, 1917-09-13
BY EWARD w. PiCkARD.

Its war industries hampered, Its dig
nifty outraged and its patience ex-
hausted, the government of the United
States arose in its might last week and
began the process of squashing the dis
reputable n disloyal Industrial
Workers of the World. In more than
a score of cities, mostly in the middle
and far West, their headquarters and
printing offices were raided IND great
quantities of material seized. The
department of justice prepared for this
action secretly and carried 1t out
swiftly n 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 h things that caused Uncle
Sam to get after the l. w. w. were the
preaching of sabotage-the wilfull de-
struction of property-and the use of
"stickerettes" designed to obstruct en-
listing, which were plastered all over
the country. They are also accused
of misusing the mails to send out mat
ter advocating treason, insurrection
ana forcible resistance to the laws o n
corning the carrying on of the war.
The documents seized show that the
/. w. w. vas planning IA nationwide
strike which, 1t hoped, would tie up
munition plants, railroads and lumber
mills. and the sabotage advocated was
20 be practlced in connection with his
strike.
There is a well grounded belief that
the leaders of the l. w. W. are con-
stantly supplied with funds from Ger
man sources, but the great mass of its
members no doubt are merely ignorant
and misled creatures.
h national headquarters of the
Socialist party in Chicago also were
falded and books and papers seized.
big Bill" In Eclipse.
Another prominent" opponent of the
soVernment-William Hale Thompson,
ne mayor of ChicagO-came n crOpper
last week. In defiance of the orders of
Governor Lowden, he compelled the
ponce of Chicago to give protection to
II meeting of the pacifists who had
peeh barred from Wisconsin, Minneso-
Va una other states. Thereupon the
governor sent troops to the city to pre-
vent repetition of the o~ffense, the city
council of Chicago formally rebuked
the mayor, the agents of the depart
lneht of justice began inquiries into
las conduct with a view to his indict-
'nent, the press and people of the
country denounced him, and his In
'ahtile boom for the Illinois senator
mp collapsed utterly. He did not go
q" The kankakee fair, where that boom
was slated to be started. 1t is difficult
+" write of Thompson, Mason and 9TH
~ SUN more prominent foes of their
."uhtry In printable language. Those
"h" combat the governments war eff
'"rtS give aid and comfort to the
l'"'nS' and exasperated loyalty won
''rs why they are not subjected to the
Qualities prescribed by the law against
treason.
Great Victory for Italians.
when the Italian armies on Tuesday
H''rIned and captured Monte San Ga
"'l'Ie they took the last mountain fort
''ss barring their way toward Laibach
anu an advance that would separate
'N' northern and southern Austrian
armies. Such a movement probably
WIN compel the Austrians to evacuate
trieste, which has been under shell fire
rom the water for days, and also is
likely to result in the taking Of Toll