El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-01

THE Indictment Of than 100 members pIlnclP-ly
leaders Of the Industrial Workers Of the WoIid on
charges Of sedous conspiracy marks the beginning
Of the Of that evil organization Inc tning WINCH nus
surprises Is that the government has allowed such Iass
and sugovernment organization to exist at all Long ago
il should have been broken up by prosecution Just d
socetv Of burglars would be- for both have the same am
the seizure Of other persons property without consent snu
without giving anything IN exchange erecting Ihe
cation at favorable time when resistance VIII De least
IT is the Ultimate aim Of the Industrial Workers Of the
World to seize all industries for the workers. winch means
". W, and operate them for their own proHl AAs
do recognize property rights or personal rgnts except
their OWL the controlling power OF the goVeInnls
Thus their program involves the violation Of every law oe-
ged TO protect property and persons their possession
Of property they ought to be severely punished foI
maintaining an organization Of that kind.
The reasonable conspiracy consists IN trying to prevent
the United States from carrying the and winning H.
II includes so called strikes in necessary industries burn
ing Of wheat fields and Of forests producing lumber for
ships and fine wood for aplanes; destruction OF ulI
crops opposition the selecve draft injury to the ma
cnerv in factories and continual propaganda against the
government and against the That the Industrial
WORKERS Of the World have been guilty CT all these acts
and also Of melting such organizations as the Working
Class Union the Jones Family and the Farmers and Labor
ers Protective association to take up arms against the
government, the ton more Of documentary evidence
seized by government officials in their recent raid on W
W. local headquarters throughout the country is expected
70 prove conclusivey.
The fact that william D. Haywood the first L ".
" official arrested result Of the indictment seems
particularly appropriate He Is the directing force N the
whole evil organization It is he who not only defends the
plan Of the W ". seize property to which they have
10 right OF title but also who quoted recently as de-
cang the Industrial Workers Of the World are not at al
interested in the war between the United States and Ger
many and do not recognize that it exists That statement
alone If made should be sufficient to convict him Of giving
aid and comfort to the enemy If even an enemy could get
comfort out Of Bill Haywood
The fallacy Of the whole ". ". idea Is shown in the
case Of Haywood They against government and bosses
have no regard for the supremacy Of brains but only Of
Drawn and insist that every must work with his hands
And yet Haywood the head Of the organization who
If his statements correct IS the governing power
and boss of 100000 people who maintains supremacy over
them by brain and who does not engage in any manual
labor at al.
The despcabe feature Of the whole affair IS that
the / " W attacked the United States at the time when
It considered the country least able TO resist It
sought TO deliver its blow when the country putting
every effort into fighting Germany. Picture Uncle Sam
With fists elevated the act Of defending himself against
the blows Of the kaiser At that moment thug sneas up