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| Introduction | [v] |
| CHAPTER | | |
| I. | The Present Situation | [1] |
| | The strike—"Victory" of the employers—Industrial democracy abroad,
industrial serfdom at home—What the workers won—The outlook. | |
| II. | A Generation of Defeat | [8] |
| | The urge for mastery—Democratic resistance—The Homestead
strike—The strikes of 1901 and 1909—The Steel Trust victorious. | |
| III. | The Giant Labor Awakes | [16] |
| | A bleak prospect—Hope springs eternal—A golden
chance—Disastrous delay—The new plan—A lost opportunity— The
campaign begins—Gary fights back. | |
| IV. | Flank Attacks | [28] |
| | A sea of troubles—The policy of encirclement—Taking the
outposts—Organizing methods—Financial systems —The question of
morale—Johnstown. | |
| V. | Breaking into Pittsburgh | [50] |
| | The flying squadron—Monessen—Donora—McKeesport
—Rankin—Braddock—Clairton—Homestead— Duquesne—The results. | |
| VI. | Storm Clouds Gather | [68] |
| | Relief demanded—The Amalgamated Association moves —A general
movement—The conference committee— Gompers' letter unanswered—The strike
vote—Gary defends steel autocracy—President Wilson acts in vain —The
strike call. | |
| VII. | The Storm Breaks | [96] |
| | The Steel Trust Army—Corrupt
officialdom—Clairton—McKeesport—The strike—showing by
districts—A treasonable act—Gary gets his answer. | |
| VIII. | Garyism Rampant | [110] |
| | The White Terror—Constitutional Rights denied— Unbreakable
solidarity—Father Kazincy—The Cossacks—Scientific
barbarity—Prostituted courts—Servants rewarded. | |
| IX. | Efforts at Settlement | [140] |
| | The National Industrial Conference—The Senate committee—The red
book—The Margolis case—The Interchurch World Movement. | |
| X. | The Course of the Strike | [162] |
| | Pittsburgh district—The railroad men—Corrupt
newspapers—Chicago district—Federal troops at Gary —Youngstown
district—The Amalgamated Association—Cleveland—The Rod and Wire Mill
strike—The Bethlehem plants—Buffalo and Lackawanna—Wheeling and
Steubenville—Pueblo—Johnstown—Mob rule—The end of the strike. | |
| XI. | National and Racial Elements | [194] |
| | A modern Babel—Americans as skilled workers— Foreigners as unskilled
workers—Language difficulties —The Negro in the strike—The race problem. | |
| XII. | The Commissariat—The Strike Cost | [213] |
| | The Relief organization—Rations—System of distribution —Cost
of Commissariat—Steel Strike Relief Fund—Cost of the strike to the workers, the
employers, the public, the Labor movement. | |
| XIII. | Past Mistakes and Future Problems | [234] |
| | Labor's lack of confidence—Inadequate efforts—Need of alliance
with miners and railroaders—Radical leadership as a strike issue—Railroad
shopmen, Boston police, miners, railroad brotherhood strikes—Defection of Amalgamated
Association. | |
| XIV. | In Conclusion | [255] |
| | The point of view—Are trade unions revolutionary?—Camouflage in
social wars—Ruinous dual unionism—Radicals should strengthen trade
unions—The English renaissance—Tom Mann's work. | |