John Swinton 
Striking for Life [PDF ebook] 
Labor’s Side of the Labor Question; The Right of the Workingman to a Fair Living

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. The times are revolutionary. The energies of mankind in our day are immense. There is an extraordinary activity of the powers of life in our age. The world seems to be whirl ing more rapidly than ever before. Vast changes have been brought about in our generation others are in progress; yet others are impending. There is a new spirit abroad, and its manifestations are everywhere. Things are in the saddle. Questions from which there can be no escape are before us. The Labor Question is in the front. It is of supreme im portance to all men, and to all women. It is related directly to the life of the whole people, to their natural and essential rights, to the welfare of the community, to popular freedom, and to the public peace.