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"STOMACH EQUALITY."
IBy E. F. L)orce.
i',rilaps ti1l' gre'atest (iuest ion eon
I'., l in4g the *.ilustrial unionist to(lay
I. I, forcitnh r arid 1rae ( ui.stion. In
l;iI, ;,+t .ion of the o.'iunrt ry we find the
A .nearioan horn shoulting himn.elf hoarse
:Iii:,nst the Italian,. 4;reek. Sweed,Rus
i \ .1 :.w.t fap. ('hinese, or Negro. That
i h. writer was A.\Leriean horn he does
int , d(.'1, hut that it waiy (lue to his
4tie l j.inld .'lent prior to birth he takes
this o,enas.oio n t, d.eny. So if somei of us
\'.!re hcorn here it was b leeause our fa
the.r s an;ld mothers eame here4' and were
,Iamn forei.,.ners in imr stead. lut. in
tlih South tilhe, renat issue is riot "the
o," "'hllllnkie. ' lllllIt-.e ,. " ' round
h4,a," tor "bilue nose" -it's the, " i',
\W hat are we ,.oinl,' to, (,1 with hire"
lie saws los. ihe works in thlle miiill. h,.
p'il"s Inrnml.er. prot'1 ees turpenl. tine'
w.ll, in fait, in and on almuiit ev'ery job
\au find him workint side h' si,4' with
a; \lhit' a111n. You mull st adSuiit that ihe
ii a ".p',talth l4ro(4th,'er andl tas suiich d(
s.'rveis rtecogniiition.
The' w',rkin', c,,onuliitions of the So..llth
:are in a terrible shape. lon'it hlours.
,hort waý,es, hospital, insluranl,+. antd
loct.,r fees. , tw., r nt.,.ied shil'.s set ill a
\\t'7an Ip to liv'"e ill. lnprotl+'''. l maillrhinl
'I' to work airldl in tho' w\.i ,"t r tin
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,., , 'r ,,,.rns. : '.i' I l r. .; , took, :,
andrcl sat down and allowed the Comps
ny to fire' all thi fighters, the squaw
ii, Iin hein, i uralhle to protect themselves.
lhe. (',leparly has adlvanced wages back
tI, 1..-, a ,:a"v. Electricians and engi
ll .Yrs ,.et from c .i '.i to $2.5( per dayv
,,,in ir, th.' naehini shes ret from $1.50
Ie, *2.01) pI'r day; flatheads are avera'.
S,. ,renly ,l tI,,ett *2.5,7 per day, and s,
Ih, e' war,'s ,,O all over this bum joint..
The' I,,yvs i, lhe' wo ,nls are forced to
S+,l .-l l a c,,,nth rent for the ear:
ti,,.c live, ' ie,. these' ears being made
, 'It it' ýa1t liueh,'r arnd roofe'd with
II., r. s., tIha when it rains the men'q
Wives'1le' 1.", set hluekets and pans all
,ever' the flt',Ir 'e help the roof shed the
rain. The nien in the' mill are com
pe'lled' te, lmy all their fire wood from
the ('crmlany arid they are subject to
'1111. ar11e1 lise'hlar'e if the'y are caugh;
.;ry iciri, a pine krit hmce'. From the
..',riliti,,ns e'xisting in this meningit:s
in ilhator aridl the' wa. ges paid there if
ac;n he l'earlvy een that the "skilled
S?i worke'rs tlon't need any Union"
areeI why "the menr to whom God in
his infinite' wisdlorm has confided the
,lhusire.: s inlte're'sts of this country" hate
tlhe i. W. W. so- -hccause it means to
e h'Ir.e, awel is ehanrint.r and is organ
izine the ove'rthrow of the. present
. lenihalism,. lt'ys. ,,don't he a hone
IhaIl. .loi the National Industrial Un
.,, eof i",rest arel, lumnlber Workers. and
iin it tf dlay. S. '. 13.
DE RIDDER NOTES.
\\'" :;rn' ,. ithou,,t a hore, tf, meeri t in
i,\\. c:I tlhee s te,re thl"t. ,we-' me'eet o'ver
uirne, ,lnown, last niht :aelort 10:30
Th'link it wacs ;ae''id.lental. as the' fire'
strf'tef fro',,, insiel'. We will try and
' ,t te, ,,eee.t with the earpetrt rs.
