The Rebel (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. [2], No. 62, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 7, 1912 Page: 2 of 4
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all other
to secure for themselves
lies a modicum of the 1
Please find
American citizenship,
from its
■ * • r ■ •■ * a f •« t
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and
him as
and exiled
which goes to
^p, ihing a hypoc,—. -—nJW w
hear is the truth. But all tyrp-*-
orites are not confimri to the
HtftttB isles. There n £n <rid
"whited sepulchre" in Kansas
OUy, Mo., one R. A. I*toj,faad of
the Lori gBel 1 Lumber Co., whose
of leproua hypOtrrliy has
*1.00
6.00
>therwise there would be nothing
of it
, Justin proportion ae Socialistif
or union eeonomie reforms grow
or are promulgated, laws, socalled
are enacted {to not only neutralise
the effeeta of these reforms but to
punish the.reformers; This is truly
capitalistic age in which all laws
J ' ju *l o — sr w r
has. never been surpassed, either hardship upon the industry
by the scribes and Phar&ees
Juda or by the Pnilistines
Britain. This old Pharfoee & for-
ever on his erooked knees bias-
waning the Carpenter of Nazar-
eth with what the Carpenter
hated above all things—-lip tri-
bute, tongue worship. Long'i
lumber company owns the town
of Bonami, Louisiana. Bonami is
French and means "good
friend.'' Yet k was her€ that old
gny-headed John McWilliams
water-cute"
cord of repressive measuresby the New York En. No.1
operators, extending froto person- Ch1fTc^ & onmlBt- r
-t p^-scc-tion to tV "Ihh'c cala- «ai Bank Dicken* Tex_ 6110 a
mity incident to the dodng down' in e6in mail Qari.,. .50 are made Strictiy in ure
of 30 or more mills, thus hot only the capitalist class, and are rever-
throwing their own operatives out _ Total —£—. J. ,. ....$13.60 ed by the church as the acts o:
of ' employment, but
of these
KWh
striking
arrested arM p
Cha'rela La , And
in jailatbfe
Whereas, the' em;
itf iha BWWI ■m
and
Wm
were also placed under
era
AiA
tmrnmi
good weeould
visiting a Allow me to say that the Rebel God.
,„ jtjy of the gaining more notoriety than any Thus the politicians—both "ah-
entire country — all ef which was paper in this fight. I hear more of ti * arid "pro"—the preachers. |
done with the un-American mot- The Rebel and its good work than the church and hell, are lined up
Whereas, the men'under whose
orders the shooting was done
were ill discharged, and the men
who d!4 no shooting, but who were
' you would arop ev.
■nd oome to ofir as-
the bundle orders
i«|Kf hovering around the 2&000
and are looking to the time
when with the cotton money hx,
kkep M •* thrwite
of 1,000 a week. Think "this over
—youcanno «. *Here are some
of our principal hustlers this
A. L. Emerson. 2®; C. O. Sogers
was given the "water-cute" by
thugs and gunmen because he was/
"suspected of being a Union sym- , _ -—-
pathizer.'' It was here that I saw ?dy at grabow in which gunmen in
men, white and colored, prevent- ^ down * More of
ed from going to a meeting of! *?mon m®n .eP&a&ed in a peaceable
the Brotherhood bv being driven "WMnstratum upon the public
members confesses, taken extreme manning you for tne great ana every one oi tnem is a poor > ' ' IC. C. McFerrin 4 - JR Kersey 4 •
measures to retain its tyrannical work,yon have done in our behalf man, boy or woman. Our gover- of Biloxi, Mississippi, in "meeting Mrs R L Pavnor 7 - Theoh'
control over its employes, thereby and trusting that you will continue nors see to it that all old party assembled, declare otir horror at Moore. 4 • j A Hortin ' Ai Mrs O
your fight through this campaign criminals of >wealth are turned the anarchy of the Timber Trust, Up pe ^je' 4.' Conrad Glunz 4-
for us, I beg to remain, loose, even when.convicted by the tljat is permitted to go unchecked Lr *w Durham V t <5 /.
y„„„ for . . . . i Q^bdovedI SonthUnd th.t 1%l]
<5 , ' je 1 b™DM" ** «"«• * E. Jamison 6rG. L. JiiM> 10
Pear not, friend 8mith, that The worthy of commercial rating by the supmeness of those.elected tolj -m Lawless9/S TI fnivJ in!
