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How blind bas been t he folly that 's kep t our class ap u.1't,Thah made us dny ea.ch other in body, mind and heart ;How long ha s been the struggle; the rood, bow red and steep ._What stJambles we have suH ered that others EllrIh migh t keep.
SOLI DARITY !
How long our souls have l'>hakn before the Bourgeola ' g OOJ;,How tam ely we have t.s.ken their gibbetings &lid rods ;How oft we've crowned the t ra itor, OIlC tru e ones we neve slain ,_How dumbly done when bidden the awful work of Cain.
n eartbrokenly I witness the record of our c111.S$,
I ts vangua.rd$ ever falling the victims of the nw.ss ;I ts shri nking from the future , it~ worship of t he P llSt,~
The ages upon ages ib Ieara have lleld it fast .
But , bark I_ The tone is chan ging ! The Unions move as one lThe long retreat iJ; ended, tbe forward r.lnrc!l. begu n 1The Claas ! The Clasl! is ri sing ! Ar ound the censored EartbCome psychic thougbt -wave;> tell illg the Oren t Rebellion 's birth !
o magic w(lrd of Laber I 0 sesame (If Toil !By whic h our class shall conquer the workshop n.nd the wil lThe word th llt sums our longing, our purpose and our might,To bu ild up from thi s m in II world based on the rigbt-The word 0{ life Illld fr«dom! The word of love and Ught!
r SO~~.~;o~~,~}TY rv--'-~~~::~':"~-=~ ~ame of TO:------~f
By whieh our class sheu conquer the workshop and the soil ! ,At what II. C06t we learn it, in tre asure an d in strife, IThe d earest ru le of nature , the pIame>;t law (If life. I
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Is FREEDOM DEAD?Sequel to the Suppressed Pamphlet
SHALL FREEDOM DIE?BY HARRISON GEORGE
MAIN OJ'FKE OF Til E I. W. YO.. CIIICAGO, IL L.- WlI .U " M ll . HAYWoon. l:\};C KE'fAH'l' TR EAS lJRJ:: R. AND ABSISTANTS
I S FRE E DOM D E A D 1 1--- --1l:Io l ll pamp hl.. t .. b .. .n~ Ih .. w o rk o f n " .. ", .. o o (, ., 0 '1''', 0 "" of t h .. 1116 ; nd 'l'lf'd I
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"CONSPIRACY?"I NTRODUCTI ON
1'h(' 1'rc'S<·1I1 11"tIl'k ('I,,1,, ~1j..,. ,,'uth lie"'llllll" t " jher l han rOl md in its l'reces.. o t _ " :; l<o ll F t "...]"", llw ! " - Ihe Mill"1' ....,..i,,11 of " hi" h ""'" ham,,,, in l he hl>l~ , ,,.(' . A lt h"ultb Ill" r . K D"l" ,rt ll'l'nt 01.'".Ii.... did it, "' 0"'1 10 I> n~W t'r t he i ll·!<'r ro!:"f1l i"" of 11,.. fi""l pnmphld in thf>f,Rir",al i\"(', Il,t' demise "f our ri"ht If>o.1"r,'nd OUNehf>' in t he "Hurt of public01,;" iol\ is yr l. unset tle d .
n " ri Ujl" Ihe 1"!l"al !",tt1" 10 ~uPPJ'{'f<!<Ihe fit1'1 I'"mphl"I, lIi" ton G. ClnhltllRh,<'h ;PlII/'O heed (If the n UN.' /t u of Invest ,hm l i", ' of th.. n " lmrt ,,,p" l of .rusuee,h "M the hook a loft b..f" .... L. S. Com.",;""...",,1' Ma...", " ho hit. ill , o' np mys-
I t"ri"W< ma nner !.>e"OllL" llrbilrr " I wlultI )"""p!f' ~ha l1 l"t'Ild, aJld "Ji".1 l\i'Lf'd·- "Thisi Ih ; n~ ",,, 1<8 with lies !" Thnl ..tat~n1Pnl,
II Mr. Clahnugh, H.e wril~r ehall pllg!'l\ )'OU
10 prow ill any ro utt.Not in po]pmi"111 aU",,,k, b,,1 ;n 1''''
pi llna t ion ; we sa y we understand you,,
~ l r. I 'llll ,au!!], : we IUJ(l~""I,(l nd wh)' il isl hal ~·otl, ";11', )'()ur ari~t o(,l'1lt;.· ..m-ir_", ,,,,eu1 "f the ('xl,..,,,,{' Hout], "hUt' fl ....·ill ;.( ~l"",,,. W,,1'f' run to death h)' hlood_I ", ,,, ,, I ~ , ~hou1d lox>l'(' )'"ur polk-.. doll'"''' ' ntl ,.... w(lr kt'r>' (If the :':orl 1l an d ' ''f>ll' ,) '0 ",-"( ·k frer tlOl" 1>u1 WllCl 1111\ ' (' 1'0pl:\<·c t o roll, We ur.dersl :" ,d how ) "OU.
aN ,on ,');_offi<'('r of the !\II \') ', prohalJl)"1" llr ll('() ,,11 you know of tl"m ol' ra<'.)" atflOI,1 "d'ool of "" " hllt'ry n ll nll'd Ann ap.. l i~.
lI ut " II ", ..lh"d~ or ~"PPl'f'Glli"n end OJ!prt'Sl>ion will he in ,·" in . Th e tide of;" ,h " l r;/l1 1"" te>;1 ..w ....P" hi,,}'er a ndhi"h" \' in every lan d; O\'''r the rujn~
01 lx,uI"f!'<'oi. I"f'puhJi". lind 110" ,lust ofancient I hl'(me~ the ,,"ork"l">; of th e eartl,U P nlllr<'hi,,1o: ollwan l- to ... f reedollJ thntwill !lol be de ni ed.
HARRI~!\" OI:.'ORGE,['~JOk C'A;lunty J ai l,
Chicago, J an. 20, '18.
IS FRE EDOM DEAD ?r/-- ---
To Workers :TI,e following pages (Ire d edicated to
I )"ou ",ill, the knllwloogt' ' h" t wl,en pm- I,ave ~af1 them )·ou will know tha t a
black and OllL inOWl cOllepi rl'\{'~' , unoqunledin history, ie workin i:: t o throttle YOl' R!" ,Jlt"6, ehackle YOU to "" Iual "lmc l"yand bind YOl ffi children d own as serfstil th ose 'wh" haH {""'~ri red-th {' ~I'{'~ t
industri al kilil-'lI. .
Wusx the t r ue bistorv or th is de.ead~ >;""11 10f' wrilten' ill othe r' 11IlrlI""", troubled times ; wh .." fu<-t..
now h id,len ..",me to l ight in details nowre nd ered va gue und ol""' ure ; t ru t h will"how that nn oollle I'f'cl'nl d ate, ill ,t sed udo<!. office (Ill WlIll St reet or luxuriouspa r lor of some wNlltl,y d ub on lowerMlIub lltt an. some score of Amenel\'sking.; l ,r inrlill;t r~;, captai"I' of OO",meN"eand KIli.·...1'$ of finance met in secretconclave a nd plotted the cnslavemf'nt ofmillions of ....ork ....... T008)' deta i ls a n."obseu red. Tile paper on wl, i"h t l ,...... l in..~are :ptln.i.''iloo, ill criss- erossed by theshadow of p ri ,"lIl hars ; m)" " 8M1 arebe ·"" t by th e ching of steel dool'&, th ej angl.. of f et ters B1ld the en r.;es of jn;!InIardH. T rnth, befo re it can "P<'llk, tsstrang led by JK,wer.
Yet tbe bilr fact looms up, lik e 1\
mountain 8hove the morn ing mil>t.ll ; 0 1'
~anizl'd wealth ha s oonspired to enslav eLabor, lind _ in enfOn'ing its will_ i tst ope a t noth ing, no t e, ..n midnightmurders Imd wholl'l<ale K1a llKhtee. It haslaUjl"h..d at IIlW, sub,rned popular !!O" em ment loral, state lI"d IllItiona l, lindI>Pn."ai! a network " f protect ed vill ialLYfrom e<:>:IIIt to ro"",t.
MAKINO HISTO RY
On &>plember ~th, 8 c1imnx of thateOllspiracy WM l'f'a"hPd w h .." H fed ..ralgran d j ury, convoked for tha t el>Jlf'cialpurpose and /lSl;iIlted h, · the sh rewdestle...nl t alent " f t he United States IW,·..m ment, return ed ind irl ments Afrainst 166offieel1l, members and sy rnpnthizc", of theIndustrial Worken of the World. North,!lOuth , ..M!. and w{':<l ; H,ey luve ' ",en
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Wm. D. Haywood, ('..-n , s..:.'"TTeas., I. W. W.
ar"",led and hro llght in ir"lll> tu C1,i..agofor Irial on th e ~Ileral eharge of eonI>pira ..)·. Or j("oni...ed 11,1~ , r ill pi ll~d agai nstorganleed capita l ill the gre at ""l contestof hi~tor)' 11" ,1, 10 imperiali><lic capit al itKhun he a Wut~rlO() ot wea lth, or, forI h~ sparta.. 1. W. W., it sl1l1l1 nU'on IITh ormop ylee of Labor.
WHAT IS THE I . W . W .?
The I. W. W. i . a La bor C"ion IId", itI i tlg any wage ,,"or l< ..r. It is lolll<ed "JlO"" Til.. elas.< Struf(gle" and 8"' ~ th roujl"h"Jndustrinl Unio nism. " It d..c1al'ell 1t.1I1," The ,,"ork inI(' e1l1.'11\ and the ernployl ll¥('l,, <;.~ have r.ol,hing ; r. common. There ..nilbe no peace ...-. long es hunger and wlmt"I'(' i OUHd II "''''' ,.. millio ns of work ingpeople, while the f..w who make up thee", plo}; n!t eln"" bovl' a ll the f."Uoo thit,~
of lif e. Betwt'en th ffil> tw o e111AA<'1I ast rull'l('le IUU'" !(O on unli \ the worke rs ofthe world .....gan ite llJ\ a eJlIlI!I take JIO"I"'sO"s><i(>n of the earth and the mn.ehin eryof pmdl1 eo(l n lind /lholi llh the WIIK<' IIY&tum."
I S F R E E D O M D E AD ?
