The Centralia ConspiracyFront matterReading editionChapter navigation73 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterA Tongue of FlameMurder or Self-Defense?A Labor CaseThe Forests of the NorthwestLumber--A Basic IndustryFrom Pioneer to ParasiteStealing the People's Forest LandThe Triumph of MonopolyThe Human Element--"The Timber Beast"What Is a Casual Laborer?"Lumber-Jack" The Giant KillerThe Factory Worker and the Lumber-JackWhy the Loggers OrganizedOrganization and the Opening StruggleA Massacre and a New LawThe Eight Hour Day and "Treason"Industrial Heretics and the White TerrorAutocracy vs. UnionismWhile in Washington...Weathering the StormSinister CentraliaThe High Priests of Labor HatredThe Loved and Hated Union HallPioneers of UnionismThe Block House and the Union HallThe First Centralia HallThe 1918 RaidA Lawyer--and a ManBlind Tom--A Blemish on AmericaThe Conspiracy DevelopsThe Conspiracy--And a SnagRenewed Efforts--Legal and OtherwiseThe Employers Show Their FangsFailure and DesperationThe Maelstrom--And Four MenShadows Cast BeforeMeeting of Business Men Called for Friday EveningThe New Black HundredThe Inner CircleThe Plot Leaks OutTo the Citizens of Centralia We Must Appeal"Let the Men in Uniform Do It""Decent Labor"--Hands Off!"I Hope to Jesus Nothing Happens"The Scorpion's Sting"Let's go! At 'em, boys!""I Had No Business Being There"Through the Hall WindowWesley EverestDale Hubbard"Let's Finish the Job!""Here Is Your Man"The Night of HorrorsThe Human FiendLynching--An American Institution"As Comical as a Corner"The Man-HuntHypocrisy and Terror"Patriotic" Union SmashingVanderveer's Opening SpeechA Labor Movement on TrialTo Kill an Ideal...The Two RaidsPatience No Longer a VirtueVanderveer's Closing ArgumentWhy Were the Shots Fired?"Fearful of the Truth"Why Were Ropes Carried?The Lumber Trust Wins the JuryBut Labor Says, "Not Guilty!"Labor's VerdictWesley EverestBeginning of this editionNext chapter →A Tongue of FlameAll chapters and sections (73)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsA Tongue of FlameMurder or Self-Defense?A Labor CaseThe Forests of the NorthwestLumber--A Basic IndustryFrom Pioneer to ParasiteStealing the People's Forest LandThe Triumph of MonopolyThe Human Element--"The Timber Beast"What Is a Casual Laborer?"Lumber-Jack" The Giant KillerThe Factory Worker and the Lumber-JackWhy the Loggers OrganizedOrganization and the Opening StruggleA Massacre and a New LawThe Eight Hour Day and "Treason"Industrial Heretics and the White TerrorAutocracy vs. UnionismWhile in Washington...Weathering the StormSinister CentraliaThe High Priests of Labor HatredThe Loved and Hated Union HallPioneers of UnionismThe Block House and the Union HallThe First Centralia HallThe 1918 RaidA Lawyer--and a ManBlind Tom--A Blemish on AmericaThe Conspiracy DevelopsThe Conspiracy--And a SnagRenewed Efforts--Legal and OtherwiseThe Employers Show Their FangsFailure and DesperationThe Maelstrom--And Four MenShadows Cast BeforeMeeting of Business Men Called for Friday EveningThe New Black HundredThe Inner CircleThe Plot Leaks OutTo the Citizens of Centralia We Must Appeal"Let the Men in Uniform Do It""Decent Labor"--Hands Off!"I Hope to Jesus Nothing Happens"The Scorpion's Sting"Let's go! At 'em, boys!""I Had No Business Being There"Through the Hall WindowWesley EverestDale Hubbard"Let's Finish the Job!""Here Is Your Man"The Night of HorrorsThe Human FiendLynching--An American Institution"As Comical as a Corner"The Man-HuntHypocrisy and Terror"Patriotic" Union SmashingVanderveer's Opening SpeechA Labor Movement on TrialTo Kill an Ideal...The Two RaidsPatience No Longer a VirtueVanderveer's Closing ArgumentWhy Were the Shots Fired?"Fearful of the Truth"Why Were Ropes Carried?The Lumber Trust Wins the JuryBut Labor Says, "Not Guilty!"Labor's VerdictWesley EverestE-text prepared by Curtis A. Weyant◇Cover imageThe Centralia ConspiracyBy Ralph ChaplinA Tongue of Flame →
