CHAPTER XIV

RECENT TENDENCIES

Continued hostility between the I. W. W. and the Western Federation of Miners 320

The labor war in Butte, Montana 321

The United Mine Workers and the I. W. W 325

The 1914 convention 327

The I. W. W. and the unemployed 329

The resolution against war 331

Constitutional changes 331

Time agreements 332

Growth in membership 333

The slump in 1914-1915 335

Revival of activity 337

The Agricultural Workers Organization 337

The Everett free-speech fight 339

The 1916 (tenth) convention 340

Present strength of the I. W. W. 341

Character of the membership 341

The I. W. W. abroad 342

Anti-militarist campaign of the I. W. W. in Australasia 342

Australian "Unlawful Associations" Act 343

The Workers' Industrial Union of Australia 345

"Criminal Syndicalism" laws in the United States 346

The turnover of I. W. W. members and locals 349

Conclusion 350

APPENDICES

I. Father Hagerty's "Wheel of Fortune" 351

II. The I. W. W. Preamble: Chicago and Detroit versions 351

III. The structure of the organization in 1917. (Chart) 353

IV. Membership statistics: Table A. Membership of Chicago and Detroit branches. (1905-1916). 354 Table B. Membership of the I. W. W. compared with the aggregate number of organized workers in the U. S., by industries 356 Table C. Membership of the I. W. W. and of certain other selected organizations and industrial groups. (1897-1914) 358 Table D. Membership of (1) the I. W. W. and (2) all American trade unions 359

V. Geographical distribution of I. W. W. locals in 1914. (Chicago and Detroit) 360

VI. Reasons assigned for locals disbanding. (1910-1911) 366

VII. Free-speech fights of the I. W. W. (1906-1916) 367

VIII. I. W. W. strikes. (1906-1917) 368

IX. Selections from the I. W. W. Song Book. 370

X. Copies of State "Criminal Syndicalism" statutes. 381

BIBLIOGRAPHY 387

INDEX 429