The sun., 1918-05-11
|, I,W.W.PLANNED
WAR SABOTAGE
Prosecutor Charges Organiza-
ton Set Out to Defeat Draft
and Air Programme.
STRIKE CALLED IN WOODS
Production of Spruce for
Planes Was to Be Held Up
by Lumberjacks.
STRIKE CALLED IN WOODS

CHICAGO, May lo.---By defeat OF the
aircraft programme and the selective
service act. together with the practice Of
sabotage in the trenches in France and
tho factories at home. 1t was hoped by
the Industrial Workers bf the World to
crumble Americas war plans. according
to evidence presented by the Government
to-day in the sed,tious conspiracy trial
Of I. w. w. leaders.
The 112 defendants listened intently
during presentation OF the great mass
OF documentary evidence which charac-
terized conscription as challenge to
the workingman. advocated spiking OF
guns and spelling of powder and termed
the uniform Of tho soldier the livery Of
the scab herder."
"Why not ask the lumbertack?" was
the heading Of an article In an ofiicial
| organ OF August s. 1917, in which au-
thorities were quoted as saying the ma
tion's aircraf; programme would be de-
! layed year unless n strike in tho
| Northwest lumber districts were settled
/ in two weeks.
This Is an open admission that We
have tied up tine programme said the
( article.
"And to miners Woodrow Wilson says
IL YOU slacken or fail armies and
statesmen are helpless read "a prev-
Gus notice 10 :',embers presented by the
Government. Plight you are. Woody.
When the cat tsahotage) sits on the rick
handle, brass buttons must 60
Union AEainst War.
"Waether the United States gets into
this war or not does not alter the fact
that industrial organization Is the cry
ing need" Special Prosecutor Nebcke,
read from one of the seized documents
"One big union is the power that car
disband one big army"
IT belong to the I. W. W. because
am patriotic" read one OF the alleged
anti-war documents, Patriotism doe.
not mean murder. but war does. an
too patriotic to enlist"
Only few days before the time sc
for registration under tho selective ser
vice act the publication Solidarity. late,
suppressed. distributed TO the member
ship and throughout the country an ar
ticle bitterly attacking Americas en-
trance into the war. 1t opposed th'
draft law and declared:
AS long as the Kaiser can he mad,
the scapegoat flor the hidcous realitie
OF to-day capitalism can pose as
white .ange, OF purity"
Various means OF breaking down tn,
military machine by a campaign OF de
structlon and the teaching OF disconter
were referred to in some OF the matte
placed on record.
! Refuse to salute Flag.
.. THE patriotic 7. W. w. member doe
not salute the flag" said one para
graph He slows down production b.
practising sabotage. He proves hi
loyalty BY intelligent rebellion"
This reference was made to the cas-
OF Thomas Mooney. sentenced TO deaf
in connection with the San Franc!sc
, preparedness parade, In an official orga
. under date OF April 81. 1917:
, There Is In this development Of tn
, Mooney trial a lesson for the workers @
America that they must organize thei
economic power for the destruction G
, capitalism, Of which perjury and legs
= murder are but one OF the manifests
. tions.
Mooney shall not hang has recentl
!, become the slogan Of tho organised labo
OF America. This should now be change
+, to the war perjurers who swore ava
. the life Of Tom Mooney shall hang"