THE BACKGROUND
LESSONS TAUGHT CAPITAL
\ ' i,,!c m'<' , ill I,,r,or <I i' I" ' I"S. is " si ~n
of weakness. 'rhe " ·"Ilk"st si<l.. u se>; itwhel' <ief,·"t tI"·,,,,1t'us. It Illll," I,crc benot ...1 IhM 1. W. W. ~1]"ike~ ,,-ilhdr8\\",
AH a ha<,kl'm\1tl,-{ of til.. present , winc·I~' s" !-,Ilfll tcd Hlnl!'~!"'" \\' il h ",n ", l' s "r" " rk,,r;; ha ve d rinl ' tho> in,livid ulll "UI';· Iln lis t, or corpo"at ioH, inu , Ih e prC'«'''t~ 'l'ut ~"lIlhinlltio" to {'rn~h all oq!"ni7.r<; Ilubor. Withoul /I~SiHlll",'e hy ..,tlwr ,""",,!thy inl ere sts in iuf lu{'tl{,lu l'" au thor. IiI ," and untz•.Iio j:! th (' pr....", Ih e j"" lllled I, '{"pl ,')'c r stood (' h llll"'.·l of Iosh'!l: Ollt inII ~I ]'jke , 'fI w u"nlH~Fkd I'n"" "omlellln·,.<1 his h rutuljties /infl llnthorit," WlI'"",,,,,,, 11",110 ", ,,"e "" ' L1" show of JOHn..,·,\Vhf n ('lln, e l<ie '~ Pi nk ert ons i",'" d,,'<1 IrJo,..,.sl"",l, w l(("o 11.... " Bu t l" '" s " " f Il '" Ut 'I ' O 'AIeu t oud Ih e (leportali" ns (,f "( ' ;'iI'P~ " Cn "'k ar,,\],w<! I" ,h..r ln, d slo ,,,.\"·..,01 lh,' \H'I'I,1. th.. d ....."" of t h"".. fI, e<.! , I\1 H <' r"T<',~l I,. <I"£,,I"} then ,"":'·'''''' I ) , ~ ~
'I.i,, · t he ,·onlroll ..,l !0<'/l1 pI'P"'. I'd ;,'"I" '" "I" " " ,1 "" " rt ' , "nt,;"'" ol,j" jo" , n,,·' ''l' l" T'''' Hl, t .." k , jd{' wi t h La!>',,'
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11 ";';L)'S, " L~hot is r nti tloo 10 " n itl'rodm'es ; ' a1ld to ";"1 it or ll n~' i'~ rti lll
ilu-tN'S ", r"dustri,,1 Fuionlcm is llel'C.cd."~\IJ WorK""" in on imlusl t )", or i" "IIi",lusl r ;"s, i f neeessarv. cellst' work whencv er II st ri ke or ]oekollt i~ "n ; Il lI lI)" de·J'llrl'U,," t I~.rrcnf ; t hus mllkill ~ "n i" j u~'
10 OI,e js lin iuj llr)' to pll." EH'r~' " ..rkrrin ""," "....t i,HI of all illd llst ry is or ll:0l1·ized in a Hrufwh of ft ll f "d usl "1l1 1"llionco f ,,11 tI", w(>rketf, ill thnl iu,lust ry·, Th"srind usl r iol unions a re !!ron p,,'d jnl 0 I n.d ustrtal Hr p" r t" ", ,, ls of r Ollllerli"g orkinflN...I induslri...., ,,·t,il e nIl a re l,n \ugUt"g...t l,,;r in o,w Big r "i"" nf an th..worb rs "I ult the worM- tl, .., I. W. \V.""' ork......, 1101 offi" i"I ......·,,11 .t ri kN< "n oro:U. A ll power Ih{,l'eh)" r" "'lI ins in thehunds "r the UlO" " n the jol ,.
Til e I . W. W . knows whet il wlints :Intihow 10 I£el it. A N'llI <lm "(l('r8 ~)· in Il"·l ion- · it is the besl lo, 'cd lIud wo",t h lll e,!- 1I,e 1ll000t , ' ital Orgllll iF.al ioli ill l'x i~l ·
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Jauw" P. 'Jh"lIIt...,~
r ,,,lhl lI'il h Ihr mill,'''' 1':(\; 1\ 1( 1'11,·1; I"""r k with Ih ,' ;" 1I11ion e"''tIs ""d iW"WL'",. 1 ", or >:,,,, ;n Iltpir f"M'\; t'1" , y ", tI,P Ilrm'p" f " ~Irih r, .luh" .\ 11,,1', who WIIS runr,inr<! h~' !lltll", r" , ,,.jl""""''.'; ; lind thei "'l'ri8"m,, ~ nt at I he slate pe' l1l,'ntiur y ofl hr ee hr""e Il1 ld inn",'e " l "Irike"", Ips'i,!'M In, I he el>n"piro\'y of "lIl' il lil wilh lite,·I" le Iml l"'r;I;,·" of l\Tjnnf'1'nl ll.
On II hillsitl,· ILl'll r !:'entt k fiye me m],e""or II", I , W . W . Ii,· buried, victims ofSlwl'iff ::'<Id lae a nd his lJm,,1 " f L UlIlhr r1'.'usl lti rt>l inj!"S. \\"ho shot them d ownhom a whnnll l E ve ret t, Wll"hing lon, Oil
""-owlIll)(>1' 511" 191fo. Tl le~' d ied , h UIlum ber \\·ork.,.,. h~' the tPIlS " f thousandsrall i..a to the OIlP nil: Fnlon and theLu mber Tros t 1,0 tl lly stlllLd s defealed,
THE GREAT CONSPIRACY
Co nlrol "f Slalelt-----Collu"ion with localaUlh"ril "-\\lls not enmll!b . Th " OneBij;! (: nio n of LOSRL'S mus t he or f!:anh eds l!lIill/<! t he O" r Hilt Union ,,( w" rkrn<.The nt wsp.lII' el"ll, a nd other mranS of misinforlJtin~ Ihe puh lir, mnRI, stanrlardi?'cIhelr !irs lind vitupe raticn. A nlltiOlllll()pinion mus t l 'e enpl"t1eIl'd lilld C{'nl l'"l .ized upon influencin g fed eral ac tion. Ex-tensivc " r !!:3nip.al ion w al< ner.-l..d . I___~__-o-
<_._--------------------1101 onll' on~ or two crafll;, LUI a11 e-ens,IIII wOl'k~ r~ in t he ~"op or ;ndIl Klry. Tl mli~ lnd w<triul t:nioni Klll lind it phw('S lh('o llpl"p'r on I,lL" Wra k l'K' Ki d.. i nclusl.na 1Iy . Thai is wh)' violence in I. w. W.strike. h"",,, 08 wi tb tl ,e emplo,-c•. I t lYllKII pol i~r'"lll 11 ut L8\\"rCll(·... iu the I! l'('Il't ext ile str ike of 1!l12, tha t shot Ann aLI,l'i•.a ; it was II militilllmm Ih nl l,,,~""'
('I ed 1\ l:')"rilln 1>(,)' st ri ker f ro JII I~hi nd
11 11,1 left hi" "orpsc up on the J<i d.,,, Hlk;i t was t lm l-,'tl of the Amt>ri('an W"olcnCO"'P''''~ ' \ hl\l slu, ' to douth 1\ )'" li"1I'uill work", under em er- of dork ll{"_( h- .. r !l( O nr r"" ls, wit lolll worr",,! <I,ri ~bt of bail, showed the cOl\spir.wy he ·l we.." t he \Vo"l cn Trust an d !" !!ll! nn \h.,,,.ily. Dto. pit .. t hese crimes of lnthnidat io" the s'rike was "'Oll, Li ke",i"", t l" ,"i lk workers strike at Paterso n, Sew.J r rB(>~· , ill 1!l13 ; I ~GO arr<"<ls of ~1ri k e ...w ilh 0,,1,- 1"'0 ennrtctious on ", io(\1"<-I w r!,:,,,; t wo "Iril;,''''' ' l\lIN1 N-",1, ,," .. oft hl'lll h('ilJlZ ki lled as he J,eld l1 i, hah \'ill his " 1''''8 "t h is <!(....r-~h,p----t l", I(uil t ;·il lllllnlln j Hiled , hu t freed withont t n " l.
:\'"r has Ih.. I. W. W. he!' ll th '" 11.·."". to t e..1 110 e 1...,,, lI ed . Wi ll", s", t l,'rI." d l"" ~ l a""n ..1'{' of ,\ p ,'il 23, l !lH , T h,,11", 1" " 1' wus lIlnna l!", . 1 f ro m " ' all SO..."II,.,' Ih,- Rorkd ell. ,,-,.;, who \"III "',,~1 the<leHI"pm.'n t lO r th e " T"J~'1'( lm " wilh "I\n.lI s\I,,1 inln,'st ",,<1 salisra"t io" ." The10",,1 PIl"nls of l! ""k..f!,l)r r ru led , h"Colorado s t" l .. offirial" f r"' '' Ih " J.:onl'nm·,10wll. A lenoe wr-itten to ,lohn D. ll ()('k e:fdl" r .Jr " "n So,'!'", I...r I.", 1913, by !lisI'J.:.." I Mr, U'''n rs, """ S, " \l'e hm'e het.'llIIhle to secure all th.. 1,0nh ·..... D{'-I<;d ,'.Ih e ( 'ham!>"r of Commeree, the real esta te exehanpe. t" l!"e th r r with llum:" of Ih etoesl l aL~iTl {'s8 m~H huve been t1 t¥in~ t h~
II';{lH m Or 10 <1riw I h ~.w vicio us llhoi1Ilt",""uut of Ih~ state." "h,,1 Rt rik~ 'H.R IO!<Ib~' the LT. sr. \Y. "r .~ .
~Wh e n t he Il'l"l)lIl I ron !t1i n~",,' !';Irike
b ro ke on the Ml'Sf{ha RtJnj..'t' ,,( MillTle_RollI in J Ulie, 1!l16 ; !l,e Steel TrllRl mel\l,p I . W . W., the only foe ~llpable ofwinn ing. For t he fi"" t time in laI " ,r history a "Irike n gllin~1 th e Sleel TTusl
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" OVERT ACTS "
" h.. oM ourl illfum" "" "Ciliz'>'N Alii _or"..... "-0" ('('"u.......,I,·d and clothed with,, "f'''' " ame. " '..:,)'a l l}- 1-*Il ~U "" " IIprrn,1o:~Jl ,,-l"'I'('H r t hen ' ll"1UI 1I "t li ke. BIl"kedloyall the pOlV"ro; ,.r ...eaUl" "-,uI"l iol1<'..1O} ' Ihe Jlt't',," "" .. patriotic," these !>tog""& "" riC'; of inhu man a tro..il i...... out-run,nin/! the I,a rh llrili..~ of Jo:Uf('I* '. wa rri" gradio"" , E llrl}- in th e momin~ of JlI l)'10, 1917, Jl;unr" " ll of Ih' F nited Yerd eCopl"'r Co . al .J..romc, A r ir."" n, " to,\\'I'"1>t'loJljl'i" t::" I.. E X-&Jl nto r ' ,"nt . ()b r k."" untl,'d IIJl ]30 mill('t'll and, ""lc"l i" g 70mi1ilan tl< fro ", th(',", I"nded t bN«> "n..M l k ('Il l'!<end senl til"", in l" <'"lir"r" in,f' uli forll ia "h..ri ff.. re f ll...d re lief and{lr",'(' them bu,'k nc,..."" the Ari" o"" li" e,II,,, gro up or e" il,... I"'"nking lip " I Kill l(_
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IS F REEDO !>l D E A D ?
