Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-09-16


wood of Denver, Colo. general or
ganizer for the Industrial Workers of
the World, was arrested here. today,
ON warrant issued as the result OF
an Indictment by the Essex county
grand jury The indictment charges
him with conspiracy in connection
with the great strike of textile work.
ers in Lawrence, last winter He was
released on $1,000 bonds. The exact
nature of the conspiracy with which
Haywood is charged was not mention
ed in the indictment.
Just before his arrest, Haywood in
addressing a mass meeting of $1,000
persons, on Boston Common, had
sounded call for a general strike Of
New England workers-it will be a
nation wide movement, he said-as Il
protest against the Arrest, imprison
ment and trial of Ettor, Giovannitti
and Caruso." These three |. W. w.
leaders, who were active during the
Lawrence strike, are charged with
completely 10 murder in connection
with the shooting of a striker. Anna
Lopizzo, during a riot in Lawrence
last January.
At today's meeting banners were
displayed calling for the release of
the three leaders, and Haywood was
cheered when he cried:
I'VE will open the jail doors or close
the mill gates"
In the next breath, Haywood urged
| a general strike. He declared it would
probably be called by the end of the
| coming week and it would surely re-
suit before Sept. 80, the date set for
| the beginning of the leaders trials.
He advised the assembled workers to
begin the strike, tomorrow.
III you leave your benches. tomor-
row. you will make no mistake" he
said ANY time between now and
Sept. 80, will do. but the sooner the
better. If you go out, tomorrow, you
will be the forerunners, the vanguard
of Il great movement for freedom
Haywood declared that such a
strike, us a movement of general pro-
test. would save lives just as did that
great movement of sympathy and sup
port which resulted in the yindica
ton OF Meyer, Pettibone and my
SELF
The Indictment on which Haywood
was arrested was returned by the Es
sex county grand jury. several months
ago. Although the state police made
preparations to arrest him when it
was announced that he would come
into the state, today. no interference
with the mass meeting was attempted,
The Industrial Workers of the World
organizer held an impromptu recep-
tion on the Common, delivered his
| speech and then hurried away through
the crowd to one of the Common ex-
| it's where several automobiles We're
lined up at the curb. Haywood stepped
| into one Of the cars, exclaiming to the
| driver: Lets get away
1--WE will in a moment the man at
| tie wheel replied I'm waiting for the
other fellows. They'll be along in a
moment.' Then it developed that it
was a state police automobile and the
man at the wheel was State Officer
| Thomas Eustis.
Haywood then was fastened to po-
| lice station 16, where he was book
| ed, heard the charge against him
read, was told that bonds of $1,000 in
| cash would suffice for his release, and
| was ordered to appear before the SUI
perior criminal court of Essex eoun-
| ty at Lawrence, tomorrow morning,
at $50. Bail was furnished by At
| torney Fred III. Moore of Los Ange-
| les, who accompanied Haywood to
| the police station. Mr. Moore has been
engaged to defend Ettor, Gioyannitti
and Caruso at their forthcoming trial.
| The bail commissioner was Thomas
| Fl. Connolly of Boston, who came into
prominence recently as counsel for
| the striking street car men. He. too.
| accompanied Haywood in the ma
| chine.
| Apparently, Haywood was prepared
against arrest, for there was every
| facility at hand to accomplish his
| quick release. A demand by the bail
| commissioner that State officer Ar
thur e. Heating, who made the charge
and had custody of the warrant,
should specify the nature of the
charge of conspiracy upon which Hay
| wood was arrested led to little tilt
| between the two. officer Heating re-
| ferred Mr.. Connolly to the Indictment
| itself for information. The indictment
WAS not at hand and the proceedings
were finished without it.
! In the course of the formalities OF
booking Haywood answered the usual
questions. saying he is 43 years old
weighs PAT pounds, is married. was born
lin Utah, and his present home is In Den
yer.
The protest meeting on Boston Com
Imon, today, was one of the biggest OF
THAT historic ground in years. The GROVE
marched through the principal streets OF
the city for two hours before bringing
Inn at the meeting place En- route, ant