I :ac '.'. rit iree S'riith aeol ,t rep'orts
that ceire'l:ate h,,'r'. e\ve'ry elay that the
tilke' at Me'rrv\ill' Iehas hee,'n' settled.
or tihat it will he' settled i in a ay or
st:erte,'l hY ,,,er lpee ple to create e'rnfi
,Inl,, it , t , i 1 .l chee ks flner ls. :es rno
}., i eliii ' t c e fi e e I le t fVere i c :reel
tcec' e e i ' '"et :eieieet t1:e e(e( I think
Ii i, t e11 , s c'i:iciile t e ' e.el 1f
,, -, i ' t i' lt' e .Ii,'lci'll r'''. r 1 ,t te
ci~1i Ii:ý' fcu ii , i I''i '.1 h rI i e ert' , I :11i1.
\Yillr"s t,o n in.
1T'~,, \ 1,., 11 1. ,.,
l I)e n, t li,. 1 .\ ,. :111 th,, 1,,i hear
.ii11e, ,t ti.e' 11l rr' 1ile' s'.trike. ',ntil 1v"e,
','t Ifft'i,'c lI n ltie'e' the e f. as mare , Of
he' :,h,\ 'ee re'.eor'ts ar.e cle'lihe.rately
'",'r':,' l hv Itf,. Assneici ticen teo 'et ,Off
heilp frrm the ho'vs.
IJAY E' TIT.
ee' . Smith I)ist.
AWAKE, YE TOILERS!
\ .,l, i , "'lee lie..' tale :'le r staril'
Ie'i'n . lee celeei thic is ,,'," Icec"l'
\t fhle ,; iiill is'! ,ete,, ,i l'
\ ,ci ,. , , e iee . r l ' ri,. ,f,,, ,,,,, ,,,,'
l ,r . 'l"'" " . i, l.f the ' . l,,,,
I ,. ili ,n l In ,. ie eh it oi' ll.
\V,. 'h.lill Ii tree.., reef eerie'. iit all!
ORAVENS NOTES.
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c. ' I e ' 'fie"
lice? ciii th.. ? 'h, r, l rle, f, r theic'
ell eeeeI, l h,,''.., -'Y s', ,,,er, knre,,'w fhe'
I 'niee.. thfe I W W. is n ,t si. ill
chlii teil. inst steele fir ,e,' rmnroment anti
thinirk leew refttfen it is te sc'ah a,.. inst
'enr ,ltaes andl he mer and *join th,
U'nion that's going to win the world for
the Workers, the I. W. W. When the
Ioss at the mill wants a thing done, he
hlon't say "''come on"--it's "go on;"
h,. do1n't say "let's do a thing"--it's
•,l:-Inii you, do it yourself." Stand up
';ite. i, face to him until you are a free
maºn 1and1 hig in the heart-ms he is, and
to hiell with his jobs. 'lhat will mean
like talk and Mr. Boss vdill like you
better. If he winks at you or hands
you a cigar. wink back, smoke the ci
ear. but don't think he Idves you-he
has only got a job for yol at half its
value. That is his whole aim in a nut
shell. So be a man and join the Union,
the (l n e Big Union of the working class
the I. W. W.--and take the full val
ve of your work.
J. R. STROTITER.
THE WORKrNGEAN.
lie makes everything.
lie makes butter and eats oleo.
lie makes overcoats and freezes.
lie builds palaces and lives in shacks.
lie raises the corn and eats the husks.
Hle builds the automobiles and walks
hIome.
lie makes kid gloves and wears mit
tens.
lie makes fine tobacco and chews
scraps.
11ie makes fine flour and eats stale
bread.
IIe ,llake 's fine clothing a nd we:;rs
shIdy.
IIe maikes silk socks andl wears cotton
Iii mar:kes ,,go,1 ejiars and smokes two
fors.
II, hiihis el'ectric plant sand burns
' I i l.
