The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-06
Right Are Convicted.

antl-lrgft cases Nhicn nave u-tA HA
trial here in the federal court since
September ls. returned yerdic, bate
yesterday finding eight OF she clesep
members OF the Working Class union
guilty Of Conspiracy to resist the On.
forcement of the laws for raisins ai.
army to fight against Germany.
a verdict Of guity WAS returned
against clure Isenhouer, Ooe isenhouer-
Tobe Slmons. Jchn Shirey. Walter Phil-
lips. j. y. SparKman. c. W. Morris and
Earl Whitten.
Vcrdicts Of not sailty were returned
for J. l.. Bohannon. Daniel Iscnhoner
ana Frank Banning.
Sentence Inis Morning.
The maximum penalty for conviction
under the charge l. six years In federal
prison. a fine OF 5000. or both.
simons and Phillips were permitted
to remain al liberty under their bonds.
remanded TO jail.
There were three counts in the indict-
ments. one charging conspiracy 70 re-
sist the draft act, one conspiracy to re-
sist the authority Of the United states
government and one charging conspir-
acy to incite insUrrection. The jury
acquitted all defendants on the second
and third counts, hut found the eight
guilty on the first count
General Uprising Planned.
All the defendants are said TO bel
members OF what was termed tho
ZONES family" living in the Brown and
IL D. ff.fe4 4in
and Cleveland counties. west and south
6f Tecumseh. Daniel Isenhouer, who
was one OF the three acquitted. IS the
father of Clure and Obe Isenhouer who
were among tie eight convicted.
II was charged By the government
that they were rineleaders Of the lam
iiy." or Working Class union, which held
secret meetings at night and guarde5
it's objects BY the use Of an elaborate
system of passwords and countersigns.
The principal object Of these meetings
II was alleged, was TO stir up "A gen
erai uprising to prevent the enforce
ment OF tho seiective draft law.
To Seize Towns Burn Bridges.
Witnesses for the government testi-
fed that Rube Muns3n, state orga nizer
OF the Working Class union and y ner
Spence. state secretary, reported The
organization TO have a strength o. 35
900 in Oklahoma, 10000 in Texas. an
to be backed by forty.eight similar O..
ganiza atoms in other states, with q total
membership Of 100000 men.
4 revolution was to be started stimuli.
taneously throughout the country. wit
nessos said these leaders promised, and, |
as the revolution grew. the insurrec.
tionists we're TO attack cities. seize
banks. burn bridges. cut telegraph ami |
telephone wires and teri'orize The entire |
country into submission.
Members Of the Working Glass union !,
were to follow the lead Of the Industrial |
Workers Of the world, witnesses salc |
these leaders suggested Two carloads
OF rifles Were 10 be at their disposal. |
dynamite was to be provided. It was
said, for the heavier work 10 be under
taken.
Witnesses declared that the state or
ganizers said the /. ". W. through its
Chicago headquarters. had connections
in Germany; that German agents were
to finance the revolution. and that.
when thoroughly organized. the insur-
rectionists would outnUmber the troops
eft TO defend the United States.
Date Set for July %.
The date fixed for the beginning Of
the revolution. witnesses said. was July
,7. The anti-draft riots which occurred
n Seminole. Pontotoc and Hughes
counties started August 2. Some offic
ais OF high rank in the organization
we're said TO have changed the date for
he uprising.
In the meantime. July 10. the eleven
defendants who have been on trial here
we're arrested in Cleveland and Potta-
antomie counties. Federal. state anu
county officers. assisted by pOssemen
rom three affected counties. quickly
,roke up the mobs in Seminole Hughes
md Pontotoc counties by the killing
# two leaders and the arrest Of nearly
our hundred leaders and members. ,
lmong whom were both Munson and J
spence. Two hundred and twenty Of
bese have since been indicted IN the Z
ederal court AZ aicAlester.