd to a man, to whom you ral- lied in such a frenzy of enthusiasm to compensate you for your noble pa triotism, is lined up against you in battle array and ready to shoot you down like dogs. Blames Union Leaders. Tt Is true. MT. Union Man, that your craft union leaders with scarcely an exception stood with the Wall Street proflteers in bowling for war and rushing you. the common horde, into the trenches to be gassed, mutil- ated and murdered, while they re- mained in the rear to receive the plaudits of the plutocratic press But that does not excuse you for you chose those leaders and were responsible for them.
 If in the light of this situation you do not realize the crying need for unity. for solidarity on every front, re- gardless of creed or color, you are indeed in pathetic plight and your case is all but hopeless. Your weak craft unions have got to be converted into a powerful industrial union and you have got to cut loose once and for all from the rotten political par ties of your nc sters
 Urges Unity.
 Your interests as workers and pro ducers are absolutely identical and there is no earthly reason why those who are employed in the same in dustry should belong to different unions or give their votes to differ ent political parties,
 Crisis Is at Hand,
 The struggle is entering upon it's critical stage and whether the toiling hosts shall emerge in triumph and esta ablish industrial and social de- mocracy in the world or go down in defeat for another his torical period of economic bondage depends entirely upon the capacity Of the workers to muster their forces and stand together, strike together, vote together and fight together all along the lineS.'