II,. snlaks dress shirts and w,,rr flan
IIH. prodluc'e's fine beef and eats the
I,. ,' luake's carriages and pushes a
II., ilik.s Ir',adellth pants and wears
o' ur:lls.
lie makel s I'ierslihai ,ni pipes andli
,111,k,' ehly.
I,1" Iu;ik"s st'tle'iil fiats antd wevars
l , 1'4i 114. , il, .l
Ii , il , lih -' l h hi. , th fill
l i ilch 1. nte ll ý .
4 44 : I 4 i u i ?'r, 44' : i us.
II, lhi Is Ih i' hll; ' 1il StI ;i 0Ir s hant
'-ii 11. ii t lil.ihe rs.
II. i:Ill; :s llI, l rLii e earu s in il rides iln
th, ) ii"-Moor sleeper.
l, haiilhis th' .'ranl opera houises and
I,'s ito th e ikeil , 'show¶s.
Hle make; silk suspenders and holds
his p:uts iup with a nail.
lie akiiies fine furniture and uses
h,'lii i nstaillinent stuff.
And the Lumberjack:
l lays In surantqe and has nt policy.
Hl, works thli is month sand a-ts his
j.;iy the uiixt.
!I, w,,lrks for U. R. money :nd gets
( n', iss:r' cheeks.
I pay hospiital fees and inas no
hbspit al.
1II 5 ,:i rolial ti' anid only si ells thle
He Does, And Re, too:
.la s thi. shroidls. tihi. ,offins and
t44,ibih :iil whini he i1ies he sleeps in tlit
,ltte'?" fi,11
\\4,rhi,,rs. wake up! Join the T. W.
tV erl sttip all this ,_raft!
"DAMN FOREIGNERS."
I ll , 1 , v II ,. I' i,,l44i SS wre first
I 1, h , . 1 1-_li44l\. Thi i l $'i :ih t left
,,. I % 4, ' , . 'll , . strn, h W th'nt
, ,. ni, 4l' I ,,n A iii. "~hIr,, , haid no
Iei1 44lion 1f spla : ki,_.. w(' wei'r met liv a
,J.l. il p .l ih'i't't a if i fi ,f rt'i,','r o iim inis; tlned
%iy l 'She i e i' ll Luinsiera l'i.. who ask
,,ii if wi, w.i,, flhi "' nion crowd." who
"the slieatk,'r was" aind if we "were go.
ine to speak in BIon Ami." 'rThe which
we ,nswiri'! that we were the "''nion
ernwd." lhat I was the speaker and that
we did not intend to speak in flon Ami.
hut at Carson. He then whirled his
horse around and drove rapidly back
into Bon Ami. When we reached the
town we were met by a mob led by this
officer, whose: name is Kelly, and Mr.
Fred Martin, foreman of the mill at Bon
Ami and a leading member of the Bap
tist Church. This mob had a large cir
cular saw rigged up in a cart, which fell
in behind the vehicles iq which we were
riding, and six or seven men in the
cart, using long bolts, began to beat on
the saw, while other members of the
mob followed along on foot beating tin
cans, small saws and iron shields, which
last had been made especially for the
occasion. This they continued doing un
til we were about half way to Carson,
when ('has Smith, who was kiled from
amlbush by Deputy Sheriff Del Charlan
andt his posse near Merryville last Sep
tember, got in one of our wagons and
ordered them to stop their infernal rack
et. This order was immealately obeyed
and the silence of fear reigned until we
reached the outskirts of Carson. where
Smit left us and we were met by ano
ther mob armed with the same kind of
noise making instruments and led by
General Manager Morrison and Super
intendent Crawford of the Central Coal
and Coke ('o. About 150 Union men and
women also met us at Carson.
