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

by Paul F. Brissenden

Turner, George Kibbe, "The Possibilist," Saturday Evening Post, issues beginning with January 31, 1920.

* Varney, Harold Lord, "The I. W. W. exposed by its chief propagandist. Harold Lord Varney, 'Bill' Haywood's counsellor and aid, charges that the main object of the leaders is to bring about the destruction of the American Federation of Labor...." The World (New York), February 8, 1920, sec. E., p. 1.

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[INDEX]

A
Aberdeen, S. D., free-speech fight, [266].
Agreements, [88], [101], [115], [198], 321, [325]-[326], [373];
constitutional amendment on, [330].
Agricultural workers. Vide Farm laborers.
Agricultural Workers Organization, [337], [339], [341].
American Federation of Labor, [35], [54], [66], [108], [114], [118], [123], [129], [186], [210], [215], [250]-[252], [278], [299], [303]-[305], [320]-[321], [327], [336], [339], [372]-[374];
on the I. W. W., [65];
locals represented at 1st I. W. W. convention, [71]-[72];
I. W. W. criticism of, [83]-[89];
friction with I. W. W. in strikes, [116]-[117], [204]-[205];
at Goldfield, Nev., [191]-[192], [195];
and I. W. W. at Lawrence, Mass., [289].
American Labor Union, [44], [54], [58], [70], [71], [74]-[75], [90], [102], [122], [132], [153];
compared with I. W. W., [45];
principles of, [46];
weakness in 1905, [54].
American Railway Union, [40], [54].
Anarchism, [252], [281], [298], [310], [316].
Anarchists, [109], [316];
at 1st I. W, W. convention, [78];
at 3rd convention, [178].
Anti-militarism. Vide Militarism and War.
Arizona, "sabotage" law vetoed by the Governor, [347].
Arizona District Industrial Council of the I. W. W., [163].
Association of United Workers of America. Vide Socialist Labor party.
Augustine, Paul, [151].
Australia, the I. W. W. in, [282], [342]-[345];
Unlawful Associations Act, [282], [343]-[344].
Autonomy, craft, [63], [97], [101].
Vide also Decentralization.
B
Baltimore I. W. W. cigar makers,246, [248];
Amalgamated Clothing Workers and the I. W. W., [251]-[252].
Barnes, J. M., [147].
Berger, Victor, [140];
on sabotage, [281].
Berkman, Alexander, [318].
Bohn, Frank, [62], [95], [103], [316].
Bolsheviki, [241], [374]-[375].
"Boring from within" policy, the, [60], [65]-[66], [81]-[82], [89], [104], [118];
January (1905) Conference on, [66]-[67];
attitude of Socialist party, [82];
vs. "dual unionism," [299]-[304];
results of policy in England, [300].
Vide also Dual Unionism.
Bowman, Guy, [302].
Brewery Workmen of the U. S., National Union of the United, [38], [55], [58], [61], [72], [215].
Bridgeport, Conn., strike of tube mill workers, [203]-[204], [214].
British Labor party and the I. W. W., on workers' control in industry, [12]-[13].
Brooks, J. G., American syndicalism, [27].
Brussels, International Labor and Socialist Congress (1911), [252].
Budapest, International Labor Congress, on admission of I. W. W. delegate, [273]-[275].
Bulletins of the Industrial Workers of the World, [146].
"Bummery," the, [220], [371].
Butte, Mont., controversy between I. W. W. and A. F. of L., 321 et seq.;
dynamiting of the Miners' Union Hall, [321]-[322];
"reds" vs. "yellows" at, [322]-[324].
Butte Miners' Union, [105].
C
California, I. W. W. attitude toward Japanese in, [208]-[209];
criminal syndicalism act, [347].
Carpenters and Joiners, United Brotherhood of, ban on membership in I. W. W., [118].
Casey, Thos. B., [202].
Centralization. Vide Decentralization
Challaye, F., quoted, [232].
Chambers, T., [202].
Chartists, compared with I. W. W., [27].
Chase, C. H., [230].
Chicago, Ill., window washers' strike, [123];
Industrial Council of the I. W. W., [163].
Chicago conspiracy case, [347];
the indictment, [7];
verdict and sentences imposed, [8].
Chicago faction of the I. W. W., compared with the Detroit wing, [220], [234], [252];
and the Detroit wing, [237]-[240];
and the Baltimore clothing workers, [251]-[252];
condition after 1908 split, [260];
Preamble to Constitution, [351]-[352];
membership statistics, [354]-[359].
Vide also Industrial Workers of the World.
Cincinnati, Ohio, marble workers' strike, [123];
Industrial Council of the I. W. W., [163].
Cleveland, Ohio, stogie workers' strike, [123].