-------- -------1for the eill'hl hour da~' " ~", ,,·t;on.,<1 by I~,,,, i..,\·" III 1916, h'''' /I'' ' ' " Ir<:'''''' Il''\I hen' tile cer ..ndllt WIl8 t urJl<>d to AIJr il t(;th, 1917. Such II to r rent of prj "tl'd I""lllumy 810d lift' IlJ; neve r hef,,~ ,,"uspl, It",,] upo n an}" org:mi'.at ion fill ('(1 the IM" l",nt {>r't'"" /lgniWlt the I . w. W' IYlolenee, CV"ll lyn"hing. W illi opelll}' II d " ",at",1 an d had itll effect . AI KaminsCity th .. I. W. W. I,all was rlli,lffi IJIUlI)"
tim ,.,; "" d lIl ..mbel~ were Ii""t bea ten by I", iliti~ lIlm "" d then arffh,ed L,. l ){lli" e.11", ";1) - IIUo r " ,,)' of".· "I" "t8I i" lI'lh." , th emilitia hlld "permissio" to ra id Ih,> I , \Y .W . 1,/111 n-ht'llHH t h..)· " I{'II<I.'." I
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Ralph H. Cha plin
It l l\ O\'{'Ill!lf'r, 1916, ""'pI't'M'Jllati ....,. ofEight DilliOn Dollnn; of ..,.,rporlli e wealthmel al Ne ll' Yo rk ('i l r lind "'l!on;y.",l 1\
p rogram to crush el] 0ll1'0n;7,..<1 lahor.The d..tui l>; end methods I" 1,<, pu",urower e not revealed, bUI f rom w lw f fol_low..d it i~ ....ide " l th~ t CIlJlilal means 10win, IlS the l. W. W_is accused of doing,
I"wil hout N'/!urd for ri~ h l or wr')" jl:."
Imnoediut ely , . , nnti-syndi ..al ist" laws,ailll..d 10 out law tllf' L W . W ., appeared"imuHllnfflus ly in mllny sla te lelri.la IUr -
jM;; all W"n' wri u,· " l'Xaetl}· "Iikelllld ovidlOuth· came rr om a cen l ra l bureau. Com_mereinl (1ul'" h" ~1l 1l It"'" eOll'J'llil("llS 10ext ..n ni" llle t he I. ,Y. W. Theil ran'e the,,"nr, and Ih.. I, W. W. int ..rested Jlrim"r.il}- i ll t he ClIWl War, "'a.s pilloried lUl"l l"1'u>;o"o1>I.." and ils "lellden" .."n_d" ,m,ed 10 deatll-h}' til.. newsp Ul*rs .
Bll'ikeli Man ed I,..ro.... Ihe war, s l r ikt"!l
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IflIan. ,\ ri1:<''':I. This (>ul ra lff'0us &<'1 . la..... ~ liIlm i ...... plun~f'd in ,b~ I"'bK <>n Ih..I....... " ~' I ,,,, ... I,,, ,,Nl, p..... t i,-a.n ,. J'1I"" th .. ui llt.! of J uly 21s1 ,...d tI ... "",on...n I....
ICol"l"' t TnI~1 · ·('art.. BI_ ....·• If' pro- ltan 10 n th .. i ll !o1i'llli f l'Wll Glo~ in.'f'<'<! .. it h tI,..it 1"1..", of dnilt ry . :--..nt l,. , ulo. INtd... I.... "'i ll" rs, d~,.j ll usi. "'oo o r12{() " ti ki". wi" .."" of BioI riw.... · ·l'f'Ol ....ti"" b,- I.... G,,'·..nun"' ,I · · . Itho
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I WiJ-. ..-il"fd th.. gove rn" f of ANo", Til . ·...t...l, th.. ..... reh Ii.,t.t nil th.. ..oil'
I tha t it bad tJ;illjr t il do-y..1 "0 ...." tra l"O' of th .. old lh .ruinion !olin..• "Iion ", t. k..n to punifi t. th.... ri minal. n a>;h .... a . ienal ••n t .... d oUlu and the
Ur ",Iurn tl... <1..pottf'd Ill..n to u,..ir jnlnm..n, ""......rda in th.. f" ..... .,f ......illt. n.....
hornell . nd fan,iliftl. f1f'd ha..k 10 G10..... IP rrM'«'<l inll'. th_ \ 'on ll ind ....IJQrv< of TM ..omI'l~t .. oonlrr>1 tlf Aw~,,, . I,..
Arizona, wou ld h..·e carried th..it d.... the ('oJ'l'~r lbIr" nH an,l t h.. collnl"'c ';1 Ipor tat l"" plnn8 inlo th .. m " I,..·Miam l f'ivil law in t ha t si ll",". ,.,.c~ ' PJ'll",,,t , •di!;t ri..t hut, 1I'h..n Ly pl'f'llrn n~J>l e" l F..llowil1 ll' 11,... J ..rr,m,-, d,-,po~tio"••'" ..
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ri,.lic-" ....n i Th" tif>n"" I('fl bol'h i,,,lIb ';1/'I. l u of Ihrir ...,..., utl/:anUa.l inn,. 11 .1' ... h. lt..li1'o "iJ!TI " 3-j·77." With in4/1 lI"un. nthrr ofi~". of Ihe J. W . w.tl'ffi l'l'd t b"'8" of 11.1";1' hei l'", n..ri.,..:1for IJa llI/:'Mr " IlJId th" .... rn inft"l "re",iJ['1 lrd h}' ott.1"1' '11'''111<1 be 1>111"<1(',..',,, ill,1101" ~il':"-"3-7.i7.~
1." ",1"·,, Worke.... un litri la' Ihrm,~h.
"111 the nor th west sta t..", f" r the F.iJ!ht·11,,,,1' Ib ,}', felt Ih e ro,,('('rt,~1 d forl of all"1{'IU;~ " f repression. " ' itlo" 11 1 _110\\ "rlq:Jllot}, n",'rl iHl or dvi l, h" l1M w\'rl' mid,d, hun<1 ....ds 1I1'Wf<1('(1, den ied ril/:hl " r;, lI u r " I'}'. Ihto wn illl " lI" rril,l.. " hull.Il{'ll~, " ~1 8 rH..:I , hf' 1I1"1l .no! Ill,,,!, Trnin·I... ·" lO b" (' ~ I' ...--I . yl q'lI th}· with tl,1'~h ;k "", " rrl' pulled ,,{f It,,,ir m ,:i",... h}'"' II ;,i''' '' '' 11 31 r.M..... W__....i"I1I' '''. ""d"' ''1 10 " oou'fIl'IIl\" ;n l'OllIn'Ullie"du
_\I <Ii!f(,"'''1 poi nt><;u 110.. Yakima L d 1,·,-; 1111 11,..ly EllftlSbur,r, 1,-" a/l,l " " .ki ",a. " · ...h i,,:."ol,. Ir<M1'" fl'O<u 0""1" 1< "al"..""" l i" l:: . n Ih" PO"-""' flf ..h -il pro-.....lm , " il h...ut . "}' d....l"no li..n ...1 ma r·l inl I nd dino<'led h)' (~m",(' ....ialCit: ",",,,Ied hWld""l~ " f reen ,,-itt.nnt"arra nt. h('ld It.em 'lrilhou l ..hnr~ ",. ,l ~
lIifi\ tl,elQ a....<'M! Ifl 11 11" 1'''(' ' ', 1,.ill""lI!and trial I'r jur)' f"r no "1],1'1' n' ......n l ioull,h"l Ihl'" ,·.ml'd I. W. W. '"l'",he ,.,.hip<.. .. t,_ Alit! theM m...n '~ f" ...·f.tlw'"" hl~,l
u"d <lh·" in II th<tIlNl nd I , n ll l, '~ thlli lmmann..: 1,1t< _ now
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,, -hI' ktlMl' 11,'0 ..iluati"" . ' {l" l~' I (MItI...... <'~an....er ,,-h~ lif.. hlill I""... , !<pt'nl,,-it lo I IL(' ,,·....tem ruin....... u"e "- );0 " '.1.....'" to ](,se hi>; life in IhM. bellalf" ;1'<'.-1 "'a"ll it\~ 10 U,.. A .i,A"'B minen. to<' '"1.....1 110 prut..ctio ll fl'<>In olh "". and10 I' '''' pa . .. to a r C'-Il,l t1",,, ,st·h·c~ and11,.. it h<.>llIe~. Thill warn illlt, ..-t.i<·h M'..-dtL.. , Ia~' I I ?ollan,;, IlllItt'Tt-<\ t ile Copp erT.ur.t ."'d, 115 an IIdd.,t! f.d.,., hm;tf'llffltil.. (.('Cr.ln", in the a•..-runI,Iu.hme nl of1he ""..1 brot,] acd lW'1I0'Sll <,rime thatKta"il. 1m- ~rdIO "f '1,(' "'f'St-th'"mlll"..lr. of Fnwk (jI ll...
Frank It Lilli . , """,_..d u ·' and ee.....lwr .,r me CJ .." I E:u'l"Utiee R..,anl (>fIt.e J. W. W . hilll l f. rain·...ek«l m p-1'1.., . -bile htlpir.j;1 the I t ri k iTtg tllineno alButt.., )fooll nl , ...as, nil Au@:,,--"l 1, 191i,t.hll (nom his lord, a1 3 o'dO("k in th..momi,,!!", b}' m....kf'd IhuS'" IlJId dra"., fdal "oVf'·. end tOf'hilld a n auwtllohile .nolfinal I)' h. n!'1'd 10 • rail"uJtd tl'l:'O<tle . 1Ihe 00",," of t own. Th~ mlln le"'l"fI "'''r<''....llln'e'" lffi I" Ih e l 'rnIII fur l heil" "pet-
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And lh,,,,e officials wl'D '!tlll\d supinelllld indifferent whl l... the otll"/lIlie In..-,which Rave Illis ~,,,',,,rnmellt its life, issup" ....iliously set as ide by poten tial " lill:llreh~' : who w ith ClJllUllf'ndatory ('o,, 'pln _eeney vif'w the most fund amen tal (Ifhuman righ t_ thnt were torn In,m hot ·lint« h~' e..nt uri es of hloody st nl glr1.d.-wrenched ";ol{'lltl y fro," th", . d t;~f'nT')· ;
these e" nno t rome befor e the people wit"dean he nds and cover II death thrullt atbllllie d emof' racy wit" II ~Inmnur of ('001and impa rtial j n <tice.
W hal fol1mn ,l proved tbnt govel'n"men t official. a re, as !.fun;: stal ...1, "Butall ex ....,uti"e eoromit tee to Cllrry out the.".isha of the n llillr.r elass." P ubli c oplnion comlpt ~,l alld in t imida ted by thepress was p"'»>l ~d for the program, an dtbt-n-
THE BIG RAIDOn g.,pteml", r 5t h, ]917, at 2 P. M.
