Chapter IV: Maiden Efforts on the Economic Field

The situation at the close of the first convention 113

Progress during the first year 114

Activities among A. F. of L. locals 115

Friction with Federation unions 116

Practical compromises with the craft-union idea 118

Internal dissension 120

Breakdown of the Metals and Machinery Department 122

Defection of the Western Federation of Miners 122

Early strikes and strike activities 123

Strike policies 124

The New Jersey Socialist Unity Conference 125

The discussion on socialism and the trade unions 127

The Unity Conference resolutions 128

The second I. W. W. convention 129

Growth in membership 130

The Industrial Departments 131

CHAPTER V

THE _coup_ OF THE "PROLETARIAN RABBLE"

The "reactionaries" _vs._ the "wage slave delegates" at the second
convention 136

The DeLeon-St. John attack on President Sherman 137

Pre-convention conference of the "DeLeonite rabble" 137

The indictment of Sherman 139

Playing freeze-out with the "wage slave delegates" 142

The _per diem_ resolution and the defeat of the Shermanites 143

Abolition of the office of General President 143

The findings of the Master in Chancery 145

Contemporary comment on the quarrel 147

DeLeonism and the Socialist Labor Party at the second convention 147

The Western Federation of Miners 149

I. W. W. finances 153