Cloth Cap and Hat Makers, United, forbid members to join I. W. W., [118].
Clothing Workers, Amalgamated, and the I. W. W. in Baltimore, [251]-[252].
Coates, D. C., [79].
Cole, Thos., [228].
Cole, T. J., [176].
Collective bargaining. Vide Agreements.
Confédération Générale du Travail, [36], [47]-[48], [109], [274]-[276], [299], [301], [326];
compared with I. W. W., [276].
Constitution, [102], [110], [176], [236], [273], [308];
departmental and other subdivisions, [98], [134], [164]-[165];
locals, [99];
officers provided for, [99];
General Executive Board, [100];
mixed locals, [162];
industrial councils, [163];
initiative and referendum, [310], [331]-[332];
agreements, [332];
Preamble to, [351]-[353].
Vide also Structure and Preamble.
Contracts. Vide Agreements.
Control of industry by workers, I. W. W. emphasis upon idea of, [12];
present unfitness of I. W. W. for, [13];
policy of W. F. M. on, [43].
Conventions of the I. W. W., constituent convention (1905), organizations represented at, [68]-[69], [74];
types of unions represented, [70];
method of representation, [72]-[73];
distribution of power in, [74]-[75];
doctrinal types at, [76]-[79];
resolutions, [91]-[92].
Conventions of the I. W. W., 2nd (1906), [129], [136], [176]-[177];
controversy at, 136 et seq.;
3rd (1907), [178]-[182], [188], [210]-[211];
number of locals represented, [180]-[181];
efforts to modify Preamble, [188]-[189];
4th (1908), [212], [218], [221]-[228];
delegates at, [221];
officers elected, [228];
5th (1910), [267];
6th (1911), [267], [271];
7th (1912), [277], [295], [298];
8th (1913), [305];
9th (1914), [327]-[332];
10th (1916), [337]-[338], [340]-[341], [349];
pre-convention conference of the "Proletarian Rabble" (1906), [137]-[139];
Sherman faction (1907), [179].
Conventions of the (Detroit) I. W. W., "rump" convention of 1908, [228]-[230];
"sixth I. W. W. convention" (1913), [244]-[245];
"eighth I. W. W. convention" (1915), [245], [250], [254].
Coöperation, resolution on, [91].
Craft unionism, I. W. W. criticism of, [62]-[63], [84]-[89], [184]-[185];
Gompers on, [90];
I. W. W. compromises with, [118]-[119].
Craft unions, political activity of, [93]-[96];
prohibit members joining I. W. W., [118].
Crawford, C. E., [254].
Creel, George, [264].
Criminal syndicalism laws, [282], [346]-[348];
held constitutional, [348];
California, [347];
South Dakota, [347]-[348];
Michigan, [347];
Minnesota, [381]-[382];
Idaho, [383]-[384];
Montana, [384]-[386];
Washington, [347].
Vide also Unlawful Associations Act.
D
Darrow, Clarence S., [172].
Debs, Eugene V., [73], [79]-[80], [327];
activity in launching I. W. W., [58];
on agreements, [86];
on "boring from within," [89];
on Daniel DeLeon, [241];
on political action, [253]-[254].
Decentralization, [161], [167], [271], [297]-[298], [305]-[318];
Eastern compared with Western I. W. W., [298].
Vide also Autonomy.
DeLeon, Daniel, [65]-[66], [75], [79]-[82], [103], [141], [143], [147]-[148], [151]-[152], [164], [167], [178], [180], [187], [211], [220]-[221], [224], [235]-[236];
on revolutionary unionism, [48], [51];
on agreements, [86];
on "pure and simple" unions, [88];
on "boring from within," [89];
on political action, [93]-[94], [168];
work at 1st convention, [105];
on the referendum, [158];
unseated at 4th convention, [222]-[223];
influence on I. W. W. [238]-[240];
personal character, [238]-[240];
and Lenin, [241].
DeLeonism, [104]-[105], [149], [227].
Democratic government, I. W. W. attitude toward, [158].
Denver, Colo., free-speech fight, [264].
Departments of the I. W. W., Industrial. Vide Structure and Constitution.
Detroit faction of the I. W. W., [227], [234];
compared with Chicago faction, [220], 234 et seq.;
local unions adhering to, [230]-[231], [243];
claims to be "the real I. W. W.," [237]-[238];
membership, [243]-[244], [354]-[359];
1913 convention, [244]-[245];
1915 convention, [245], [250];
industrial character of membership, [245];
strikes, [246]-[248];
and the Chicago faction, [248]-[250], [254];
Debs on, [253];
Preamble to Constitution, [351]-[352].
Vide also Industrial Workers of the World.