Rebel will ever falter for a mo- Bradst^et and Dun may carry a I enforce the Jaw against the rich Lj^ D' HearaiS ' '
merit in this fight. Like some of "gun" and is immune from pun- | and^werful as well as against
warranting the belief that it is at
least open to the charge made by
the Timber Workers of the World,
viz.: That the Operators' Associa-
tion was responsible for the trag-
the Brotherhood by being driven
inte their houses by gunmen. > It
was here thai men were discharg-
ed and blacklisted for the crime
of giving us a drink of water. It
was here that men were fired on
without provocation as they\rtt
off trains. It is here that the real
workers are practically held as
peons and driven night and day
by a "slugging squad" qompoied
of managers, superintendents,
feromen, company suckers and
dsputy sheriffs: It was from here
and Carson, La., which belong to
the Central Coal & Coke Co. of
Ksaass City, Mo., we bate every
reason to believe, that the massa-
cre of Grabow was planned. It
was from here that President
ffintrson has received manage af
ter message threatenmg Jxis life.
It was here the massacre was firs
feh:
spotted*Avages, hjtve been
ike
3
i lwfOi aoft-nowd; «o^
tion—it is here that p
reawhed the acme of '.
for, be ft known, all the BO&arai
thugs are a praying set led by
praying gunman. Here the meek
and gentle spirit of Apostle R. A
Long seems to have flowered into
purest perfection, here in Bona
mi, The Bipod-Stained:
Jesus Christ.
Then they seised you and they
crowned you with a burning
crown of thorns; , * .
Now, the masters bow before you
sad a servile priesthood fawns,
la s far and distant heaven, in a
dim and mystic shrine,
Thur have burled all the treasure
of the truth that war divine
highway^ therefore, be it
Repolved by the Beaumont
Trades, and Labor Assembly that
we hereby reaffirm our former ex-
pression of faith in the worthiness
of A. L. Emerson, organizer of the
Timber Workers of the World;
That we believe in the.light of
direct testimony and the physical
facts that the workers were not re-!
snonsiWe for the Grabow massacre
our kfh in the days of'61.'65 "we ishment. Any policeman or of- the poor and friendless, and we
have done listed for the war " and ficer in Texas may shoot and kill send the outraged workers our
we will be/found at Appomattox a workingman and is also immune sympathy, and pledge to them
with the sword in our hand. from punishment aye^from arrest, n<$h financial aid aa^-we are ahle
but it is next to life imprisonment tolfive. ^
—
The president of the Timber
Workers from his prison cell at
Lake Charles, La., writes:
Lake Charles, Jail, Apg. 22,1912
Mr. T. A, Hickey, Halqttsville,
Texas.
Dear Editor:
We have just received a! few
./ a .
On the cross they-built for labor,
la! they hanged you in the
night,
And the jeering priesthood cheer-
ed it as a deed for good and
right;
Bat the workers gathered 'round
you, and the revolution spread,
And the priesthood and the mas-
ters for a moment were afraid.
m ♦ r
Dewn the high-ropd of the ages
marched your resurrected soul,
Aad the pagan powers trembled
as their strong hands lost con-
trol;
But the priesthood and the mas
ters they were ever full of
And they re-enchajned the work-
ers with a bauble and a smile.
Tf
Tea! they built you divers tem-
ples, and they took-you from
fce sod
A*i act you up i^ heaven as an
laaperor and God; *
A*d they read a mystic meaning
s ^<r? 55d-*fw j\le erefid.
T* the foolish workeja. dying on
<fce battle-fields of freed.
the rich rule the law."
i Neds Creek l^cal will remit to
your defense fund soon.
With best wishes.
" J. S. Graves,
Clifton, Texas, Aug. 18, 1912.
n
ef their own members; : v v j- -vvv-*w(5ive theni tlie a]H atiotm • l(Tlip
That, regardless of their guilt j J30^8^ Rebcrs^special edi- ]m f() prind the poor and
or'innocence, they are entitled to a <mn *ar Timh«^-/'WA lrowi i■...+&...o,- .. .m.,
speedy trial, hence we condemn the
action of the court in adjourning
for the summer vacation and leav-
ing these men prisoners in sur-
roundings' that have been
unsanitary and unhealthful, and
which have been tardily ooademn-
ed by the Louisiana state boa^d of
health; ,
That we extend te the workers
and their dear wives and little enes
our sincere sympathy aad assure
them of our' confidspoe ha their in-
nocenee of the Crimes Aarged
agdnst them and of our ^fcel|ef
that they are victims of a deliber-
ate conspiracy to (eatftly them
and their organisation; and fin-
TO ■ vV ' !
