Evening journal., 1918-03-11
Reds URGE RIOTS.
REVOLT. BLOODSHED

NEW YORK March ii--Riot and rev.
olution and bloodshed and mob violence
among Socialists, Bolsheviki and /. W.
WIS in the United staies as a possible
means Of saving the neck Of Thomas J.
/ Mooney. convicted Of murder by bomb
throwing in san Francisco. was urged
by speakers yesterday at a, Money
protest meeting" under the auspices Of
the United Hebrew Trades in the star
Casino rs East 10th street. Frank j.
+ Sieverman OF Brooklyn heralded as the
keynote spell-blnder OF the day de-
nOunced Moneys conviction as a
"cOwardly capitalistic conspiracy" and
declared for a general overturning OF
al existing institutions not carving
the label Of the Rcd.
Fear" he said is theonly emotion
this capitalistic class knows. They are
cowards-every one Of them. Make
them fear you ana you can have any
thing you want"
sieverman rldculed the courts.
JUDGES and prosecution officials OF the
country. and roundly denounced the
citizens OF an illinois town who recent
ly applied tar and feathers TO Socialist
agitators conducting anti-wsr propa-
ganda among coal miners. and men Of
Newport, Ky. who applied the lash to
the Rev. Herb srt Bigelow for pacinsi
utterances.
samuel Gompers and the American
Federation u labor were assailed with
unusual bitterness and charged with
being a, part q the capitalistic organ
ization."
I'VE stand for something more than
, mere organizat on CT labor" continued
, Sieverman. "l'e stand FOR social ami
4 political revoi ton In this country and
! the overthrow Of the cowardly capital
! istlc class. v e ask no aid from or
: ganized labor, rom sam Gompers down
to the smalles p0ienate. We ask no
. favors from n Wilson's or the Judges
. Of the courts ar the prosecuting attor-
' neys.
we are he 70 demand that Ton
+ Mooney has q new trial Don't worry
y ny friends, for your Tom viii never bt
n hanged. The Soc.alists-the resolu
70 tionists Of Ar erica-are behind him
e The judges ar I prosecuting attorney
: and ohter pow ITS are paralyLed wheI
+ Socialism max a threat
u 1--WE defy Oh capitalists potentate
e. and all the urts thty subsdize an'
e control. We Ue them 20 hang Ton
o Mooney, and hiDi this dare lies th
e, threat 10 overt. ow the very system o
r. government vi ch the capitalists hol
Ie In their grasp. We Socialists dare {
10 tell these Pow IS what wc intend Z
81 do. and they K )w that we mean It,"
10 S.everman, ch reed that Mr.. Gomper
r. has delivered L ganized lsbor into tn
Z hands Of the o.. lpltalistic forces
s. 1t would b. sal day for Tor
ls Mooney Il the e was nothing benin
u him except that spineless, aimles'
Of purposeless, brl Mess grou, he explain
c cd. "soc. .alists md reNolutionists wi
W save him in spi 60 i'r
Denunciation Va -.~.~.,st .Noerme
le, BY fellow members recently because
OF their opposition TO war measure
ly brought b tier criticism and vltuperl
ne ton from sievermsn.
L. THAT was simply another manifest
ny Ion Of this cowaIdly force which
" seeking TO hang Tom Mooney he sal
ne But never fear. We Socialists Will hay
Ns the last say out In California. Tn
ca meeting Is only the beginning.
W, when the Socialists send the me
'v. sage. You dare not hang Mooney,
~ viii be free"
l- Onlials Of the American Federaiic
~ OF Labor were denounced by Sieverm'
Tor having failed TO join in demandiI
general international labor confe
- ence" 10 create an armistce and al
hv cuss peace terms.
no Joseph Schlossherg, secretary OF Z
,ce Amalgamated Clothing Workers, fired
m hroadside against the conviction
he Mooney aud urged united demspd
his freedom