Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-07-20

~ "NiS idiucu anu JHo DOCKS ana furniture carried into the street and burned. A Socialist newsstand on the principal street corner of the city was destroyed and the big meeting room of the Industrial Workers of the World Tn the southern part of the city, was stripped of it's belongings, which were thrown from second story window and burned in the streets.
 The police offered no resistance to the rioters. Some of the officers said that all the force was busy handling crowds attending the Golden Potlatch 1estlvltles and no reserves were avail. able to cope with the rioters.
 Citizens Helped Raiders.
 Hatbands of the cruisers Charleston. Colorado and California were most numerous among the raiding sailors A few uniformed member of the Washington naval militia joined in, but citizens made up most of the mob, Actual destruction of property was carried on by uniformed men, includ- ing number of petty officers. The damage is estimated at $6O,0O0.
 A report was widely circulated to- day that Secretary of the Navy Jose phus Daniels, in speech of the Rain fer Club, had taken the Industrial Workers of the World as his subject and had declared that they and all other believers in the red flag should be driven from the country. Those who heard the address of the secre- tary said it was exceedingly moderate and made no reference to any local trouble. Nor did he. at any time, men, tion the Industrial Workers.
 A street fight Thursday night at an Industrial Workers meeting, in which three soldiers were beaten, had been represented to the naval men as direct attack upon the service. All expected
 RiOting Began Early.
 The rioitng began before dark. At first only dozen sailors were engag- ed, but later the number increased to probably 300. The crowd continued marching through the streets until af- ter midnight, waving American flags and yelling defiance at the Industrial Workers of the Horld.
 Secretary of the Navy Daniels said it would not be fair to ask him to dis cuss the outbreak because he knew nothing about it. Concerning his speech at the Rainier Club, in which he glorified the Stars and Stripes and condemned the red flag, he said:
 What said last night concerning patriotism had no refernce to any To- cal trouble. In fact, I did not know anything about local troubles, if you have any. I did not mention the In- dustrial Workers of the World, nor did I know that organization has ob- tained foothold here. I confess that my brief talk on the flag was not made here for the first time, but was a repetition from my recent address at Erie, Pa."
 Rear Admiral Reynolds, commander of the reserve fleet, expressed regret at the outbreak, of which he had heard only indefinite rumors. The admiral said: While I was at dinner with Secretary Daniels on the West Virginia, word came from Chief of Po- lice Bannick, warning me that he fear ed there might be trouble between the sailors and the Industrial Workers. at once sent patrol of thirty men ashore, armed with night sticks. They were instructed to round up such dis orderly men as might be found and send them to their ships"
 Willard Price, Socialist leader, whose newsstand was wrecked early in the night, said the loss to the So- cialists would be about $2,000.
 "The Socialist party is National political party and has nothing to do with the red flag" said Price. '':. think the riot resulted in the way Sec. retary Daniels speech was reported by the newspapers. The sailors were melted to violence, and once started they did not recognize the difference between a National party, like the So- cialists, ant an unorganized crowd like the Industrial Workers of the World"