The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-10-03
BOOK
IS SENT TO DULUTH
T0BE TRANSLATED
INTO FINN TONGUE

Chicago, Oct. 3.-Search for al
legged l. W. w. leaders named in in
dictments returned here last Friday
is being made today in various army
cantonments where, it is learned, a
number of the men sought are in ma
tional service Federal authorities
assert it will only be mater Of a
short time until all of the 166 in
dicted men are under arrest.
Some of the evidence used by the
Federal grand jury in obtaining true
bills shows that it was contained
principally in letters and pamphlets.
thousands Of which were distributed
over the country.
From book sent by William D.
Haywood, secretary-treasurer to Du-
luth, Mimi, to be translated into
Finnish, the following was taken:
Going to Take Industries.
1--WE are going to take over the
industries some day for three very
good reasons: Because we need them,
because we want them, and because
we have the power to get them.
Whether we are ethically justified or
not is not our cOncern.'
Another excerpt from the book sent
by Haywood to Duluth said:
"Is strike contemplated by the
most Indispensable workers-those of
the alimentary trades? A quart of
kerosene or other greasy and malo-
dorOus matter, poured or smeared on
the level Of an Overland welcome
the scabs and scabby soldiers to come
and bake the bread.
'The bread will be uneatable, be-
cause the stoves will give the bread
for at least a month the foul odor
of the substance they have absorbed.
Result: \ useless oven.'
To Paralyzs Railroads.
The Haywood book suggests as a
means to paralyZs railroads.:
ut would be we'll to choose those
workers among the most skillful and
experienced---who would by single
stroke disable and render useless for
some days the materials necessary for
the regular performance OF the serV-
ice and the movement of trains"
Haywood and others are held liable
for publication in the newspaper
Solidarity last August Of:
"The l. w. w. is more than q la
Dor organization. 1t is revolution
ary union. We are absolutely and
irrevocably dissatisfied with the pres
ent system of society. We consider
it a useless system and we mean to
destroy it.
RED card men are shrewd, deter
mined, valorous and loyal to the
cause they love. There would
not be soldiers enough in the coun-
try to round them up for arrest nor
jails enough to hold them.
l. w. w. Deeply Rooted.
"The l. w. w. is so deeply rooted
in America and the world that it
can afford to take chances on an
open war a whole lot better than the
powers that oppose it, Our system
of job agitation Is such that no
power on earth can keep the union
from spreading it's influence.
We have shown the world how to go
to Jail in huge numbers, exasperate
the taxpayers and block the ma
chinery of 'justice.'
"The l. w. w. is fighting for him
self-self- representation like the cop
per trust, knows no law"
Another issue of the paper, Aug.
rs, reads:
"The refusal of American workers
to volunteer and their determined
opposition to being drafted into the
army demonstrates clearly that war
is being recognized by the slave class
as a cause of class hatred. ="
Oppose Conscription.
Other issues of the paper read:
1T is needless to say the I. w. w.
is unalterably opposed to conscrip-
ton We consider the bombastic and
far-fetched talk about freedom and
democracy simply so much bunk. The
only place we have anything to gain
or defend is on the job"
The October grand jury, sworn in
today in Federal court, is expected to
continue the inquiry begun by the
September grand jury into anti-war
activities.
A letter from James Rowan, sent
from Seattle, Wash, under date OF
Aug. 2, to Haywood, says:
1--WE have the good will of the
German people here and we feel that
they are in sympathy with our cause.
We do not call them Germans, how
ever, but refer to them the same as
others, the Fellow Workers.
eve are going to carry our points
if we have to stop every industry on
the Pacific coast We did not de-
clare war and we have not consented
L. wi hic lih.