(Cent ral t ime] an arm y of federal of_
IS FRBEDOM DEAD ?
INVISIBLE GOVERNMENT
al!'aill!lt t he I . W. W. an d volumes!'ould be wri tten of their bell1't ia l crimes.At Klamath Pelts, Oregon, a lawye r attemptiu l!' to d~fend m..ml",l"S of th e I .w. w. was dzi veu out of town an dthre at ened with Iynchin!:". Li!<ewi....,Fred :Moore, a tton ley for the I. W. W.,who went to Hisb~, Ariz"" ,a , un d er ~s·
p~ a nd written au thorizati on f romGOl"enlOr Camp l",l1 " f that s late ...asucl",rted by t he sheriff an d the " LO)'lll~1y Lea~uc." E,-iden tl)·, tI,e n 'N"'r T rustlo ad ffiith that an a\.tho rit~·, eree tee Umuth at of th" sl ale, proteded ib crimes.
Al"..rdcen, South Da kota , was lIuollwrcit)· whe .... COIllII,neill! Cln h nwml", ....h,'ot up "" 0""" of worke.... and where no)lIan wcari ,,!!: (l\'pta ll s was snfe from~l\1l'geN,
(I " tI.e ni~'" "f J IlI}- 23rd, I!Jl7 , lIS G.•1. n ou ,'!!", the B "lInrh St'e,re18ry of tJoeAl' r ,e"ltu ra] W",.kers Indus trl aj Unio npe"-sed 11,.. f' olll)lIert'ia! ('Jul , Buildin j! o~his "'")' hOlllr . I", wns s,·ized lind tak en10 jail. AI 2 «tcloe k ill t hr IllOm inj! I".'was 11Ik ~" from Ih~ eel l lind t hrown in tonil autolllol>il~ eOlll aini n j! Ih" Chief ofI' oli,'(' ,,, ,,I Iwo slll~"". More brave<1 ,nmpions of "Law and Ord~,. " awa;l..d11" ·,,, ollt si,}.. of llOwn , where Bourg WasheM fa ce 10 Ihe gr ound while Aber d....n '~" I,es\ ,·i\i ,..,." s" beut him wit h hell"ydub-<. Iln11alt Yell! Unlawfli H Oortll inl) IA rhm "'e of 1"1(111 remedv ~ Not theslightest ! . .
AI F ra nkli n, Ne'" J erse y, on Augullt2!l, 1!)17, ,l /,lm A.-ila, Rll I . W. W., "'astaken ill brood d ,,)·li !l"bt b)· t he Chief ofl'oliee ,,,,,I all a uto Irmd of "huIDll....Smen," to woods near the ( OWI\ And therehung to " tree. 0 1\ >;(','nlld tl ltluJ!'hl they/'ut him down befor e death rame an d"~",,n~eious lind bleedin!:, they r eturnedh 'm 10 town ", 11",.e a "judge, " who WlIS
]'ll}'m",'ter 101' Ihe minillll: company, sent•ell~d A,·i l" tn Ih re~ months at hardlabor.
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SUMMING UP
llI\(""IllI>rom i"' n~ fnith fuln.Ihe 1. W. W. l'"'''"'S to t ria l.
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2. Tra m;latM into pl ain Engl~b. this('harges th e I . W. W. wit h guing out onst ri ke. (Some excl'llen t " ('amouf!al-'ll"u~d to slip thill ovee 011 LIlbor--Mr.l.·nionmau).
3. Cire ula te l iterature ad vising week('1"8 10 trellt the IMN;:B the aeme wa yt he 1:-:>ol<II treats the workers. Collll8elirljl:n"" laborer to consi der hi. own int erest",ore than hi.< emplo}·er 's profit....
4 and 5. Two connt.~ II"" but screens to I,..o.,,('r up and conL'f'al the " ,lol<>o'r." 7 0[>Il t eeross such 11 bare-faced attack 0 11 Ilah(or IIl\ the oll 'H COWlI. includ e, the plea IIof "military nerffl.;ly" and the ('hnr l..'euf miliLBry o(f<tu.';('l; mus t \)I,' mllde. " 0 1'·pos iti on t o R~';"t ra ti.-.n " and "SE-diti on"',.... used us .. ....d herrlng-" to throw off Ithe scent frolll th£> main ;,.,;".,. The,*, :',..harl..'CS are eertaln w colla.pse as the I.W. \ \T. too k no offi ri al e" lI:uir8n r .. uf th ewer-e-one way or the oth ..r . I ts wa r wasIhe CIIlSf; Wa r a nd its atitud.. .witl.er IPro- Ally nor l'ro-Gernum, but distinetly IP ro-Lllbor ; and that fact ....lll'I un for give - Iable in the eyes of the emplo jlng el lis.<!. !
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fi~rs swoopMld o w n u poncnr,.. 1. W. W.ha ll and officef rom Maine toC a l if o r n ia.The}' s e i z e denry S<'rlip ofpaper, wr ill enor p rintl'd , allr e e o e d s BJldf,I"",_ E very t h iJlV \\' lU< wnt
to th e g r e n d 1"liJb~.jll f)' ,,/ Chica-g o and t h e Saml'carle lte e e e e h f or' Opr-num Gold 'l~jmn. Yet e"perl auditors af teeeoneeding th nt the bOO\;8 were hl,t PX'-ellf ntl}", reported that !hf' ·' Oe rmenGold " was a J:lyth. It wes II. groat blo.....- to the npW"jll'pen; . " Bill 6onwthin l(111u"1 Joe d OIle--lhe l. W . ' V. mm;t berru~h""I," a nd ~o--
THE INDICTMENTS
It \\ Il~ d ihem"cr!'d tha t the 1 w. W.not onty detested th e Kaiser of Gennan ~- .
but a l"" tn l llll. ' he Kai""r-. of An,eri<'IIIlilldusl l")". The}' had " llJllawfully andfeloniously" r" iled to di.t i" "",,i .l, be tween8 ('ivm~ed deportation of ,uill en b)" theC~,pper Kinj!'S of Ari w nll, alld th e barLarons d~!,ortatioll of Belw ans by theKa isn_ Indid meJ,ta alrains l "WillinmD. Hay wood, et al .," were ret ur ned . It educed to \mId fllct;< Ilnd f~w words th eindictment>; charI;(' that. "The I. W. w.i~ lnIi1t}, of t ren"On to tl ,e !'n>fita of theemploying ...lnss (If Americ&." It t oo kforty r"'~L'" of legal ph r lUll'S and digni_fied rhetoric to conceal that f<tateml'l1t.Briefly, tt.e cou nts are tha t th e enti reofficia l fa mily of the I. W. W. eOllspif'('d10 :
1. Ah.-.li5h th e wege system of Ca pita lism. llindH the wa r pro llTam by pu bJishin/l: the P reamble to the T. W . W.Coru.1itn tion, tl('wspa lX'" and lit era ture .The rOlltille work of l'Orl1'!lf;I'K'ndence. ele.,fo r thl' union is erime. . .' c' I"- "_'-_-=__-1
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COU'NTER CHAIlOES
The Dl&jQrit y . the murt important, orIh_ ehargN an be laid upon an y laoorunion worthy ",r lhe nam e. As .TUMS IL)laurn. P l"'!'Sidm l of the P"nosyh auia}'td"..t ion or LAbor. Mid in • nfftltepeee... " Tod4Y it ill t be I. W. w . ; buttomorrow it will he the A. F . for L."The ri ght or Labor to or van iuo I",ion...th e rill'llt or th._ unio.... 10 JI'O nn !<Irikf'.ill on lri4\ with t he I. W. w.
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~I}' and ",lwtkMly ~"",...uted" " uld "fJuit." Th.- l hir.ldnlt 50'> h.~.h....·...,..... thr,u¢lt ...-roni:lJ'. Lik t .. aiaJ, t," 'eil " ' . bleedlng, but nt.hra' m. th e I.W. W. h... It"ined it,- " Ile«lnd -.rind". ",1 ;,. ti,hting bIod. ,,-ilh • r<pirit lhati n~pi "", IIiof' ..-" rId. T~ I. W. W. ha5~\'f'd o.....·r 10 Iilll'ftnd..r in Ill.. fi,htfo .. til.. 0'0111 <:,I..m..nt al rigl,tll 01 b.oor,while one m..m~r rernalns "u""idt' th e" ,,11.. of ,.ri"'....pt'Nl tn VOli N> the fry (JfI' tot ('!ot .
'1'<> th.. wninitiat...I , it miJ:11I Ill"" lip_!,f Dr n.. Ihoul!h th e terrific blew st ruckIII lI'e l '" i" n by the Ch i,-.." " i",l idmt>nlJl,would "" " ..Me the wrath (>[ th .. God of(; " lel; t h l th nst' ~ "' l'lt'l l,. MllfOdableI," lo:in_ rn..n, " 'bolll a " Win th e Will' ''f,-.' ,-r boo imb ued with I,omicid.l f n-nq" ....&rd. lttriki n l/,' worl<m..n ; t hat 1" 0IIIe,,,id ni jlt,t _ illll, l'<hn go abou t in I{tlm. b.,,", blark lI\&1;b . "e! .. flam i"," IuIlt>o r · ' I' . t";'ol """ '· . ""lld lI'llOf"'lld th..ird fo'l'tll wuphold "~m...n ..y·· and.lIlLtWiN! lhat ",Iier " 'u. . ,I,tain.,j " For lnlf_rerin~ BfoIJrium"- a11ow Ih, 1......- ..-.. jrt<ti<o in itJl i""Iu4Iily. to tab it/< rou ......But, tha t pl'8Umption abo. ...ould beunrOllnd"'ll . The ro"",,, " r n-Ilt'ti"n. 1...._Ie. barb.rity . nd barI •• roll" le.,.! ity. Iike., .-m itll<.Bt iahk
WIl.." the n.lion-wide nidi! upon the____ _ _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ 1••_~_'._w_.,'_<_. _,k_ p_I_aCt' 00 \ SrI't .,"'I..... 5. !
Al the sa m.. ti m.. the I. W. W. an·n" llIIe"" to th e we,r ld ll.ll ..",,,,t,, r ehllr!:..or c ..,,~pirllf'y b}· Capita lillm. BII.·k iu toth . ra« or th e En ploy inl(' (, ....~ " .. hurlt1,i~ ind irtmt'Tlt :
Th.. E mplo}ing C1a.u or An,..";"'.. Iuu;.n '"" I,ired to :
1. ) Iaintain the ....: I/f' "'an',,· of th ....-oTkinlt ..1_ " r Anoeri<'L
2.. Continue .n iooll-<;tri .1 "Y'rtern" -M", " h un!!"r .nd ....nt . n- ~nnd
. mont: milliOJ'.l! or work in ll' Ilt'Ople. ...hil ..the re.... "-00 mak e up t M emplo}·in~
d-. hi ..e all the Il'ood t1unll'" (J{ lire."3. By foO'" and ..iolenl't'. hindH
and d..l. y hun:an p N >gt't'1l'I .r.d th e ",aI.i •.;,l ioll of lndust riel fl't',rdom. Murd eri n;l:worke" wd b",. kinl(' .,....ry lPw or God"",1 rn. n.
