New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-04
Judge Lands Brings Joy to
lobacco-Chewing I.W.W

County Jail, where one must use eau
tor If he would converse.
George Andreytchinc, Russian Jour
nallst, with long hair and flowing tie,
sat with his arm afFcctionately about
the shoulders of gistening black
negro, Ben amin Harrison Fletcher,
whose duties in the |. W. W. have been
directed toward the organizing of the
members of his race in the South and
West.
Haywood a Leading Figure
The defendants sit in dozen long
rows facing Judge Lands in court
room decorated with mural paintings
OF Biblical scenes. Two rows Of chairs
opposite and facing the jury box are
reserved for those Of the defendants
who have been admitted to bail. The
chief figure in those seats is big one
eyed man, William b. Haywood, ma
t!onal secretary of the I. W. W. From
time to time he mopped with a hand
kerchief the empty eye socket Some
times one OF his followers from across
the room would whisper hoarsely to
the chief whose better knowledge of
the etiquette of high court rooms com
PEELED him to signal for silence
The question of veniremcn by Dis
tr.ct Attorney Clyne indicated the gov
ants. Each prospective juror was
asked II he owned property, if he read
or spoke German and what newspapers
he read. The faces of the prisoners
frightened when Mallow, the plumber.
stated that he had been member of a
plumbers union.
George F. Vanderveer, general coun-
sci for the |. w. W.. examined the
veniremen for the defence. He closed
the examination of each man with this
question.
care to be tried by men who feel as
you do toward the 1. w. w. 81
Another of the counsel for the de-
fence is "Bill" Cleary. who was one Of
those dcportcd from Bisbce, Ariz, dur
ing the strike of the copper miners
there last year.
Despite the vigilance of United States
deputy marshas and Secret Service
agents in the Federal Building, pamph-
lets printed by the |. W. w. organiza-
ton were tossed about the corridors
to-day. One of these contained an
article inveighing against "anti-union-
ISM hidden under the fig leaf of
loyalty" Another was headed "Dvna-
mite" and described the work Of an
Oklahoma mob that tarred and feath
cred group of |. W. w. members at
Tulsa.
L. W. W. Handcuffed in Parade
The daily parade of the handcuffod
defendants from the Jail to the Fed.
era Building, mile walk throuph
Clark street, is becoming more and
moro hazardous. There is a doputv
TOR every two men, and each couple is
handcutfcd %
They travel in squadrons Of 10,
prisoners each, and while a few squads
nave managed to scrapc up sufficient
money to charter automobiles for tb..
trips TO date it is not believed thov will
DC able to continue ut that pace. Tho
government, however, may be forced TO
provide convcyances FOR the men in or.
der to keep the peace. To-day stroot.
car motorman clJ,crfully tried 70 hmm
his car into tho last nandcufrcd coun Ip
OF one of the squads and rrinned IN
reply TO the curses that greeted him
,r Most of the men sing as thcv marc+
p p me,r ;, fa aS is "Hallelujah, I'm a
Bum" The songs have served 70 ;den.
u1y the prisoners to the massive
crowds, and any number of arcn,,,.,ntS
were started, in which the nrisonnr,
proved themselves masters of ronartno
not all of which is by any means ' nr; ;o.
able. A'e""S PRINT