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S ON LABORiSTION AT RINKH Gt’llLEY FLYNN TO TOO PEOPLE OX p^RGAMZBI) LABOR? tV Sf-jr*. . I IW ’IN; CASH COLLECTED,r^2SV**Uptjialter Tells of Che Et«rett | Who Were In the Wrong (^Laboring Men Are Not De. , Anything Unreasonable Must Orfjuiize*WZtGurley Flynn, .widely rough out the United Statesr speaker addressed a 1-700 people last Wednesday jjthe Rink opera house. Her ?along the line of orgniz-[ind especially did she urge ir workers in both mills to join forces with the Iid the laboring classes Jfrasking for anything that £just and right and tiiat tlie paid in accordance witii tth which their labor pro.are manj tilings* Flynn during t1SjThe: e lid .Miss-v la or *e nottrouble*? and strikesright, and the I. W.W*s. do not countenance anything or a violent nature, although many depredations are done and laid at their door.•*The capitalistic class is organized and why shouldn't labor have* the same privilege. The human machine is the all-important ractor In making the wealth for those who have their capital invested, then why should not labor have a voice in saying under what conditions they should produce this wealth?”The audience lt;was made up of laboring people, business men, ministers, clerks, ranchers and in fact, represented the ‘business interest of the community, indicating that the discussion of the labor problem was of much concern to all.Miss Flynn was loudly applauded during the course of her talk and several times was compelled to stop and wait for the hand-clapping to subside. She told of the causes which led up to the riot In Everett, and made a strong plea tor the 74 men who are now .confined in the Everett jail awaiting trial for crimes of which they claim they are not guilty.Before the speaking members or the I. W. W. passed through the audience and sold different books an! publications gotten out by the order One pamphlet called “Zabot-age * was A' ritten by Miss Flynn herself and evdained the different degrees of efficiency of workmen, alt; -cording to the pay' they received ' olle Hon was taken to assist in pro-•i-ir.g legal assistance for the 7 4 \\ \\ s who are confined in thE\erett jail, which amounted $140.ilt;
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Sandpoint Northern Idaho News
Sandpoint, Idaho, US
Tue, Feb 13, 1917
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