The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1911-11-24

entire mechanical department was solid
union and socialist. The same condition
exists on all other papers Many edi-
torial writers who are saying the most
bitter things through the papers are
known to be socialists and they voted
solidly at the primary election Those
discharged by Earl are at socialist
headquarters working day and night,
writing and illustrating socialist litera-
ture. One of the most brilliant young
women in newspaper circles was Ruth
Story, who was personally discharged
by Earl.
Los Angeles, Cal, Nov. 2l.-Clarence
barrow, chief attorney for the Nc
Namara defense wants Rev. Robert j
Burdette, the humorist and preacher
cited to appear in court and explain why
he persistently keeps up a line of funeral
sermons over the grades of victims OF
the Times fire and works industriously
to keep the public mind inflamed against
the Mcnamara brothers.
| Judge Bordwell refuses to have Bur
dette subpoenaed and this brilliant EN-
ploye of H. G. Otis will continue his
noble work of clamoring for the lives OF
the kidnapped workers.
Burdette's sermon over fourteen cot
fins, eight of them empty was an afro
city second only to that of the explosion
due to the criminal neglect of the owner
of the Times building.
! The preacher who has long been on
the pay roll of the Times, was formerly
popular with all classes, has virtually
been dropped from the church and his
popularity has waned everywhere. He
| has preached half dozen sermons at
various points mostly at laying of cor
ner stones or dedication of monuments.
These sermons are bitter TRADES against
organized labor and works in general.
| These sermons are played up in the
Times and given widespread circulation.
This tends to keep fresh in the minds of
possible Jurors the falsehoods of former
DAYS and to keep the public preiudiced
against the defendant in this case.
barrow makes it a rule to find out If
the Jurors are friends of the Burdette
family. Mrs. Burdette, wife of the
preacher, is a large stakeholder in the
Times company and it is notorious that
Otis passed all the losses of the fire to
| the stockholders.
| This cuts down the income of the Bur
dettes, who live on millionaire's row in
Pasadena amid great luxury.
Darrow has frequent clashes with the
Judge. whom he almost openly charges
with bias. At some of the stormy SEES
sions the spectators wonder how far
barrow will carry things and how near
he can get to the edge of BordwelPs
temper
Other attorneys for the defense become
anpered at the manifestly unfair action
of the district attorney and his assist
ants and the treatment defense receives
the hands of the court. On these oc-
casions there are outbursts which are
alarming and they always bring sharp
rebuke from the Judge
There are at present three permanent
Jurors in the box and they bid fair to
be the only ones for week. There are
in the box as tentative jurors: Alex
Gribling. c. A. Heath, Clark McLain, j.
B. Sexton. Brewster c. Kenyon, G. H.
Elliott, William J, Andre, Willett
Brrner. OF these at least five must be
removed Dy NhtilOhSS'
will reduce the challenges of the defense
to ten and hasten the day when the
challenges shall be exhausted and men
known to be biased will be admitted to
the Jury box and the defense be helpless
to prevent 1T.
Then will the trial of J. B. Mcnamara
begin with all of the machinery of the
law against him, with prosecutor com
pletely in the hands of a private detec-
tive agency working for big fee pro-
vided the union man on trial can be
convicted on the framed-up evidence pre-
pared.
The jury will in all probability be
composed of men over 65 years of age
Most of them reactionaries and "sot''
in their ways and opinions. Many
younger men have been subpoenaed but
as most of them proved to be property
less men they were not allowed to sit
on the case. The prosecutors are doing
all they can to get men of advanced
years and most of them, for when the
district attorney puts up the strongest
fight, are over 70 years of age. These
men are in most instances retired men
who are playing at citrus growing OF
fancy ranching. Many of them are read
ers of the Times who say they are in
sympathy with that newspapers policy
of batting labor.