We stopped our wagons on the public
road on the outskirts of the town and
tried to hold our meetings but, when I
rose to speak, the officials of Bon Ami
andl ('arson gathered their mobs around
the wagon and drowned out my voice
by yelling and beating saws, cans and
shields. Seeing that we could stop their
violence only by violence, we ceased
trying to sl,"ak and, instead, began a
sort. oif eircus parade thru the town, us
dlrivinil up and dlown the streets cheer
ing for tlhe )ne Big Union and they
runininxg. along after us and trying to
dlroi thel 1. W. W. in a sea of noece. It
was while this mlob of Managers, Sup
.rintendelnts, fioremen, deputy sheriffs,
giIIunmiin. e ,ffice' ma,. eoxn, e nissary sol
aliers. "skilled" craftsnmen and ia few
workin ,, ,+'lss suakers, all "free - born
slprl''lem' white. A\re'rican citizens," was
ftollowinx.' us ora the plablic road thru
( ';xi'Sa ,, tIhat w; firs t ran iitit a lahunei t l of
a"i;iarlan foreineliars." T'he ll w ere, the
\l,'i. aus wori'kine, at. thie mill. They
faicm filinl' threi Ihe waoods froami snie
\h,.' N,, ;,t ,a ,,a of h,.i t wa a e :at inx
; ,iri.ular f ;t%. Not ,ine of theim joined
tl, h.111. . I . a a. 'Quietl " thel y filed
ll I i I t1 V ,aN l I' p a la sit' oIxl' wa
, s1. lthe' :, I Il rain, ff" a ilV wavinei their
hIa;ts, th1e shouted'l: "'Viva el irother
hoo,, " A ind t, uia Union hIeia' shlouted
hwaka: "lo live' the l'rotherhood
\',,t :ia 11,;iuan was fired. for there were
it,, .i n V lxar, in that 'raw oni'v mieax.
111\l a " xnl f ra'ire a'.ners."
liere. at ('airsoI,. too, t he Ne,roeaas way
e'l, their ianel;s to s as we passedl Iby the
,tuarters,. rl i ty had, on anothelr ne
easio,. offered to rook and sel rve foodi
ior the UnIion girls who were with uis
w.han tIl. "white" b'oarding house
ka'.,i,.rs, ain ordirs from the Company,
hadl r'f'g'usaad us anything to eat. But
this th,. Nagroa's were prevented from
aIinii hi It "wliit," da'puty sheriff, who
t,,hl thlarn ,it was "a-aixsr the law far a
,',,l,,raxd r'astag rant to furnish whiti. raaa
ilah with foaaI:" ,and. s, th,. ,_,irls w ihul
ha ,v.a ,iii, hx hxtnrry haad ntot an Indian
t'ariaxr i'iiaila' to oalr aid. who irOalgght
- thulsi a suxiai.r. sayinxg: "'}ro are xuy
i le.,,; h : xxiy hoise is ,ixrs: aigna t in xal
a'at. ;axl l]'tt thx' mill aawnxars daa ta nage
w hat tha." will."
Ihat. aft ,r imxarah xi.. t hrau ('arsoxa, we
taax'ga.al :ar,,l starta.d bha k homI . t, I)e
I{ ,hlar'x. 'l'Tha' xgaail fillow'ad xis all the
wa'. ta lixi .xxni. thraa anwl oata - half
as la's. as it ilaaa t, ('aI rsa,,. W whn we
',aaih,.,a it,,n Axti the' naah ra,,ialalaad its
xniisa. axial ,xasalts, so wa' da'a'ida'd toad.ern
iixastrgala' t|rui tlhat toviwi as w' l;aId doall'
I x'axl I 'xr '.-,ix I lanai a li a and ramiaxu il
ih,' stx','a't . w a vi,'a.. u'xs i.'h ria , fiat',r
lis I l. , ]'i I ' xxnian aif" l"',rax st aixa
l,,uali,.r \\',,rl.:,.rx , axial th,.y rt'aixax ig,,.
th,'ir a' ;aws ira an ,'f'l r'; ti, sxa t hl .r th,'
a.;. awa, oaf thla I. W. \V. T';a and down
axil ;iraixlai wa' wtit axil tlht tiirxaa'al
igti, thl. rad hIarga. wigari' we r~aa intb
a ,aithlir h!agil aif ilxamx farei,'nrars.'
,haabit 25 ar :io af thm. iat th,'r'ad ain
thi' -ailary aif a hoess.. 'This hagn.ch
wr,, all Italian.,s. When w. rea,'iheu,
th,' fiatt of the hoxsa'. every manr in tha'
i.rowd heean to wave hats and hand
kerchiefs to us, and all were cheering
for the Brotherhood. and we cheered
back: "lJong live the Brotherhood!"
