The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-02
INDICTED men Are
BEING SOUGHT BY
THE GOVERNMENT
IN CANTONMENTS
All of 166 I. w. w. Lead
ers Wanted Have Not
Yet Been Arrested
, SOME HAVE BEEN
DRAFTED INTO ARMY
Evidence Showed Haywood
Planned To "Take Over
The Industries"
SABOTAGE PLANS
ARE OUTLINED
Kerosene For Bake Ovens
Revolution The Aim
Of Organization
(By Associated Press.)

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Chicago, Oct. 2.-Search for al
legged !. w. w. leaders named in
indictments returned here last Fri
day was made today in various army
cantonments where, it is learned, a
number Of the men sought are in
national service. Federal authorities
assert it will only be a matter of
short time until all of the 166 indict-
ed men are under arrest.
SCme 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 a book sent by William d.
Haywood, secretary treasurer, to
Duluth, Mimi, to be translated into
Finnish, the following was taken:
"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 con-
cern."
A letter from James Rowan, sent
from Seattle, Wash, under date of
Aug. 2, to Haywood says:
We have the good will of the Ger
man 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.
I'VE are going to carry our
points if we have to stop every
indpFf Qn the Pacific coast, We
did VAR and We 4 D not
con "a TO the workingnaan giving
UP his liberty and being drafted"
How 20 Ruin An Oven.
Another excerpt from the book
sent by Haywood to Duluth said:
rs a strike contemplated by the
most indispensable workers-those
Of the alimentary trades? A quart
of kerosene or other greasy and
malodorous matter, poured or smear
ed on the level of an overland
welcome the scabs and .scabby SOL
diers to come and bake the bread.
The bread will be uneatable, be-
cause the stones will give the bread
for at least a month the foul odor
OF the substance they have absorb
ed. Result: A useless oven."
The Haywood book suggests as a
means to paralyze railroads:
workers among the most skillful and |
experienced-who would by a single |
stroke disable and render useless for |
some days Fthe materials necessary |
for the regular performance of the |
service and the movement Of trains"
Revolutionary Union.
Haywood and others are held liable |
for publication in the newspaper
Solidarity last August Of:
"The i. w. w. is more than a la /
Dor organization. 1t is revolution
ary union. We are absolutely /
and irrevocably dissatisfied with the
present system of society. We con-
slider 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.
THE I. w. w. is so deeply rooted
In America and the world that it can
afford to take the chances of an
open war whole lot better than
the powers that oppose 1t. Our sys-
tenn Of job. agitation is such that no
power on earth can keep the union i
from spreading its influence.
We have shown the world how to go
10 Jail in huge numbers, exasperate
the tax payers and block the ma
chinery OF Justice
seThe /. w. w. lis fighting for HIM
seIf-self- preservation like the cop
per trust, knows no law"
Another issue Of the paper, Aug.
25. read:
"The refusal OF American workers
10 volunteer and their determined II
opposition to being drafted into the
army demonstrates clearly that war
IS being recognized by the slave class
as 4 cause 81 class hatred. ~
Other issues Of the paper read:
cit is needless to say the /. w. w.
q unalterably opposed to conscrip-
ton. We consider the bombastic and
Iarfetched talk about freedom and
democracy simply so much bunk.
The only place we have anything to
gain or defend is on the job"
offsnses Charged.
While the October grand jury, +
which Is 10 continue the investiga-
ion into anti-goveTnment acts, was
being sworn in and charged today by
Federal Judge Carpenter, the of /
lenses charged against 1876 leaders Of
he Industrial Workers of the World
indicted last week were discussed by
he district attorney.
This official said he could not re-
real any part Of the evidence on
which the indictments were based,
lut said the offenses were grouped
n the indictments as follows:
Moves preventing the carrying out
e the acts OF congress TO keep the
Lrmy In the field, such as interfer-
.nce with the food. equipment and
transportation Of soldiers and with J
ne construction Of heavy ordnance {
md small fire arms; the manufac-
ure Of freight vessels and the ]
harvesting and transportation Of {
rops.
SpeciaT emphasis being laid on the {
with crop harvesting
md the destruction Of wheat; pre-
rention and attempts TO prevent the
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