The Penn's Grove record., 1915-10-22
.ACITATORS HOLD
OUTDOOR MEETING
Barred From Paterson, Speak
ers Haraugne Crowd in Woods.
URGE: FORCE FOR, RIGHTS
I. w. w. Orators Rap Police Order
Will Seek Injunction in the
courts-Messaees Sent Will
son n Fielder.

(Speeial Trenton Correspondence
Trenton-Just across the city line
from Paterson, IN the Haledon WOODS,
three T. w. w. agitators addressed
a crowd of about 1000 men II W.
men silk workers of this city anu
talked strike to them, and toiu Inein
that now is the time TO strlKe' @nu
one said: you may have to resort
to your strong arms and backs. hou
might get somewhere by using these'
They also had much to say ABOUT Tue
police of that city.
A. the close OF the meeting w
kilograms were sent, one 10 Fresiuenl
Wilson and the other to GoVernoi
Fielder, asking these officials 10 see
that the workers here were gwen
"right conditions At the conclusion
of the telegram is the following: Our
;ntantion is to exhaust every
means to see that we get our rlghts'
If we cannot be satisfied this way we
will obtain our rights in some other
manner." These kilograms were
signed by Adolph Lessig, secretary,
|. w. w. Neither Lessig nor any OIL
the other takers would explain what
was meant by another manner.
Eliazbeth Gurley Flynn, Adolph
Lessig and Joseph J. Ettor, all we'll
known l. w. w. agitators, were the
~speasers at the open air meetlng.
The meeting was originally called for
the purpose of protesting against the
action of he police of this city IN re-
fusing to allow any of the l. w. w.
aeitators to address meetings mere
but before the meeting ended IL hau
hoon tnrnad into q talk on strike and
proper organization.
Miss Flynn Raps Police.
Az was expected, Miss Flynn rap
ped the police of this city because Iney
would not. allow her to talk mere on
a couple of occasions recently. She
reiterated her former statement tnat
she would talk in Paterson YET, IL
it's the last thing do before ole.
She went on to say that when she was
talking with Chief of Police Bimson
here a couple of weeks ago, Bimson
told her that the silk workers OF Pat
erson were ignorant foreigners anc
have no brains. "If Bimson is right
said the speaker. 81 guess you VIII
have to resort to your strong arms
and backs. You might get somewhere
by using these"
Miss Flynn said the police a al
lowed the silk manufacturers to hold
their convention in this city without
police interference or scrutiny. "Ihats
because the manufacturers nave
brains" she said.
Lessig said a meeting had been ar
ranged for the next Sunday IN the
Haledon woods for the purpose or
raising funds to aid Patrick Quinlan,
one of their organizers, to get out OF
prison. Quinlan was convicted for his
part in the big strike in Paterson a
couple of years g and is now IN
Trenton State Prison.
Lessig also said that the l. w. W..
now proposed to take the matter OF
free speech into the courts and made
the boast that within two weeks n
I. w. w. speaker who chose will be
able to talk in Paterson without fear
of Che police. I'VE will get an in
junction from the courts to prevent
the police from interfering with our
meetings." said Lessig in conclusion.
It was then arranged that the two
kilograms should be sent to President
Wilson and Governor Fielder, asking
| these officials to see that the /. w. w.
got their rights from the courts and
the police.