New-York tribune., 1918-05-11
Government Quotes From
Society's Organs to Prov.
Disloyal Conspiracy
Threat Made to Del.v
Air Programme
Plan for Sabotage in Tie
Trenches in France and
Factories Here Revealed

CHICAGO, May 10.-By defeat ~.
the aircraft programme and the se,e..
I've service act, together with n.
practice of sabotage in the treneh..
in France and the factories at hou.
it was hoped by the Industrial Wor.
ers Of the World to crumble Amer;..,.
war plans, according to evidence nrs
sented by the government TODAY !,
the sedltious conspiracy trial Of / n
w. leaders W.
The 1l2 defendants listened ;nt.n,
ly during presentation of the srss.
mass of documentary evidence wh;ss
characterized conscription as cbal'
lenge to the working man, adyocafed
splklng of guns and spelling of powder
M ana termed the uniform of the soldier
the livery of the scab herder..
why not ask the lumber pack ~ va,
the heading of an article in An Official
organ OF August 8, 1917, in which an.
thorities were quoted as saving ~. ~,
nations aircraft programme would hs
delayed year unless a strike IL tbs
Northwest lumber districts was set.
tied in two weeks
Programme Tied Up, Organ Said
"This is an open admission that ".
have tied up the programme" said tn
| article. Wy
And to miners Woodrow Wilson
says, if you slacken Or fail armies ANA
statesmen are helpless" read a pre.
vious notice to members presented BY
the government. Right you arr.
Woody. When the cat (sabotage) sjts
on the pick handle, brass buttons must
CO."
Whether the United States get into
this war or not does not alter the fac,
that industrial organization is the cry.
ing need" Special Prosecutor Nebeker
read from one of the seized documents.
disband one big army
II belong to the /. w. W. because
| am patriotic" read one of the ALLEGED
! anti-war documents. Patriotism does
not mean murder, but war does. am
too patriotic to enlist"
Quotes From Solidarity"
Only few days before the time set
for registration under the selectiye
service act the publication "Sciidar.
lty," Later suppressed, distributed to
the membership and throughout the
country an article bitterly attacking
Americas entrance into the war. Ii
opposed the draft law and declared:
LAS long as the Kaiser can be made
the scapegoat for the hideous reali-
ties of to-day capitalism can pose as
white angel of purity"
Various means of breaking down the
military machine by campaign Of de-
struction and the teaching Of discon.
tent were referred to in some Of the
"The patriotic I. W. w. member dcss
rot salute the flag" said one paragraph.
He lows down production by practis-
ing sabotage. He proves his loyalty BY
intelligent rebellion"
Evidence was introduced to show that
authorized articles published April 7,
1871, described Americans who were
taken prisoners when the commerce
raider sunk the Esmeralda as "Bowery
cowpunchers recruited from Blackwell's
Island Workhouse."
Our American heroes taken to Ger
many as prisoners cf war Sere COM
PEELED, mind you, to bathe once week
and eat frankfurters and sauerkraut ir-
stead of coffee and"
Reference to Mooney Case
president Wilson has proclaimed
stoIe u war, an announcement three
weeks later stated. Transcription may
be passed by Congress. Don't fight the
bosses battles. Join the l. W. W. and
fight your own"
This reference was made to the ease
Of Thomas Mooney, sentenced to death
in connection with the San Francisco
preparedness parade in an Official or
gan under date of April 81, 1917:
There is in this development Of the
Mooney trial lesson Cor the workers
of America, that they must organize
their economic power for the destrue-
ton Of capitalism, of which perjury and
legal murder are but one Of the mani
festations.
Mooney shall not hang has recent.
~. become the slogan of the organized
labor of America. This should now be
changed to. The war perjurers who
swore away the life of Tom Mooney
shall bopopp