4. J l1au~ur/lt .. IIll ; n .hl~t riHI "I i I("£l t d ,,. thnt 10 M u-il'Pd 011\ \ 1, ,,,,,, ri l::h lll\ hal nrt' t he he rjt.ll~,'e or t.he 1I1l"".
rio End" a,·or to ..xt'" nitl8t " labor" 'O' ·"D'le llts b,' such 8<: hem"K and . li i".·M ... the l ;hit-aRO illd it'l lnf'nl" al'll.i1 ,~tI f,(l I ndu~t rial Work ,,", or the Wo..M_
III J'mor of t ilt ..hII~.... fll n mt'r.ated. I.....e, th e I. W. W.••ftf f« f loe ro~ill[t:
pt.Re& aoo thf f . ..." or i ,..) lIal ri al h ist" ,.,. ;. nd • ""rdiet or " Guilty" ill .sked, notrn>m t"-f'I"e I1Ill1l or douhtrol .. j"d"m. butf ro m tbf' jary of h1~~ and nploited.... bI'" th .. ~~orld e..e r.
" DAtin' .U lEJtIC.A."
One mildlt lIUPIlO"l!. re . dily eIloll@'h ,that an organiption of . ny natu rt', !JO
. n.ck..... IKI perseeutt'd, II<l unloelievahly.
,IS FRE ED OM DEAD ?
SLAVES OR TRAIT ORS!
( ~"'N M't'UM to them by the C<m~titution
a nd laws of the United 8 1.11""'. by demandi ng stated w lLges and certain termsfrom employers at labor Ihl'Uout tI "eT:1I1\('d Statt1<, and unless the ew.ployertor l~ l ,,)r will agn.e t tl th... ...enain tenns.1"'" Lllll<lcd, the ""i<.l dcl'en dun1.ll lind theMid pe rson s with whom t he !l&id defenda nt. c"n~"i ",d, would re fuse \ 0 work foror give then- services to the saki emplo)"_ere, and would en gage in what is kuOWlliII everyda y pe.rlance a.s a ·STRIKE. ' "
W itl lont ljllllli fi...Mio!l.< the wri t er d aresahS<'r! ti,,, lion., . Nllhodi f'd in this indictme,,1 to I"" t he mmrt dan~eroll" meDII('e' 0 lllll"''' l fn etl", ,, end civil poaee sin,-eth ., cu ndment of th e Fu~itiw' S lavesLfl\\". If W e lJ ... • 10 " jl u!"<fl nllot her D eed.
All.... t I'r Ksbt....r :-('.:.11 Dl't' isi on ; if til" U. H. GO,-proDlen ti, 10 l' mP N'<1 ill the f' l"OJ;l'<'ut i" " of w"rk ·
IHl7, th e ofik us ' "' '1,d ll('I;'';1 the Mar c,h ('''' up on such fill ast oundin g e hIl Tl:(~, ilat F'·~.'<l"', C"lif" ,." i", ",lItl~ ",n" ,' rou~ "ho,,1<1 ~ rlls~ fr o,," Ihe C..nst it ul inH Ih" tar ",sl " ns \\'ell. T ile lI,rr , sO arrested pro\"~'<O "' "lim: " ~dlhH Slnn ry no r inwi thout war-ran t were held u"til ",ov- H.1u"tnr)· ..~n·i \"d~ "hal l t'xi~t within.." ,Il('r 2Ot lo, wl'en 11 11 hld iel",e" t ,nl~ ....... the Unit...d SlIlh''' :'' il shouM tear f...,rnt urn ed Illy th~ F HI.,ral Gran,1 .1" ry t heir La""" Ihe ~t a'ut;; i\ hll>; raised ton~a i nsl thi rl )'-hm I. \Y . W , S"",e ",,,Ier I h~ (I"" nl t:m" ",·ipalor , Ih,,' his kindly~ lTC><t 1I,e,..., SO"le in otl "' r Ca liforni a fenlnl'ffi ' '' 11.'' not look d own " I'"'' a.cities ""d .... ' tlJ ~ ",h o we,... in 1I,e C()(,k raCe "" II,,;t in [It'rlid ious hnxw risy ; forCou nt)' J ail at Chie lll/:O nuder t ho i ll- ll/; surely as t im ~ run s ib; COllI'l<e, thisdic tmeut lhe",. TIli.s ]0'''''''''0, indic tment, nanon shall trem] I",ekwllrd on Ihe pl,thwhile I,f th e Mun e insidious "" ture AA of Home 10 th e pi t in to wlliel, Rmne fell.the ClJira go illdiet "wn t, Ild"nll>' surpesses i t in bllrcfa ced ferocity of at"'~k
upon F nionisln. !'I·..er , since the Vagl'3ne~' L nws of f;nlfll111d hrn nde<l Le borsbr o\l" wit h ",1,it('-hot i ro"s, I,as slK'h a{:"hAAtly j ud gmellt pended in the courtsof 1l.II>' Innd. Work inll:Tnen and Wo rk ing_W""'HI! The impor tan l l >IIr t of tbn t in_dictment is ci ven helow. Read i t andIh illl< ! Here it if< ; it ~..es ~'O" a .-l,o;o'(';}"OU can be eith~r
" 'floe defendants furth/> ,."u,,'e lirecharged with ha" inll' oon.apired t o inj ure,oppress, Ihre nten Bnd intimidate e('milleit i?,ens of the ("ni ted Sta les in t he 1,..,...exereise &lid enjoym~ llt_h~' t henl r _P<'f'li\"£ ly-of eert a in r i¥hts a nd priyil .
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Char I"" ~Je;ll:h
lO lly olh('r liellds of human for"" werethe LJU~i l\O"'" nud ll,in iug COllli':J.ll)· men/lnd loon! "lli ('~ of t loe la w a t H~,l
Lodee, :r.rolltana, ho began II lItr iCll ofnij/ll tJ), tortu..... Oil Novembe r 17, U 17,~o >;t r ike ill th e Coo l Minei' "'M on orthou¥ht 0(; but !lear midni "ht, J nn,bI.iudqu i"t , a Ftnnlander, .... ll.~ taken f romhill hOlllt to t he Coun-House besemeutand questioned about his connect leu withthe goci/llist Pari}' and t he I. W. W.After refllSin ll.' to dh'ulge th e names ofth e I. W _ W , millers, he w ..~ hUll]'!" up I ,~'
th e llf'd \ and lashed with II " Blae kIIn"ke" u" til h is Mood flOlTl,td in JKlollIat hi s feet. J.'llint in l': he WIIS revived IImIoj.,'Ilill " ra t t n, uut not i n spi rit; und, UIIab le to force him W SJlf llk. h is InquisrII''''' finally turned him 01110 the stN'Ct,more deed than alb-e. During th e th~e
succeed ing ni".hli<, five i<'iJlf'lisI, ConIMinen<, one-John Pu~a member- ofno olh er Orl\ an ization bu t th e UnitedlIline Workers, were. taken to theCourt-bouse ehambe- of hOlTOfS and lIi",_
or ila rly beate n and tortured. Th efle /Ire
TORQUEMADA-"A LA MODE "
Eq ual 10 the ""alp-lif t ing Apachts
The Construction WorkN 'S Ind ust ri ..1l lni"" No. 573 of tbe I . W. W. wa.... (l.'<se mbled in Armu al Convention of el ectedd f lcKates at Omnl,", Ncbr(l."ka , di.....,u~illl('
thillif'! pertllining to t hetr F niou a lld theIndustry , wl,en on No,'e mbe r 13th, 1917,Federal Officers raided tile ope n hall,wJ"e(·ki"g and r.()nfi.....ati"l1 the furnitu re,tea ring the wall ""per f rom the walls,and ~sN'J1illl(' 65 "e",OI'S, including thewife of one Conven tio n delegat e, 10 the('A)unty J llil. Then' t hey were held i1l_eommunirado (or weeks and den ied lie.._ to tbeir at ton,ey. A f,'w are no,,"refeesed, hut th e majo rity are yet helduniler £orne va~J" ..ha rge. Readers a rerem ind ed t ha t th is oceurred. in the Unit ed Stat.,.. of Ameri <,a. Again, no "'rik eWIUI on, or in prOl<pect.
TUIJlA
On November 5t h, ]m7. eleven men"ere taken without warrnllt "rom theOilworken; Un ion lI all at Tnl"". Oklahmas Bud tbeewn into j l,il. T"e~- weret ri ed before P olice J ud ge EV8 1L~ 011 the7th of Non mber and fined $100.00 ..ad ,lo r YaJ.(nllJCr, alt ho none were \""I!'ran l~
by Jaw. Fou r men we", {( rrest ed ill 'hecourtroom, One n home-owr-cr and a I OIl ~
r, 'Sid..n! of 'f nl "'!. All .... ·re tnk.." to .1a il
I cells, bUI about eleven 1'. M. th ey we-ehlken out 11)" th e Tm"nkc}", d riwn ill a ll·
I 1."" of" ll'II hy I'0li""""'11 '08 I""cl~' ~1'()1
Iwhere tl, .- policemen II-n'!' N>nw'ui elltl ~
" ' '' '1",00<1' ' lor n f!l"Ollp of '''1'1', " L".h'tl
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,'lltl ~owned , who, t"ldug th(,H1 f ur HH' "t u Ilwel u 11\'1'('r I!:'''"J >, II", ,..., "t rj l'I~..ltbe prison er.;, toea' th em with ..-hii!".lll'plif'd hot ta r to Ih('ir ...n,md. 81l1\ .h ow·
I th ('llI IIoked and Ruff~ ri "lI: illl<> the 11 ;1'-"),1I wit h revolve r- ~llUl _ , 'rI IllS, ,lid th,'",-
t 1< 11 1('8 , nlt ho nhl{' to 1" '0" 0 l'ifl{' ou theI , oil of FrllnCf', " iC ll '~"\l sl ~' lulj "_, , ae- .I ("(»-di,, \: t" t lorir 0"''' word~" Th..,"-IVIl!:"I of RuIfcr inK ll(>1l!i\1 l1l." There was no
Ist rik e on ..t Till"", 1"'1' WO" lilly strike i"protlpcet .
CONVENTION GOES TO JAIL
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16 IS FREE DOM DEAD '
<nen ...-bo eame to a land of n unted li~ _
u t y to ~.10f' the thnlldOlll of e.-ekand Tur.
