The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-27
WHAT Has GONE sEFoRu.
Copyright. 1925. by Upton Sinclair,

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Tom Axton speech in which he set forth the grew
OF the men, and told Them of his previous experience
must keep public sympathy them by obeyn the law and
avoiding suggestion of disorder this would not be easy
strike leaders, and would do everything possible to provoke the
men to violence that purpose which the guards
forts OF these guards to provoke them They understand
and the people of the community understand they
dealing with men of low hired by the agencies
out OF the cys underworld and supplied gun on their
hp-pocket Whether the whskeyboe hip-pocket
was supplied by the employers by the themselves
something Tom Axton did know Anyhow they were brought
mere by the rucoad and the they stopped
ifs office in San Edokept open day night for the purpose
and were wholesale deputy and supplied
shield to wear on their coatapes and after that
anything they according to law few Of these deputie
were standing about listening to Axons Speech and needless
TO say, they did not appreciate it.
The president of the union come to the field to
conduct the strike also made speech secretary of the
union and the organizer of the carpenters uniohere could
not be too many speeches. for the enthusiasm
and their minds ideas an education in the
meaning OF solidarity They signed up by paid
their scany savings Committees were
appointed and these barn which had
peen nTed for headquarters the only vacant place of any
be found in the midst of this oil boom place crowded
with men coming and going and there little confusion
ocas ana volunteer helpers working such things
and sleep were unknown to the human organism
temporary lodgings to be oundfo other oil
so generous as 10 PROVIDE shelter for strkers The union
had ordered lot of tents would yet
expired shacks which had been company
fortunately not many OF the men had families in this field your
oil worker is migratory brdhe field has
to work quite while before gets enough money to bring his
wife and children from the last field.
Bunny drove up Saturday morning. by which the
first flush of excitement had passed rainy day the
men had meeting place. and punches
into doorways under awnings wherever there
ter they looked rather melancholy they found being
strike less romantic than they expected of the oil
properties especially those big companies you saw men
which they eyed suspcouy of them rifles
their shoulders like military Bunny drove up to
him to the hearhe personicaon of that
panied him in the industrial world which fondly
dreamed he might exclude Junior field But
the truth the Junior aspects of the fading
temporarily Senior in control and giving the impress
events.
Sitting in the office on the tract Bunny pinned his father
down the matter guards did they guards
against their men?
But surely SON" protested Dad "you can't be serous
Leave three million dollars worth property unproteced?"
where did hire these guards, Dad?"
I've didn't hire them SON. the Federation handling that"
/ But couldn't we have got guards of our own?"
Il don't know any guards, where get them have
had to go to some agency jist the same"
And we couldn't have used our own men, that know?"
Turn strikers into guards? Why son, you
wouldn't dop'
"Why not?"
"we thing the companies-imagine how
quick they'd jump cancel fire insurance. suppose
II was to have fire. I'd be ruined Don't you hat?"
Yes Bunny appeared the whole was one
elaborate system opposed justice kindness set TO
making cruelty and pain And he and his father part
system and must help to maintain it in spite of themselves!
"Do pay for these guards, Dad?"
"Were assessed for it, of course"
Then what comes to- is this have put up money
for Fred Naumann break the strike though we
not the strike brokeni To this remarked was
devsh announcement to have all those paying wells shut off all
OF sudden He turned to papers desk Bunny
sat in silence for WHILE thinking his fathers thoughts
elemental thoughts requiring any subey to interpret
There eleven producing wells the on last