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THE HAPPY; NEV^YEAU
Jliot at this timo 1 ..■.■ l>v.!y la ob
serving: the time LordrsJ custom of
wishing everybody el. i n Happy Now .
Year. Th.- is doi.c without ioi;nrd to j
prospects of happiv.a.ia w unlmppijiesa
It i« merely a habit iai >* have fal
len into just like ehowjijt gum, tobac<
CO or snoring tin a: loop.
It has always BCiSivevl to us rather
ironical to wish anybody ■ Happy
New Year when, .1 wo knew anything
at all, we could not bo unmindful of
the fact that the year would be one
of toil and struggle, privation and dis
comfort, murder an-, :»pine. What
irony, for iiVsianco U> \vi»li tha average.
wa<ye slave such blissful experience!
happiness for the coming twelve i
..is when we know that during
• p"riod his liO'.-.o will bo held to |
m giindstom of . tsiist exploita
ton in order to obtain for himself and I
>oje dependent uj Zx\ him at the most
ait little batter ... 1 the bare neces
•itlaa of life. To even suggest to him
'.■•.oughts of hopi-i.-CHs under such cir
'.umitanoM is to Ur.necciaarlly call to
.is mind the impoisibllity of attain- •
ift it at least nftej ho i- dead. Even
■hen It is problii 1 atical, being purely j
i matter of iih, |
The working class of the world has j
;dU&gto< :;>:r'. during the year now
«<?un, other "an the ruthless ex-j
citation by Capital, along with till
. implies, in '".e way of slavish toil, \
ore or less .-f unemployment, mca- !
" wages :. I a general intensifica
tion of the misery that falls to the
. t ;e slave; lot under the process of
pitsl pio.juction.
The slaves of capital will during
<? new ye:>.r, produce an aggregate
! wealth stupendous in magnitude.
:e -present year has beaten all pre
jus records but today they own ■
■thing and at the end of 1917 they
•1 ov; : the same. They began the
;r with nothing and they will end
with nothing so they have held their '
own at least. There may be some ;
satisfaction in that but scarcely en- '
ough to be classified as happiness.
It is safe to assume that the New
Tear will be marked by labor agita- '
tions and labor struggles galore. The
workers will acquire a little more
knowledge in the school of bitter ex
perience. They will be bettor squip- ;
ped for the final struggle to break
the chains of servitude that has so '
l<mg bound them to the chariot ivheela '
. I the master class. A realization" of '■
1 c mission of labor in th ivolution ]
of human society from slavery to
freedom will bring comfort to tho tor
tured soul of many a worker during
the year but this persistent awaken
ing of labor will bring no happiness
to the brutal ruling class that now
wields the lash of economic mastery.
At the year's end that class will ba
nearer its doom and this thought
should bring some satisfaction to even
the jobless slave who has no prospect
of another meal from the hands of
charity before next Christmas.
This talk about a Happy New Year
is all bosh. No true happiness can
obtain so long as social and industrial
institution.; rest upoft the enslavement
of labor.
APEING THE MASTER CLASS
The I. W. W. in San Francisco are
pulling off a pageant of the Everett
ba.tle, but in doing so, they have
adopted the tactics of the press of the
master class by misrepresenting the
f :ts.
In advertising the pageant they
Rate that one of the acts will show
"machine puna in action, mowing
down men, women and children on the
Verona." They also state that 14 men
who wore or. the Verona will appear
in the pr^eant. ?'
Now If nobody else in San Francisco
knew that there were no machine guns
on the dock and no women and child
ren on- the boat,- the 14 men must cer
tainly know that ; such was not the
case, and this statement 1 hould have
been corrected by them! If the I. W.
W. intend to use the tactics of the
master class in giving out the news
we certainly refuse to be a party to
it.