WHILE THE WORLD WATCHESOf the 1M> indic ted 8t Chi"l¥O; 105
ro;nnprisi ng th",.f' nl"T't"!tOO an d thl)$<> w hohad surnndered t o the a uthurit i, 'lI uponII "a ll to l;o do. issued by the 11t'fenseAttorn..ytl, appeared to plead ir. th.. Fool' raJ Cou rt a l ChiC'a j!O on December 15,] ' ]7. (,'hained ~th..r and lfUard<'d hybuooJ"!'W; (.f fl('liee, U. S. Depulw. . nd&>ldi..ra, th~ "' -f ", tab" into the 00llrtf'O(I r.I b,· • all lot"'t"an f'an pa....."'" &lidf"'i¥ht ele...1lJr. ","bile sold",,,, -ttb fi:u 'dt.)"OIlels guardl'd the th ne main errtl'&fl('ft. II ,,", th ey MmiP" fon<.m .. th eirnllffiro; were I'alled, neh utterinJr • firm" XOT Gn :LTY" in d u e h>flN t hatsounded • not.. of d..liarw" to th e a l_mOl<phe-rr of ririOUB hO"tilit" .
On th.. dntfo of the p lea, !'atu rday,f)H elllbn 15t h, Hinto n G. t,' . I,au,d "
dil"Won Ch ief of th e~.u of In \"Nli-.ration for the U. S. D!-pl. of JU8t~
prom'-' I~ Dde..... that ita work ofpropal{&Lda in a" licit in, funds UId thesuppon of Public Opinion, would meetwith no intl'rll' rem,e m rn hill office. V.S. AtI{)rn~ General Gre~t>ry arrived inChi rll.f':o tllIlt night, Dtoeemh"r 15th . 0 "M(lnd a)' Df'<oem},..r 17th . ]!l17, Federa lom"..'" ajnlitl lIt'11C.'E'lId td 011 Ihe I . W. W.H...dquanen at {'hi...~. where theGPnf'tal [)(.felLw CO.lImiu .... !'lila ita of_fi<'ft and l!qnipment, drove out al l of6cooen. Illd emplo)'''''''' a nd Pi•...-d th e doo"'()q ti,e nu- t day, (]' ir&¥o Pl' J'Pf5 lItal ,..J!h l ( 0. S. Ally. Gt-n"'....l GrI"frol)' hadn~ ~I tu<"I f'd 1<"'011 ",p..-... ti1"f'" to I..." & rir l l,. FBir " an d a"(lid acta t ba t",'ouM If'II ve • feelinJr of " Injm;ti.,. orf'''M\H'~l j.", '' Yet, P<'denl IkputiEof; heldp' l_ lon ('If the D<>ff'll... Offief'f; fo r" " h e da)"", t ....o day' afte r t he \\~ r.
r anI eXI,ITf'd, ani! then ..""r.....llt ...I an.
(; r . ... ( _ ... H • • , , .. A ....... .....I ; l •• ...._ ro"-I I U • ._ • •••.... . dl._ h., • • ' ••l ,.n' h••..... ...1<>., ...
DIu. M. Ki.......... C"..........- BU7It of Anacea. G...,...... H• .....,..,.
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IS F REE DOM DEAD ? 17
e.....} thousand dolla" wortb of lil ~rattl~.
among; it the pu.mphlet-"Shal l FreedomDieT" jl<'<uoo solely for Defense Purp<JlIe .
And th us arc the p romises of ",lustice"to U,e ChiCllg<l defendants , es madt' byU. S. officials, put in the li ght of "Serapeof pape r" Wore the working etese ufAmerica-Ye'I! &lid of the World !
Nor dOf'f< the interfere ne.e wit h De·tense ma tte... end with th e Chicago out",ge. At Sea ttl e, WlLllhington. 0 11 December 2Q, 1917, the Looal Dl'feIllle Cornmitw's offices and the office of one ofthe Untun'll papers , " The lud ustrlalWorkPl'''~were raided by Federal OfficeI'll wi th II "search" warrant. Th eynot only s..srehl'd-but seiaed-all documents, records lind fumitu ...., includingtn>e writers, lidding machines and CUI'>{lid on ( l) ; and arrested. without wlIrrnnl ,six pl'l"l(Ins, inclu d ing the wife of th enewspaper 'i edito r, Kate McDonald. Held..-lt hout charge, " Habeas Corp us" proceedings CIIU..oo th em to he bo<,k..d M
"Disorderly perse r el" \ \110 are the lawbre ak er-s, the government fl ffi~isls Ort he J. W. W.'_Look, "Workers, at theFourth Amendme nt w the-
ONITED-STA'l'ES-CONSTITUTION" Th e rij;lht of the peop le to be ",",ure
in th eir pt'nlOM , h Oli lWS. Jl'Ipers and elfecte, aw;imrt unre asonable searc hes lind""i~ures, shaJ.] nO\ be violated ; snd nowarrants sha ll ~e, hut. lI.1'On probableMluse supPflrnd by oath or affin lls ti on,Rud partieula.rly d{'8('.rih inj;l the place t"b., searched 8nd H,e pe nou or t.hinglIt o) he seized."
Even the outr8f(l'~ upon t he ril(l,t ofpr i8<", ers to defend themselves , M sho" nby the unwarrantl.'d raid s at Cllleafo:\Jlin'] Seet t le , did UfO ' suffi<.'fl those authoriii"" who kn ow no law-¢JIJ"titu !io;lIlalOr of com mOn decency. The 1""a1 Defeme Committee's Seerdary at SanFnmciNCO, Tlleodora p on ""k, w £II; ar·rested and fu nds in her po8IWssion lIl' il<
ed on Dee,eml>er 28, 1917, in a h ....f eu h I'd attempt to conned her wit h a d}"" amite exp lOIlinn at Seeramento (200miles distant), where, as II polit ical cam-
JIr"''''''' 100Q$00...~.. ~..-p-.._,,,plligll SIUIII, all r-xplll.;ion eonven ientl}'hlew two or thrt'e boe rds oU the doo....lITE'P of a state-offielal whOM! partisllnfad ioll ill BllIl F ranc"",.., " 'as, hy pu",aeeldent 11£ COIl"..e, ~kinll' an elect ... a1 vict,,1)' over the.. ., who wanted afair trial for Tom Mooney, whose clll!eis out><icle of and distinc t fro m the 1W. W.
While II. new year of our "1\e\O' Freed" m" lyllS bein~ born ; a t l one, \ V..~h"ington, members of the Lumber Work e""Ihdu~lri al tTni{.n No. 5fXl, were bcinto:"stueeed and deported by law1et<S mob!!of \·i~l nlltN; . 1'\0 strike wa~ on, orwas a st ri ke in prospe ct until thi~ actionprl'f' ipiotn ted Illdu.'t r ia.1 Rest<la m'e b}'
the Workers." A CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION '"New lil'"ht Wl\8 th r own up" n the en....
when the prosecution ",cently announcedtbru th e pre..'1.~ that it intend..d w provet hat th e Jlldu~1 ria.1 Wor kers of th e Worldis a Crin,inal Ot"/!:'an u.ati"n , that w"" 00....in crime etc . That charge we deny tTltol o, and wonderin gly ask , when didth e Demoel'll.tie Parl}",lIow malevolentlymud with nneeeussomed power, acquirethe wings of angE'la7
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18 FEBEDalil D E A D '
"-tablUh a~ form of t"nionam by eal.I.ivt' in this Jr,I anif~o for .. _Of'ke n;('<lflYlffitiOtl . hirh p ve birth to th.. LW .W.- .-n ~tion that. ain", thatlint eonnntion in July 1905, has 101.l(>...ed in principle and t('Pf"',,1 flut lin"the UU'OMes of its founde....
INDU8T1UAL UNION ltUHJJ'ESTO
I lIt;u*,d by COllfe....nrr of Ind u~t ria l l'nio"i . tI at Chirnll;ll••14nuIlI"J' 2, 3, and 4th 1905.
S"..,;. 1 rela tions and groupin¥ll only....flr et ~hnni.....l and ind llfltr ial e<ondil i, ~ .... The Itreat ru b of p"",,nt indua t")· an- tJ,p d ilq,I......"f'll t or hum an~"ill by W8<'L infS and t he inr~_ " fra pitalif; t PO,",I" lhrou!:,b ....nC'elltnUonin the J-.i= of the toola .nth ..hieh.M . llh ill produC'f'd and d utrihuted.
llH.~ nf 0- (ads trld" dirif<i,ons" ......,11[ labo ...."' and roru)'dition ar:u>ngn pit'& bI aft alike dklppo'arin(!'. adi ...ir.in~ @'l"f'''- noPl' r:I< ,!'e fiud aDd ('lassanla¥Oniomu! Don- iJlarp. 'ITade linesh v.. been swallowed up in .. eommonSf'!".. it ud e of all wori<f'1'8 to tb.. m."hinfO>...hil-h thty !fOnd. New mll<'h inK, ever"" ,lui,,!: )....,. p rod ur ti .... 0Ill' '', wi, ... outwhole tra dell and pluDlt,e II fll' h"di"" ofworke" U1W the e"er-lf!'OWinll 8rmy of11'8'11'1" Io """,leas u nempl"yoo. A~ hu_rHRn I ill ll"l and h uman Rkill B.!'e d i,..).IIlN'.d hy m...,haniea l I....~ The CDjn_tali>IU need U8I! the wo rkt'n< onl)' d uring lll lli hri" f period .. h.." mUfO('lf'!l 81ld1lt'1'Vf' ro:5J)(Jnd most in tenll('ly . Thf' n,omell l tlle I.bc'l'l'r " 0 I""lrff yMokht th ernuimlUD or JR'<>.fita . he i. thrown upontM ........1' pile, to atan'" al" np:xid., thediatoardtd mao:ohine. A dead 1m.. haa t-ndl"" n, and an age limit ftIta hlWted, totl"Of;f. whieh, in thi>! ,,"orfc!. of IPonopolized oJ>i'ortunitieo.. me.... eondf'mnationto ind llfotrbl death.~ W(lrk er. " 'holly 8l'parattd from th e
I. nd a nd the t(l(l1., with hi!< .kill ofc" ftlllllallah ip l't'ndfl'l!d UM'lfM , Is IJUn kin tM ulli ronn InAItlI of wage "Iavel!. HeGl'flI hill pow ..!" of rI!lIistanCt! brohn by
Hafl from ~ raft ....ndc .....fillllm·illl shlida ril .,- jlll-
·__"·1"""Irati"!l, ,,-hilelaboecrs ~l iIl rtorntheir r.ghtin ll 01' ·
ganizatirms "11Ii""... of l(l ll ~ · got!('t r a d e divisions.The halllt's of t Ilt,pas t emphawethO>< [{''<''' >n. 'fl ...tex tile work",""ofL o w e l l, Phil:,delphia ;l;ml FallR i....T; th e hu t ,·],ers "r Chi('a ~", !'H~k'·I1(...l l ,~- II,,· ,lhi" ll' ~rn , i ,, !< ..HM·I'; Iof t ra de d iri.,iolls ; Ihe machinisb "" ti ll' i~lllln .'<', lI11 s,q'J", r l<'!l bv t1,pir felf .....work{'rs sulJj ed to Ih e sal;, ,, rueste ....: th e IJ (\n~-.l rHWl i ,,~ mincn; of (',.,Im-ndo, h au,- I[Je"'d lJ~' Inl'k of unity ,md soli,il" ;'r tupon th e ind ustrlnl bllltl efid .l , nil henrwil iless 10 !Ill' hel " l{'t,....uI"', and ; "' l ~ "
I N"') " of It,}",,· liS nt pre'''' ''! <lr l!:a " iYoed .T id. ,,"Ol"IH .lI! ,u ,d N,rruI'! "yl<l cn, "f
r",", .'" I>"''''''''' of imprm-enwlli lI1\d ad_npln lioll_ Titer(' is 1' 0 ~i l ....·t li"i"l1 1( ,
the cloud . of da rk nes s and <i<"<!,/!it sct_Iii,, !! dow n UP" 1l t he wotld of luhot.
