Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-12-03
JURY Frees LABOR
STRIKE LEADERS
EroR, olovANNlrTI AND CAR
Uso DECLARED "Nor GULL
tn" OF MURDER.
AN EIGHT MONTH TRIAL
sympathIzers Hold Celebration Al
saIem-crowds Cheer Liberated
Men-story Of
Case.

Salem, Mass. Nov. 27.-standing in
an iron-barred cage in the center Of
the courtroom Joseph ]. Ettor. Ar
turo Giovannitti and Joseph Caruso,
labor leaders, charged with the muir
der of Anna Lopizzo, killed in Law
renee textile strike riot last winter,
heard the jury declare them mot
guilty"
Their faces lighted up at the words
and then, with their voices catching
almost in a sob. all three cried out
their thanks to the men who had re-
fused to condemn two of them to a
lifetime of prison and the third to the
electric chair.
Immediately Judge Quinn from his
seat at the bench nodded to the court
attendants, the sheriff unlocked the
doors of the cage and the trio stepped
out to join the hysterical crowd that
waited for them.
caruso Charged With Riotins.
Caruso's smile was fearful as he
.lasped to his breast his wife who had
been sitting praying for the best, but
plainly fearing the worst. Before he
had time for more than brief caress,
he was recalled to the desk by the
clerk and nominal bail of 500 fixed
on the remaining indictments against
him, charging him with rioting.
Five hundred dollars was fixed fol
similar indictments against Ettor and
Gioyannitti and tie bonds for all were
promptly furnished. 1t was expected
that they would probably never be
tried on the outstanding charges and
that the cases probably would be
called up and dismissed on formal mo
ton.
Court was then adjourned and the
doors Of the room thrown open to adj
NIT the dozens Of friends waiting to
greet the released prisoners, who held
m improptu reception in front of the
cage which has confined them.
There is justice in this state
Giovannitti cried cheerfully.
Strike 10 Cause Of Trial.
The trial Of Joseph J. Ettor, mem
Der of the executive committee Of the
Arturo Giovannitti, social writer OF
Brooklyn, New York, and Joseph
Caruso, q mill worker, came about in
consequence Of the strike in the tex
tile mills in Lawrence, Mass, sudden.
" precipitated Jan. IL last and con
tinued for two months. Ettor and
Giovannitti we're accused as accesso
ries before the fact to the murder Of
Anna Lopizzo. who was killed in
street riot. The commonwealth main.
tanned that they melted the riot in
which the woman met her death by
inflammatory speeches to the strik'
ers. Caruso was accused, with Saliva
tore Scuito, who never has been ap
pretended, with actual participation
in the riot.
The strike, which was accompanied
by much violence. enlisting organized
and unorganized workers on one hand
and mill owners on the other, with the
police of Lawrence and militia of Mas
sachusetts ON guard to avert disas'
trous consequences, attracted world
wide attention for many weeks.
Riots were frequent; cars in Law.
renee were attacked; men. women
and children who attempted to work
were assailed and in some cases In.
iured, and there were repeated clashes
between strikers and the organized
forces OF the law until citizens Of
Lawrence were alarmed at the threat
ening struggle. It's climax came on
Jan. 20, day begun with parade Of
aEitated foreign workers to demon.
strate their solidarity against the
mill owners and ended with riot in
which the young woman was slain and
Oscar Benoit, Lawrence policeman,
stabbed.
Estimated cost Of trial to the state
$4,000.