And not an Italian was fied, either,
for there were no job-cowards on that
gallery-they were all in the shameless
mob of native born Americans who
were that day, at the beheus of drunken
overseers, disgracing their revolution
ary forefathers. And, so, whenever I
hear a "native born American" talk
ing about "damn foreigners," I think
of that day at Bon Ami and Carson,
and know that what's troubling him
is that his pride has been hurt by some
bunch of "foreigners" setting a pace
he did not have the nerve to follow.
Looking back at it all, I only pity
the mob of "freeborn supreme white
Americans" who dwell at Bon Ami and
C(arson, and I sincerely hope the Asso
ciation's spiritual "police" force will
find the body of the one who fell at
Grabow in defense of his Master's
"rights" and, keeping from her the
truth of how he died, send it home to
the mother grieving for her boy, there,
in Michigan.
DONOHI KENOW.
The Pacific Coast blanket stiff (we
c(all this eighth wonder of the world a
suicker down South.-Ed.) is a queer
pie'ce of work. He likes to make a burro
of himself so that the boss can make
more profit out of his hide.
When ihe comes to town after work
ing a few days and has a few drinks,
he goes to a doggery and gets a con
pile of snorts of panther juice; he then
tries to dance the California bear an(d
the Texas hunnybulg at the same time.
lie thinks he looks swell. Oh, yes.
(Like hell.)
IIe then grabs his dirty roll of blan
kets and hikes, looking for a ,job; or he
rmay go to some fat employment shark
and pay for a job if he has the price
left. lIe is the wise gink all right. lie
don't like the I. W. W. because they
aire nothing but hums. lie is some
el.iss. doncher know.
lie is it samlle of the free and inde
,'indent. Amlrerican working man. He
I,rattles alionit. fla g an, country and
fit , dorn arnl lil,ert.
li. is for,\'.e r dr'eamiinv about how he
is o,inj- to Ala:rska or Somith Anierie;
or Min'' of her f':r-.way '"contyr, where
_'di nu.s,'ts fall like raindrops. lie
4 l,,n'I s i,,rn to know that lhi is nothingr
lit a ;alk I Krr lo,, of merchandise.l
It is t Ili' joi, to 'r!,anize that, breed
lhit the I. W. \V. is trying its behst to
nek,, him I;I, anl thely are. getting some
iof thei,ir . e*s oi'enl with much hard
work.
'" IIF:EM,(C'K 4AVAG;E."
I AM!
Or Echoes from a Sucker and Answers
Sfrom a Class-Conscious Slave.
Sucke.r: Labor could not exist with
(,ilt cauital.
Slave': l'uor, ignorant fool, you mean
'caital oi.hI not exist without labor.
ocke.r: I siaw a lot in lie Ridd.er a
ll boii hght seveui years ago for seven
l,,unir.d ,dollars. and now he is offered
twi, thiu sand dollars for it. Now,
tell me, what labor hod to do with that?
Slave: Sir. Iabor had ,&srything to
d,, with it; if Labo.r lhad not dv''loped
this i.,.untry that lot would not be
w,,rth th,'h' ,oro'y paid for it seven
.',,ars :,-o., ami, you take the Labor from
this ''\i 1e'ul f 'ire 'ne a'r umnil th.* owner of
this lot il ,rive it to sorrie ioi ' for a po
tt, path. Now. \r. Suiker, you just
hav, , little heart to he.art talk with
,iurs,.{l ani{ ask " yourself this iuj.istion:
.\,, l ( al'itallist or a,, I ; working
stift I)os thle Cm aray reigrize me
is a, ;li italist? Io I att,, the aturkdyo
wirk'r. artd iv rter.sts anr the satunt
as all wa,_,, slav.es. ri.,_ardllss of creed
,,, ,',il,,r. aril I a,, i,, this 'lass stru_,ggle,.
a iii I amra m'oin. tI' he, a man, anil no
l]nger a sti.'ker. no longer , peon. I am
,oing to get into the fray and 'all for
higher wages and the eight hour ,lay. I
am going to holong to the ONE ]1;
T'NTON that does things.
CLsARENCE H. EDWARDS.