This systelll offe rs onl," a pt"J"P" tuIIIsl n ' !n: l... 01' sheLl rolir f f""'m wnee ~JIl '"
e"y . It is hlind to Ih ... I>O""~ ihi lit\· of..,.1.llhl iHi, illl!: "n i"dust,.ia l lle",,,('~"" \' , !where in Ihere shall I no wage 0;111 ,....,.;·, Ibut whl'", Ihe wotk!, will own the j(~,ls
wh~ch they npentl', nn,1 the prodnel (,f", h wh Ille~" 11] (,11 .. shou td enjo, '.
It sh alt .,1"s ILe tank. of th!' 'H ,,.k,,,,,,inlo ftll ",,, ..nl ,,, tNltle ,.inj:( tllt:,m 1",lpleAAl'nd impotent on tilt' in d u<;t ,.ia] hlllt lt' field ,~)""ra tio1\ of
i" d "sl ,.h ,1 Mid
possdhle.Unioll m..n s..,,1> u pon HI,i"n men ;
ha tred of worker fo,. work ..,. is eueeude,..,d. and th .. "",,,.ke N< art' d(·li\"(·t Nl he lpIe"" m,d dlstnteerated into the hand. orthe l·llpillllisls.
Cra ft jealousy leads to t he attempt tocreate t t nd.. mou opoliffi.
I' rohiblt ive in lttation fees al'l' e"t"lJlisllN:! Ihnt for ,·1' men to become 5CllhsJ oe Graber
IS F REED O M DEAD ?
cless di"isioll~, pcrp etunlcd from uu t_grown indmd rinl ~lB ges. IH~ "'nf'e~ OOIlst ent ly gtfl w less II.!l his IUllll1' f'( ro,,"longer- a nd mnnopcllzed pri~e~ growhi.,llcr. Shifted blthee and Ihi ther hy
IIhe d emnnd s of prolit·tnkfn<, tbe laborr r 'N home no lon ger exists. In this helpIe"" cond iti on \ 11' i~ fore ed 10 M~el't
wha te ver humiliat in l!: cond il iUlI/< his "In."'"Icr "lOy in ll'o"",. 11... is NlIhm iltN! 10 a
Iph~'sit'a l and inlclll'ct lllli t'xl" "iuMion"" 'te Nl'u rc.h inl(" th en ""as ti ll' ,-.handNI'J\' t, wlu' n sold From t be 'u...t io" Mock .Lnhorers "roe uo longe r t1""" ifif'll h)" dif .terence in trade sk ill, hut Ihe employerlINS; 1,71S th em according tu Ihf' IOlIl'h iul'1<to whi"h Ih.,)" a re nttecbed. ThC!\e di\';sim,s, f a r f rom crpn'Se"tilll!: <1iff,-.reneesin skill or in t..tr1its IImOUl! the hl.oon'N<,
I li re imposed by the em ploye r I llllt """I'k-
II'''' mil" he pi tted ag r.it",t one anolht'r/lild NPur tl'd to Il'reater c>:(,tt ion in t heshop, alld that all re"; , lance lo.cap ital_lst ty ranny may be wellke"",l by 1l.' l i
I fh'i,,1 d istinclit,ns.
II Wh ile encouraging theso oUIj!t" Wll di
,·j",ioT\l; am onl!" Ih.. worke rs the t"epi tul ist.srll ",fun,' adjl.l"t themselves to the ItI'....condlt 'Olt.q. They wipe ollt an d iff('rem''''''a n.on(!' t he mselv es ""a p l'l."Sl' IlI l\ united
Ifront iu Ihei. war- upo" lui... .. Throug ht'mployeT.!': l\N<Ot,ul ioll s, t " e~ ' "....k to
Icr""h, wilh Io m lnl Ioree, h~' the injunc.t ions of ti lt' jmlidary llnd Ihe n.... of
Illlii il llt"Y rower, nil efforts at resi"tllll(·e.Or ,,,h l'll Iht' oth..r pollc~' se~,,'" morepl'Olit lll,lt" they eOllcl'alt ht';t &.~W'", ht'nl'llih
I th.. C i ,. i e FciI..,.atiollI ll lld hood wink and b...
II tray th oo" WIWIll they
,,"huld rule lind exploit.
IBoth mcthod~ <1 e, ...,, <1ft,,. ..uCet'fls upon theblind neNl and inlerr.ald jSllCllsioru; of the work.ing class" TiHl employ·eM< ' li ne nf battl.. an dmet ho<1g of warfare WI'
respond to the sol idari ·ty of th e mec ha n ica la nd i n d u s t ri a I eon-
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--------Ilga;nst lh l."ir wili. Men ..h" m manfine ssOr ciN' umstanees hav e d riven f rom Olletra de lire tb ereby fined when th ey seek10 transfer rnemoornhip to t be union ofII 00.... cnrlt.
Craft di--mj" ",, f"h"ter po:,l it iclll ignor ance amonR thl." wor kers , th us d ividingth"iT el_ III tne ballot box, as well 8l!
in th e shop, mine and f&elory.Craft unio ns DIllY be and ha~·e been
ul;l'd to assist employenl in the est ab];';h.men! of rnonopu)i!"S and th ... raising ofpnc-l'fl. One R('t of worken are th us "",cdto make hard er the conditioll8 lIf Jifeof another I..ody " f laborers.
Craft dh-isioM hi nde r 0 11, growth ofclUIlS consciou sness of the wor kers,. fosterth e id ea of h aTu",ny of ;n tf' restll betweenemplo}'in g ex ploite r and emplo~ sla ve.They permit the Il.soc ial ion of the nUsleadero; of tile wor ken; with the capitali.~t.s in the Ci ~io- I" t'd er llti on, where plllllllIU'e made for the perpetuation of eapitali~m, amI the pertnll.nent enshlVemeIlt ofthe work('l'!! through the ""~ system.
Previ oua ('ffor \li for th e betterment ofthe workinJi' c1Mf; ha,·(' proven abortivebecause limited in scope and disoonn('('t_ed ill action.
IUnive rsal economic evils afflict ing the
working elllilS ellll be crlldic atc d only by/I. unive rsa l 1I"0rkinll' class mo,·ement.Such a mO" eIDent of th e work inl\' cl....si~ impossible while sepeeet e craft andwll.~ agre emen\li art' made fa vori ng theetnployej- aga inst other erafts in Ihesame industey, and while energies a rewllllted in fruitle"" j uriRdict ir>Il stnlg~l es
which serve only to further the personal"~'TRndir.ement of union official...
A movement t o fulfill these conditionsmUM ""most of one gre4 t ind U8trial unIon embra cing all indulltrie!\-providingfor endt autonom,r locally , indul<tri alau tonomy int ern ationally, and workingclaM uni ty generalJy.
11 Dl.tIBt be founded on the cl_ Btruggle, and its gt!neral admi nistration mustbe eondueted in hannony with the eeeognition of the IrreprelHible confl ict between
the c...pitalist rim<>; and the workin gd asll.
11 should be estab lished as the eeonmuie orfl,'aniF.ation "f th e working r ln><&,with out nftI.lation with any pol itlenlparty.
All power should res t in a colled i\"('rnernben;mp.
Local ,na tional and general ad ministration, includ ing union labels, buUom<,badges, tran>;fer cards, initiation feel! Rndper capita tax should be unifonn throuloth.out.
All members mllllt hold membenlhip illthe local, national or international unionooverin g the ind w<t ry in ...hi·eh the y ereemployed, but transfers of membershipbetween unions. local, nnti"nal or international, "hould be universal.
Workingmen brinKi"g uni"n earu~f~(>lll indu strial uni ons in foreill."Il <countries ~honld be freely Bl!mitted into theot lotllooation.
1'he gene ral Bdminil<tratiOll should i,.~ lIe a publicat ion representing the enti reunion and its prin ciples wh ich ..bould...,aelt nil members in every indu~lrJ.· atrejruler i nterval~.
A central dejeuee fund, t o whieh a llmembers cent eihate equally, should bel'O'tab!i.<hed and ma inu.ined.
naving seen in the above }[anifefito,th <c th O'Ooes which gave birth to the I.W. W. lllld ga1'e it outline ill ..truct,urealld spirit, exaraine below the peesentPreamble to th e I, W . W. ('..oustillition ,a document that history shall prove notless in liberat lve importanr-e th an t helfllgn" Charter or the eolomal Ded.uration of Independence. Bemember, i llread ing this l'rea.mt>le, that its prinli"gand cireul ati on are rharged a"a imlt Il,e1. W. W. all cri mes, reBl! it and decide .
PREAMBLE OF THE I. W. W." The vi orking dll&'l and th e employlug
clll.S/l have nothing in common. The recan be no peaoe eo long I1fl hunger andwant are found amo ng miUioM of working Jlf!Ople whil e th e few , who make upthe employ in.,.. c111811, huve all the goodthingll of lif e.
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IS FkEEDQ M DEAD ?
" CRIMINAL SYNDICALISM "
All lhe cha r llf' of hdlll! "Cri",i"..," hlLll
illl/ cia.... I" d" a...,," ..:ith ..~ I,i '" li..,.. . TI,,." ""'}' nr T'..~llld"~, " ,,,..1 1M' "I'l!''' ''il <d.I,,,t ('nly f" r th .. """ry Ila}" '<t"'1!J,!1 il \'Ih.. "" I~I ~ 1i ..l... 10,,1 " I..., to ..an," "" ..rlncti'~1 ..-b.." .." " il. lis," "Io"n I . ,·.. h "m ..rl l, " ,,_ n., o ~"fI ll iti " .: i"d "..t rillll ,-" ron nin.: t l m..I" .... nt th.. t .........~i..I ~· .. it .. i .. 'I ,f' "',, 11 ..r , 10 .. ,~d _"
Cri", in"I ' " .. ~ F" r i f tI,'" I... " rimi"" I .the n h urna " I'm\! i ..-i ll,i" nl ; 1"1'<'i.. ,,";Inir:al , 1m .. "f 1 1"", ill .. ..rim e :....i" H... I ti.. : nlld I. ah.. r ;" tI, n,..' hn.... wurd in ln " ,iol" h,.ht "I" ... ...... I.. in,,.. ,lPlll .I,. r.nl. ib d l lli".. of 1t1"".lulf' 'wn illl,l~"
" ~I"'....n Ihf'~f'
' '' 0 t'- .. I'1nl~1<'1 .. rnu.'" '"' on I1h_
til 1M worlf'''' oft n t' rid OT¥U'u.u .. d take- JK'&---.iotI o f IhP uri},. nd ttl" maf'h inf"ryof produrtion., and.b oli .}, I b ...~"Y.1 f'IQ.
