Workers regarded Anderson and the IWW with suspicion and contempt ... Within hours, the entire work force went out on strike. Six Companies contended that only 30 muckers, unskilled laborers ...

The strike started on Nov. 11 of 1912 and by the end of the year production was restored in Merryville with scab workers. The ...

The anarchists, however, viewed political participation as acquiescence to capitalism, and urged the I.W.W. to advance its cause via "direct action" -- workers' strikes, demonstrations and sabotage.