Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-27
Greeted Like a Returning Hero
LAWRENCE MILL WORKERS
 CHEER FOR ETToR.
A BIG DEMONSTRATION
Strike Leader and Associates Net at Railroad Station by Enthusiastic FoIIowers-Spoke from Window.

Lawrence, Mass, Nov. 26-Tffous- ands, of persons greeted with red lights and cheers the return tonight of Ettor, Giovannitti and Ceruso who were acquitted at Salem today of charges of murder in connection with the death of Annie Lopizzo during the textile strike here last winter. Women with babies in their arms joined in the demonstration which gathered in volume as the crowd surged with the three acquitted men through the prin- cipal streets of the city to Lexington hall, the headquarters of Industrial Workers of the World. The cheering was continuous.
 Addressed 10000 Mill Workers.
 From every side street in the tene- ment district came hundreds carry ing red lights. The throng in Lex ington hall finally made conditions in the building so dangerous that Ettor was forced to ask them all to leave. Then, from an open window he ad- dressed fully ten thousand persons, the red flare fickering on the upturned faces of the multitude made up of mill workers of a score of nationalties.
 Band Together to Gain More Bread"
 Both Ettor and Giovannitti de- clared that they owed their lives to the Solidarity of the industrial classes of the world" Jlttor during his speech was continuously interrupted with cheers and as he concluded there was an outburst that eclipsed all pre- | vious efforts.
 "We shall see," he said, that those | who belong to the Industrial Workers of the World shall be protected to the full limit of our power energy and | a htlifV Won Gfrilk0 get your wage advance, but you will never | get enough until the mills belong to | the working classes. You have got to band together in a union to gain moro bread"
 Whisked Away After Speech. | The crowd clamored to get near their leader, but Ettor, suffering from ner- vous exhaustion due to the strain of l hi strial 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 dispersed, he returned to the hall to meet a few friends and | leaders of the Industrial Workers. He planned to stay in the city over night. Giovannitti announced that he would stay with friends in Quincy, while Ca- ruso remained with his family here
 Roar of Cheers Greeted Train. The train bearing the three men was three-quarters of an hour late in reaching the city. The twenty police men detailed to the railroad station were lost in the crowd but there was
 no disorder. AS soon us the headlight
 of the train appeared around the curve
 there was a roar of cheers and a rush was made for the car of the labor lead
 CTS. 1t was impossible to get the men
 into an automobile whlca had been
 provided to take them to the 'T. ".
 w." headquarters and 1t was an hour
 before they could move on foot toward
 their destina;1 ion. Posters had been
 scattered throughout the mill dis
 trict during the day notifying the op-
 eratives of the demonstration that was
 to take place and as the procession
 moved up Common street the crowd } kept growing larger.
 Ettor Refers to His Arrest.
 Ettor was plainly tired out, but when
 he appeared at the window of Lexing-
 ton hall to make his address his voica was as clear as ever.
 , Ten months ago." he said, "Giovanf I
 nitti and I were strapped away from
 you with the hope that the backbone , of the Lawrence strike would be broken and that you would go back 1 to your slavery, misery and looms. On , January 30 both of us were placed in cell and told in so many words
 that we were there for our great &C.,
 tivity in helping you gain your liberty. "owe Our Lives to Working Class" We have had but one worry and , that was that the masters would suc- ceed in driving you back to work; that the masters would club or bayonet you
 back to the mills Tonight you are happy, we are happy every one is hap , py. If tonight I do not sleep behind prison bars enshrouded by granite ' walls it is because of your support and the support of millions of men ! and women throughout the world. l owe my life and so do my brothers,
 Givonnitti and Carouso, not to the laws
 of Massachusetts, not to the tricks of clever lawyer but to the workiER 2 class of America and the waSld."