We have not the least doubt that
if machine guns had been available
that they would have been used, and
if women end children had been on the
boat they would have been mowed
down. But that 13 no reason why the
case should be rnn.c'c blacker than it
really is. The I. W. W. has1 a good
case against the authorities arid it
ought to be lit go at that. The cap
italist press ha 1 got hold of the post
ers for that pageant and are turning
people against the I. W. W. because of
these false statements. If it can be
shown that they make false charges
in one instance it can be used against
the I. W. W. in nil statements. The
Capitalist press has lied enough in
tlpHliliif with the case and the above
Btatenientfl by the I. W. W. will help
PJlii'h thirft lips),
LpiiiUv £<;.:<!<!; Trunks mid Itppnlr-
Ini ni Kvorclt; Trunk Factory, 281
rtocbt'Mlor.
Clearwater Republican Editor
is Set Rig! t on feniistrialism
Orofino, Idaho. Doc. 11. IDlfl. <
IMiior of the Clearwater Republican i
Orofino, Idaho
My Dour Mi. Orcutt:— <
The Clearwater Republican of which
yon mo the editor, In its issue of Dee■
ember Bth, 1916, under the heading ■
"Industrial Anarchism," assails llic
liuluati'ial Workers of the World, 1. V
W. so-called. That issue and Riticl; '
clears up many things, that kept vac
heretofore guessing, It places yv.
clearly In the line of, a Churchmun
mid has all the earmarks of Chinch
man's tactics, to-wit: Intolerant, mir
row, bigoted, lying hypocrisy playii
the panic of 'ho master oliis;* untl ; ■■I-
Ing their lackey, etc. You she ji u••
self a traitor to your class (so 'r.r -.2 •
you labor and do not exploit Tl j
article smells of the rack, the k'vx ". '•)
screw and the holy fire. \
The concluding pai ... upli if that j
article, rends us follows; *') il'u.tj ci
sympathiser! to rr.n ''martyrs1' of I.
W. W. thugs are a li So tctioi" ih:ui
thugs, and right mi:vl.'-i citifc 11 have
little sympathy with t'.cir 1.!",.'." •■■ ,
fore 1 analyze the article in question, |
permit me to say that [ am in sympa- j
thy with the I. 1 W. and in full accord
with their plan Kin? 3 am! movement.
Whether that places me in the class j
of "thugs" is a matter of little con-;
cern. I do not cure or Ihp sympathy j
cf the "right irin-Yd <■■ •i-.«'ii," aa Jmi
understand ll r t 1.. in fnct 1 prefer
their conde.. n tic". Tho . •■hi mind-
I c.c! citken, ." i ; r,w ■ .. ■;■ \ inderstand
) the ■.... !.a ■;)■.■, : sitn and is now |
Ibo history •. c ■ 0: v... .!i oppressor of;
I Lka toilir. ; :. :■ .:, 112 has retarded
tho orr.a ■..' .■•.: • ( / ';.' ...\ and bin
! spared no ; fi*o:t; '..>' eep him in ignor
r.nec. •
No.v Iq! '■:: " faced La analyze the
article. "!:•.! attack is styled one by
j ihc I. W, ">'.'. i,-: U>c citizens of Everett
|T1 at 13 • ... The I. W. W. pro
ceeded to Kveiett to aid their brother
\-o:] i ■■ iv. Iho protest against the
open .: c-i. Ike I. W. W. were not
bent ori blco;hhod an i the Everett
citir.cn severe ben on destroction of
huir.as !ifo. The following is a his
j to y cf tlis Eveiett trouble and the
cau'os leading up to it. On Novem
ber 15th, 191 G. -'Bloody Sunday" 294
; men and 3 women proceeded to Ever
|ett to aid their fellow workers in the
j campaign against the open shop, and
j for free speech. Their mission was
an open and peaceable one. They
rang the songs of one big union. The
men wore net heavily armed as is re
ported. According to Deputy Prose
' cuting Attorney Relsei, of King coun
; I;;,, assisting Everett, only from 18 to ;
123 vii.; ware found in this whole
crowd. That rr.e;.n3 that less than
,10 V- cf the men were armed. Follow
; ins eoipt cf a telephone message
from Seattle that t:ie Verona was on
jit; •■■:■ -y with a number of i. W. W.,
ISI iff Donald Mcßae cleared the City
Eosk; owned by the citizens of Everett
j cf aii citizens and employes, and after
I erecting, a temporary barricade of
heavy timber, the several gunmen,
j scabs, militiamen, ex-police-men and
j other open shop supporters who had
' been deputized to do vigilante duty,
j were stationed at points commanding
any incoming boat. These semi-legal
ized outlaws were provided with high
power rifles, side arms and many
rounds of ammunition. Scabs located
on Everett Improvement Dock, lying
to the south of the Municipal Dock,
also had a part to play. The scene
was set and the tragedy of the Ver
i ona (the boat on which the I. W. W.
