Sabotage
an expression which is believed to have had its origin in the practice, in France, during the early period of industry, whereby the weavers tendereby sabotwin the machinery to destroy it. From its common usage among French workers, the term has acquired a broader and an international significance among organized workers. It signifies a systematic impeding of the wheels of industry by destruction or disabling of machinery, for definite tactical aims. Emery dust is thrown into complicated machinery, tools are dulled , material is destroyed, all for the purpose of bringing the employer to terms in a labor dispute. Another method with the same aim is the obeying of rules to the letter, as in the railroad industry, causing delay in traffic. Systematic slackening of effort in the workshops is also another practice which comes under the term of sabotage.
SACCHARUM As a substitute for the strike as a means to bringing the employer to terms, sabotage was at one time generally recognized among the radical labor elements as a legitimate weapon to attaining their ends. Within recent years, however, there has been a decided reaction against this form of "direct action." In 1912 the Socialist Party of the United States definitely declared itself, at a national convention, against all forms of direct action, including sabotage. It is still regarded as a legitimate weapon by the Industrial Workers of the World, who, on the other hand, consider political action futile as a method by which to achieve benefits for the working classes.
SABOTIÈRE, a French apparatus for making ices. It differs little from the common American ice-cream freezer. The space between the wooden pail and metal container is filled with pounded ice and salt, or sulphate of soda and hydrochloric acid.