The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-06-04
THEY PROTESTED
Against Further Imprisonment Of Mex-
cans in American Prisons.


An open-air meeting, the purpose Of
which was for protesting against the
continued imprisonment in an American
prison Of the Mexican patriots, Magon,
! Billafeal and Sarabia, was held last even
ing at Depot square, About 200 people
gathered and listened for half an hour
TO the speeches, one IN English BY w B.
killingbeck. state secretary Of the So
cialist party in New Jersey, and an
other IN italian BY Luigi Galleani. The
speakers were introduced by james Gro
gan.
Mr. Killingbeck is in this city to deliv-
er an address on Socialism at meeting
20 be held Saturday evening and he
stated at the outset Of his remarks that
this meeting was in no way political
He explained that the reason why these
meetings were being held on street cor
ners throughout the county was because
the Associated Press and the newspapers
In general were all controlled BY the
big trusts which control this country,
and nothing is allowed to be printed con.
cerning the circumstances under which
these men were imprisoned.
These three men, he said. were patri-
OTIS in Mexico attempting 70 make their
country 3 trne republic and one IN which
the people could vote as their conscienees
prompted them. They came into the
United States, the same kind OF revolu-
tionists as kossuth and Lafayette, whom
this country received with open arms;
but these men were seized and thrown
into prison because the trusts wanted
them there
Mexico, he declared, was fast becom-
ing dominated BY the trusts Of this coun.
try and the time is coming when the
working people of the United States win
have competitor with which they can
not compete The trusts will establish
business there where they can get en-.
ployes fer almost nothing and the work
ing people here will then be looking for
work. The trusts know, he said, that
II the working people were made ae-
quainted with the conditions. as they
really are, there would be something do
ing in short order. These men he as
serted had done nothing to break the
laws of this country but were simply
enemies of President Diaz and the trusts
because they stand for liberty and the
free right to vote Mexico is going to
be the club, he declared, to be used by
the trusts to beat into the heads of the
working people Of this country that they
are simply wage slaves and nothing
else.
At the conclusion Of his remarks, MI. /
Galeani spoke for fifteen minutes and
he was frequently applauded by the
small crowd Of Italians present. No
collection was taken up.
Resolutions were adopted as follows: I
Whereas. Ricardo Flores Magon, An.
tonic L Nilareal, Librado Rivera and 9TH /
ers are to-day confined IN American
prisons at the behest of President Daz /
Of Mexico, charged with violating the
neutrality laws, but in reality because
they have tried to establish q political /
party in Mexico which would give some
semblance of liberty. be it
Resolved, that we protest against the I
Of the right Of asylum, SO long
upheld in our country, and be it further
Resolved, that copy Of these resoIu
tions be sent to President Taft, request
ing that an Investigation be made OF the
whole matter, to the end that our coun-
try may no longer be disgraced by deny
ing the right Of asylum to political Of
tenders who have tried to establish free
iom in their own country BY means that
we're justidable under the circumstances.