Volume 40 of the

Chronicles of America Series ? Allen Johnson, Editor Assistant Editors Gerhard R. Lomer Charles W. Jefferys

Textbook Edition

New Haven: Yale University Press Toronto: Glasgow, Brook & Co. London: Humphrey Milford Oxford University Press

Copyright, 1919 by Yale University Press Printed in the United States of America Contents

The Armies of Labor Chapter Chapter Title Page I. The Background 1 II. Formative Years 19 III. Transition Years 40 IV. Amalgamation 65 V. Federation 87 VI. The Trade Union 112 VII. The Railway Brotherhoods 133 VIII. Issues and Warfare 168 IX. The New Terrorism: The I. W. W. 188 X. Labor and Politics 220 Bibliographical Note 261 Index 265

THE ARMIES OF LABOR