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PART III.
CHAPTER I.
MEETING IN SOUTH BEND, IND.
MR. PARSONS' EVENTFUL SPEECH TO THE WAGE-SLAVES OF THE STUDEBAKER, OLLIVER, AND SINGER MANUFACTORIES—DISTRIBUTION VICTOR HUGO'S "ADDRESS TO THE RICH AND POOR"—THE SLAVERY OF LABOR—POWER OF THE PROPERTID CLASS OVER THE PROPERTYLESS—STRIKE OF THE SOUTH BEND WROKERS AND THE CALLING OUT OF THE POLICE AND MILITIA—SENSATIONAL INTERRUPTION—MR. PARSONS' LIFE IN DANGER—HIS DEFENDERS—HIS COOLNESS—INSTANCES OF MILITARY POWER OVER WEALTH-PRODUCERS—FALSE OVERPRODUCTION—ENFORCED IDLENESS—INEVITABLE RESUTLS—GOVERNMENT THE CREATION OF THE PRIVILGEDGED CLASSES—ELOQUEST APPEAL TO ORGANIZE, AGITATE, REVOLT.
Take from "The Alarm" of October 15, 1884.
South Bend, Ind., contains the three largest wagon, plow, and sewing-machine factories in America, besides several smaller establishments, giving employment and subsistence to a population of 20,000 persons. The Studebakers, Ollivers, Singers and other capitalistic czars who own this town have so completely subjugated their wage-slaves to the despotism of private capital that no person dares belong to a labor organization, and if suspected of being connected with such is at once discharged.
On going to this town last week it was surprising to find that no one would identify themselves or be known as having anything to do with arousing and organizing the laborers. Two thou-
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