Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-11-03
BLOW DEALT TO
FREE SPEECH
IN SPOKANE
INDUSTRIAL WORKERS
STERNLY SUPPRESSED
Be Orator Seized for
melting Riot Hundred and
Fifty CaptiveS Taken by Po-
lice; Women Among Them,
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IBy Morning journal Special Leased Wirel
SPOKANE. oWf1s Nov. More than
$50 members are y Industrial Work
ers Of the Worlnd we're arrested here
today on charges of disturbing the
peace by speaking upon the streets
without permission Of the authorities.
Riots appeared imminent during the
day but tonight the leaders announced
thai there would be no night street
gatherings because of the danger Of
serious disorder,
Two companies OF the National
guard and the fire department. have
been ordered TO be prepared to assist
the police if necessary.
Seven OF the leaders of the Indus
trial Workers were arrested. including
three ONE Late today the chief of
police and the sheriff headed a Joint
party of deputies and detectives which
visited the quarters of the organiza-
ton and took into custody James Will
son. editor of the /. w. W. paper;
James p. Thompson, A. T.. Cousins
and George Clark, all of whom, it was
alleged had made incendiary speech
es in the day.
They are being held without bond
on charges of having melted riot,
Earlier in the day the three women
had been arrested on similar charges
Ann Arquot, Isabelle Huxtable and
Edith Fernet. None of the members
resisted arrest and there were no
demonstrations when they We're
marched to jail. All of the prisoners
will appear in court tomorrow. JUS
tice Mann. in the case of Thompson,
who had been arrested before, had
dismissed the Ease on the ground that
the ordinance under which the arrest
was made was class legislation and
therefore unconstitutional.
The second arrest of Thompson and
all the others in Jail tonight was based
upon another ordinance even more
sweeping in its character than the one
to which Justice Mann objects. IN
der II the police are given the power
to arrest any person speaking upon
the streets, regardless of the subject
or reason for the address, If "a crowd
gathers ana disorder is believed by the
police to prevail.
Hurry up" messages to socialist
~ 'NtA az iva AiIQ ~
a free-speech leader in New York.
with a 200-word dispatch to the Chi
cago Daily Socialist. sent out tonight
by the socialist party out of this city.
marked the enlistment Of that party
with the Industrial Workers Of the
World in the campaign to break down
the ordinance against street speaking.
Socialist leaders met tonight and
decided on the action. They also an
nounced that a ''f~ree-specch mass
meeting would be held Thursday
night In the Masonic temple. adj
dresses TO he delivered by Mrs. Il. w.
Commerford of the College Women's
Equal Suffrage club; Mrs. Rose Il.
Moore, chairman of the social econo-
mics department OF the Women's
club. and by a clergyman, whose
name is not given.
big frce-speech fight on in Spo-
kane; come yourself, If possible, and
bring the boys with you was the
of the message sent to
socialist leaders AT Everett, North
Yakima, Seattle, Portland. Los An
and Chicago.
1t is altogether UP to the men"
said f. j. Foote, organizer at Port
land, who arrived tonight. we have
no leaders and the members them |
selves must decide whether they will
go to Jail, | have retained as counsel
for Mr.. Wilson, Col. c. +. $. Wood. |
who has advised that the best thing |
for us To do is to have our men de |
liherately violate the ordinance which !
they are fighting Colonel Wood will
defend MI Wilson when he is tried
criminal conspiracy"
Speakers who escaped incarceration |
n today's roundup addressed a big
crowd in the J. w. w. hall tonight. |
Everyone entering the hail was |
searched for weapons, but none were |
The police had no trouble IN |
dispensing disorderlN crowds.
With the leaders in Jail, chief Sulli-
'ih was confident that the agitation
would subSidc. 4