The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-27
Ettor and Giovannitti Speak to Immense Crowds of
 Operatives
FOUND NOT GUILTY
 BY SALEM JURY
Defendants Hug and Kiss Each Other and Dance After Verdict-District Attorney Silent as to His
 Plans for Other Cases

Lawrence Mass. November 26-- Thousands of persons greeted with red flights and cheers the return sto this city tonight of Ettor, Giovannitti and Caruso, who were acquitted at Salem
 today of charges of murder in connec-
 tion with the death of Anna lopizzo during the textile strike here last win
 ter
 Women with babes in their arms joined in the demonstration which gath
 cred in volume as the crowd surged with the three acquitted men through the principal streets to Lexington hall, headquarters of the Industrial Workers of the World.
 From every side of the street In the tenement district. Hooked operatives carrying 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 the great crowd. made up Of l mill workers of a score of nationali-
 ties.
 Both Ettor and Giovannitt declared they owed their lives to the solidarity
 of the industrial classes of world. Et- tor was continuously interrupted with cheers and applause and as he con
 cluded there was a great outburst Workmen Should Own Mills 1 "Ne shall seer he said, that those who belong to the Industrial Workers of inc World shall be protected to the full limit 6f our power, energy and labillty. You won your strike to get your wage advance, but you will never get enough until the mills belong to l the working class. You have got to
 band together in a union 10 gain more bread"
 The crowd clamored to get near their leader but llttor. suffering from nerv- ous exhaustion due to the strain or his trial and the excitement of tho day, was taken away by newspaper men in an automobile as soon as he had fin-
 ished speaking.
 Later. after the crowd had dispersed ne returned to the hall to meet a Few friends and leaders of the Industrial Workers
 l A large crowd met the train bear ing the three men. but there was no disorder There was roar of cheering 1 and a rush for the car of the labor i leaders. It was impossible to get the men in an automobile which had been
 provided and 1t was an hour before
 they could move on foot toward the in-
 dustrial Workers headquarters Pos l ters had been scattered throughout the mill district In the day notifying the operatives of the demonstration and
 as the procession moved up Common street the crowd kept growing larger
 Ettor Tired Out
 Ettor was plainly tired out, but when
 he appeared at the window of Lexing- | ton hall fo make his address, his voice was as clear as ever.
 "Ten months ago" he said, when l Giovannitti and 1 were trapped away
 from you, 1t was said that the back I bone of the Lawrence strike would be l broken and that you would go back | to your misery, slavery and looms. on | January 90 both of us were placed in
 cell and told in so many words that we were there for our great activity 1 in helping you gain your liberty. We
 have had but one worry and that was | that the masters would succeed in driV-
 ing you back to work; that the masters
 would club, or bayonet you baek to the mills. Tonight you are happy, we
 are happy. every one is happy. If, to- night. I do not sleep behind prison | bars enshrouded by granite walls, it is | because of your support and the sup
 port of millions of men and women 1 throughout the world. I owe my life
 and so do my brothers. Glovannitti and Caruso not to the laws of Massa- chusetts. not to the tricks of a clever
 lawyer, but to the working class Of America and the world"
 Denounces Citizens Committee
 He spoke of the arch erected for the l flag demonstration in this city on Co., lumbus today and saying that the motto for God and country--the Stars and Stripes forever-the Red Flag, never" was a sham. He denounced the citi- l zens' committee.
 Prom now on." Ettor continued. you
 know but one religion. one God and
 one country; that is working class soli-
 darity."
 1 Gioyannitti spoke next saying; l We owe our lives and liberty to 1 the working class who have stod by
 us. You have won your strike, not be- cause Ettor and I helped you. but be-
 cause of your power and solidarity. But | for you my voice would not be heard tonight It would have been strangled. When pressed. the thing for you to do 1 = |