New-York tribune., 1912-02-10
LETTERS ACCUSE ETTOR
swim at Lawrence Means Down.
fall of Wage System.
so WROTE A UNION LEADER
Prosecution at Trial of New
Yorker Alleges He Inspired
Strikers to Violence.

Lawrence, Mass, Feb. 9.-Three letters.
which were finally admitted as evidence
over the objection OF the defence figured
prominently in the hearing I'm the local po-
until his arrest, was the leader Of tho strilS-
ing textile workers here, and Arturo Co
vannitti his lieutenant. both Of New York
They are charged with being accessories
before the fact to the murder Of Anna Lo-
pizzo. an italian woman who was shot
during riot on January ~.
Two Of tho letters were from Vincent -.
John, general secretary-tressurer Of the
Industrial Workers of the World, at chi
cago One was addressed to Ettor and the
other TO William p. Haywood the Westera
labor man, who is now In Lawrence as
sisting the strikers. In these letters Mr..
St. John urged the recipients 10 organize
the Lawrence textile workers thoroughly.
He gave advice about carrying on thc
strike and indicated his distrust Of the
American Federation Of Labor.
"A win at Lawrence means start that
will only end with the downfall Of the
wage system said the letter TO Haywood.
The third letter was written 10 Ettor by
Thomas Miller. OF Lymsnsvihe, Il. l.,
whose identity or business was not further
| disclosed but who Is supposed TO be a
| Rhode Island textile worker. In this letter
Mr.. Miller indicated his belief that 1t would
not be difficult 70 organize general strike
/ i'm the mills of the American Wcolen Com
pany in Rhode Island. The prosecution
had only fairly started It's case when court
adjourned until 10 a. m. on Monday NEXT.
| District Attorney Henry G. Anvil. in out
! lining the case said the prosecution pro-
posed TO show that Ettor a. leader in
the Industrial Workers OF the World. an
| organization which desired a social reyoiU-
ton and the destruction OF the wage srs-
| tenn made speeches and gave advice to the
| strikers which inspired them TO use yio-
| lence. This, the District Attorney declared.
| resulted in the riot in which the Lopizzo
woman vas killed. Giovannitti, he said,
| mad assisted Ettor in his efforts lie said
II would be shown that the bullet which
struck the woman had been intended for
police officer, and that when the person
who fired the shot. whom ne described as
a tall Italian, saw that he had missed his
mark he stabbed the officer.
to-day centered in the court proceedings.
Aside from one or two small gatherings of
Central Labor Union operatives TO formu-
late demands, there were no meetings. ON
the streets there was no semblance Of DIS
order and the squads of militia stationed
about the police station and courtroom had
little 20 do The number of operatives at
work in the mills was about the same as
on yesterday.
All the letters which hgured in the
states case we're taken from Ettor when
he was arrested, according to the tes''-
mony OF Captain William II. Proctor, Of
the state police. In the letter TO Hay
wood, 81. John said:
I want TO suggest that IL the strike is
10 be OF any length the practice OF trying
to carry 1t on by paving strike nensnts ana
opening q commlsSsry must be cut Out.
There IA no chance 10 win anything that
way. These are out-of-date methods. get
those sixteen thousand or twenty thousapd
organized TO break into the tail and make
the county feed them while they are on
strike. Organize them 20 go back into the
mills and fight there. Get them back az
an organization with the understanding
that they are TO continue TO night.
That Ettor in one OF his speeches urged
the strikers to keep the gun shops busy
and declared that he was going 70 get a
gun himself, was the testimony of two
newspaper men called 10 the stand
The strike committee voted 20 resume
picketine In order TO keep within the
law the pickets will form an endless
chain. walking in single file, and keep con-
stantly on the move.