Direct action, [53], [251], [253]-[254], 278 et seq., [286], [292], [296], [317], [329];
at Goldfield, [195];
DeLeon and St. John on, [236];
definitions of [278]-[279].
Vide also Sabotage and Violence.
Doctrine, types of at first convention, [77]-[79].
Dual membership. Vide Membership.
Dual unionism, [114], [117];
vs. "boring from within," [299]-[304].
Vide also Boring from within.
Dynamite planting at Lawrence, Mass., [288].
E
Eastern and Western locals, compared, [233]-[234], [298], [313]-[316].
Ebert, Justus, [40], [224]-[225].
Edwards, A. S., [176], [220].
Efficiency, in conduct of business of local unions, [330].
Employers, attitude of, toward I. W. W., [9]-[13];
use of sentiment of patriotism in dealing with labor, [10].
Engineers, Amalgamated Society of, secedes from I. W. W., [121]-[122];
part of the I. W. W. Metals and Machinery Dept., [122].
England, the I. W. W. in, [342].
Enlistment, alleged hindering of, by I. W. W., [7].
Vide also Espionage act, Militarism, War.
Espionage act, indictment of I. W. W.s under;
Chicago case, [7]-[8], [347];
Sacramento case, [282].
Estes, Geo., [57].
Ethics, proletarian, [263], [293]-[295].
Ettor, J. J., [228], [286]-[287], [289]-[290], [291];
quoted, [296];
on dual unionism, [303]-[304].
Eureka, Calif., strikes at, [203], [261].
Everett, Wash., free-speech fight [266], [339].
F
Farberg, Lillian, [140].
Farm Laborers, [155]-[156];
organization of, [156], [337];
strike at Waterville, Wash., [261];
strike at North Yamhill, Ore., [270]-[271].
Vide also Agricultural Workers Organization.
Federal Mediation Commission. Vide President's Mediation Commission.
Finances, [153]-[154], [207], [211];
central defence fund, [115];
of the Transportation Department, [132];
discounts to "dual unions," [153].
Fischer, E., [176].
Flat River, Mo., Industrial Council of the I. W. W., [163].
Flynn, Elizabeth Gurley, [181], [221], [310].
Foote, E. J., [168], [180], [202].
Force and violence, [251], [253]-[254], [264], [278]-[281], [338], [343].
Vide also Violence.
Foreign relations, of the I. W. W., [91]-[92].
Foreigners, [159]-[160], [291], [337];
I. W. W. and the, [208]-[209].
Foremen, in the I. W. W., [204].
Forerunners of the I. W. W., [27]-[56], [350].
Forest and Lumber Workers, National Industrial Union of, [295], [305], [341].
Foss, J. M., [310], [313], [317].
Foster, William Z., [273], [275];
on dual unionism, [299]-[303].
Francis, A. J., [232].

Free speech, [264];
I. W. W. tactics, [265];
George Creel on, [264].
Free-speech fights, [262]-[266], [283];
routine of, [262];
I. W. W. policy in, [263], [297];
Fresno, Calif., [265];
San Diego, Calif., [265];
Paterson, N. J., [266];
Everett, Wash., [266], [339];
attitude of local authorities, [266];
list of, [367].
French syndicalism, [274];
influence on American movement, [53], [231];
the I. W. W. and, [274]-[276].
Fresno, Calif., free-speech fight, [265], [271].
G
Gaines, H. L., [228].
Garment workers, United, [251].
Gas works laborers, strike of, in Southern California, [271].
General Executive Board, [100]-[101], [297], [307]-[309], [311], [313], [317].
General Organizer, [307]-[308];
office of, established, [188].
General Secretary-Treasurer, [308].
General strike, [87], [174]-[175], [289]-[290];
resolution at constituent convention, [91];
and the Moyer, Haywood and Pettibone case, [174].
Geographical location, influence of, on I. W. W. personnel, [298];
and the decentralization controversy, [306]-[307], [313]-[316].
German syndicalist movement, [301].
Gilbert, Joseph, [93].
Giovannitti, Arturo, [289]-[290].
Glanz, William, [230].
Golden, John, [286].
Goldfield, Nev., hotel and restaurant workers' strike, [123];
miners' strike, [123];
I. W. W. at, [191]-[203];
Mine Operators' Association, [192]-[198];
mine workers vs. town workers, [191]-[194];
report of Federal investigating commission, [196]-[198];
alleged crimes of the I. W. W. at, [199];
results of I. W. W. activities at, [200]-[201].
Goldman, Emma, on direct action, [278].
Gompers, Samuel, [79], [90], [116], [275], [372];
on 1st I. W. W. convention, [106].
Goodwin, R. C., [98].
H
Hagerty, "Father" T. J., [58], [62], [79];
"Wheel of Fortune," [351].
