The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-27

In Lawrence. Trial Of these cases -
pending. This development served to
Intensity the bitterness Of the conflict.
and Lawrence was 1t foyer heat.
Do0snstraASoa ~ Strikers.
Conferences to settle the strike had
failed. and on the morning VI January
10 an organised street parade and DEM
onstration by the strikers occurred. II
was preceded by rioting before sunrise.
in which the street cars were pelted
with chunks Of ice and other missiles
and persons forcibly prevented from
going to work In the mills. After the
parade Ettor and Giovannitti addressed
the strikers in Lawrence Common.
where they are alleged to have urged
the strikers to acts of violence. That
evening tho streets near the mills were
TANNED with the idle millwOrkers.
Soldiers and police were ordered 70
clear the streets. The spirit OF the
hour was a dangerous one. The peo-
pie suilenly responded to the orders OF
the police and Kissed them. Many
blocks Of ie- were thrown At the off,
GERS Of the law. Policemen's clubs. in
retaliation, were welded over the
backs Of recalcitrant strikers. when
suddenly shooting began and Anna LIZ
pizzo fell lifeless In the street. Other
riots followed the next day. and that
midnight Ettor and Giovannitu were
arrested. charged with being accesso-
ries before the fact to the L0pizzo muir
der Later Caruso was arrested, cha G.
ed, with Salvatore Scuito. as one OF the
principals to the crime. as an actual
participant in the fatal riot.
DANGEROUS Condition.
The arrest Of Ettor ana Giovanntttt
famed to fury the flames Of feeling
kA 0it taA q
conditions were even more dangerous.
Threats were made Of a general strike.
organizations throughout the country
and In other lands protesting az inst
the action Of the authorities. Ettor and
Giovannitti pleaded not guilty on jan
uary 81. but were held to the grand
jury without bail and locked up in the
Lawrence jail until February .. when.
after a hearing. they were held to the
grand jury and later indicted. The
strike continued under the leadership
now Of w. d. Haywood until March
IL. when the cause Of the workers
was victorious and the strike was off,
cially declared off, The workers gain
ed increases in pay ranging from TO
Is per cent and concessions in working
conditions.
Indictment Of the strike leaders and
worldwide effort to raise a defense
fund. and workers from many eoun-
tries responded Threats OF general
world strike in protest against the
action again were made, and since the
begin ming Of the trial Lawrence has
been flooded with circulars denouncing
the agents Of the courts and the condi-
tons OF the case. Threats to storm
the jail have been made and feeling
has run riot up to the very close OF
the case. When the trial began a
twsnty-four-hour strike OF protest ..as
responded to by 1000 workers in mills
throughout New England.
The case. after several delays, was
actually taken up carly in October in
the Superior Court Of Essex County be-
fore Justice Joseph +. Quinn Efforts
to get jury exhausted a panel Of 300
veniremen. and another delay until
October II followed. When taken Up
again a jury was procured within two
days. and the Commonwealth began the
presentation Of testimony October Is.
District Attorney Henry c. Attwill had
charge Of the case for the Common
wealth. J. p. S. MalSoney. for Ettor:
W. Scott letters. for Giovsnnitti: James
H. Sisk. for Caruso. with George f.
Roewer. Jr.. and Fred II. Moore as
advisory counsel. conducted the DE-
Tense.