The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-05-07
LAW WILL THWART \.
EFFORT OF |. ". ".
Assistant Attorney General Tells
What They Are and How ,
Pernicious Are Activities

WASHINGTON, May 7-(Associated
Press Passage of the legislation
which is designed, to effectually curb
the Industrial Workers of the World
and kindred organizations by the senate
yesterday forecasts its early enactment
into n law. T. 4 -a.>
William c. Fits, assistant attorney
general Of the United States has had
charge Of the nationwide campaign
againsts y ~. ~ = gitttpss and the
prosecution of many of their leaders,
recently told the Mississippi State bar
association Of their activities. He
blames the German government which,
he said, has encouraged the spreadihgs
of the doctrines of sabotage in the
United States. He believes, however,
that civil processes would be sufficient
to curb them
War Upon Labor
The l. Wv. are related by their
theories to International Reds, Bolshe-
Wiki, and other revolutionists, said Mr..
Fits and all "are making war, first
on legitimate labor organizations and
on the very social fabric which pro-
tects them and u.s.
Mr.. Fits said he had extensive evil
dence that the 1. W. w. "have prevent,
ed the raising Of crops by practising
sabotage in the planting, sowing and
reaping. They have put phosphorus
balls in shocks of wheat, in bales of
hay and in barns. They have destroyed
harvesting machinery and placed dyna-
mite in the sheafs. They have destroy
ed mature fruit trees by driving cop
per nails into them below the surface of
the ground.
Work In Mines
"They have destroyed mining ma
chinery, especially in the copper mines
and in the mines where the minerals
essential to the conduct Of the war are
mined or produced. They have fred
the forests, particularly the forests of
spruce; that being the wood essential
for making airplanes. They have de,
stroyed saws in the saw-mills by driv-
ing pieces of steel or iron in the logs
so as to break the band saws and un-
nerve the sawyers. They saw lumber
shorter than standard lengths. The /.
w. W. have surrounded court houses
and packed court rooms for the purpose
Of putting over their plans. They
have taken possession of railroad trains
and assaulted and murdered the train
crews They missend freight, misplace
signal lights, and put emery dust or
sand in Journal boxes, on railroad cars.
Nefartous Practises
Members of the organization place
foreign substances in food in hotels
and restaurants, break erockery, dip
table forks in crude oil, use stink pots
in dining rooms and put bed bugs in
beds. They plant trees upside down,
shock grain with the heads down, hoe
up potato vines instead of weeds, bruise
apples and other fruit in packing. They
remove units from carefully adjusted
machinery, misplace and omit parts of
copy in printing Offices and put for,
eign substances in canned goods.
Membership Requirements
"No man can be an /. W. W. who
possesses as much as $50 in money or
property, or who has permanent employ
ment, or who becomes q soldier or a
sailor of any country.
"They view With alarm the, prepara,
tion of the country to resist Its foreign
enemies, because they not only would
gladly witness the triumph Of those
enemies but also because they do not
want the country to be prepared to
meet and stamp out the anarchy which
they intend to torment from within
All their communications begin with
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