1 travelled) was about to be staged.
I As the Seattle boat swung up to
the wharf shortly after 2 o'clock p.m.
j the I.W.W. rr>:n were merrily singing
r the Engli h Transport Worker's strike
con;* "Hold the Fort"
1
1
We meet today in Freedom's cause,
And raise our voices high,
We'll join our hands in union strong,
To battle or to die.
j Hold the fort for we are coming,
j Union men be strong.
Side by .side we battle onward,
Victory will come.
Look, my comrades, see the union
Banners waving high.
Reinforcement now approaching.
Victory is nigh. •
See our numbers still increasing;
Ueur the bugle blow,
By our union we shall triumph
Over every foe.
Fierce and long the battle rages,
But we will not fear,
Help will come when'er it's nceJoJ,
Cheer, my comrades, cheer.
When the boat near<?4 the wli'aif, the
Sheriff shouted "Who Is you:1 i.aderV"
Immediatly the manly ieply came
"We are all leaders." Angrily drawing
his gun from its hoist end flourish"
ing it in a threatening yr.an.-.sr, the
Sheriff shouted "You can't h iri here."
"Like hell we can't lend he;o," cam(
the reply from them us the; Stepped
toward the partly thrown gaii£ plank.
A volley of shot from the guii3 of the
Everett Commercial Club :h .■,;•■,, pent
I them staggering back, ir.a;:;: "cumled
and killed. The ij\v s::in i L ...
returned fire. Tho dcoiiLl'j.". ascd
steel jacketed, soft ny :■;■>. t...:)lets^
I When th? I. W. W. ruriV-j H-. ■■:. ul!ie; v
j side of th" boat the; v .: ;! w
' from the harbor, The concensus of
opinion of >iii-cns of Everett, is that, '
tho viirilunlc mob started the trouble, .
'II o cili/iiii t«f Everett made angry j
di'imuiHtiiii•(.!!< ngninst iho oltisen- '
•*o )*it!«""!, s.vctiil nnvttl rnllltlamori re- j
; i . ! I» io iii i to the call of the '
<•:,':. N't no of the di'piiiiei were \
•'.. but nil I. V. W. were lodged
if .' ■'. 'Hie > ntmonl of the 1. W VV '
i > ,i : ko brulul, thai Mayor GUI i
•'.'Ac piotostcd, The innj-ur said |
; ;..i ii.: fullovv:i! "in the final.an
f \'.i)l bo found tliat the • ovv
• .': in i'»«;ilt tl". without j i '11l
■ j .it'fu ;»;i.m, iOl Into I hi1 crowd on
1..' iiiii, v«;r rnuriloi'ci'it mill not the
*.' : Y.\ W, lh'6 men who mot tha I, W.
1". lit Ilia boat wet fi bunch of <-ow-
Js. They OUtnUWlb ' I list I. W. W.
liva to i .■", an I iii s] i.. cf tills they i
•:ood thore and f:.*.l ;n:o (he boat,'
;'. W. W. and Innocent [:\. , ngars nnd j
nil< Mcßco iinJ '' ■ ' ■"■'.'■ y.i had no
■ i?,ht tr. t-:-" .'.a I ' . \ . ■>• any one.
