Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-18

strike meeting winch was addressed
by Mayor Scanlon. that there should
be no violence or bloodshed ?"
No I heard him say that he agreed
With Mayor Scanlon that the strike
should be settled peacefully. He al
so said; If there is any bloodshed,
it will be on the hands of the mas
tiers and not the strikers.
Michael a. Barry. a Lawrence po-
liceman, was the first witness called.
He told of meeting Arturo Giovannitti,
one Vi the defendants. in a Lawrence
| drug store on the night of Jan. "a last,
during the strike.
Officer Gallagher and l met Giovan-
| nitti after he had been addressing a
crowd" Barry testified. I'VE talked
about the strike and Gallagher told
| Giovannitti that the strike ought to be
conducted more peaeeably."
You should conduct the strike by
peaceful picketlng." Gallagher told
Inn. IF you want to win .
What is peaceful pieketing?" Clio
vannitti asked. Why, Gallagher re-
piled, stopping men on way to work
and arguing With them. If they don't
want to quit work, you shouldn't use
any force OF threats.
oh the Ii with that Giovan-
| nitti replied. If they don't stay out
We'll bust their heads. ?
Gallagher then told Giovannitti that
| the police would not let them do that
and Gievannitti answered "Oh, what
| do You fellows amount to except for
| your night sticks and guns"
| =. Well, Gallagher said, if YOU kill
all the policemen, you'll have the mi
litia to contend with and if you dis
pose of them. then the Federal troops
will come. oh. well. we'll win, any
way Giovannitti replied
Scott Peters, attorney for Giovan-
nitti. had his client stand up in the
defendants cage When he began cross
examination of Barry. Barry identified
him rs the man he met in the Law
renee drug store.
Attorney Peters sought to draw
from the witness an admission that
he and Gallagher had been sent to
the drug store to draw Giovannitti
into conversation. The witness insist
ed that the officers had gone to the
drug store for soda water and met Clio
ovannitti only by accident.
Attorney Peters asked Barry If he
at any time during the strike had en-
tered a drug store and broken open
valise left there by Joseph Ettor, the
strike leader. Didn't you break open
a grip, claiming that you were look
ing for dynamite" asked Mr. Peters.
Il did not" said Barry, and l never
claimed that anybody had dynamite.
officer j. P. Gallagher, who had the
conversation with Giovannitti in the
Lawrence drug store, followed Barry
on the stand. He corroDorated Bar
rvs testimony. relating to GioVannitti's
statements. relating to picketing and
he troops The witness said he had
cautioned Giovannitti against violence
and related to him instances of as
sault in the Lawrence mills
Il related several assaults" said
Gallagher. and said that sort of
thing had to stop. Giovannitti said:
Who in H is going to stop us
and | told him the police, militia and
Federal troops. l told him also that
unless the strikers We're in a position
to overthrow the whole military sys-
tenn they could not win the strike or
get any more pay"
The witness also described how he
had explained to Giovannitti peaceful
picketing and testified that the de-
PENDANT answered: IF the workers
don't stay out of the mills We'll break
their d heads
Donahue, describing Lawrence,
Mass, meeting addressed by Ettor, tes-
titled that he heard Ettor say:
"Tm surprised that there was not more
bloodshed yesterday. We are going to
form an organization here and l want
all you workers to go down to the mills,
tomorrow, but do not go to work. Don't
be afraid of the mill men.
Don't forget that the police are there
and don't forget their arms and don't
forget the soldiers with their sharp bay
onets.
Donahue quoted Ettor as saying on an
other occasion after a young woman had
described mill conditions to a. crowd of
strikers:
"That reminds me of the French revo-
luton The workers went to the mas
tiers and asked for bread, The masters
told them to go and eat cake. Again
they went to the masters and they told
them to go and eat grass, and short
time afterwards the lamp posts of Paris
were hung with the heads of the masters
and in their mouths We're wisps of
grass
what else did Ettor sayg'
'WelI, after "A report of the commit
tee I heard him say: You keep the gun
shots busy. I'm going to fire gun my
self