The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-11-09
Industrial Workers of World
and Citizens Posse Stage
Bloody Battle on Ever
EFT, WASH, Docks.
CITY is PUT UNDER GUARD
Militia Troops Patrol the Dis
turbed ~Section-Nearly 500
Are Under Arrest-Some
Women In Party.

Sedttle, WaSn., NOV. I--SeVen men are
dead and 80 are suffering today from
bullet wounds as the result OF a battle
yesterday at Everett, Wash, 80 miles
north of Seattle, when ESQ members OF
the Industrial Workers of the World
sought to land in that city from h
steamer Verona, which had carried
by Sheriff Donald McFae, OF Spoho-
mish county, who with a posse FOR,
bade them to land. A hot fired from
the Verona, according to the ships OF
ficers, was followed Immediately by
firing from both sides. The steamer
and wounded. The Seattle police took
the dead to the morgue, the wounded
to the city hospital, and unwounded to
the city Jail.
One man Of the Everett citizens
posse, G. o. Curtis, formerly second
lieutenant In the Washington national
guard, was killed. and 10 wounded.
Including the wounded, there are 2s4
men and three women under arrest
here. Forty-one, men were from
p second steamer which failed TO reach
Everett. The women were X from
b motor bus which had conveyed them
from he boundary Of Seattle. where
they had disembarked from an Ever
EFT interurban ear 1t is alleged by the
Seattle police that Miss Edith Frenette
tried to throw red pepper into the eyes
Of Sheriff McRae while he was being
taken to a hospital in Everett. The
fight was the result Of a long contest
between the Industrial workers and the
citizens Of Everett over the right to
hold street meetings in that city.
Maj. G. ID. Pennington, OF the ma
tional guard, was placed in charge OF
the situation at, Everett by Adjutant
General Thompson, who returned to
Cnoffla The Euaraff naval militia fhA
Snohomish company and n company
In Seattle were under orders today to
meet any emergency.
Says !. W.. w. Fired First.
There was much feeling over the
shooting, but so far there nave been
no disturbances. Sheriff McRae, who
Is suffering from two gunshot wounds
in the left leg, asserted that the first
shot was fired by a man standing be
fore the mast in front of the pilot
house. McRae said the mans action
took the posse by surprise, for while
trouble had been anticipated no open
battle was seriously expected.
Eye witnesses asserted hat several
men jumped into the water from the
boat and that SOM were drowned. but
searchers today were unable to find
any bodies and 1t was believed that
this report was incorrect.
-Four of the wounded members of the
cltlZenS posse were III u CEltlCdl COh
The presence of two detectives, In
the employ of a national detective
agency on the Verona during the fight
at Everett was revealed when the loc0l
manager of the agency wen to police
headquarters and obtained their re-
lease. They had been locked up with
the other men taken from the boat
| One of them, whose name was entered
on the police register as Charles F.
Smith, sustained a slight scalp wound,
while taking photographs of the men
on the boat engaged In shooting at
Sheriff McRae's posse. He declared he
| had obtained photographs showing
| plainly certain members Of the We
| rona's party shooting at the citizens on
| shore. Both detectives said they could
identify the leaders Of the expedition.
After the detectives were released
| they went into conference with o.. T.
| Webb, prosecuting attorney of Snoho-
mish county. who had been summoned
Mayor d. d. MerriIi has Issued the
| following statement: .rs..t sn
1.-TWO months ago the Industrial
Workers Of the World commenced to
hold meetings In this city during which
time they expressed sympathy for the
striking v and these talks were
mild at first, but they soon began to
villify public officials and became very
rabid In their utterances. 1 then gave
orders that any such speakers be in
formed that such language would not
be countenanced and on their persist
ing, ordered the arrest of several Of
them. / informed them that such in
flammatory utterances would not be
permitted and told these persons to
leave the city and not come back.
They paid no heed to these warn
ings and instead uttered threats and
sent both Sheriff McRae and myself
warning letters through the mails.
Drastic action vas necessary, and
we made more arrests and escorted
some Of them out Of the city limits
when one night, following a street
meeting Of the industrial workers, eight
workmen were set upon and beaten Sc
yerely by Industrial Workers. Several
street riots followed and Sheriff McRae
then met with the Commercial club
and the proposition Of organized rests
lance upon the part OF the citizens was
taken up and adopted. Three hundred
special deputixed officers were Or
CANNED and these formed a part Of the
body which met the steamer yester-
day"