That we hereby convey to the
press, itl correspondents and as-
sociations responsible for the vile-
ly distorted news report*; of the en-
tire struggle between the Timber
Workers and the Operators' As-
sociation this expression of our
profound contempt for their ver-
acity and pernicious mendacity.
Clemens Fischer,
F. S. Laurantz,
H. C. Marble,
Committee
THE RENTERS UNKifl. ■:
E. 0. Meitzen, See.Treas.1 x -
.. ^ u Ale^Browning-^-of Gor-
, a workingman to be found Resolved, That we urge uponfman, Eastland County, r has
W'wif gUn' i * . the Socialists of our state to send been appointed general organizer
y°u are ,f .again, mImch belp M they can to the end f<>r his district. He promises to
yon^ttll be, warn all that would ^,at the8e men their families have 10 locals in Eastland County
aoritate even m the kindliest way, provided against want, and Jxepreserfed in the Waco coiven-
that they may expect toget^the I t^at those against whom the An- tion.
worst of it as the price of their Lrchists of Wealth have set their
convictions, ■ ' " ""
Give thepi the old axiom: "The
■ /■
tion for the Timber Workers.
Their'^worth can never be known
and the facts and truths they con-
tain are unquestionable.
Please find enclosed five dol-
lars ($5.00) for which i is to pay
for the one thousand ordered by
wire this .a m.
We have a local here in jail both
Socialist and Timber Workers. 83
Tirfaber Workers and 56 Soeiilist.
So you see ws are alive if we are
in jail. Time is going to tell that
many Socialist are being made
right now. Also the time is &m-
ing when men of your ' sterling
worth and qualities will b« reeog
nized and appreciated. '
Please accept my thanks and aip-
hatred, may have legal assistance The boys at the forfcs of ihe
in their fight for freedom iuid creek are awakening. A number
their rights under our .laws and of organizers are being apopinted
Constitutions — State and Na-1 each week.
tional. /. • ^
Resolved Further, That we call Jno. M. Younggetsbusy andor-
the attention of the workers of the I ganizes a local of 8 meedbers at
North to the fact that in the Dem- [Wael^er, Gonzales County, Texas,
ocratic States of the South there| 1 * *
Frank Tudan, secretary of the
Mexican local at Gonzales sends in
the money for 16 new members
this week.
' ' . * 4 • ' -V""" • •
• •
every man living.
at the present time I may receive
a greater relief than any one indi-
vidual but the end is no more.
The boys here all send their
thanks to ^you. ^The name of;our
Hagh Moor,, pro.id.ot Of the I no n,ore jo,ti«to oalthilro-
n TT„,r._ ■ I Queers than there is. in the states
Renters Union is deeply bdignant f ^ jjorth. That in Mississippi
over the treatment meted out to L. .JV,.
i • iv. — the Soldiers are caUed out to sup-
his brothers in the piney woods. \ptw ^ o{ ^ ggg
Chilton, Texas, Aug. 24.19121 £^tral r*il?)ad JZ a JfnTJr??°n I J* Green 6t MilburB Okla.,
Editor The Rebel: x . ^hntTf ZShZM " ******
I see the hell hounds of capital- ^ expreesed their crop which is about
inn fan* ttXmrZoa, ffig. ****?" r kjdrh, . organize quite
^of i'r1 rhdr^te^'^ .r,ion-
Mi itdmi w tho TimbwL^, ^ ^ ^ tfco „ . ... . .
f * Dwoo^Sic Oowrnor iSSl'S'*
Texas, what part Is the Renters . rw mA^mfin Pr—trUnt Kenters Union get busy so that we
Ub^go^ toli^eSii tfaeoiftttoFf ^ tiouiaiMia Labor bao boon nrar. 'catt ™" "" "
If* one am m (.ToroJ tatanga dwe4 mmM
part with t them lending aU the Lj to the ^ o{ ^ ^ n0
anutanee u onr power both mor- Bryan, Wdodrow Wil n, or any
ally and finaneiaUy. The Renters othet democratic aaint has inqnir-
Union muit gel together m Ml) «| into the £onl pre>eeding nor de-
their unjoiis and pass resolutions]nounced the action; that in Geor
(riming-11-—iairiiMiiB
pull off a" tremendoits eon-
(vention at Waco on Nov. 8, 1912
Pi —^—
ENGLISH SYMPATHY FOR
BTTOR.
