The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-30
Rioting at Lawrence is as Serious Now 1t
was When the Textile Strike First Began
Last Winter.
LEADERS TRIAL WAS STARTED TO-DAY
Police Station and Hospitals Are Filled With
People Injured During the Frenzy OF the
Morning

No labor leader, no newspaper edt
tor mo thinker would dare believe
himself thereafter Of any but the
traditional amenities OF life, The soul
of our life would be gone. Right to
express our noblest thoughts would be
taken from us"
The town of Salem was awake early:
By o'clock thousands of people clog
ged the streets. They came from
Lawrence. Waving the red flags OF
the I. w. W., and they came, too. from
Haverhill, from Lynn and from all the
/, mill towns.
The crowd found it's local point at
the Salem court house. a little red
brick building in the very shadow OF
Gallows Hill, where hundred years
ago they hanged witches. Admission
to the court house was by card only.
State police guarded the gates to the
grounds and the doors to the building.
Only newspaper men, artists, lawyers
and veniremen gained entrance,
Judge Quinn arrived half an hour
before courts opening and he shone
in silk tile and frock coat Of SHIN
mering broadcloth.
"A big day, a big day and I feel
fine" he said, as he shut himself IN
] his private office.
t Neither side will be permitted to
] challenge peremptorily more than
twenty-five jurors
, The first legal slSirmish already has
, been fought and won by the defense,
Judge Joseph r. Quinn, who will pre-
side over the trial, having ordered
! 1.-The state to furnish the defendants
lawyers with a bill of particulars.
. stating what the strike leaders did or
/ said in the two weeks preceding the
: shooting Of Annie Lopizzo, in Law
, renee that has any bearing on the
! case
e John p. s. Mahoney, of Lawrence.
lis Ettor's counsel and associated with
e him is George e. Roewer, Jr., of Bos-
i. ton. Former District Attorney w.
+ Scott Peters will represent Gioyan-
a nitti and Caruso, the alleged actual
t, SLAYER. will have Judge James Sisk of
e Lynn.
It The trial opened under exciting con-
d ditions which electrified the atmos-
e phere of the court room. The thoughts
n of the whole membership OF the mill
e tant l. w. W. are centered In the
d Essex county court house and the Wis
g ion of the thousands of textile workers
q on strike in nearby Lawrence as a
y protest against the Imprisonment OF
A. their leaders from a stirring back
e ground to the struggle between the
q lawyers.
e Ettor and Giovannitti are charged
le with being accessories before the
fact in the shooting of Annie Lopizzo
ir during riot near the Everett mills IN
" Lawrence on January 90 Caruso was
TX charged with having actually had q
e. hand in the shooting. The govern
ment maintains that the fatal bulle1
was meant for Patrolman Oscar Ben
or oft and was fired by tall man wear
It. ing a dark overoat who rested hi'
st revolver on the shoulder of mar
standing in front of him.
ey The talesmen from which the pan
ed ell is to be drawn, included many lead
it ing New Englanders. William A
ne Brown. Jr., Boston broker; Warren r
Bowen, college professor; ishn {
". Adams, shoe manufacturer; e. fores
he Dwelley, civil engineer; John
ts Emerson, bank cashier; Leonard v
Libby. architect, and James F. Mai
,s- nix, editor, were some of them.
tt, When the three prisoners filed int
TX the court room they were handcuffe
ge They were led to the irop-barred Gag
in the center of the room and locke
sts in. They faced the judges benc
ng The talesmen were old men and youn
ey, men, rich and poor all looking c
eagerly.
.ch The reason for the lateness of ope
he ing court was that Judge Quinn, Di
for trict Attorney Atwill and Attorns
Fred Moore, counsel for the defens
ore had long conference regarding Il
nc submission of evidence.
uld District Attorney Atwill read the
rec dictment bin of particulars W
be denied Caruso's counsel The wo
nc