Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-02
PAPERS REVEAL
l.W. v PLANS TO
PARALYZEU. S.
Search for Alleged Leaders
Madein Various Army
Cantonments.
ARREST OF INDICTED
MEN TO BE RAPID
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Propaganda Shows organi-
zation Sought to Cripple
All Industries. =

Chicago, Oct 2:-Whtle the October
grand Jury, which is to continue the
Investigation into anti-government
acts. was being sworn in and charged
the offenses charged against 166 lead
ers Of the Industrial Workers Of the
World indicted last week were i
cussed by. the district attorney.
This official said he could not re-
veal any part of the evidence on
which the indictments were based. but
said the offenses were grouped In the
indictment as follows:
:. Onenses Are Grouped.
Moves preventing. the carrying out
Of the acts of congress to keep the
army, In. the Held; such as; interfe,
With the food. equipment and trans
struction of heavy ordinances and small
fire, arms; the manufacture Of freight
vessels and the harvesting and trans
portation Of crops.
Special emphasis being laid on the
interference with crop harvesting and
the destruction Of wheat; prevention
and attempts to prevent the enlist
f1ent OF men in the regular army; pre-
vsning men from obeying the selecttve
draft act; advocating and practicin8
tho slowing up Of, the manufacture
ssa5rtsSlS Fg 3 sss MI. rs !, s
Govsrnsssnt oiflnilHfs6 sapproxis
mately go pet cert Of the indicted men
had been Arrested peAni 70 plans fof
the trial i1Wait v S!;tilie com pletionaQ aQf ~
rests and the arrival OF the defend !
ants.
Chicago, Oct Search for alleged
Nv. W. leaders named in indictments
returned here last Friday was made
today in n5various army cantonments
where, It Ia, learned, number OF the
mon sought are III national. service.
he q, matter OF short time until all OF
the 1855 indicted men are under ar
rest.
! eon,e OF tho evidence used by the
federal grand jury in obtaining true
bills shows that 1t was contained
principally In letters and pamphlets
thousands OF which were distributed
over the country
q, Hayvvood's Notes Translated.
a From q book sent by VIM. d. Hay.
wood, secretary treasurer. to Duluth
Mimi. TO be translated into Finnish
the following was taken:
1--WE are going to take over the in.
dustries some day for three very gooe
reasons: Because we need them, pc
cause we want them, and because WI
we are ethically justified or not 10 no
our concern"
a letter from James Rown, sen
from Seattle. Wash. under date o.
August to Haywood says:
I'VE have the good will Of the Ger
man people here and we feel tina
they are In sympathy with our cause
We do not call them Germans, how
ever, but refer to them the Same a,
others, the fellow workers.
Is. Would Stop al Industries.
I'VE arc going to carry out points i
W have to stop every industry on tn
pacific coast. We did not declare wa,
ana we have not consented to th'
workingman giving up his liberty an,
being drafted" IA
by Haywood to Duluth said:
.sIs Z strike contemplated by til,
most indispensable workers o
elementary trades? quart Of kero
sene or other greasy and malodorou
matter, poured or smeared on tn
level Of m oven-And welcome tn
scabs and scabby soldiers to como AM
bake the bread.
.''The bread Will ,bs uneatabls. be
. FC8UD4f tQ0 0SOu00 W1u 8IV0 tU0 UEV0S
for at least. . month the foul odorso o
the substance they have absorbed. Re
sult:Sa useless oven. 4, u
Aimed at Railroads.
The Haywood book suggested a.,
means TO paraly1e railroads:
.s''.'It would be we'll to chose thss
workers among the most skillful an
s1rerienced-Who would by q sinSl
stroke disable and render useless 70
somo days the materials necessar
for the regular petfofmance Of tn
ssrvioe and the m0vepsn Of trains.
HAYWOOD and others are held liabl
for publication in the newspape
solidarity last Ausust q: /
u Resuautaus,As1 Onion.
the I. w. w. 10 more than q labo
n MoeoaniSatiop.slt,is It n q revpluti ti0nAry nm
Ion. We arS ab6oiutsly: ana irrevocabl
tsa atisAod with the present system d
GocaetY. We consider IL . useless ~
tana ana ~ mean 10 destroy Il.
\ sss Rcd card men aFo shr0wd, deter
mined. valoroua, loyal ~ the cauG
I S1hsy love. There would npt b soldier
NnodSh in the country u, round thsl
gp &er Arrest nor Jails enough % ioi
/ III The 81 Inv. ,W.: u sso deeply roots