Haggerty, M. P., [181].
Hall, Covington, [296].
Hall, W. L., [57], [60].
Havel, Hippolyte, [277].
Haymarket riots, [39];
influence on syndicalist and I. W. W. movements, [40].
Haywood, William D., [15], [61]-[62], [73], [75], [76], [79]-[80], [115], [142], [171]-[175], [208], [247], [274], [286]-[287], [289], [329];
and Western Federation of Miners, [42], [216]-[217];
on the American Federation of Labor, [83];
on the "union scab," [85]-[86];
on the unskilled, [87];
on organizing foreigners, [159];
and the Socialist party, [282];
on dual unionism, [303].
Hervé, G., on sabotage, [279].
Heslewood, F. W., [144], [180], [182], [184]-[185], [187], [206], [226];
quoted, [202], [210].
Hillquit, Morris, [147], [186].
I
Idaho, criminal syndicalism act, [282], [347], [383]-[384].
Industrial Brotherhood, the, [38].
Industrial Councils, [98];
functions, [163].
Industrial Departments, 131 et seq.;
original thirteen, [96]-[97].
Industrial Union News, [230].
Industrial Union Bulletin, [146], [211], [229], [271].
Industrial Unionism, [99], [108]-[109], [119]-[120], [161]-[167];
vs. craft unionism, [62]-[63];
and mass unionism, [202];
Moyer on, [215]-[216];
St. John and DeLeon on, [235];
and Bolshevism, [241].
Industrial Unions of the I. W. W. Vide National Industrial Unions.
Industrial Worker, The, [146], [229], [250], [271]-[272], [281], [312]-[313].
Industrial Worker, The, (organ of the Sherman faction), [146], [179]-[180].
Industrial Workers clubs, at 1st I. W. W. convention, [70].
Industrial Workers of the World, American origin of, [53];
constituent convention, [57];
pre-convention conference (1904), [57]-[58];
January conference (1905), [60]-[62];
Industrial Union Manifesto (of 1905), [62]-[64];
on the American Federation of Labor, [65];
administration, [101];
craft character of locals, [118];
secession movements in, [120]-[122], [219]-[220];
accused of stockmarket manipulation, [199];
attitude of Western membership to political parties, [231]-[232];
Detroit and Chicago factions compared, [231], [251], [253], [259];
Debs proposes union of two factions, [254];
compared with Confédération Générale du Travail, [275];
proletarian ethics of, [263], [293]-[294];
and Western Federation of Miners, [320]-[325];
at Butte, Mont., [321]-[324];
and United Mine Workers, [325]-[327];
in other countries, [341]-[342];
in Australia, [342]-[345];
"National Administrations," [349];
constructive elements, [340], [349]-[350];
chart of organization, [353];
membership statistics, [354]-[359];
list of locals, [360]-[365];
songs, [370]-[380].
Industrialists, [227];
vs. parliamentarians at 4th convention, [224].
Initiative and referendum, [309]-[310], [314], [331]-[332];
in politics and industry on Pacific Slope, [314]-[315].
Intellectuals, [267].
International, the;
modern revolutionary unionism and, [36];
principles of, [37].
International Workingmen's Association, [35]-[36];
and Socialist Labor party, [46].
International Working Peoples Association, [35]-[36].
Iron Miners' Industrial Union of the I. W. W., [341].
J
January Conference. Vide Industrial Workers of the World.
Japanese in California, attitude of I. W. W. toward, [208]-[209].
Job control, at Goldfield, [200]-[201].
Jones, "Mother" Mary, [60], [62], [73].
"Jungle kitchens," in Western locals, [315], [338]-[339].
Jurisdiction disputes, [176].
K
Kalispell, Mont., strike at, [261].
Katz, Rudolph, [44], [180]-[181], [211], [215], [220], [222], [229], [251].
Kelly, Harry, [276]-[277].
Kern, E. J., [236].
Kiehn, Charles, [102].
Kirkpatrick, Charles, [100].
Kirwan, James, [140].
Knights of Labor, [109];
founded, [30];
principles of, [31];
structure, [32]-[33];
compared with I. W. W., [32];
and politics, [33];
and sabotage, [34].
Koeltgen, Ewald, [265], [315]-[316].
L
Label, the I. W. W. Vide Universal label.
"Labor lieutenants," [87]-[88].
Labor organizations, relations with political parties, [126]-[129].
Lagardelle, Hubert, [274];
on direct action, [278].
Lake Charles, La., lumber workers' strike, [123].
Lancaster, Pa., silk workers' strike, [203].
Land policy, [296].
Lawrence, Mass., strike of French branch of I. W. W. textile workers (1908), [214];
strike of 1912, [284]-[295].
