The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-07-24
M0Bs N SEATTLE
RQUT SOCIALISTS
Soldiers and Sailors Join With the
Citizens.
|. W. W. ROOMS WERE WRECKED
Contents Of Buildings Were Removed
to Streets and 6urned-Poiice
Looked On But Made
No Arrests.

| 0OattA0S VooA's July ~ "A patty VI
United States marines and sailors
from the Pacific reserve feet, most Of
the sailors wearing the name bands
OF the cruisers Colorado and Califor-
mia, started to clean up the town."
as they expressed it, by attacking So
cialist and Industrial Workers Of the
World headquarters.
A second party of men from the
Pacific reserve fleet attacked the In
dustrial Workers headquarters on
Washington street, in the southern
part of the city. The contents of the
building were carried to the street
and bonfire made of them.
A provost guard of fifty men from
The fleet was hurried ashore In cut
.ers to arrest all the men ashore.
Secretary of the Navy Daniels was
dining on the cruiser West Virginia.
the guest of Admiral Reynolds, when
the rioting began
Mob Reforms.
The mob reformed in the north part
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and went back to the Socialist head
quarters on Fifth avenue and Virginia
street and sacked the place. destroying
the furniture and large quantity of
Socialist literature. About q dozen
sailors, all young, were in the first
wrecking party to get under way.
They were aided by several members
OF the Washington naval militia and
by a hundrd young civilians, who made
most of the noise. Waving United
States flags, the storming party
swooped down on the cart news stand
of Milard Price, Socialist orator, at
the intersection of Fourth avenue and
Weslake boulevard, the busiest night
corner of the city. The cart was
broken to splinters in moment and
the big stock of Socialist papers and |
magazines torn, tossed into the street
and jumped upon
The men then rushed to q store
room occupied until recently by the
Industrial Workers of the World, at |
Fifth avenue, near Stewart The
wreckers found the place deserted.
the tenants having moved. They then
proceeded to the Socialist headquar
tiers on Fifth avenue, near Stewart.
smashed in the plate glass front and
nailed American flags on the front of
the building.
Police Look On.
Two policemen smiled complacently
upon the wreckers. The sailors tore
the signs from the front of the build
ing and broke them to pieces, and
started to drag the furniture and
books into the street, but policemen
stopped them. There were demands
that the Industrial Workers be hunt
ed down, and a young civilian in a
white suit tried to induce the party to
60 to the headquarters of the Moder
ate Socialists in an old church on
Olive street near Seventh.
Another self-appointed leader led
the party toward the Old Unitarian
church on Seventh avenue, near Union
street, which had just been vacated
by the Moderates.
AS the naval men were crossing
Pike street, at Sixth, they were over
hauled by an automobile full of po-
licemen, headed by captain, who
told the soldiers that If they did not
dispense he would arrest them. The
policemen by maneuvering separated
the men in uniform and scattered
them. No handling of them was nee.
essary. The men shouted to the po-
lice:
No Arrests Made.
Your mayor won't do anything to
protect the flag so we are saving your
CITY,"
A-young civilian who had been en-.
deavoring to incite the sailors, kept
to them to go and get Mayor
Cotterill" No arrests were made.
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