▁Labor ▁Alliance . ▁Hugo ▁Vog t ▁represented ▁the ▁labor ▁union ▁at ▁the ▁convention ▁and ▁promised ▁that ▁it ▁would ▁" not ▁be ▁affili ated ▁with ▁any ▁capital ist ▁party ▁and ▁will ▁not ▁support ▁any ▁political ▁action ▁except ▁that ▁of ▁the ▁Social ist ▁Labor ▁Party ." ▁ ▁The ▁organization ▁of ▁the ▁ST LA ▁was ▁very ▁similar ▁to ▁that ▁of ▁the ▁Kn ights ▁of ▁Labor . ▁It ▁differ ed ▁from ▁the ▁American ▁Labor ▁Union ▁and ▁the ▁I W W , ▁which ▁it ▁would ▁later ▁become ▁a ▁part ▁of , ▁in ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁not ▁struct ured ▁industri ally . ▁It ▁rad ically ▁res ented ▁the ▁established ▁trade ▁un ions , ▁like ▁the ▁American ▁Federation ▁of ▁Labor ; ▁its ▁Dec laration ▁of ▁Princi ples ▁assert ed ▁that ▁" the ▁methods ▁and ▁spirit ▁of ▁labor ▁organization ▁are ▁absolutely ▁imp ot ent ▁to ▁resist ▁the ▁ag gress ions ▁of ▁organized ▁capital ". ▁ ▁The ▁union ▁was , ▁however , ▁never ▁able ▁to ▁reach ▁a ▁mass ▁following . ▁Even ▁at ▁the ▁most ▁liberal ▁estimate , ▁it ▁never ▁had ▁more ▁than ▁ 1 5 , 0 0 0 ▁members . ▁It ▁did ▁not ▁organ ize ▁or ▁control ▁any ▁large ▁fact ories ▁and ▁was ▁only ▁able ▁to ▁organ ize ▁one ▁significant ▁strike ▁– ▁in ▁S lat ers ville , ▁Rh ode ▁Island ▁( now ▁part ▁of ▁North ▁Smith field ), ▁which ▁was , ▁however , ▁a ▁great ▁failure . ▁In ▁ 1 9 0 5 , ▁at ▁that ▁union ' s ▁found ing ▁convention , ▁the ▁ST LA ▁became ▁a ▁part ▁of