Leaders, I. W. W. attitude toward, [79];
at the 1st I. W. W. convention, [79]-[81].
Vide also Rank and file.
Leather Workers, United Brotherhood of, forbids members to join I. W. W., [118].
Ledermann, Max, [221].
Lenin, Nikolai, [241]-[242].
Lessig, Adolph, [247]-[248].
Little, F. H., [330].
Local autonomy. Vide Decentralization.
Local unions of the I. W. W., [98], [134], [160]-[161], [230]-[231];
character of, [99];
craft character of some, [119];
number of, [131], [180], [181], [183]-[184], [207], [243]-[244], [261], [268]-[269], [272], [305], [333]-[334];
discussion of politics in, [169]-[170];
turnover of, [183], [207], [333]-[334], [349]-[350];
reasons for disbanding, [213], [244]-[245], [273], [366];
shifting of allegiance after 1908 convention, [230];
Baltimore cigar makers, [246];
industrial distribution, [261], [272], [365];
representation at conventions, [328];
efficiency in, [330];
referendum to, [331]-[332];
list of, [360]-[365].
Vide also Mixed locals.
Lumber industry, I. W. W. in, [210].
Vide also Forest and Lumber Workers' National Industrial Union.
Lumber workers, strikes, [261].
M
McCabe, Frank, [100].
McClure, R., [230].
MacDonald, Daniel, [120].
Machinists, International Association of, ban on members joining I. W. W., [118].
MacNamara case, the I. W. W. and, [277]-[278];
call for a general strike, [277].
Mahoney, Charles E., [176], [217];
quoted, [192], [194].
Maichele, A., [176].
Manifesto, Industrial Union. Vide Industrial Workers of the World.
Manifesto of Socialist Industrial Unionism, [255].
Mann, Tom, on sabotage, [279], [299], [302];
on dual unionism, [303]-[304].
Marble, Colo., quarry workers' strike, [214].
Marine Transport Workers, National Industrial Union of, [305], [336]-[337], [341].
Marx, Karl, quoted, [232].
Mass unionism, at Goldfield, Nev., [191]-[192], [202].
Master in Chancery, on controversy at 2nd convention, [140], [145], [149].
Mechanics, strike of, in Philadelphia, [248].
Membership, [181]-[182], [341], [354]-[359];
restricted to "wage workers," [91];
statistics of, [108], [129]-[131], [145], [180]-[184], [207], [213], [243], [269], [333]-[337];
dual membership, [118];
in specified industries, [270], [336], [341], [356]-[357];
in Lawrence textile industry, [286], [290];
exaggeration of, [335]-[336];
compared with that of A. F. of L., [336];
instability of, [349]-[350].
Mesaba Range, strike of iron miners, [339].
Metal and Machinery Workers' Industrial Union, [341].
Metal Workers, United, [71]-[72], [74], [76], [100], [102], [121]-[122];
and A. F. of L., [54];
part of Metal and Machinery Department of I. W. W., [122].
Michigan, criminal syndicalism act, [347].
Migratory laborers, in I. W. W. membership, [341].
"Militant minority," the, [308], [310]-[311], [328].
Militarism, [7];
resolution at 1st I. W. W. convention, [92];
resolution against war (1914), [331].
Vide also War.
Miller, Francis, [228].
Mine Workers of America, the United, [38]-[39], [54], [70], [72], [115], [208], [307], [321], [325]-[327];
at 1st I. W. W. convention, [71].
Miner's Magazine, [176].
Mining industry, I. W. W. in, [191]-[201], [207]-[208], [210].
Minnesota, criminal syndicalism act, [282], [347]-[348], [381]-[382];
held constitutional, [348].
Missoula, Mont., free-speech fight, [265].
"Mr. Block," [372].
Mixed locals, [162], [309], [315]-[316].
Montana, criminal syndicalism act, [282], [347], [384]-[386].
Most, Johann, [36].
Moyer, Charles H., [43], [60], [62], [76], [321], [324];
quoted, [217]-[218].
Moyer, Haywood and Pettibone case, [170]-[175];
effect of, on I. W. W., [175].
Musical Union, International, in Public Service Department of I. W. W., [133].
Myrtle, Frank, [202].
N
"National Administrations" of the I. W. W., [349].
National Civic Federation, [63].
National Convention, the, [307], [309]-[310].
National Industrial Unions, [131], [134], [341].
National Labor Union, [30];
and the Socialist Labor party, [46].
National Trades Union, [30].
Nebraska, criminal syndicalism law, [347]-[348].
Negroes, A. F. of L. and I. W. W. on organization of, [84], [208].
Nelson, Caroline, [349].
New Castle, Pa., strike at, [261];
free-speech fight, [265].
New Jersey Socialist Unity Conference. Vide Socialist Unity Conference.
