Chapter VI: The Structure of a Militant Union

An organization for farm laborers and city proletarians 155

The I. W. W. and the lumber workers 156

Provision for foreigners 158

Foreign language branches 160

The local union 160

Relation of locals to the General Administration 161

Centralization 161

District Industrial Councils 163

Industrial Departments 164

Further discussion of political action 168

The Moyer, Haywood and Pettibone case 170

Defense activities of the I. W. W. 171

Proposal for a general strike 174

Effect of the Moyer-Haywood case on the I. W. W. 175

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