Timber Workers local is Jail local. ff Pr re8OTt,W0.D" <>unced the action;
No. 1. The name of the Soeirihrt ontrmgee oommit-1 gfa, the land of ehi
lonel I. .Tail W.1 N. i_Hnii ...i 0D "■? defeneelew workers at nuin pleading for'th
4°
'' No word has been more abused
and misunderstood than the word
Socialist.' The Socialist is not an
anarchist, they areopposed in the-
ory and praotioe. " The Socialist
does not propose to ^destroy the
familyi abolish religion or divide
up ~>ronerty, nor does he sees: to
carry out his ideas by riot and
)loodshed. In a single phrase, So-
cialism means public ownership of
'he means of production and work-
ing class control of the govern-
ment; a chance to work for all who
will, and to all wrkers the full val-
ue of their product, fhe typical
Socialist is h rather quiet and
thoughtful workingman, serqpein
time of trouble and self-contained
in the day of victory. He realizes
that while he lives it is his business
to help the world move. He con-
siders himself an ally of eternal
laws of nature and is pryid to do
his little part in the great cause."
American Year-Book, Cyclopedia
and Atlas.
X All institution^ of rule, law and
order shall be Democratically pro-
duced and administered.
local is Jail Local No. 1
Cans.
I will close with a ehart full of
appreciation and best wishes for
you and yours; ^ '
Yours to win or die,
chivalry", a wo-1, The following resolution was
A. L. Emerson,',
P. S. Our local is buying the pa-
pers for distribution.
Lake Chaples Jail, Aug.
Mr. T. A. ftickey.
received
find
($11.00) for which please send me
2000 Rebels and start the subscrip
tion of the four names inclosed.
These parties came to me of
.Bull and ! .°n d®f?nceleM,workerf at man pleading for' the child slaves adopted by the Executive Com-
-1 Grabow, Louisiana, when two no-jof the Sotithern cotton mills has I mittee of the British Socialist !?ar-
ble souls got their lives sniffed opt. been driven from the platform by ty and forwarded to the national
itt i interw! °'. '^in^>€r streams of water thrown by "gal- office by H. W. Lee, secretary:
Workers are identical with the lant" firemen of the city in which "This meeting of the Executivo
renters. If they have nothing toJshe was speaking; that poor menIcommitte pf the British Socialist
buy with where is the market for landing in our cities without Party records its sincere sympathy
your farm products! friends at hand, and with no mo- with Efctor and Giovanitti, the no-
An injury to one is the concern ney in their podkets, are liable urr ble "leaders of the greal and snc-
of all! der a vicious system of vagranev cessful strike at Lawrence, Massa-
United we stand—divided we law to arrest, fine, and incareera- chusetts who are imprisoned and
fall. You renters need not think tion in convict camps, there to be charged with murder tittliy^Jn or-
* guards, I der to avenge the defeat of the
k«AAi in I tlimAAWlflAAl Aa«iU«1iai a#
1912
_-7 — -, —• — no oi
ganisation in Missouri and Arkan- lay a restraining band on the will to their comrades and fellow work-
sas. • So meet in your unions and of the boss who orders the punish- ers of the United States and feels x
pass resolutions uid send to tho|ment. We" warn the Northern confident that their fine leeistance
the Demo- to tyranny will ensure the release
their own accord and^skedie to 8?vei?or of Louisiana and take up working mCn voting the Demo- to tyranny will ensure the release
send their tiattiar in cllections for their defense and cratic ticket this year under the of these innownt champions of the
fnJt m a club of send to The Rebel. > | delusion that Democracy is more oppressed weaves of, Law-
friendly to Labor than Republic- rence." ^ v ' V
Miim
Ttaand your white a*d splendid:
altar they have reared a
fkastfy pife.
i -vpief? from Ae pagan masters,
imitations weak and vile,
Where they hide now from the
-workers where tehy rave at all
who come,
" - VI
Superstition — blighted
edge—prison upon prison
Arid the brazen creed of profit—
thus have master-hands defiled j
All the mighty work you 'fashion-'
ed in the ages long ago,
When you led the hosts of labo?,
and when labor loved yon so.
four
I am going to see if I can't get
8omer more.