New York City, I. W. W. Industrial Council in, [163].
Nilsson, B. E.,

[310].
North Dakota, criminal syndicalism law, [347]-[348].
North Yamhill, Ore., strike of farm laborers at, [270]-[271].
O
Oakland, Calif., alleged attempt of I. W. W. to break up Socialist local, [282].
Old Forge, Pa., free-speech fight, [266].
Olson, John, [316].
One Big Union, [5], [29], [82], [110].
O'Neill, J. M., [61]-[62], [139]-[140], [182], [324]-[325].
Oregon, I. W. W. in, [182].
Organization, I. W. W. policy in work of, [210];
chart of I. W. W., [353].
Oulianov, V. I. Vide Lenin.
"Overalls Brigade, the," [221]-[224], [233].
P
Pacific Coast, free-speech fights on the, [262] et seq.
Pacific Coast District Organization, [312]-[314].
Panic of 1907, effect on I. W. W., [201], [203], [211], [215].
Parliamentarism, [225], [232], [252].
Parliamentarians, vs. "straight industrialists" at 4th convention, [224].
Passive resistance, [287]-[288].
Paterson, N. J., I. W. W. Industrial Council of, [163];
silk workers' strike, [203];
piano workers' strike, [203];
Rump convention of the DeLeonites, [228]-[230], [249];
free-speech fight, [266].
Paterson, Passaic, N. J., friction between the two I. W. W.s, [247].
Patriotism, made use of by employers in labor struggles, [10];
as a free-speech fight issue, [263];
and the I. W. W., [294].
Per capita tax, [312];
(Detroit wing), [231].
Per diem resolution at 1906 convention, [142]-[143].
Philadelphia, mechanics' strike, [249].
Pick, Hugo, [183].
Politics, [168]-[169], [178], [186]-[187], [189]-[190], [212], [236], [253], [268], [304];
attitude of Western Federation of Miners toward, [42];
discussion of, in locals, [169]-[170];
trade unions and, [89], [226];
political action and affiliation, [92];
discussion of, at Stuttgart Congress, [184];
I. W. W. in Nevada, [201]-[202];
discussion at 4th convention, [218]-[228], [231]-[237];
Debs on, [253].
Portland, Ore., strike of saw mill workers, [203], [205]-[206], [215].
Pouget, Émile, [274].
Powderly, T. V., quoted, [31], [33], [34].
Preamble, [92], [168]-[169], [188]-[189], [245], [351]-[353];
political clause, [93]-[96], [153], [189], [212], [221], [224]-[228], [231]-[237];
elimination of political clause, [226]-[227].
Vide also Constitution.
President, of the I. W. W., [188], [307];
powers of, [101];
attack on presidency, [138]-[139];
abolition of the office, [143].
President's Mediation Commission, quoted, [10].
Press, attitude of the, to I. W. W., [107];
I. W. W. press, [271].
Preston, M. R., [197].
Prince Rupert, B. C., strike at, [261].
Progressives, attitude of, toward I. W. W., [11].
"Proletarian rabble, the," pre-convention conference of (1906), [137]-[139].
Proletario, Il, [160].
Providence, R. I., strike of window cleaners, [271].
"Pure and simple" unions. Vide Craft unions.
Public officials, attitude of, toward I. W. W., [10].
Public opinion and the I. W. W., [8], [107].
R
Railway Employees, United Brotherhood of, [54], [61], [74], [100], [102];
Transportation Department of I. W. W., [132].
Railway Workers Industrial Union, of the I. W. W., [341].
Rank and file, the, doctrine of, [79], [167];
rule of, [309].
Recruiting Unions, [341].
Referendum, emphasis on by I. W. W., [158].
Vide also Initiative and Referendum.
Reitman, Ben, on the 8th I. W. W. convention, [318]-[319].
Religion and the I. W. W., [294].
Representation, proportional, [328].
Respectability, I. W. W. contempt for, [298].
Revolutionary unionism, in England, [29];
Owen's "General Union of the Productive Classes," [29];
Grand National Consolidated Trades Union, the, [29].
Richter, Hermann, [15], [105], [168], [228], [230], [237], [250], [255]-[256].
Riordan, John, [100], [137].
Ritual, abolition of, in I. W. W. meetings, [167].
Ryan, Albert, [217]-[218].
S
Sacramento, Calif., I. W. W. conspiracy case of 1918, [282].
Sabotage, [13], [34], [53], [251], [253]-[255], 279 et seq., [286], [317], [330], [343];
attitude of DeLeon and St. John on, [238];
definitions of, [279]-[280];
Socialist party sabotage clause (Art. II, sec. [6]), [280]-[282].
Vide also Direct action, Violence.
