[694] St. John, The I. W. W., History, Structure and Methods (1917 edition), p. 23.
[695] Ibid., p. 24. Charters were issued to 116 locals (in 27 States and 2 Canadian provinces) during the two years ending Sept. 1, 1916. These included 8 recruiting unions and 9 Propaganda Leagues. (Vide Report of General Secretary, Proceedings, Tenth Convention [1916], pp. 33-36, where there is a list of these new locals.)
[696] St. John, op. cit., p. 23.
[697] In the summer of 1918 it was reported in a press dispatch from Johannesburg that a branch of the I. W. W. had been established among the natives at Durban (New York Times, July 19, 1918, p. 15, col. 5).
[698] Direct Action (Sydney), reprinted in Solidarity, Mar. 17, 1917, p. 4.
[699] March, 1917, p. 11, col. 1, "The Raised Fist of Labor."
[700] One of them was the editor of Direct Action, an I. W. W. paper published in Sydney.
[701] New York Times, April 14, 1917, p. 6.
[702] Cf. letter from the General Secretary of the Australian Administration, in Report of General-Secretary-Treasurer to the Tenth I. W. W. Convention (1916), Proceedings, pp. 42-43. Vide, also, New York Times, Dec. 20, 1916, p. 5, col. 2.
[703] The Unlawful Associations Act (No. 41 of 1916), assented to Dec. 21, 1916, and amended by the Unlawful Associations Act (No. 14 of 1917), assented to July 27, 1917.