^ Yours to win,
A. L. Emerson.
P. S. Send my papers care Cline,
Cline & Bell.
Hugh Moore,
Pres. Renters Union,
Chilton, Texaa
To
SOUTHERN SOCIALIST
NOTES - *
anism, that he is making the mis-
take of bis life.
. Resolved, that there is but one
. +.maf^ 1m^uLrers 1 ^ say iarty that stands, for the rights of
, that the trial of Emerson and his (hose who produce the wealth of | —
Lake Charles Jail Aug 20 1912 S vl™ ?n poftp?ned until world, and that is the Soda!- J- Squires, is organising in Del- *
' October. Full particulars next ist Party, which when given power aware; J. E. Snyder in the South,
week' - t _ _ <? will see that these outrages stop,ML C. Seiner in.Georgia; H, F.
Mr. v Tom Hickey, * Hallettsville,
Texas. , j) j. , _ ^
Dear Editor: .
Enclosed you will find a letter
from Comrade Groses.
He asked pie to send it to you.
LANDLORDS ORGANIZING.
The Sugden, Ok., Signal sounds I
a warning as follows: t
A New Move.
" "* «••*«« XMWC V • vvjigiv* U , 11, X* .
and that all wealth shall go to those Kendall in Virginia; C. J. Harold
who produce : in Tenn.; W. L. Garver in M«*-
Rcsolvedr that Woodrow Wilson, W TM" 10 Bahama
ho has no record of friendship I an® Thes. L. Buie^ Kentucky.
xie asaea pie to send it to you. j <ITtmuvv- I for tabor; Taft, who has been apt-1 i-y / v
Here it is. Do as you think best *y lt ** rumore<1 ^at ai associa-1 ly named the. "Injunctio# King" Walter J. Millard, Sept. 4-g^Ar-
rithjt. He bad a good article in landlordJbas been formed(against Labor; Roosevelt, who has|Kansas, under direction* ofy the
I - * [.}loud*
[loudly proclaimed tire guilt of un- State committee.
I tried men, *
V
I
•*. ajo nou a gVUU HrUClO U ■ ,, . = . "
the Houston Chronicle last $un- ® * part of 0Wa*. 7** inte, „ , w
daf. . , "on is o defeat Social ism* by re tried men, who w^re afterward] Janet Fenupore Korngold,
I am anxious to see the special 2?* to rent land to Socialists, proven innocent, and who haa ex-.) Aug. 26* Sept 9, Arkansas,ftmder.
edition of The Rebel. ' v ■ ' Won't some good citizen who press#-* wish that h'e had theIdirection of the State committee.
I wil pinna wJfiri Vu>o+ a renter, start the move bv call- nnwftr in lin* fiMVino vAi Viniv • • •
VnmwK' 1110 ^eoei. ' ... wuu W1W1 Ulftt fl©
f I wil close wtWbesLwishee. All a renter, start the move b^1 call- J power to line striking working
rofit-- in good "P^18 hete- rng a meeting of the tenant farm- men against a dead wall, that be [ - Con Foley cleaned u
'" Yours to' win, 4 ■''' ;' '' ^ ^ J 4':
A. L. Emerson,
Here follows Gi i v es' letter':
er8^M [ >. , J might sW>ot fyem, are all chips (man Oscax* Callaway in a debate
ie calling of such meetings I off tho MmA capitalistic block, I at Comanche last week. The con-
ii (Th^ calling of such meetings off the same ......rrT rwn AU, WU.
and the successful organization I and we warn every working man, gtessman^is very much alarmed at
will mean the election of Socialist i North and South, to plaee a solid I the wonderful growth of Social-
governors in the Statea where the vote against each and all of them, ism in his district
Snmnegjr. Rose.^—- - ' ■ ' • * •
iti ^ Buvoruom in me oiaiea wnere tr
Dear Emersoa: Every honest organization takes place.—Ed.)1
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