Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-04-21

armed soldiers to the corridor outside
the cells. and when they began to march
slowly back and forth the l. w. w
lost their voices and all desire TO De
with guns in their hands always and
Immediately have a sedative erect on
the widest of the clan. no matter IL
few or many are assembled at one
place.
seditious and reasonable member OF
the order should be tried by military
court Such a court could not be in
Inundated. nor would there be 1urymen
with houses to burn. horses to be ham,
chards to be destroyed. Treason, II
proved before a court-martial. carries
death as a penalty. and death, as
have said. is the only punishment that
an l. w. W. breads"
what kind Of men belong to the
organization in your state?" Senator
Jones was asked.
They are mostly seasonal workers,
or hoboes, who are employed by farm
ers and orchardists in the summer and
fall and at the logging camps during
winter. Commonly such men travel
from Texas to Minnesota and Wiscon-
sin. The climate in parts of Washing
ton. however. is so mild that. once they
get into our state. they are likely TO
remain there. With us. then. they are
an ever-present problem
"They are constantly moving from
place to place and new ones are com
ing in as the old ones go elsewhere
or are put in Jail. They are supplied
with literature from their headquar-
tiers in Chicago and with small pastors,
which they attach to fences. barns,
trees. factories and mills.
Recently a collection of them was
sent to me from home. Don't scab.'
one reads: Whenever you speed up
are scabbing on the unemployed An
other paster. signed by w. D. Haywood.
means to push back. pull out or break
off the fangs Of capitalism Slow
down. says another. The hours are
long. the pay is small; SO take your
time and buck them all These appeals
are being made now to the men in
the woods who are getting out timber
for ships and spruce for airplanes. One
of the pamphlets of the 1. w: W. de-
clares that as workers we have no
country. The flags and symbols that
once meant great things to US have
been seized by our employers. Today
they mean naught to US but oppression
and tyranny
possible to hinder this country in its
war activities. It's leaders say that
Congress- the Army and the Navy. the
courts. the newspapers and the execu-
tive departments of the government
have been bribed by the capitalists
Organized labor, they declare, also has
been purchased; and there is no virtue
anywhere except among hoboes and
day laborers.
"Now," Ser -tor Jones went on to say,
s.all this sounds very silly and one I'M
acquainted with conditions in the Pa
ciflc states would think that such non
sense could do no harm. But Joined
with the rubbish that is taught are
deeds Of violence against persons and
property. and the result is harmful in
it's effect on the public mind. Regions
are placed under the bondage of fear
and doctrines that would be openly
spurned ordinarily are not always Wig
orously condemned.
1.-The adjutant general of my state
was in Washington recently. He told
of the bursting of an immense saw in
one of our lumber mills. Pieces of the
RAPIDLY revolving steel were scattered
in all directions but fortunately no
one was injured. An examination
showed that an iron bolt had been
driven into the log. When the saw
came in contact with the bolt it burst
like she'll.
such incidents intimidate honest
and conscientious workers who do not
know what will happen next. Their
lives, they feel, are not safe. Sabotage.
as the lawless acts of the /. w. W. are
called, Is done, of course. when no wit
nesses are present. The man who
drove the bolt into the log will never
be caught and punished.
IAN orchardist In the Yakima valley
employed a number of men to harvest
his crop of pears. One Of the men
bruised every pear he gathered BY
pinchinty 1t between his thumb and In
dex finger. The bruised pears went
into crates with other pears and prac-
tically ruined all the rest after they
had been shipped to market.