The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-21


"To Officers and Delegates of the Second
Annual Convention the Industrial Workers Of the World
Comrades and Fellow Workers:
you today have devoted the
hours careful of the proceedings of the initial convention
up the formation Of the organization which has reknded the
smodeng fire of ambition and the breast of the working class
Mners Organized
industTa united politically labor will SUI grace and dignity
all humanity will be free bondage aterna brotherhood mbued
aspiration of the Industrial Workers of the World
imu-
lated all to determined efforts behalf of the accused
RAD feeling between Meyer and myself and for nearly year
which strongly
that had been adopted by Mahon the which he had
the office Mahoney having
and held BY force against the St. John faction This letter was
concluded by
red to the convention only that this
to He neglected to read the first the letter. which
Proceedings of the WIN. convention
THE St John and his this time wholly
commendab and them the entire credit for the
outlines for the slow growth of LWw
at this time and for the withdrawal of the WIN:
although the trial and the final acquttal the
accused made the LWW somewhat commonly
working throughout country was
the whole nothing less than calamity for that organization The
The got the advertising welestab-
ished labor organization with eventfuamo lurid-hoy
Its early activities
Pebone affair and the general public naturally thought the
deportation
The IWW popularity the trial at ALL
The organization obliged completely suspend
work of organization raise
the most result The deportation
was one Of the causes operating split off the Western
Federation of Miners The certainly
ened that element the Western Federation
and strengthened the hands of those who
incorporation with This deposition President
Sherman which of the miners who
supported the IWW, finally the IWW
Federation the hand The result first decision
dunn vote of the Western Federation pay either
the Shermante the ntShermante IWW
second the formal withdrawal and the
establishment Independent
summer of 19o7-Brissenden, History of the LW.W, P.
1t would be hard to describe feelings this
work of lifetime being
of the Jail dispeled The who
prison make iron bars cage" like
letter. article that read bearing this disruption
restlessness under restraint
MANY letters coming from different organizations
40 the country with
behalf There had been protest meeting Boston
it estimated had gathered to voice
ne condemnation OF our illegal arrest and kidnapping Moyay
parades being held everywhere Chicago fifty
thousand union protest In New York
the parade larger
eouu near tn millions shouting aloud:
wood and Petibone die millions the reason whv"
II tne slogan united 'front.' had existed them would applied
to the solidarity of the workers case.
The of the little were cooperating One
day received cake from Boise under the
cake letter from the workers who had
ployes of the
In the namen Hayood tells Darrous despair
aiming the trial. the attempt Dating to be hanged
relates the rte-
preparations the selection
the jury acan complete of Hayoods book you
haze It free by sending yearly subscription
neDa, to the Daily Worker
opporun tendencies of the Right policy and remain