Quotation from: War of the Classes

Written by: Jack London

Mr. Casson tells of a New York capitalist who withdrew from the
Sugar Union several years ago and became a scab. He was worth
something like twenty millions of dollars. But the Sugar Union,
standing shoulder to shoulder with the Railroad Union and several
other unions, beat him to his knees till he cried, "Enough." So
frightfully did they beat him that he was obliged to turn over to
his creditors his home, his chickens, and his gold watch. In point
of fact, he was as thoroughly bludgeoned by the Federation of
Capitalist Unions as ever scab workman was bludgeoned by a labor
union. The intent in either case is the same,--to destroy the
scab's producing power. The labor scab with concussion of the brain
is put out of business, and so is the capitalist scab who has lost
all his dollars down to his chickens and his watch.