Arizona republican., 1917-08-20

Contlnued from Page One) dustrial Workers of the World mem- bers alleged by leaders of the organi- zation to be illegally held in jail are released by that time
 Others Rounded Up
 Rowan and William Moran, secre- tary of the local Industrial Workers of the World organization. were ar rested at the local I. w. w. hall by Major Clement Wilkins, in command of battalion of guardsmen on patrol duty here. While Major Wilkins ac- companied by Rowan, went to eXecu- tive headquarters, three blocks distant to unlock the door, forty members of the company under the command of Captain F. A Jeter, rounded up twentytwo other men who were in the hall and took them with Moran to the county jail
 A squad of guardsmen was left at the executive headquarters and an- other was stationed at the Industrial Workers of the World hall. The lat ter arrested three other men who went to the hall later. Orders then were issued that no one should be permitted to enter the hall, but that no more arrests of persons seeking to enter should be made. None of the men ar rested offered any m,sistarte. The twenty three prisoners were lined up in double column, between files of the guardsmen, with fixed bayonets, and marched half mile to the jail. Here they were searched and their names taken, and they were placed in cells on an upper floor of the building
 You men are military prisoners 1l-.. T Major Wilkins told the men after they had been lined up in jail
 Investigation of your cases will be begun tomorrow and if it is found that any of you are wrongfully held, you will be released"
 Later Major Wilkins said the entire proceedings were under military orders and that no charges had been placed against the men. A deputy United States marshal who accompanied the soldiers did so only to identify the men arrested he said.
 Dictates Statement
 At the jail Rowan clctated a state ment of the purposes of the strike which he later read and signed. He said:
 The principal object of the strike of the lumber workers is the eight hour day. and sanitary conditions in the camps. We do not know of any reason why we should be arrested and detained or why our hall should be closed, as we are not breaking any law. We are not unpatriotic Our princi- pal demand is for the eight hour day which has been adopteC as standard by the United States government on all government work.
 There is nothing unlawful about de- manding clean and sanitary conditions in camps. The things we demand and have gone on strike for are the things which would be beneficial, not only to ourselves but to the whole of society and would tend to put the nation on more secure foundation.
 We have been accused of being un- patriotic and working against the United States government in the inter- est of the German government. It has also been stated that the lumber workers strike has been financed by Germany. This is absolutely untrue The money which supports the lumber workers strike was contributed by the working class from all over this coun- try and some from working men of other countries, but we have not yet got any from the kaiser
 We do not stand for the destruction of property. We have no wish to burn up the forests or to burn up the crops. All We ask is decent conditoins to live under and to work under We court investigation. We demand that this strike and this organization be fully investigated by the United States authorities and the results published
 Our men engaged in fighting for est fires have not gone on strike. The strike calls which have been issued do net apply to fire fighters.
 We believe that the great mass of people of the country are in favor of the things which are advocated by the Industrial Workers of the World. We know that the only reason why we are subjected to persecution is because, if the conditions we demand are granted it would decrease the profits made by the capitalistic class.
 All our aims and objects are such as would promote the welfare of the men and women of the working class upon which the security of any coun- try depends
 LONG BEACH, Cal, Aug 19.-Eight members of the Industrial Workers of the World were arrested as they step- ped from a Los Angeles train here to- day by squad of police assisted by several national guardsmen.
 Two were released after examina- tion by department of justice officials who said they had trailed the men from meeting of their organization in Los, Angeles last night. The others were held for investigation. Some of