Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-09-14
BY EwARp W. PlckARp.

It's 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 and dlsloyal Industrial
Workers Of the World. In more than
a score Of cities, mostly In the middle
and fur West. their headquarters and
printing offices were raided and great
quantities of material seized. The
department Of justice prepared for this
action secretly and carried 1t out
swiftly and skillfully. and is now ready
to have the leaders Of the organization
indicted II 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-
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
and forcible resistance to the laws con-
corning the carrying on of the war.
The documents seized show that the
J. w. w. was planning a nationwide
strike which, 1t hoped, would tie up
munition plants, railroads and lumber
mills, and the sabotage advocated was
to be practiced In connection with this
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.
The national headquarters of the
Socialist party In Chicago also were
raided and books and papers seized.
"BIu BllP In Eclipse.
Another prominent" opponent Of the
government-William Hale Thompson
the mayor of Chicago-came croppel
last week. In defiance Of the orders Of
Governor Lowden, he compelled tn,
police OF Chicago to give protection t.
a meeting of the paciflsts who ha(
been barred from Wisconsin, AIinneso
Ia and other states. Thereupon tn,
governor sent troops to the city to pre-
vent repetition of the offense, the cit,
council Of Chicago formally rebuke,
the mayor, the agents Of the depart
ment of justice began inquiries int,
his conduct with a view to his indict
ment, the press and people of tn
country denounced him, and his in
fantlle boom for the Illinois senator
ship collapsed utterly. He did not q
TO the Kankakee fair, where that boor
was slated to be started It is Difficult
to write Of Thompson, Mason and 9th
er still more prominent foes Of thei
country in printable language. Thos
who combat the governments war e.
forts "give aid and comfort to III
enemy" and exasperated loyalty wor
ders why they are not subjected to tn
penalties prescribed by the law agains
treason.
Great Victory for Italians.
When the Italian armies on Tuesda
stormed and captured Monte San Gi
briele they took the last mountain for
ress barring their way toward Laibac
and an advance that would separat
the northern and southern Austria
armies. Such movement probab
will compel the Austrians to evacua
Trieste, which has been under shell fl
from the water for days, and also
likely to result in the taking of -TC