The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1916-11-10
SEVEN MEN WERE KILLED
MORE THAN FIFTY WOUNDED
In Everett Riot Last Sunday. W. VS..
Blamed for Firing First Shot
Wholesale Arrests

al least seven men were Rl!leu outright
and it is claimed others fell into the
water and their bodies were not re-
covered. At least fifty we're wounded.
Five or six seriously. Between five
hundred and a thousand shots were
fired by the rioters and the Everett
officers aud citizens. ESQ in one boat
and $50 in another left Seattle for Ev-
erett. When they tried to land they
were told by the sheriff Of Snohomish
county that they could not hold street
meetings in Everett Other accounts
say the sheriff told the men they could
not land in Everett. The shooting
started from the statement made by
the sheriff. An excited I. w. w. is
reported to have said, The hell we
can't" and began shooting. The
shooting then became general and was
kept up ten minutes, when the boat
began backing off from the wharf, and
the shooting ceased. The boat with
the dead and wounded I. w. WIS.
went back to Seattle, followed by the
other boat with $50 I. w. WIS. aboard.
On arrival at Seattle all were placed
under arrest and will be tried, it is re-
ported, on charge Of murder
The sheriff received two wounds,
not serious. Two other citizens were
killed and some twenty wounded.
The trouble between the I. w. WIS.
and the Everett authorities began last
spring when the single weavers' strike
occurred. The striking weavers beat
up some men who had taken the
places OF strikers. The city deter
mined to protect the strike breakers in
their right to work unmolested. The
I. w. WIS. held street meetings and the
Reds, those who believe in shedding
blood to gain their point, urged the
use OF force. Their papers also helped
to stir up trouble by urging the men
to resist the ordinance prohibiting
street speaking. Last Sunday was the
day decided on to make descent on
Everett. When the boats left Seattle
Everett officers were advised of the de-
sign and prepared to meet the boats at
the wharf.
Prosecuting attorney o. T. Webb,
Of Snohomish county, and his deputy,
Clifford Newton, returned Monday
night from Seattle, where they con-
Tered with Prosecutor Alfred Lundin,
of King county, regarding the manner
OF handling the trials Of the 285 I. w.
WIS. now confined in Seattle jails.
Webb said Monday that no decision was
reached, and that the matter will be
given careful study before any action
is taken. However, it is probable that
some Of the men will be tried in the
Snohomish county courts and some in
King county courts.
The Snohomish county Jail could
not handle such crowd of prisoners,
and if all demanded separate jury trials,
as is expected, it would be impossible
to try them in the local courts. With
eight or nine judges sitting in the
King county superior court, together
with the two in Everett, the time Tor
hearing all the cases will be greatly
decreased. Extreme difficulty in get
ting impartial juries is expected. 1t
will cost thousands of dollars to try
these cases, and the time it will re-
quire cannot be estimated.
Webb and Lundin considered the
questions as to what charge should be
preferred against the I. w. w., where
they should be tried and whether I'M
der state or federal laws. Webb will
return to Seattle to confer again with
Lundin Tuesday. He has been I'M
able to campaign since Sunday, as he
has been busy on the I. W. w. case
and in answering the innumerable
questions regarding election, the pros
ecutor's office being the general in
formation bureau.
Mrs. Edith Frenette, the I. W. W.
agitator who has been at liberty for
some weeks on $1,000 bail on
charge OF unlawful assembly, is in a
Seattle Jail at present and will be