f!« they hid r,i> : ■ •.:.'. ■ ';•,:•.■!, 'In ii
.he phd-iffJ-iAit 1: >; ''' ! >i Iho butt
"I' hi I gun and to!;! '.'jy could
sot land, ho fired :1. ■ '. , ■:'' t,; i,i the
.. ci of the law, ■••.■ . .' '~', W. can
claim, they shot in • \ :;', These
men haven't be.. ; tl:a v. m imy
thing. Persona i i . > athy
with the 1. W. '~. I have
handled them 1.c.-.- : 'x ( ('lit
to be proof enough :.' ■'. { t'on't
believe that I r,l:ci:; iho.^e men
tortured just he v: •„. ilium in
jail. If I wen ci! arty of 40
I. W. W. who w:..; ; . beaten to
death by 300 EvoTei! • otifl without
being able to dtf.t. ' .-. :■■'', i would
have armed niyself ii' : jiilod to re
turn to Everett. V.!,, ■ -^r-.'i :\ Hen
son supporter jur.t :.. . .:;; ■.'. 'it to
speak in the gt.iei !: ; ■ Kjßl'Ulo or
Hughes suppoi tc: .'" Vv.-'he.* ; ; >yor
Gill charged thai i v 3 .'.(, ol ricials
were tnconsistenl i.i ;■ ■ '■ . :\:u!'ii;j; of
the situation. lie :t 11. m ; they per
mit candidate for;". /. ic I'icJato the
city ordinance by i-jiaal/in'i on the
streets and yel iun Slid i. W. W. out
of town if the; eiukavor to mount a
soap box.
Tho state;-: 1 of ore ffivon us
to the tragedy i., ■ ■ icboratod by the
testimony of r'a ■iaiijors not I, W. W.
After-the rfcccl'iig some of tho citi
zen thugs, aio iVyoito-.l to luivo said;
"We must Stic?: ■ >-.-.■* th< ron this story
about tho fij ■; Lhot i om the boat."
The Comtnen I Club and other citi
zens of Eve: c I opposed to labor have
carried on a course of lawlessness, un
precedented. Union men have been
shot. The Everett i; tica cboying the
orders from the Cc.nrr.e;cial Club
raided the I. V/. \". headquaiters nnrl
closed their ' ■■: . Laboring men have
been deported ivl'ihout'legal pioee B,
On Septet ■::.'., Sheriff Me-
Rae and a ,. •■ bz.- c.' the vigilantes of
Everett fin a voile; cf shots at Ute
launch "Won !< ' arid arrested the
captain, together with 20 I. W. W. who
were on boar-!. Meanwhile the police
were raiding ii.. I. W. W. hall. All
those arrested' were taken co jail
where they were severely beaten. Jury
trials were denied tha :, and finally
.the prisoners we;e l .1 over Lo ih<
vigilante mob who .'..Lbed then r.nd
illegally deported . Approximi
ly 5,000 citizeiis cf Kver'ett on Sep
tember 20ih to I'Toteit against thesa
cruelties On Oclcber 30th, 41 I. W.
W. entirely unarmed and accused c£
no crime, were taken from a boat on
which lh:y v,v.:e engers, and at
the point of guns we searched and
abused by a ir.ob cf rJverett deputized
drunks. Thoy weie thrown in an auto
mcbile and with armed guards, who
outnumbered them five to one, were
taken to a lonely Rr.ot, where they
were forced to run the gauntlet of
the vigllentoa who rained blows upon
their unprotected heads and bodies
with 3Qp3, dub?., pickhandles and oth
er weaj on 3.
So we readily see, Mr. Orcutt, that
the I, V.'. V,', wore not the aggressors.
In f^ct no act of violence has ever
bucn committed by the I. W. W. joint
ly, c.-cc;-; in self-defense and then
enly in i erne cases. I. W. W. have
Lo j..: their - Hcr.ution with patience.
Vii; article in question say:;: That
tiij i,; ;üb!e at Everett did not involve
t'; . .; lit of icvo speech. That la un
t: l:o. Streets nre used in Evesett and
ii i::b ly every city in tho United
, c ::.:?.; by cpeakers, other than I, W.
> '. ,-. ■ i in many the I. W. W. enjoy
that . ivilege. Of course the right of
i' .:..- .-ccli is not very liberally con-
K/.i.,c,l in this country. There is no
couhtjy in the world, except lluisia]
w/.ei'O ':ee speech and free jpj-c; -:h have
been so strangled as in free (?) Unit
til States.
