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