St. John, Vincent, [15], [73], [76], [77], [130], [136]-[137], [142], [144], [151]-[152], [172], [176], [178], [180], [182], [221], [223], [228], [235]-[236], [268]-[269], [273], [293], [335]-[336], [337];
in the Western Federation of Miners, [42];
quoted, [58], [192], [193], [194], [200]-[201], [203], [205], [213], [217]-[218], [248]-[249];
on DeLeonism, [149];
on free-speech fights, [262]-[263].
St. Louis, I. W. W. Industrial Council in, [163].
Salaries of I. W. W. officials, [168].
San Diego, Calif., free-speech fight, [265]-[266];
report of Commissioner Weinstock, [266].
San Francisco, Calif., ladies' tailors' strike, [248].
Scab. Vide "Union scab."
Schenectady, N. Y., electrical workers' strike, [203];
syndicalist strike tactics at, [204].
Scranton, Pa., I. W. W. and United Mine workers at, [326].
Secession movements in I. W. W., [312]-[314].
Shenango, Pa., strike at, [261].
Shenkan, I., [119].
Sherman, Charles O., [58], [62], [79], [87], [100], [125], [137], [143], [148], [150], [161], [169], [171], [175], [179];
charges against, [139]-[140];
his defense, [141], [151];
decision of Master in Chancery, [145];
Western organizing in preference to Eastern, [157].
Shop steward system, in Pacific Northwest, [5].
Silva, Tony, [197].
Simons, A. M., [62]-[63], [73], [79], [91], [95], [103];
quoted, [65]-[66], [81];
on political action, [93].
Skowhegan, Me., strike of textile workers, [203], [214].
Smith, Clarence, [57], [79];
quoted, [58].
Smith, J. W., [202].
"Soap boxers," [340].
Social Democratic party. Vide Socialist party.
Social Democratic Workmen's party, [47].
Socialist Labor party, [54], [78], [109], [141], [149], [151], [168], [211], [220], [224], [231], [247], [249], [251]-[252];
organized, [38], [46];
Haymarket riot and, [40];
compared with Socialist party, [47];
and Socialist Trade and Labor Alliance, [50], [81];
attitude toward "pure and simple" unions, [88];
on unions in politics, [94];
at second I. W. W. convention, [151]-[152];
tenets, [220], [240]-[241].
Socialist party, [44], [78], [109], [186], [251], [252], [289];
and the Western Federation of Miners, [42];
and American Labor union, [45];
compared with Socialist Labor party, [47];
and I. W. W., [64], [127], [231], [278], [281]-[282];
on "boring from within," [82];
on the controversy of 1906, [148]-[149];
report to Stuttgart Congress on I. W. W., [185];
and sabotage, [280]-[282];
Haywood recalled from Executive Committee, [282].
Socialist Trade and Labor Alliance, [45]-[46], [54]-[55], [74], [76], [78], [80], [102]-[103], [105], [109], [127], [148], [153], [225], [246];
organized, [47];
and Socialist Labor party, [48], [81];
and Knights of Labor, [49];
character of, 49 et seq.;
composition and membership, [51]-[52];
at 1st I. W. W. convention, [75];
on "pure and simple" unions, [88].
Socialist Unity Conference, New Jersey, [125]-[129];
resolutions, [128];
on the I. W. W., [128]-[129].
Somers, Mont., strike at, [261].
Songs of the I. W. W., [370]-[380].
Sorel, Georges, [274].
South Africa, I. W. W. in, [342].
South Dakota, criminal syndicalism law, [347]-[348].
Sovereigns of Industry, [37].
Soviet principles compared with industrial union principles, [241]-[242].
Speed, George, [110], [180], [208].
Stogie makers, [116].
Spokane, Wash., free-speech fight, [265], [282].
Strikes, [122]-[124], [203]-[206], [261], [270]-[271], [283]-[285], [339];
at Goldfield, Nev., [191]-[201];
I. W. W. tactics, [124]-[125], [204]-[206], [209]-[210], [297];
I. W. W. failure to hold ground after strikes, [214];
of Detroit faction, [246]-[248];
effect of, on membership, [261];
Lawrence, Mass., [284]-[295];
Mesaba Range, [339];
list of, [368]-[369].
Vide also General Strike.
Structure, [98], [134], [160]-[167], [202], [339], [351];
original 13 Departments, [96]-[97];
Industrial Councils, [98]-[99], [163];
local unions, [99];
National Industrial Unions, [131], [134];
Industrial Departments, [164];
office of General President, [166]-[167];
St. John and DeLeon on, [235];
Recruiting Unions, [341].
Stuttgart Socialist Congress (1907), [147], [183];
report of Hillquit and Barnes on the I. W. W., [148];
relation between parties and unions, [184];
resolution on political action, [187]-[188].
