CHAPTER VII THE FIGHT FOR EXISTENCE The third convention 178 The condition of the organization 181 Membership strength 182 The I. W. W. at the Stuttgart Congress 183 Political parties and the trade unions 185 The political clause of the Preamble again under discussion.... 188 CHAPTER VIII "JOB CONTROL" AT GOLDFIELD The A. F. of L. and the I. W. W. in Goldfield, Nevada 191 Character of the Goldfield local of the I. W. W 192 The town unionists and the mine unionists 192 Proposed consolidation of the two groups 193 Attitude of the Mine Owners' Association 193 Federal military intervention and investigation 195 Report of the Commission 196 What the I. W. W. accomplished at Goldfield 200 The I. W. W. and the Western Federation in Nevada politics 201 I. W. W. strike activities in other parts of the country 203 General organizing activities 207 CHAPTER IX DOCTRINAIRE _versus_ DIRECT-ACTIONIST Condition of the organization on the eve of the schism of 1908 213 Effect of the financial panic of 1907 214 The widening breach between the I. W. W. and the Western Federation of Miners 216 The line-up in the I. W. W. on political action 218 The personnel of the convention 220 Walsh's "Overalls Brigade". 221 The Socialist Labor Party Delegation and the unseating of Daniel DeLeon 222 The issue between the DeLeonites and the Direct-actionists 223 "Straight industrialism" _versus_ parliamentarianism 225 The preamble purged of politics 226 Rump convention of the DeLeonites at Paterson, New Jersey 228 A bifurcated I. W. W 229 The issue between the Detroit I. W. W. and the Chicago I. W. W. 231 The Wobblies' criticism of parliamentary government 232 The doctrinaire state socialism of the Detroiters 234 The issue illustrated in the contrast between Daniel DeLeon and Vincent St. John 235 I. W. W. constitution non-political rather than anti-political 236 Influence of DeLeon on the I. W. W. 238