Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-11-27

lflct CURING the DAY, Notifying the opera
tives of the demonstration that was t,
take place, and as the procession moved
mp Common street the crowd kept grow
ing larger.
At Common and Amesbury streets {
brass band came into prominence, an6
the crowd tried to march down Fsse2
street. but Il squad of police turnet
them back with no disorder ana TIN
brass band disappeared again.
Ettor was plainly tired out bur whe1
he appeared at the window of Lexington
hall to make an address his voice was
as clear as ever Ten months age" h
said, "Giovannitti and | was STRAPPED
away from you with the hope that tn'
backbone of the Lawrence strike wouli
be broken, and that you would go bael
to your slavery. misery and looms OF
Jan. 80. both of us We're placed in a eel
there for our great activity in neipins
YOU gain your liberty.
I'VE have had but one worry. ana thai
was that the masters would succeed il
driving yon back to work that the mas.
ters would club or bayonet you back t
the mills. Tonight you are happy, We
are happy, everyone is happy IF To-
night / do not sleep behind prison bar.
enshrouded by granite walls, it is because
of your support and the support of NIL
lions of men and women throughout the
world. I owe my life. and so do my
brothers Giovannitti and Caruso, not t.
the laws of Massachusetts, not to the
tricks of clever lawyers, but TO the work
ing class of America and the world,
From now on" he said. 'tyou know
but one religion. one God and one eoun
try that is working class solidarity.
Il have been informed that through
an agitation of politicians some Of yeu
workers have been Disseminated
against in the mills. Giovannitti and
| are now in your midst once more,
IN order to give you strength. Both
Giovannitti and ! stand ready to go
with you as far as necessary"
Giovannitti spoke next. saying: I'VE
owe our lives and liberty to the work
ing class, who have stood by us. You
have won your strike not because Ell
tor and | helped you, but because of
your power. But for you my voice
would not be heard, tonight / would
the thing for you to do is cross your
arms, strike, and you will win
Late tonight, Ettor said he would
probably leave here, Thursday night
or Friday morning, for Little Falls, n.
y, where there have been labor
troubles. and from there he hoped to
return to his parents in Tacoma,
Wash.
Ettor announced his intentions to
go to Little Falls upon receipt Of the
following telegram from Industrial
Workers in that place:
Congratulations on your acquittal
We Fnew You would triumph in in
dustr ial freedom. The Industrial
Workers of the World will never lose.
We are in fight here now and the
pleas of hundreds Of workers go to
you
From Deputy Noliano of the Cham
Der of Deputies in Rome, Ettor re-
ceived the following cablegram: AT
feetionate congratulations.
Messages of congratrlatlon from va
rieus pasts of the country were also
received. during the night, and from
'fetCi - ifllIFL anu iHOtlltT TIE l)llOW-
ing came:
his day makes new life"
Bouquets We're presented by the mill
workers To each Of tire three acquit-
led men, and wherever they went they
were Surfol inded by crowds of men
ond women, hundreds of whom threw
their arms ABOUT the trio and kissed
them on both cheeks Ettor and some
OF the leaders had an impromptu ban
quet, at one of the hotels, after which.
there was discussion Of plans for 4
celebration, Tina nkseiving day. A
meeting of the central committee rep
resenting all the nationaities of the
!. w. W.. will be held tomorrow. at
which it is expected steps VIII be TAX
en- towards trying 10 get permission
of the city authorities for a Thanks
giving day parade
Rome, Nov. 2G.-The majority of the
press commenting ON the trial at Salem
Mass, OF Joseph ]. Ettor, Arturo Clio
yannitt and Joseph Caruso for the muir
der of Anna Lor,izzo, praises the impair
tiality Of the ST mining up of Judge Jo-
ceph Quinn. tt agitation here, in con-
nection with the trial and the threurs 10
declare gene raj strike, are condemn
ed generally, the newspapers remarking
that they are indications of an attempt
TO substitute the people or the mob of
one country foi legally empanelled jury
In another.
Rome. Nov. 2e.-The verdict of ae-
quittal rendered at Salem, Mass, in
the case of Ell tor. Giovannitti and
1aruso, char red with murder, has been
received hero with the greatest satis-
iaction and puts an end to the agita-
tion and the threats of a general
strike