Syndicalist Educational League, [276]-[277].
Syndicalist League of North America, [276].
T
Tacoma, Wash., smeltermen's strike, [203]-[204].
Tactics, organizing, [117];
"boring from within," [118], [297];
strike, [124]-[125], [204], [205]-[206], [288];
organizing in East and West, [157];
dual unionism, [299]-[304].
Tailors, ladies', strike of, in San Francisco, [248].
Textile industry, I. W. W. in, [214], [350];
membership in, [286].
Textile workers' strikes, Paterson-Passaic, N. J., [247];
Mystic, Conn., [248];
Lawrence, Mass., [284]-[295].
Textile Workers' National Industrial Union, [267], [295], [305].
Thompson, James P., [79].
Timber Workers, Brotherhood of, [267], [295].
Tonopah, Nev., miners' strike, [123], [203]-[204].
Tonopah Sun, [192].
Trade agreements. Vide Agreements.
Trade unions. Vide Craft unions.
Trainor, C. E., [230].
Trautmann, William E., [49], [57], [61], [79], [87], [98], [100], [119], [124], [129], [137], [140], [144], [146], [150]-[152], [163], [172], [176], [180], [219]-[220], [223], [261], [268], [293];
quoted, [53], [207]-[208], [228];
on organizing farm laborers, [228].
Trenton, N. J., silk workers' strike, [123].
Turner, John Kenneth, quoted, [205]-[206].
U
Unemployment, [329], [337].
"Union scab, the," [85], [289], [376]-[377].
Unionism, objects of, from I. W. W. standpoint, [84]-[85].
United Labor League, [70].
United States Government, intervention at Goldfield, Nev., [196];
report of Pres. Roosevelt's Commission, [196]-[198].
United States Senate, "anti-sabotage" bill, [346]-[347].
Universal label, the, [165]-

[166].
Unlawful Associations Act of Australia, [282], [343]-[345].
Unskilled labor, [66], [118], [177], [291], [341];
Knights of Labor and, [33].
Untermann, Ernest, [281].
Utah State Federation of Labor, [70].
V
Vienna, International Socialist Congress (1914, report of Socialist Labor party on Chicago I. W. W.,) [238], [247].
Violence, [250], [252]-[253], [264], [278]-[281], [338], [343];
DeLeon on use of, [93]-[94];
at Lawrence, [286]-[289], [292].
Vide also Sabotage and Direct action.
Voting, attitude of Detroit faction on, [253].
W
Wages, increases in, at Goldfield, [200].
Walla Walla, Wash., free-speech fight, [265].
Walsh, J. H., [221]-[222].
War, [342]-[348];
resolution against, [331].
Vide also Militarism and War of 1914-1918.
War of 1914-1918, and the I. W. W., [7]-[8], [282], [331], [342]-[348].
Washington (State), "syndicalism bill," vetoed by Governor, [347];
passed over veto, [347]n.
Waterville, Wash., strike of farm laborers at, [261].
Weekly People, [211].
Weinstock, Harris, report on San Diego free-speech fight, [266].
Wenatchee, Wash., free-speech fight, [265].
Western federation of Miners, [53]-[54], [55], [60], [70], [74]-[75], [100], [102], [113], [130], [132], [145], [150], [152], [170], [175], [180]-[182], [203], [216]-[217], [320]-[325], [327];
organized, [40];
and American Federation of Labor, [40]-[41], [215], [318]-[319];
strike activities, [41]-[42];
and Socialist party, [42];
and the state, [55]-[56];
importance in early I. W. W. history, [104]-[105];
secession from I. W. W., [122], [147], [149]-[151], [176], [179];
at Goldfield, [191]-[201];
on agreements, [198], [319];
Haywood and, [216]-[217];
I. W. W. at Butte, Mont., [321]-[324].
Western I. W. W.s, [231]-[232], [233];
compared with Eastern members, [233]-[234], [298], [313]-[316].
Western Labor Union, [41], [53], [127];
organized, [43].
"Wheel of Fortune, the," [5], [79], [351].
Whitehead, Thomas, [228].
Williams, B. H., [180], [314].
Window cleaners, strike of, at Providence, R. I., [271].
"Wobblies," origin of name, [57].
Women, I. W. W. attitude toward organization of, [160].
Wooden Shoe, The, sabotage slogans, [279]-[280].
Woods, Arthur, on free speech, [264].
Workers, Industrial Union of Australia, [345].
Workers' International Industrial Union, [215], [220], [235], [243], [254]-[255];
membership, [243].
Workmen's party. Vide Socialist Labor party.
Y
Youngstown, Ohio, strike of sheet metal workers, [203]-[204].

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