Anarchy and [illegible]

Anarchy and [illegible]

Item Information

Title:
Anarchy and [illegible]
Name on Item:
City Central Committee #20 I.W.W.
Date:
1912
Format:
Ephemera
Genre:
Broadsides
Location:
Lawrence Public Library
Special Collections
Collection (local):
Lawrence, Mass. Textile Strike of 1912
Subjects:
Strikes
Textile mill workers
Textile Workers' Strike, Lawrence, Mass., 1912
Places:
Massachusetts > Essex (county) > Lawrence
Extent:
1 sheet ; 17.5 x 26 cm
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Notes:
Title from item or accompanying material.
The broadside includes the seal of the Industrial Workers of the World at the top and there is a small logo at the bottom that reads: Typographical Lawrence Union Label.
The content of this document is authored by the City Central Committee #20 I.W.W. Many public officials (Municipal Judge Frederick N. Chandler, Congressman William S. Knox, Fr. James T. O’Reilly, Charles E. Bradley, Mayor Scanlon, and Rev. Lovejoy) are quoted comparing the strikers to anarchists and worse. “These inflammatory and incendiary remarks were directed against the INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF THE WORLD, and the growth of socialism in Lawrence.” The rest of the text refers to the conditions of the workers, low wages and long hours, the virtues of the IWW, and threats that if any member of the IWW were injured or killed, these people (members of the status quo listed above) would be held responsible.
Preferred Citation:
Courtesy Lawrence Public Library
Notes (date):
Date from item or accompanying material.
Accession #:
2003.5
Identifier:
anarchy