The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-11-15
PROMPT ACTION
ANARCHY.
Spokane Guardsmen and the
American Legion ,MobiIized
Against ]. w. w. Mob.
ALL DELIVERY FEARED
4 W. WIS in Lumber Camps
reported Leaving Jobs,
Massing for Attack.

&Spokane, WASH, Nov. 15.--Prompt
aSfion on the part of Gov. Louis r..
TART in ordering mobilization OF two
c0mpanies of the national guard Of
washington, is believed today to have
cNecked anarchy with which out
bteaks were planned to release pris-
oAsrs in the Spokane county jail,
Members of the American Legion
were also sworn in as special police
men and today aiding the state
troops, are, on guard.
pficials appealed to Gov. Hart
after 1t was learned that hundreds
ofsI. w. w. were on their way to
Spokane from various points in the
northwest. 1t was declared that /.
w. w. in the lumber camps were
leaving their jobs to come to Spo-
kane.
Forty-six I. w. w. who have beea
held in Jail here for some time, we,e
convicted Of various charges yester-
day. Seventy more are in Jail await
ing trial.
Mobs Of alleged l. w. w. formed
near the Jail last night but did not
attack. Authorities. however, feared
an attempt would be made to over
power the Jail guards and immed-
iatelx appealed for aid.
HSports reached here today also,
that T. w. w. are missing at Cum
berland, small town in an isolated
section of King county. Mass meet
ings. 1t is declared, are being held
there and plans laid to resist the
anti-I. w. w. campaigns of the au-
thorities in various Pacific coast
cities. n..
Up and Down Pacific.
San Francisco, Nov. 15.-Raids on
Industrial Workers of the World aud
other radical organizations, begun as
the result of the killing of four for
Ter world war veterans at Centralia,
Wash, Tuesday, were continued up
and down the Pacific coast during
the night. and as result scores of
additional prisoners were in custody
today.
Some of them face charges Jf GRIM
inal syndicalism, some of inc.tiIg to
riot, and others of vagrancy. Three
persons. alleged members of the
radical order, sustained injuries in
one raid which necessitated thei.- re-
moval to hospital.
At Los Angeles a number OF for
mer service men, said to be mainly
members of the American Legion,
broke into Industrial Workers of the
World headquarters, cut and bruised
with clubs three men and wrecked
the place before the police could re-
spond to riot call. In San Fran
cisco the peoples institute" and |.
w. w. headquarters were raided by
the police and nine men held in de-
fault of $1,000 bond, on charges Of
vagrancy.
Leave Frisco Or Go to Jail.
Police Captain O'Meara, who con-
Quoted the raids. said all Industrial
Workers of the World must leave
San Francisco or go to jail.
AT Eureka, Cal. local headquarters
of the l. w. w. was raided by the
police and large quantity of radica
literature seized. John Golden, sec.
retary, was arrested and charged
with criminal syndicalism and sab.
otage. He was held in the county
Jail with Charles Lessee and Henry
Gliksohn, arrested In Arcata on q
syndicalism charge. At Seattle, Hen
ry White, commissioner of immigra-
tion, made formal announcement that
alien Industrial Workers of the World
rounded up at Centralia, Wash, as
a result of the shooting of former
service men on armistice day would
be aeparted IL they were not held on
murder charges by the county au-
thorities. Fifty-three members OF
the I. w. w. were taken into custody
by Seattle police in several raids and
at Raymond. Wash, eleven others
were arrested by a citizens commit
tee.
Near CentraHa, former service men.
acting for county officials, gathered
up about fifty alleged Industrial
Workers, mainly in logging camps
These included a man giving his
name as George Lester. and his wife,
Katherine. The police said he gave