The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-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.

Seattle, Wash. Nov. Seven mon are
dead and SO 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
he Industrial Workers of the World
sought to land in that city from the
steamer Verona, which had carried
them from Seattle. The boat was met
by Sheriff Donald McEae. of Snoho-
mlSh county, who with q posse for
babe them to land. n shot fired from
the Verona, according to the ships Of
fcerS, was followed Immediately by
firing from both sides. The steamer
FASTENED back to Seattle with the dead
and 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 he wounded, there are 294
Wen and three women under arrest
hefe. rty- men were taken from
@ second steamer which failed to reach
Everett. The women were taken from
Q motor bus which had conveyed them
from the boundary Of Seattle, where
they had d~isembarked from an Ever,
EFT 1nterurban car. 1t is alleged by the
Seattle police that Miss Edith Frenette
tried to throw red copper 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
TIVE the Industrial workers and the
citizens of Everett over the right to
hold street meetings in that city.
Mai. G. D.. Pennington, of the ma
tional guard, was placed in charge of
the situation at Everett by Adjutant
General Thompson. who returned to
Seattle. The Everett naval militia, the
Snohomish company and one 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 have 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
look the posse by surprise, for while
trouble had been anticipated no open
battle was seriously expected.
Eye witnesses asserted that several
men jumped into the water from the
boat and that some were drowned, but,
s~earchers today We're unable to find
any bodies and it was believed that
this report was incorrect.
-Four of the wounded members of the
citizens posse were in a critical con-
dition early today.
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 loc,l
manager of the agency went 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 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
from Everett.
Mayor D. d. Merrill has issued the
following statement:
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 weaver and these talks were
mild at first, but they soon began to
villify public officials and became very
rabid in their utterances. l then gave
orders that any such speakers be in
SeSA ANA15 oeSS "oulu HOLF
be co~untenanced and on their persist
ing, ordered the arrest Of several of
them. | informed them that such in
flammatory u~tterances 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 was necessary. and
we made more arrests and escorted
some Of them out Of the city limits
when n night, following a street
meeting OF the industrial workers, eight
workmen were set upon and beaten Sc
verely by Industrial Workers. Several
street riots followed and Sheriff McRae
then met with the Commercial club
n the proposition Of organized resis.
lance upon the part Of he citizens. was
taken up n adopted. Three hundred
special deputized officers were orr
ganized and these formed a part OF the
body which met the steamer yester-