The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-02-23
JURY IMPANELLED
FOR APPROACHING
FREE SPEECH TRIALS
(By Charles Ashleigh)

the case of the IA men charged with
murder, has been already published.
There are IT'S jurors on the list, of
whom II are women.
Miss Flynn Has Successful Tour
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn has just
returned from a speaking trip thru
Washington, Oregon, Idaho and parts
of Montana in the interests of the
Defense of the "a victims of Bloody
Sunday. Everywhere the workers
have heard eagerly the facts of the
tragic and BRUTAL massacre of No
vember 9Th and have given willingly
of their time, energy and money to
help set free our imprisoned fellow
workers. Miss Flynn will now be
engaged until the trial in the State
of Washington and, more especially,
in King County.
Well Known Woman Volunteers for
Defense
The defense has secured most valu-
able aid in the services of Miss Caro-
line A. Lowe, a woman of national
prominence, who has entered into the
campaign for the release of the "a
workingmen who are threatened with
lifelong Imprisonment for their be-
lief in Free Speech. Miss Lowe is an
attorney-at-law, practising in Kansas
and California and was formerly vice
president of the Kansas City Teach
ers' Association. She was also Ma
tional Lecturer for the Socialist
Party. Miss Lowe addressed the U.
S. Senate Committee on National
Suffrage, during the Suffrage hearing
in 1911. She was prominent in the
fight for Free Speech in Kansas City,
Mo-, in the winter of 1913-14 when
the workers won a clear-cut victory,
securing the right to use the streets
as a public forum.
Some Victims of the Open Shop
Thugs
H. Golden, the man who recently
had his leg amputated, has been dis
charged from the hospital but is in
no fit condition yet to move. Joseph
Ghilezano, who was wounded four
times and who was given a silver
llnee-cap, has had to return to the
hospital, his leg being in a serious
condition Roth of +baco ,.yorl-; =, ,.,1, ~,
who are still but boys, will probably
be incapacitated for life from return
ing to their trades. They will bear
for life the marks of the treatment
received at the hands of the claw
land-order" gang. Such treatment will
help the working class to remember
how much the bosses value our lives,
and will make US determine in future
to Look After Our Own Safety.
Workers, Do Your Duty.
Workingmen should aid in this de-
fense, not just because of sympathy
with the men in jail, but because it
their duty. We believe in organiza-
tion, we believe in class loyalty and
all that it implies. Therefore it is
the duty of each and every one of
us to come to the aid of any member
of our class who is threatened with
death or Imprisonment because he has
fought the battles of our class. ANY
one Of us might be in the same posi-
tlon tomorrow; we should then expect
the workers to help US. Now, while
we are on the outside, let US help
those who are insidel Let every
worker do his duty and the victory
is ours! Don't forget, the first case
starts on March 5th, when Thomas
Tracy will be tried. Upon the result
of Tracy's case depends the cases of
all the others.
Funds are urgently needed. Send
all contributions to Herbert Mailer,
Sec.-Treas. Everett Prisoners De-
fense Committee, Box 1878, Seattle.
Wash.