The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-19
FIGHT ON;
: SEND MEN
THAT'S MEAT OF
MYSTERIOUS WIRES
SIX CONSPIRATORS

- kilograms to revolutionary .
. organizations in coast and in :
. land cities over greater .
. part of the Pacific northwest, 4
q which were produced in court =
q by B. s. Jones, manager of .
. the Western Union Telegraph .
. Co., this morning by order of =
. Judge s. A. Mann; may be .
= considered the most damaging .
. evidence the state can pro- .
q duce against leaders of the .
. local |. w. W.. charged with =
. criminal conspiracy. Six of .
q these kilograms, asking that .
. men be sent to Spokane. or .
= suggesting that the recipients .
. of the same do what they .
@could to assist in the free .
. speech fight in Spokane, were =
q introduced as evidence against =
. c. l.. Filigno. secretary of the =
. order, this morning. .
Hearing of the criminal con
spiracy cases filed against Filigno,
Organizer James p. Thompson, AS
sistant Editor A. e. Cousins of the
| ]. w. w. official local organ, e. j.
Foote, organizer from Portland,
who came here to direct the fight
after the others were jailed; James
Wilson, editor of the Industrial
4 Worker. and John Pancner, began
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Kizer as the first witness. Filig.
nos case was chosen for trial first
and In it's connection Kizer testi
fled to acknowledgements of guilt
secured from the defendant and
from Wilson and Cousins immedi-
ately after their arrests.
He told how he had asked each
of the men why they did not en-
ploy other means of defeating the
ordinance If they wished 1t invali
dated In order that they could
Speak on the streets, and said that
Filigno told him that he chose to
fight 1t out along lines that his
order had already adopted.
kizer testified that Wilson de-
clared he had forgotten the names
of all the executive committee. had
forgotten whether he had ever told
or encouraged anyone to speak on
the streets In violation of the or.
dipance and that he claimed to
have forgotten about everything
else than that he was editor of the
Industrial Worker, which he free
ly admitted. He testified that in
each instance, Cousins, Wilson and
Filigno acknowledged their con.
seriousness of the existence of the
ordinance against street speaking
and that what they had done to
get men to come to Spokane and
to promote the fight was to break
the ordinance.
Following is the substance OF
kilograms introduced as evidence
against Filigno. who signed each
of them: "T. II. Little, Kalispell
Moonlight on, many arrested
Send men," Another went to
Butte, Mont, and duplicate to
Portland, Ore, sayinging, Fight
on. Send men," Another was sent
to Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, the ia
ihouS Noiiiuu VI SuiliGCt vi luc L. w
W., ut Missoula, saying, in sub
Stance, Send men you have. Fight
on. Many arrested" One to Los
angeles, Cal, requested, do what
you can, Free speech fight on.
The sixth offered as evidence was
sent by Filigno to San Francisco
revolutionists, and follows, Speech
flight on. Many arrested. Send
men ready"
Filignos case, with the testimony
Offered by Jones, or rather the tele
grams which Jones produced by
order of the court, and by Deputy
Prosecutor Kizer, took up the
major part of the morning, and
the case was continued till 2:3C
o'clock this afternoon.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 49,
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