The article in question further goes
<n "'■ say: One has a right to own
a ;;iii), cud to discharge it. tut not to
hike the life of another. I ask you
thiii, Mr. Orcutt, whether the de|>u
l?/#d thugs of Everett had the right
to take the life of the i. W. W., to pre
vent the commission of v misdemeanor
assuming they were going to speak in
the street violation of an ordinance.
c Mr. Orcutt, you refer to the I. W.
W. as "murderous ruffians." That
opinion is not entertained by the liber
al and fair-minded write ;■::, of the coun
try. Mr. Orcntt, show i ,3 instance
. licre the I, W. W. murdereiiexcept in
i hcli-cls&Tise? Tho fact is that the I.
i V 7. W. aio opposed to the shedding of
":■;, ::v. i.!■>■>(!. In that i. ~.;iect they dif
i'-v frori ;-ou, ir *o i.;. ,h you sjdvo
:•"'.'.' (! i' uining i;i (,-. . I oyu to be
»^....0 c.~po:t butchers •■.' nien-roldiers,
TIIK NORTHWEST WOHKKK
The I. W. Wi are carrying on » cum- (
l-iilgn of education, mid to intuito tho
light of free speech. The streets of
every city Rle (Kmiclinic vied for piu
adc!) and other tunic games for i\w.
' laves, and traffic blocked. Have you1
ny objection to that No 1. W. W,
speaker or his crowd has «ver LlnoVr*!
traffic, anywhere. You kuwo, Mr, Ol ,
cvii. ibai the question of traffic inter
j ferencs could I'd ro ;ily rewcillodj l>'.!t !
you know that is not, 'I'l' oujectionj '
your Objection mid ilia objection* of I
your maulers Is, that tlill vullttnt ' """u
of noble fighters art awalutnlng tho
workers to itaHiing their light And
powers, Education of the worker, und
such as shows him bin clinin t, is dang
erous to the capitalistic eytttn bawd
,on exploitation of and injustice to the
I worker,
j You state that th* '. V7.W. ia not
ft labor yij^in'zntioii. That is untrue.
Section 2 of the I. \Y. W. Constitution
roads in pnrt as follows: "The Indus
trial tV aMi <■■ <h« :W6i'l.; shall be j
eointJOsed of netunl-v/ago' we-, hers * * |
It is ■ ■■ ill., untrue that ■' 'y refußO
to woik. They will no. .Vovk unless
their Immediate do.T.nnds'aa to wages '
and hours are 'conceded, Hut let us
assume- thai they refuse to work, what
of that? Ktevy tlnntLoy work they
are robbed of the tr or portion of the
product of 'their labor, The institu
tion of "Slave labor" now existing in
the world ?;i (',e,','rtuling and brutaliz
iivj, Jt l"s: rot more woik the toilers
want, but rfleio lei nre, more oppor
tunity for mental development and
i njjrceablo physical exercise. The cry
is . a for more wo i , but thj right to
receive dnd enjoy all labor produces,
; undiniiiiiflicd by rent, intoic t or pro
fit. ,••■-,' ...... ■
; In youi'-'ltrticle, you state that the
I.W. W. end their. time in wisorgan
\U\nH rooiely."' That is truo in ' part.
j They work to purge society, f . om cap
i.c!::.tic • 'i tcm of production and ex
change, and reconstruct society upon
the basi;: To the producer the full
1 :iocittl v..;..s of his labor undiminished
i by rent, interest or profit, and work
| ingmen control. You say "They hate
1 the government." 1 ask you why they
[ should respect a government, of, by
and f>> • tlv; capitalistic class, and
whereof every arm is arrainged
against the -.vorker. You say, "They
I hate the fla ." Will you tell me why
they fcj ouli ove or honor a flag that
float 676:-'i'eir misery? Mr, Orcutt
| the old e:\ big: My country. May she
■ ever be ri*ftt/ but right or wrong my
j country/* 1 i arbaric. The I. W. W.
are cngn.;': 1 in: the higher things of
life arid Cannot trouble themselves
with flfcgs PTi 1 countries. '
Mr. ■'•■.•: . what are you trying to
i do? Arc . 'yin;v to make the slave
I coqtontod S o, you are going to fail,
j Labor la2i!"4 to realize that it is in
I ch.-iin.;, r.viT^.l soon break the chains.
