The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-11-26
NOT GUILT"
WAS VERDICT.
Of THE JURY
ErroR, aIovAHNlru AND cAho'
so ARE now FREE MEN; HIS.
TORY OF THE CASE.
nv Associated Press.)

c.,ow Nov. 26.-Not guilty was
ma verdict returned this morning IN
,.e case of Ettor. Giovannittt anu
c.r,so. charged with the mur:er OF
anna Lopizzo in connection with tho
Iaa-ence textile strike last WINTER
when the verdict was read the oe'
,.rdaats embraced and kissed eaca
ether Each expressed thanks 10 IN"
mrv and court for the verdict IN IN"
nance of Justice. truth and civi''A"-
ton"
The trial Of Joseph J. Ettor' mem
Ter of the executive commlttee u
,be Industrial Workers Of the worio'
Arturo Giovannitti, a Socialist wrt'
or Of Brooklyn, n. Y. and Joscp"
caruso, a mill worker. came apou'
il consequence of the strike IN 'n'
,,xtile mills in Lawrence. Mass SUI
denly precipitated Jan. IL last an"
continued for two months. Et'of
and Gioyannitti were accused as az
,.s,orics before the fact to the muir
ic~ of Anna Lopizzo. who was Kiiie"
l.. s+rcot riot. The commonwealth
maintained that they melted the rios
~ which the woman met her death
l> jDNa,amatory speeches 70 W.
,.,,;,.ors Caruso was accused. with
salvatore Scuito. who never mas
tean anprchendcd, with actual par
titioa,ion in the riot.
Thc strike, which was accompanied
NV much violence, enllstins organ
tied and unorganized workers on ont
hand and mill owners on the other'
with the police Of Lawrence ana the
militia of Massachusetts, on guar"
to avert disastrous consequences, at
,ractcd worldwide attention Tor
many weeks
The strike began on Jan. - when
workers in mills of the Amerlca''
Wco,en Co. left their looms in pro-
test against a reduction without no
tice of two hours pay a week IN con
sequence of there going into effect
now State law restricting labor t.
ffty.four hours week. Riotint
about the mill gates Immediately loi
,owed and ON the following day TT
tor. a young Italian-American lapo
leader from Pennsylvania. went Z
Lawrence to take charge OF Tn
s.rike for the Industrial Workers Q
the World and to organize the dis
satisfied and unorganized army
latorers.
By Jan. Is, 10000 persons wer
idle; the mills were closed; specli
rolico were sworn in to aid the res
ular force in preserving order; Sta'
troops were ordered to Lawrence
Governor Foss and an industrial or
sis was at hand.
Ettor, assuming command Oh u
vorkors' cause. announced that II
strikers demanded wage lncrea
o' Is per cent, abolition OF the pr
MUM system and double pay Tor o
crtime. Numerous conferences we
held with State bodies and mill ow
ers and strike committee was
ranized, headed by Ettor and col
losed of representatives OF each n
tonality involved in the coniiict'
Guiding Italians, who were most n
rrerous. Poles, Syrians, Lithuanian
Hebrews, Americans and others.
During the progress OF the tre
lie Ettor frequently addressed
masses in churches, halls and on
Lawrence common. In keeping
the enthusiasm thus he was aided
Arturo Giovannitti, who went
Lawrence from Brooklyn. William
Haywood, the leader of the lnd
trial Workers Of the Worid'
many others prominent IN the w
Of the organization. For many q
the situation in Lawrence was tel
with outbreaks of violence consta
ly agitating the public mind. on )
20 seven sticks of dynamite "
found by the police in houses
shops In the Italian quarter.
ricion against the strikers was
rccted at once, and six persons
ians and Syrians, were arrested.
tor was informed by Colonel 4.
roy Sweetser of his grave respo
bility in the matter. Ettor I'm
diately told the strikers that non
thai. .n~os. n. a nvthinR to do