The I. W. W.: A Study of American Syndicalism

by Paul F. Brissenden

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[APPENDIX VIII]
Partial List of Strikes Managed or Participated in by the I. W. W.

Year and month called.	Place.	Class of workers affected.	Issue.
1906
Aug	New Haven, Ct.	Paper makers.
Dec	West New Brighton, Ct.	Silk workers.	Account of discharge of I. W. W.
?	Skowhegan, Me.
?	Goldfield, Nev.	Miners and others.
1907
Feb	Somers, Mont.	Lumbermen	Recognition of I. W. W.; company store; hospital.
Apr	Portland, Ore.	Saw-mill workers.
May	Missoula, Mont.	Lumbermen	Higher wages.
Oct	Vancouver, B. C.	Lumbermen	Against cut in wages and longer hours.
Nov	Yonkers, N. Y.	Street car men.
Nov	Lancaster, Pa.	Silk workers.
1908
Apr	Marble, Colo	Quarry workers.
Aug	Lawrence, Mass.	Textile	Against wage cuts.
1909
May	Somers, Mont.	Lumbermen.
May	Kalispell, Mont.	Lumbermen.
May	Prince Rupert, B. C.	Lumbermen.
July	New Castle, Pa.	Sheet and tin plate.	For open shop.
Aug	Shenango, Pa.	Sheet and tin plate.
?	McKees Rocks, Pa.	Pressed Steel Car Co.	Wages, hours and general conditions.
?	Waterville, Wash.	Farm laborers	For $3.00 a day.
1910
Mar	Muncie, Ind.	Glass workers	Higher wages.
Apr	North Yamhill, Ore.	Farm hands.	Against discharge of I. W. W.'s.
May	New Bedford, Mass.	Textile	Against cut in wages.
June	St. Louis, Mo.	Garment workers.
July	Reading, Pa.	Auto. workers.
Aug	San Diego, Cal.	Gas works laborers	Wages (Mexicans).
Oct	Providence, R. I.	Window cleaners.	Closed shop; wages.
Nov	Pittsburgh, Pa	Meat packers.
Nov	Brooklyn, N. Y.	Shoe workers	Wages.
1911
Jan	La Grande, Wash.	Miners	Against cut in wages.
Jan	New York, N. Y.	Boot and shoe.
1912
Jan	Lawrence, Mass	Textile workers	Against cut in wages.
Apr	Willimantic, Ct.	Textile workers	Wages.
Apr	Kansas City, Mo.	Street railroad construction.
Apr	New York	Piano and organ.
Mar	Hoquiam, Wash.	Lumbermen	Wages.
Mar	Aberdeen, Wash.	Lumbermen.
May	Portland, Ore	Street car workers	Wages.
June	White Salmon, Wash.	Construction workers.	Wages; conditions.
June	Clinton, Mass	Textile.
July	New Bedford, Mass	Textile.
July	San Pedro, Cal	Dock workers.
Oct	Little Falls, N.Y.	Textile.	Against cut in wages.
Nov	Cleveland, Ohio	Cyclone wire fence works.	Laborers (Slavonian I. W. W.'s).
Dec	Portland, Ore	Construction laborers.	Against cut in wages (to camps on the Portland, Eugene and Eastern, between Portland and Eugene, 300 out).
Dec	Merryville, La	Lumbermen.
?	Grays Harbor
?	British Columbia	Construction camps on the Canadian Northern.
?	North Yamhill, Ore	Farm Laborers	30 cents per hour and decent quarters.
1913
Jan	Big Creek, Cal.	Construction work (Stone and Webster)	Wages, hours, conditions.
Feb	Akron, Ohio	Rubber workers.
Feb	Paterson, N.J.	Silk workers.
Feb	Hazelton, N.J.	Silk workers.	Wage increase.
Jan	San Francisco, Cal.	Cannery workers.	Against cut in wages.
Mar	Esmond, R.I.	Textile.
Mar	Cleveland, Ohio	Rubber workers.
Mar	Seattle, Wash	Tailors.
Apr	Stockton, Cal	Electrical workers.
Apr	Rock Island, Ill.	Sash and door.
May	Marshfield, Ore.	Lumbermen.
June	Ipswich, Mass	Textile.
Aug	Wheatland, Cal.	Hop pickers.	General conditions.
Sept	Pittsburgh, Pa.	Tobacco workers.
Nov	Shelton, Conn	Textile.
?	Duluth, Minn	Dock laborers.
?	New York, N.Y.	Barbers.
1916
June	Mesaba Range, Minn	Iron miners.
June	Red Granite, Wis	Quarry workers.	Discharge of I. W. W.'s.
Aug	Scranton, Pa	Miners.
Oct	Old Forge, Pa	Miners.
1917
Feb	Philadelphia, Pa	Sugar workers.	Wages, hours, conditions.
Feb	Philadelphia, Pa	Longshoremen.	In sympathy with sugar workers.
Apr	Exeter, Cal	Irrigation construction.	Wages and hours.

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[APPENDIX IX]
Selections from the I. W. W. Song Book[742]

Are You a Wobbly?

BY JOE FOLEY

(Tune: "Are You from Dixie?")

Hello, there, worker, how do you do?
You're up against it; broke, hungry, too.
Don't be surprised, you're recognized,
I know a slave by the look in his eyes.
You want what I want—well, that's liberty,
Your frowning face seems to tell it to me.
Where there's a will, Bill, there's a way, Bill,
So listen to what I say.