I Do you' .-'•-:?. i to continue the enslave
ment of tho toiler?
iAr. {iiziAi 'o you know what the
p'?.ns, { i:-vC'«uj:l doctrines of the I. W.
W. are ; : Iboy believe in workingmen
rcfttrf] r? hnhratries, which forms the
basis for full ' control. They believe
- ..bu . i'itigjtlio wage system, and to
! :;ivo ov'crsf weiUef the full social vnlue
I hio '■• :.o?.
i Folhr/irig Is the preamble to their
constitution:' "The working class and
'■ \Ma einrlojiß^'ulass have nothing in
i cC'!".hicr.i; r T'hove! lean be no peace so
■ici'.-'aa hunger and want are 'found
i .'..v.cng millions of workers and tho
! fiV:, who make up the employing class
■ ha-, all the good things of life.
Between these two classes a stru.u;
--| gls must goon until the workers of
tho world organize as a class, take
possession of the earth and the mach
| inery of production, and abolish the
wa<?o system.
Wo find that Iho centering of mah
. agement of Industries into fewer and
fc'.'.-e:1 1 ;mda 'i. a] ( I the trade unions
vi able to cope with the ever growing
rower of the employing class. The
t:'i !o unions foster n state of affairs
,■■:; allows one net of workers to be
? 'Ui;! against another set of '.vorkera
in the same industry, thereby haloing
Vofont one another in wage wars.
Moreover the trade.? union, airj iii 3
eying class to mislead the work
r 3 into the belief that the .vorkera
have interest) in common with their
employers.
Ihesa conditions can la :hanged
" I the ifiiere'st if the working class
uj held on./ by an organization formed
n such a v ay that all its members in
, ,' one industry", or all industries, if
i.-pessary cease work whenever a
;;.tiile or i kout is on in any depart
»ri.r;i; []:?. cfjj thus making an injury
, to or :■, :r, injury to all.
IhjUs I .-T (.he'conservative motto
i"A "i <!aj-'« wage for a fair day's
iwoik, V, •'-■ wiU inscribe on out' banner
• it..* revlliitlp'nary watchword: Aboli«
ttlon ?f tlio \va3e 6jrat«n».
I h tljs 1 tortc mission <jf the
■ woiiang cia&k to do away with c-apitnl
ilsm. The Qrmy of production rnut«t V>e
olrganiiedj not only for the every .lay
struffijle ■ capitalists, butt to carry i
;on proritictiQn' when capitalism shall
.be overthrown. By organizing hi
.industrially we are forming struct
sior tho nvw c:!aty within the old.
i Knowing thpt such an organization
, in alcdjtolj? iijjceHsary for cur eman
' -,■!• ■;:'.'.■-'), v, ? chite/. under the follow
. 'I; j ~., " * * * * *
• Vh..' ,:•, following is an
.hor.:ct ..-rn dilution.
. I'lr. Oicult will you poi^t out any
ARGENTINA WANTS
INSURANCE FOR IDLE
\ BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, —In
I :li' imtlnonl congi-eei of Argentina
Ins ihurlc wub torn from the smug
frtou of the newly elected" liberal"
I IV'ivatnmont, when the authorities
I Wuro limit oil to tako immediate steps
In rollave tho tremendous unemploy
ifint if 'tin tlon at ffnee.
Dun to tho war, idleness through
out ill.) country has Increased enoT- ]
t.iou !y, Workers are starving. They
,vp.j, t :■ chance to toil, but there are no
jibs, In tho building trades alone
i ■» 009 : urn are unemployed, a colossal
HUT !•■ for such an undeveloped coun
!lf > m Argentina. In other indus
: ~'.j\ thi numobt' of idle is appalling.
j V • government in shirking the ques-
M.ii, Mill •(> there are no reliable esti*
RintM tO be made as to the national
unemployment situation. The kept
pVt'Jii .< aiding by blatant articles
about the prosperity among the cap
italists the manufacturers and busi
ness men, They print no stories of
;Vi sufferings and privations among
tho toilers,
A concrete demand was made in
ror.,v.c.!! that the government not only
adopt an unemployment insurance
j nyatosij but that it relieve conditions
by [jiving State and municipal jobs to
every worker who has no job.
