Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-13
JAIL PRISONERS
ACCEPT FODDER
|. w. w. PRISONERS YIELDING
TO PANGS OF HUNGER
MEN UNDER GUARD AT FORT
GEORGE STILL REFUSE FOOD
Some Have Gone Seven Days With
out Eating and Are in Pitiable
Condition, but Firm in
Refusing Food
fBy Associated Press.l

SPOKANE, Nov. 1.-THE "starva-
ton strike" of the |. w. w. street
orators dwindled again today. Every
one of the fifty-two prisoners in the
city Jail awaiting trial ate breakfast
of bread, meat, vegetables and coftee,
and each of the sixty-two convicted
men under guard at the Franklin
school accepted bread and water. But
the seventy-three men in the guard
house at Fort George Wright still re-
fuse all food.
Some of the men have gone seven
days without eating, and their condi-
ton is pitiable, but they still refuse
all food as stoutly as the bread and
water gang refuse to work on the city
rock pile.
Both the city officials and the 1, W.
WIS appear determined that this shall
be a finish fight. The report is cur
rent among the members of the order
that 1000 men are coming from the
south and 1900 from the east to aid in
the agitation for the repeal of the or
dinance forbidding street speaking
within the fire limits To this Police
Chief Sullivan replies that he "can
accommodate about 5000 prisoners"
Another report is that the 1. w. W.
proposes to bring many woman speak
ers here and fill the Jail with them in
the hope of arousing public sympathy.
Refuses to Pay Fees
Efforts to secure the release of l.
w. w. street speakers by habeas cor
pus proceedings have been blocked by
Sheriff Pughs refusal to serve the
writs until the fees for such service
are paid. The l. w. w. refuses to
pay the fees, and the men are still in
Jail.
The Western Federation of Miners
at Burke has adopted resolutions of
sympathy with the l. w. W., urging
boycott and advising: Get out your
hammers and knock the city of Spo-
kane. She's an enemy of humankind.
The complete collapse of the star
walton strike" which began last Fri
day. came at noon today when all
the prisoners at Fort George Wright
called for food and were given break
fast. All the street speakers have
given up the strike and are taking
food. Some, 1t is believed, had tasted
nothing for seven and a half days.
IF the prisoners Will show a dis
position to stop breaking the law they
will receive all the clemency IL is in
my power to give them," said Police
Judge Mann today.
Tobacco was issued to unconvicted
prisoners today for the first time Or
derS were also given that their wives
shall be permitted to talk to them in
Jail.
VIII Not Employ Members of |. w. w.
I'VE are not employing any Indus
trial Workers of the World if we know
it," said the manager of an employment
agency today.
The manager of another agency said
he had instructions from various en-
ployers not to send out any members
of the organization.
Six Industrial Workers braved the
sleet today in the cause of free speech.
These men stood with barred heads at
Washington and Riverside streets, the
police letting them crate until they
were we'll moistened and then arrest
ing them. Every one admitted that he
had come to the city within the last
few days in response to calls sent out
for recruits to fight the Spokane
authorities. Most of them were from
Seattle. One was provided with store
of food for life in Jail, carrot and an
apple being found in a pocket, together
with tobacco, cigarette papers and
matches.
Ask for More Food
All the men now under arrest for
street disorders ate regularly today,
many half starved from their volun-
tary fast, pleading for more than the
regular allowance of bread and water.