I am having a very hard time finding unbiased information about the early IWW.  What I am finding is that they are/were a very socialist organization that attracted among other things militant followers and left wing idealists.  I found they were against WWI, and were also the victims several times of unwarranted violence.  However what I have found suggests they had a militant following. On September 4, 1918 a bomb exploded during a Chicago wobblie protest, the New York Times placed the blame on wobblies. 

Joe Hill may or may not have been involved in murder.

Then there is the well known case of Harry Orchard 

Of course the Everett masacre was an unjustified attack by local law enforcement. 

There was also an incident in Centrailia where a wobblie was savagely beaten and lynched.

So can someone steer me towards a nice unbiased source stripped of rhetoric about the violent acts that seemed to follow the IWW shadow?  

I made a statement earlier today in a thread I deleted about not being surprised why the National Guard showed up at early IWW meetings.  I was accused of not knowing my history, etc...  It seems there was/is violence on both sides of the issue.

So someone please help me find an unbiased source so I can settle this in my mind.  Was the IWW a violent miltant organization, or were they just a constant scapegoat and convient setting for the wild eyed bomb throwing anarchists of the early 20th century?

And what the heck is the "abolishing of the wage system"?