The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-03
PROTEST
OVER LYNCH|NG
-Four Thousand Members Of
I. w. w. to March to De-
r. pot Behind Body of
Frank Little.
SEND 200 MESSAGES
Many Threats Of Violence Contained
In Telegrams Of Regret
Sent to Butte
Mlners.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.]
BUTTE, Mont, Aug. "a silent
protest against the lynching of Frank
H. Little, executive board chairman
of the I. w. w., will be staged by
about 1000 members Of the l. w. w,
late today or tomorrow when Li.tle's
boIy is sent to Chicago, or to Fresno,
Calf, for burial. The miners will
march behind the body in silent DEM
onstration as it Is carried to the
depot.
Local members Of the union, who
have the arrangements in charge,
early today assured Major Sargent.
commander of the battalion of the
Second Montana infantry on duty
here, that there will be no violence.
The officer informed the miners he
had no objection to an orderly parade,
but that he had orders to prevent
occurrence of any disorder.
William Sullivan, attorney for the
/. W. W., today still refused to turn
over evidence which he claims to
have, duplicating several men in the
lynching, to the authorities. Omcials
say that Sullivan is merely "bluffing"
and admit they have no tangible clew
to the identity Of the lynchers. 1t Is
likely that additional rewards will be
offered by the county and state.
Two hundred messages from local
I. w. w. unions all over the country
have been received. All express re-
sentiment at the lynching and many
contain threats Of violence. Plans
for a nationwide demonstration by
all I. W. WIS in every city during
the hour that Little's body is being
lowered into it's grave, are being
made.
Pickets have been appointed by
the l. W. w. to meet all incoming
trains and direct members of the
organization, many of whom are ex-
pected to come here as result OF
Little's death, to the headquarters.
Circulars distributed by the !. w.
w. today openly charged that Little
was murdered by mining company
men. Albert Speare, a barber, found
the vigilante warning "3-7-77," with
the words first warning" and sign
ed "P. c. c. written on his door
today. 1t is thought the initials re-
fer to the "Pearse-Connolly club"
radical Irish home rule organization.
speare is naturalized American
citizen, who was born IN England.
He declares a shotgun is waiting for
the self appointed v!gilantes when
they come for him.
Funeral Tomorrow.
CHICAGO, Aug. 3.-The funeral
of Frank Little, I. w. W. leader,
lynched in Butte, Mont, will prob
ably be held in Butte tomorrow. VIII
liam Haywood, secretary of the ma
tional organization Of the I. w. W..
said today. He received message
from Little's sister, Emma Little, OF
Fresno. Calf, placing arrangements
for the funeral in Haywood's hands.
Activities Investigated.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 3.-Inves-
tiaation Of l. w. W. activities in Cal
ifornia, Oregon, and Washington con-
tinued today under the direction Of
Assistant United States Attorney
Caspar Ornabaum by orders OF the
department of Justice Ornabaum in
dfcated today that new disclosures
had been made which will not be
made public at this time.
The starting Of fires In haystacks
and grain fields is the center of the
inquiry. Ornabaum asserts the evi-
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