New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-01
Sinclair Accuses Rockefeller.

When sentenced Sinclair rose in his
seat and made a speech.
OF had "a moral purpose when ! went TO
&C Broadway" said he. II wanted to
BRING home to Mr.. Rockefeller the feeling
that he is responsible for the murders in
Colorado
You are making a speech" said the
magistrate.
This Is serious crisis OF my life. l
am facing "a physical breakdown" an
swered Sinclair.
The magistrate assured Sinclair that
the prison physician would take good
care of him, and the author replied mat
the court was governed by the "invlsiole
government
NO invisible government I'm this court"
snapped Magistrate Simms. you can't
break the law
Pardon me. I should not have said
that. The phrase invisible government
is not inine-lrs President Wilson's.
believe he would say with me that Stand
ard oil is the most important part Of our
invisible government commented SIN
clair.
Il say to YOU that / will 90 20 jail and
lie there till / am carried out dead. II
need bee. I'm going TO declare hunger
strike"
"All right-if YOU like said the court,
smiling pleasantly
Mrs Inez ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS was an
early arrival at court
"They might just as well stop funerals
she declared, hotly. Mr.. Sinclair and
the others most assuredly have my sup
port. VIII I march? Well, I'm busy
YOU know It's the proper thing to do
we must make protest"
Mrs. Upton Sinclair, the second wife Of
the essential monogamlst," whose other
spouse cast him off for Harry Kemp. the
tramp poet. was vigorous last night in
ner approval Of the authors tactics. She
herself has been an interchangeable
"mourner'
OF want TO say Just one thing" she said.
cit is that it seems TO me sad ana
pathetic thing that there are hundreds,
probably thousands. Of women In New
York to-day VINO. as they purchase ex-
pens.ve and conspicuous clothes In which
10 parade on Fifth ave. and in bathrooms
and restaurants. are accusing me and
these other unse'nsh women who Are with
me OF making a vulgar spectacle OF our
selves when we walk in a mourning pro-
cession for the murdered women and
children Of the Colorado mine districts.
"Do they think that we crave cheap
notoriety? Then ask them what they
crave when they wear 800 worth Of
pumes I'm their hats? 7 fee! I would
rather see Upton In jail for this cause
than have him free, now that things have
taken such n decisive turn"
Sinclair. seated comfortably in his cell
late in the afternoon, issued a blast Of his
own against magistrates. capitalists. the
police and various other agencies which
have figured In his career OF the last few
days
"A magistrate holds that anything
which draws together q few people is
disorderly conduct" he said. land this is
absurd on the face Of 10. We have the
right TO have policemen with us in our
mourning TO keep the crowd moving.
Rockefeller stated that he wasn't con-
Nfl A-tfA ApNaA VIM Aili ENAiNc llQ Win IS.
but while In the anteroom OF his Office
I saw a man so in and out several times.
and later I saw the same man talking
very earnestly to policemen outside
strikes are becoming more ard more
frequent and revolution IS inevitable The
capitalists may try to oppose armed re-
s.s,ance, IN which case We shall have
ffo,HeIad and s.rre.offon The c,.or+f,..
Is whether We who still believe in polltl-
cal action can act quickly enough 10 avert
the clash.
THE doctrine OF the open shop IS A
sentence 81 slow extermin0tion upon the
working class-a sentence that year after
year. automatically. they shall have less
and less OF the necessaries OF life. To
press this doctrine Is one way OF being
a murderer. Workingmen are being driv-