Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-09-14
Government Finally Closes Down
on Industrial Workers Of
the World.
many RAIDS AND ARRESTS
Italians Continue Victorious Progress
Toward Trieste-Germans Take
Riga and Great Naval Battle
In the Gulf OF Finland
Is Expected.
BY EWARD W. PlcKAR0.

Its war industries hampercd It's dlg-
nifty outraged and its patience ex-
hausted, the government of the United
States arose in its might last week and
began the process Of squashlng the dis
reputable and diSloyal Industrial
Workers Of the World. In more than
q score of cities, mostly in the middle
and far 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 sliilfully, and is now ready
10 have the leaders Of the organization
indicted If 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 10 get after the l. W. w. were the
preaching Of Sabotage-the wilfull de
struction Of property the use Of
"Stickerettes" designed to obstruct en-
listing which were pastercd all over
the country, They are also accused
OF mlsusing the mails TO send out mat
ter advocating treason, lnsurrecti0n
and fOrcible resistance TO the laws CON
corning the carrying on of the war.
The documents seized show that the
|. 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 practlced In connection with this
strike.
There is well grounded belief that
the leaders OF the !. 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 mlsled creatures,
The national headquarters of the
Socialist party in Chicago also were
raided and books and papers seized.
sig BIZ IN eclipse.
Another prominent opponent of the
goyernment-William Hale Thompson
the mayor VI ChicagO-came Il cropper
last week. In defiance of the orders of
Governor Lowdeu, he compelled the
police Of Chicago TO give protection to
meeting of the pacifsts who had
been barred from Wisconsin, Minneso-
Ia and other states. Thereupon the
governor sent troops to the city TO pre-
vent repetition of the offense, the city
council of Chicago formally rebuked
the mayor the agents Of the depart.
ment of justice began inquiries into
his conduct with a view to his indlct-
ment, the press and people Of the
country denounced him, and his in.
fantlle boom for the Illinois senator.
ship collapsed utterly. He did not 90
to the kankakee fair, where that boom
was slated to be started. 1t Is difficult
to write of Thompson, Mason and 9TH
er still more prominent foes of their
country in printable language Those
who combat the governments war ef.
forts give aid and comfort to the
enemy" and exasperated loyalty won
ders why they are not subjected to the
penalties prescribed by the law against
1 treason.
Great Victory for Italians.
When the Italian armies on Tuesday
stormed and captured Monte San Ga
briele they took the last mountain fort
ress barring their way toward Laibach
and an advance that would separate
the northern and southern Austrian
armies. Such movement probably
will compel the Austrians to evacuate
Trieste, which has been under shell fire
from the water for days, and also is
likely to result In the taking of Toll