The Sentinel=record., 1912-11-27
BIG RECEPTION TO ETToR, cIov- ANNlTTl AND cARuso ON
 RETURN TO LAWRENCE.
THANK THE WORKING PEOPLE
To Whom They Say They Owe Their Acquittal--Not to the Laws ot Massachusetts or the Officers
 of the State.

Lawrence, Mass, Nov. 26.-Thous- ands of persons greeted with red lights and cheers, the return to this city tonight, of Ettor, Gioyannitti and Naruso, who were acquitted at Salem today of the charges of murder h connection with the death of Anna Iopizzo, during the textile strike here last winter Women with babes in their arms joined in the demon stration which gathered in volume as the crowd surged with the three acquitted men through the principal streets to Lexington hall, headquar ters of the Industrial Workers Of the World. Cheering was continuous.
 From every side street in the tene ment district fiocked hundreds of operatives carrying red lights. The throng in Lexington hall finally made conditions in the building so danger ous that Ettor was forced to ask them all to leave. Then, from an open window, he addressed the great crowd made up of mlll workers, ot score of nationalities.
 Both Ettor and Gioyannitti declar- ed they owed their lives to the soil darity Of the industrial classes of the world" Ettor was continuously in terTupted with cheers and as he con eluded there was a great outburst.
 We shall see, he said, that those who belong to the Industrial Work CTS of the Eld. shall be protected to the full HX of our power. energy and ability sz8ou won your strike 70 get your wage advanced, but you VII never get enough until the mills be- long to the working class You have got to band together in union to gain more bread
 The crowd clamoTed to get near their leader but fsttor, suffering fron nervous exhaustion due to the strain of his trial and the excitement of the day was taken away by newspaper men in an automobile as soon as he had finished speaking.
 Later, after the crowd had disper5- ed he returned to the hall to meet a few friends and leaders of the In dustrial Workers of the World.
 large crowd met the train bear ing the three men but there was no disorder
 There was roar of cheers. It was impossible to get the men in an automobile which had been provided, and il was an hour before they couid move on foot toward the Industrial Workers headquarters. Posters had been scattered throughout the mill district in the day notifying the operatives of the demonstration, and as the procession moved up Com mon street, the crowd kept growing larger
 Ettor was plainly tired out, but when he appeared at the window of Lexington hall to make his address, his voice was as clear as ever.
 "Ten months ago. he said, when Gioyannitti and | were trapped away from you, it was said the back bone of the Lawrence strike would be broken and that you would go back to your misery, slavery and looms. On Jan. 90, both of us were placed in cell and told in so many words that we were there for our great activity in helping you gain your liberty. We have had but one wor- " and that was that the masters would succeed in driving you back tc work, that the masters would club or bayonet you back to the mills. To night you are happy, we are happy, every one is happy. If tonight l do not sleep behind prison bars en- shrouded by granite walls, 1t is be- cause of your support and the sup port of millions of men and women throughout the world. l owe my life and so do my brothers Giovannith and Caruso, not to the laws of Massa- chusetts, not to the tricks of clever lawyer, but to the working class of America and the world"
 lie spoke of the arch erected for the flag demonstration in this city on Columbus day, and saying that the motto: "FoT God and country-the stars and stripes forever--the red flag. never" was sham. He de- nonnced the citizens committee.
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