" W.. find thal IntH'n ln in ll'of 1M man all1',".."t C' f i~In"" into fe"'tr andl .....er },1U,,1.. ml k "Ih.. t ra<l" u niona un"Ll.. 10 .....1'"' wit ht h to .. n ·r 'llrowing11O"-l:r "f In.. .." ,ploy_ill l: ..IaJ'l'. T hf' tn deu llin ll." r",ln ...1111..'"~ dbi •• whi" h Ill ]o,u o ne ...'1 of...",1<..", In 1>(' "IttI'daI/II in>;' M"'th .... ....1,.r ..."..k,'", in th ..U.lllf' it,,;lU..l r,. . t l,.. .....lo, - ),,,1.,10 1/ d ,-fr llt....,,'" an"t h... ill " '....... ..... ),1,,1"«>""" Ih ..f nrlf' union.. .. i ,1I hf' ..nl l" o~·in .. " I_I" ,,,...1,,• .1 110.. ....o rk('.... inlt. th .. 10001if'f•10., Ih,. " ork ' " '' r1_ h.....• ;n l(' n"<tl. in.... 1II". (H1 . ,jl h Ill . t lr.ploYf"nI.
.. 'flo........""]i ,jo,,,, ..an k r hallt-'f'd . ",1110.. intf'n1<t~ nr tht' ,,'orl<i"ff ..I..... u pb ..Jdonl , - hy a n "fl(II.I,i,., t ion fo",wd ill NI, h• 10'.,. th.1 .11 it " ",~mbt-rIl, in I " y 0""inch••t ..,.. " .. in I II indw;t ri""" if nf'ffll. ....,.. "~a"" .......k ,,·h...~....... I _tri l< . Or1000koul i~ on . ill any d~J>3rtm",1 I),......·o r. lhu. ma l< iulI! all , ,, j u..,. to 01L.. a llinj ",ry to all
1". ' .....1 of Ih.. "olllll'n'd iH muUo. .. Ahi.. diY '" " 'al/ef> r".. a fa i.. day'" w"tk,",,-. mllMt in....ril,. Ol! our bll1lnrr the ,.,...n ,!uti" "ary " ·ul..h,....,I'd. .. Aboli tio" oftl ,.. w.~ llyatl':lll. "
It ill the bif;\o..ie mi.~on (If Ihe ..... fI ..k·
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COSMO·INDUSTlUALISM
I,.....n rrfutNl . N',,, binK then, 10 d i><Ril'ateth.. eh ...."" hurlt'<1 at UII by I I'~al j llckala• •,,1 l'tfn< hatl..t., t hat thf I . W. W_ u.jnlilty 01 "Cri""i",, 1 Syndical~." aunn U!<Ulll ...ord to ti,.. A....ri<.'an "' 1'. Ih..~fo.... .....on!. of 'r1l((11f' t .."""r. II .-on!. O"'f"dto ronjure ..·it h. to murl.. r lI1oboo to mu rd..r wnrkf'" . IJl<lb" n ' lOt IIl'pl,. t lof' I..nnand tI,e I...h f(,ttf'flo er. "'-ot ),..jnl? " crim,
Ii" al" in any "~r, "-I' Ilre not Interested. in <le n~inl!' Ih harll''' of "Syndiealiornl,"
u K pl t hat h u. nol tru... a" thai leMni , imporl f'd ' rum th .. t ....ti n ron" 'ri..... W..<1.. not k li..,·.. t ha t " Syndi(,lllism " ...,y ...h...... .. ....riminal ..........lL'oe. i n th.. lau,~'"6/(' of th.. I. l i " t'Olmt n ft< .. ·h..... 0. .."' ,'rd orilrina lHi "S,-,~ i.,.Jilun " 111".""~in' ph' " Uni"" i~",. " 'La},or unjon i~m weeerI";,,ly believe in : " nl in unjonjam 1'h1l1i~ ""ientj f .. .111<1 union iRm th at ...m Ii·I",",t ... Wt' nphold anil ha.n · f. ilh in J'!\' .n USTRtAI, ('~ IO"ISl\f only.
AR awlif'<! in t he I..ti ll f'Ountrim, •.. Sy l1<1 i('llI.. •• j,; a labor l111 i,,,, . bul th......an ' "p ><1 i... t ..... th.1 ..... t r&d<.' IlIliou j Rn,.d i... l.... thaI are maD~; and Iy n,di"III"ll t!:at a.... i ndmotri ' ll unionR (w ili, .i to ..er1ain induortriH) ; w hU.. the I. W. W."oll~illt" of One Big tru loll of IDdulllrialtrltiooa f ol'Tl'l<.'d in ..,.... ry in<l uKt ry . AB il ·llJ<trlti of " S, ·ookalivn" th.. F'TPllt'h· ·{'..., ft'd t ioo G"' .....I ,l u Tra" 1l11" "1,
fl q .li f."" th.. " l'PVolutionlll'Y !<Joirit oft :Uto' '''IIIJ .,-r.d"' lll;"" n" . nd U fmplifi"II~ .....U i l ~ ,,1....Jut.. la t k of i M..nt ifi.. re,""I uti utlllry _I.rnd u...., Thffi rOllt ulJonlind dh'i~i"" "f Lu hor , in .n .."" ntri '·II." e obj~t to ... d..motl\l i. in lC 10 thf wor k.iotor"'l ....... ,,1_ lund. lI...ntally ......k i,,~
..man..ipatio.., th .. ~tumblinl: hI....k"
...r I.ull, ...ru . t ll and .,..i"•.1 Ih(' op-"' '''' tiun of itR """r.1y. th.. bonrl:"""iRi...
IS F R EB D OH DEA D '
fi"a"..ial k. """" .dIM" eaeh ln~ naIW'II. \ " .. a re Iit'ci:r,,.. I" IU,...' . ho... .....hfl .....nl. tl, ~ t ..1....Jwd ..-il ll til .. (l!hN'; Iorwor ld domiuat iou, h " OW ,l..h en inl o"",,,loiunti,,, \ " 'il h th" ot hpt" in e ('Olll ,
l\I" n fight a~a in~t I.... w,.t l<! l,n ,I..l lIrinl.Tn,e, in that fig'l l, Ih .. bour~ooo ar.t......,e, t llp I"' a..e "r u"l'rol l'lltf'<! lila ..,...n Ul the thollch t " f II~ w(lrld il< fl uii'I. • .,,<1~I"'alll!l amu,od 110.. j!1..1... IUld. ";multan,.....,,, " 'ith 110.. l,i r1h of Mn "f"Mrall'dV;,)f'1d capital it< I", " , thP r..n '..nt . "'"....I" ' i,,,,,, ..,. i']o-II of l" >nrentTBtf'd worldLAbor. O" e IIi::: r "i"" " f , h.. WorM'"WutkendA~ n. li ,..'a l .....pit . l""'- bilf'd to rm><'-
Hun for Ih.. l n..1'1 •.f it" n'a "" ""ill.. ..tid f'll p ital i , h ak ,1" with th....,..i¢ol of itll " "",, ........t and . n i" h ·tffltilOlIh ilit)· I" ", .iut.in i l~ el..... pu;it iolland f ffd the ,n'rM'" ' ....'I't.. Ilt Ih.. I'<lITn"
thue. A,,<1 the ti", .. "ill ..om.. " '10 M!~t a r v i n to:" P"" I,I.. will delllnnil, no l 8.."k,of Ih eir hluuJ<.ri" 1f ..n pil al i. t i.. O" " No<-.... tII, t h.. ....1 "f 1r.,Iuslrial 1'nion;"'l><Itc>n, pn.o.,' "-" and ".........'''t iOfl tha tIh..,. lILly orp.nizo. "",,ID<.'1 iou. I>ri , ,1oI" or·il..r from eh.,,,,,, . nd ditt't'1 . n i"dlr'ttriald..",~raq Ih.1 i" TI, .....nly d lrif'T1t ln~Irument of hm' l. n p to,. n>ffi. B ut , l od ny....volul iol\1I1')' i"d""l rilll unlo nlsm, w h.h
We neve I'IHI . Ihl' ma ....h " f ",('Ch ilI'; .'''] th.. ChiMllfQ d" ' endan u, i~ on t ri a] ('ha'1l"pn,lf'I'H/I unil ..~min l' Ihe ind ividual m. n n- ...I with 10.000 erim~ of .. -tido eo."aMII....", . nd !<Olit. ry hou~~ and f"5- . " irary " . lId_ ....or kin jllJ1..n .nd ·ori< 'tablil<h • daaa '" induortrial kinp and ingwum t'll. il •• aifll yoUr w i.- --
IS J'B.EED OM DE AD ?•
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ft! III 0Uue0 -.,"" hW oI lbeInduoIrl.ll Worken ..ill t-. pWe... The -"<n '" ",,"'. 1 Ie~,,",wri,,"" """ -.. ......,d 10 ...........u~ lrid. " Sut>o<nt>. lor t he llul-Ieli n Io-<I.y jJ _ "1 to kerf'pooI l'd "" t"... ~ i _ _ boo.trial in all h l",Q~ '
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Orw of tlw linlsl uvrl.-irJ9classUft'kJin puhJi~1w>d.
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I;~DU--STR-I-AL-WO-R-K~-R - n-efe-nse-N-ew-sB-uII-etin-!
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Every donar I ptnl in the deleue of theIe d~ W&r priIoclcn is a
step toward Industrial ~mooncy. Wo uo putting our -. tIlIr prin_
ciple!; e.nd our pro.,-alll before tbe worken of tb e world. The result will
be beneficial to UI. Le t us make tbl.l thf IllI<t time that it will be Il~&&ry
to appe al for flUlds to fight our battle in th e oo~< W e can do it. The
powers that am crying for the blood (If our fel~O'oII ~ken an t~ en etnle$of all worken. . - ~..
W e r:all upon you to do y(Jur IIttnOllt Ie h elp 1lll raUe fu ndJ.. Protect
younelf by prot.ecti'llg thD'C: wbo ftiht for ) '011. Get yOIll" frlendl intertsted.
Smd v, batever )·ou a n today. 00 nol wait \1f;t O it ia too bite.
Oontn"buton will receive receipt. for eaeh maittanee, aDd at dow of t M
trialI' ..... it etUized &CCOWlting of an fundi. Make an lIlo~y onI ns f.1ld
ehds payahle to Will.. D. Haywood. Treaa.. Genenl Def_ Com mittee.
1001 West Mad ison Sttftt. Chieago, IllinoiI.
