The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-09-13
Government Finally Closes Down
on Industrial Workers of
the World.
MANY RAIDS AND ARRESTS
Italians Continue Victorious PROGRESS
o"ard Trieste-Germans Take
Riga and Great Naval Battle
In the Gulf Of Finland
Is Expected.
BY EWARD w. PICkARD.

It's war industries hammered IFS dig
nifty outraged and its patience ex-
hausted, the government Of the United
states arose In It's might last week and
heGhh the process of Squnshing the dis
reputable and diSloynl Industrial
Workers of the World. In more than
q score Of cities, mostly in the middle
ana far West, their headquarters and
printing offices were ruided and great
quantities of material seized. The
department. Of justice prepared for this
action secretly and carried it out
swiftly and skillfully. and is now ready
to have the leaders of the organization
indicted If the documents taken war
rant this. In some cities many arrests
were made. Prosecutions may be
started under the new espionage law,
or any one Of several other laws.
Two of the things that caused Uncle
Sam to get after the l. w. w. were the
preaching OF sabotage-the wilfull de-
structlon OF property-and the use Of
"stickerettes" designed to obstruct en-
listing, which were plastered all over
the country. They are also accused
ter advocating treason, insurrection
and forcible resistance to the laws con-
ccrning the carrying on Of the war.
The documents seized show that the
I. w. w. was planning nation wide
strike which, 1T hoped, would tie up
munition plants, railroads and lumber
mills, and the sabotage advocated was
to be practlced In connection with this
strike.
There is we'll grounded belief that
the leaders Of the I. w. w. are con
stantly supplied with funds from Ger
man sources, but the great mass Of It's
members no doubt are merely ignorant
( and misled creatures.
The national headquarters Of the
Socialist party In Chicago also were
raidcd and books and papers seized.
"Big Bill" in Eclipse.
Another "prominent" opponent of the
William Hale Thompson
the mayor Of Chicago croppel
last week. In defiance Of the orders OF
Governor Lowden. he compelled the
police of Chicago to give protection tt
meeting Of the pacifists who hat
been barred from Wisconsin, Minneso
tn and other states. Thereupon the
governor sent troops to the city to pre-
vent repetition Of the offcnse, the cit!
council Of Chicago formally rebuket
the mayor, the agents Of the depart
ment Of justice began inquiries int
MS conduct with view to his indict
ment, the press and people Of th'
country denounced him, and his In
fantilc boom for the Illinois senator
snip collapsed utterly. He did not &
to the Kankakee fair, where that boon
was slated to be started. 1t Is Difficult
to write Of Thompson, Mason and 9th
er still more prominent foes Of thc
country in printable language. Th0s
who combat the governments war ef
forts "give aid and comfort to tn
enemy" and exaspcrated loyalty won
ders why they are not subjected to tn
penalties prescribed by the law agains
treason.
Great Victory for ltalians.
! When tho Italian armies on Tuesda
stormed and captured Monte San Ga
briele they took the last mountain fort
ress barring their way toward Laibac
and an advance that would separat
the northern and southern Austrla
armies Such O movement probabl
: Will compel the Austrians to evacuat
Trieste, which has been under shell fir
from the water for days, and also
likely to result In the taking of To-