The principal strikes initiated in pursuance of this policy occurred
at McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, in 1909; Lawrence, Massachusetts, in
1912; Butte, Montana, in 1914; and Bisbee, Arizona, in 1916. Violence
and lawlessness have been prominent features of each of these strikes.

138. I.W.W. METHODS: SABOTAGE.--The word sabotage is of French origin,
and is used to describe any sort of deliberate action on the part of
workmen which results in the destruction of the employer's property.
Sabotage is a species of guerrilla warfare, designed to foment the
class struggle. Louis Levine, an I. W. W. sympathizer, has said that
"stirring up strife and accentuating the struggle as much as is in his
power is the duty" of the I. W. W. Some of the commoner forms of
sabotage are injuring delicate machinery, exposing the employer's
trade secrets to rival employers, lying to customers about the quality
of the goods, crippling locomotives so that they cannot be operated,
slashing the harness of teamsters, shipping perishable goods to the
wrong destination, burning forests and wheat fields, sawing lumber
into unusual lengths, and allowing foodstuffs to spoil or deteriorate.

139. I.W.W. METHODS: DESTRUCTION OF LIFE.--In their effort to destroy
the existing order of society, some of the I.W.W. are frankly willing
to go as far as assassination. I.W.W. leaders have advised their
followers, both orally and through their writings, to extend the term
sabotage to cover the destruction of human life. During the World War
the I.W.W. caused a loss of life by putting poison in canned goods,
and by causing train wrecks. They have advocated the placing of ground
glass in food served in hotels and restaurants. Since the organization
was formed in 1905, several bomb outrages resulting in loss of life
have been charged against the I.W.W., but in justice to this group, it