While among tho longshoremen and
the lumber camp workers distress Is
becoming acute due to idleness, food
] prices arc soaring, and other commod
, ities arc steadily rising in price. Sev-
I oral speakers in congress have also
I demanded that private profits be
eliminated from vital necessities.
BELLINGHAM RESOLUTION
I ...__
BelHngham, Wash., Dec. 12, 191 G.
The District KoTB of the Scandina
vian Social! i- Federation, assembled
in conference in ' c'.linghnni and rep
resenting Socialist locals from all
over the state of Washington, after
carefully considering all the circum
stances leading up to the shooting at
Everett, where five members of the
I. W. W. and two gunmen of the Ev
erett Commercial Mb were killed,
I have dccidttl to enter a sharp protest
against the fearful brutality display
ed by that body of business men, led
by .the sheriff, in their desperate de
termination to interfere with one of
the njost sacred rights and privileges
guaranteed by the U. S. constitution,
that of free speech.
Without fully approving the tactics
of the I. W. W.. we stand entirely on
their side in this matter, anh declare
i ourselves willing to give our moral
n~ well as financial support to the
j nil that justice may be secured for
| those of the victims of this outrage
] who are in jail. We also urge upon
| ell Scandinavian Socialist clubs all
over the country to arrange protest
meetings and to do all in their power
to help win the fight for free speach
and personal safety.
; .' " THE COMMITTEE.
"GOOD WILL TOWARD MEN"
DOESN'T WORK IN EVERETT
The old story that is told around
Christmas time about "Peace on earth
and good will toward men," is not ap
preciated in Everett. At least, not as
fai' as Sheriff Mcßae and the author
ities are concerned. Last week an
attempt was made to have the I. W.
V. • now in jail here, supplied with
; a Christmas dinner from collections,
I but Mcßae refused to allow the pris
j onci a to have any other diet than that
I supplied by the authorities. What
Meßae says, goes around here, so the
boys had to be contented with the
regular jail fare.
Local Yakima has pass the hundred
mark in membership and still going
ahead- Anderson.
■ rs:ir;:.reen's Golden Drip Coffee. Im
>eri:i! Tea Co, 1107 Hewitt Avenue.
Th« capitalist press has been full
of crhv-cs supposed to have been com
mitted by I. W. W's. in different parts
of the country.
1 j "Our National Kitchen," by Anna
j Maley 10c
: ha Genesis and Evolution of
! 'very," by E. T. Kingsley 10c
c :\li:m Made Easy," by J. Con
, . li.'.';/ :.,.. ::v ..~. ........10c
T' r- three postpaid for 25c
and all objections to the foregoing
program. You have attacked the I.
W. W. now make good.
IV- conclusion; let me ask you this
quo: lien: Since you approve of the
killing of the I. W. W. by the Everett
businessmen, how do you construe the
commandment "Thou shalt not kill."
Will you also explain how it hap
pens that the order of the Potlatch
Lumber Company that it will dis
charge ;-ll I. W. W. and their sym
j pathizers, was published 'about the
i ..awe tims you wrote the article in
1 question. Is that the source from
i Vhich you receive your orders?
To the \7ovVem~, ? wish to say: Be
J not dccci by the Clearwater Re
publican' c pny of the capitalistic
papers.- These papers are paid to
keep you cnslaveH. Aid your fellow
vj: -re:■-, In :'■"• fhrht, and do not fear
the name I. W. W. No nobler band
eve»' fought for tha emancipation of
labor. hila 1 am not an I. W. W.,
I will give you any information you
'•nsire about this organization or tell
yo.. he 9 the information can be ob
tamed.
E. HOFSTEDE.
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