The I. W. W.: A Study of American SyndicalismBrissenden, Paul F. (Paul Frederick)
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The I. W. W.: A Study of American Syndicalism
Brissenden, Paul F. (Paul Frederick)
Industrial Workers of the World; Syndicalism
[419] _Industrial Union Bulletin_, Oct. 10, 1908, p. 2. The proceedings
were published in the _Bulletin_ and in the _Daily People_ (New York
City). Elizabeth Gurley Flynn was the only woman delegate present.
[420] _Ibid._, col. 3.
[421] _Industrial Union Bulletin_, Oct. 24, 1908.
[422] "With DeLeon since '89," _Weekly People_, Dec. 18, 1915, p. 3,
col. 1.
[423] _Ibid._, Dec. 25, 1915, p. 5, col. 4.
[424] _Ibid._
[425] Oct. 10, 1908, p. 1, col. 6.
[426] "Report of the Committee on Credentials," _Industrial Union
Bulletin_, Oct. 10, 1908, p. 4, col. 3.
[427] _Weekly People,_ Dec. 18, 1915, p. 3.
[428] _Ibid._
[429] Katz, _op. cit._, Dec. 25, 1916, p. 5, col. 5.
[430] "The I. W. W. Convention," _Weekly People_, Oct. 3, 1908, p. 1,
col. 7.
[431] Detroit I. W. W. leaflet. _The Two I. W. W's._
[432] _Industrial Union Bulletin_, April 18, 1908, p. 2, col. 4.
[433] _Industrial Union Bulletin_, Oct. 24, 1908.
[434] "Proceedings of the Fourth Convention," _Industrial Union
Bulletin_, Nov. 7, 1908, p. 3, col. 4.
[435] Editorial, _Weekly People,_ Oct. 10, 1908, p. 1, col. 6.
[436] The new preamble, which has survived five subsequent conventions
unscathed, is reproduced in Appendix ii. For the original preamble of
1905, _vide_, Brissenden, _Launching of the Industrial Workers of the
World_ (University of California Press), p. 46.
[437] Detroit I. W. W. leaflet, _The Two I. W. W.'s._
[438] _Cf._ report of the eighth day's session, _Industrial Union
Bulletin_, Dec. 12, 1908, p. 3.
[439] _Ibid._, March 6, 1909, p. 4, col. 2.
[440] H. Richter, General Secretary-Treasurer of the Detroit (S. L. P.)
I. W. W., now officially known as the Workers' International Industrial
Union, in a letter to the author, dated February 17, 1915.
[441] H. S. Carroll, "The Industrial Workers of the World. A brief
sketch of some history of the organization." _Weekly People_, Dec. 21,
1912.
[442] Detroit I. W. W. leaflet. _A message to the membership of the
Industrial Workers of the World and the working class in general._
[443] _Weekly People_, Nov. 7, 1908, p. 1, col. 6.
[444] "With DeLeon since '89," _Weekly People_, Dec. 25, 1915, p. 5.
The _Bulletin_ was published more or less regularly until the Spring of
1909. The issue of March 6 appears to have been the last. On March 18,
No. 1 of Vol. 1 of the _Industrial Worker_ [II] was issued at Spokane,
Wash.
[445] _Weekly People_, Nov. 7, 1908, p. 1, col. 6.
[446] _Ibid._
[447] _Industrial Union Bulletin_, No. 7, 1908, p. 2, col. 2.
[448] Letter to the author, Feb. 17, 1915.
[449] The referendum on the Chicago convention, sent out by the
Trautmann-St. John administration, was published in the _Industrial
Union Bulletin_, Oct. 24, 1908. The DeLeonites issued a special
referendum circular signed by the _ad interim_ officers.
[450] Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics of Labor, _Annual Reports on
Labor Organisations_, 1909-1914. _Cf._ also Appendix iv (Table A).
[451] Letter to the author, Feb. 17, 1915.
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