The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-10-02
ARMY UPRISING
AMONG CHARGES
AGAINST LEADERS
Men Are Now Being Sought In
Army Cantonments,
HAYWOOD LETTERS SEIZED
Seizure of Industries Plotted
by Agitators,

CHICAGO, Oct, l.--WhiIr th4
October grand jury which is TO con.
i|lue the federal Investigation into
government acts was being sworn
IN and charged by Judge Carpenter In
the United States district court today.
the oiienses charged against 100
leaders Of the l. w. w. indicted last
week, were discussed by the district
attorney
Offenses are Grouped.
The federal official said that he
co0td not reveal any part of the evi.
dence on which the indictments were
based but said that the offenses were
grouped in the indictments as fol-
lows
Acts preventing the carrying out oI
the appropriations OF congress to keep
the army in the field. such as inter-.
iering with the food, equipment and
transportation OF soldiers and with the
CONSTRUCTION Of heavy ordnance and
small firearms. the manufacture Of
freight vessels and the harvesting and
transportation OF crops, special
emphasis being laid on the interfsr.
ence with crop harvesting and the do.
struction Of wheat
Enlistments and Draft Law.
| Prevention and attempts to prevent
the enlistment OF men In the regular
army and preventing men from obsy.
Ing the seleelive drsN act
Advocating and pfse'icing the slow.
ing up Of the manufacture Of the
articles needed In the war through
damage and destruction Of machinery
and wasting materials.
Use Of the mails to defraud BY
agreement To work honestly and we'll
for employers and actually retarding
the work by slowing up the industry
and aeeking the bankruptcy OF the
employer through delay
Sixty Percent Arrested.
Government, officials said that Or.
proSmately "a percent Of the indicted
men have been arrested. Definite
plans for the trial await the compile
ton oi the arrests aud the arrival
OF the defendants here.
Search for alleged / W. W. leaders
named in indictments returned here
last Friday was made today in various
army cantonmrnts where, II is learned,
npgnber OF men sought are in national
service A careful check Of the regis.
tered men is now being made BY fed.
eral authorities, who assert II will only
be matter oi short time until all OF
the In indicted men are under arrest
Officials here attach significance ii
the presence Of the indicted men In tho
cantonmen,s, all OF whom are said to
have gone into service without claim
ing exemption One Of the charges
made IN the indictment is the discoy-
ery Of certain efforts of the I. w. w.
10 create among the registered men a
feeling Of diSloyalty and insubordina-
ton
Evidence In Letters.
some of the evidence used by ths
federal grand juIy in obtaining true
bills given ont by the federal authori-
tics. shows that il was contained
principally in letters and pamphlets.
thousands OF which were distributed
over the country
From a book sent BY William u.
HAYWOOD, secretary TREASURER, 10
Duluth Mum, to be translated into
tmnish the following was taken
We are going 10 take over the In.
duStfleS some day for three very good
IL
cause We want them and because wa
have the power to get them Whether
we are ethically justified or not is noe
our concern
All Called Fellow Workers.
\ letter from James Rowan sent from
Seattle. Wash under date OF August
, to Haywood, says
We have the goodwill of the Ger.
man people here and We feel that they
arc IN sympathy with our cause. We
do not call them Germans, however. bue
refer to them the same as TO others,
the Fellow Workers.
I'VE are going to carry Our points
II we have to stop every industry on
the Pacific coast, We did not declare
war and we will not consent 70 the
workman giving up his liberty and
being drafted"
Making Ovens Useless,
Another excerpt from the book sent
by Haywood to Duluth. said;
as strike contemplated by the
most indispensable workers---those Of
the alimen,ary trades A quart Of kevo-
,enc or other greasy and mslodosous
matter, poured or smesred on the kvel
OF an oven and welcome the seats And
scabby soldiers to come and bshe the
bread.
The bread viii be uneatahie. hospnpe
the stones will give tho besa1 Nh