The labor standard., 1919-06-01
POISONED GAS POISONED PUBLICITY
 IN MOONEY CASE
Letters Oxman, Self Confessed Perjurer, Sent to J. D. Rigal, in the Attempt to Make Him a Party to Frame-Up

AA~~~ Party to Frame-Up
 SAN FRANCISCO-The spectacle of pickpockets and thiefs shouting s'look out for pickpickets" and "stoI that thief" is now being enacted on z gigantic scale. The Chamber of Commerce crowd the only class who have constantly and still do commend the conviction and ife-imprisonment of Mooney ane Billings on frame-up evidence secured at their behest, are now themselves shouting that the Mooney-Billings de- fense is itself "frame-up."
 Organized labor, through immense effort and at enormous expense, has so surely and completely fastened the label of "frame-up-ers" on this Chamber of Commerce crowd that 1T special 20 cent magazines and certain Iselect newspapers, they are issuing new poison gas publicity, pitilessly ly attacking already long imprisoned but innocent men. In screaming headlines and long columns of child ish chatter, the methods of defense signed to secure freedom for Mooney and Billings are being dubbed "a frame-up", "plan of Bolsheviks" s'threatened revolution, etc.
 But the very proof of the innocence of these men was supplied by the Chamber of Commerce's own kind and also chief witness against Ton Mooney,-the millionaire Oregon-cat' tleman, F. c. Oxman. The "frame. up-ers" were caught working at thei1 dirty job of convicting innocent unior labor organizers. Here are his let ters offering to purchase testimony tc back up his own "frame-up" evidence
 Ed Rigall of Illinois, was a boy hood friend of Oxman before Oxmar went West and became a millionaire cattleman. Rigall was not in Sar Francisco at the time of the explosion Mooney. Mrs. J. D. Rigall is Ed Rig all's mother, who has never been to San Francisco in all her life.
 The existence of these two letters was uncovered and possession ot them obtained by well-known labor officials who are highly regarded in this country-E. N. Nockels, secre- tary Chicago Federation of Labor, and John H. Walker, president of the Illinois State Federation of Labor The infamous offers of Oxman to pur- chase perjured testimony were writ ten as follows:
 "San Francisco, 12/25, 1916 Mrs. J. D. Rigal, Grayville
 "Dear Mrs. Rigal-As I am sending Ed transportation to morrow 26 it might be that I can use you also about the 10. if so can obtain you a ticket that you can see California ii you would like the trip adres me l,.1 oJ 4o11 E fo h. ing until he see me can pobly use 3 Extry witness Been a long time don't see you
 F. c. oxMAN' MT. Ed Rigal, Grayville, III.
 "Dear Ed has been long time for you to Cum to San Frico as Ex- purt Witness in a very Important Case you will only hafto answr 3 & questions and will Post you on them you will git milegage and all that a witness can drow Prooly 100 in the cleare So if you will come ans me quick in Care of this Hotel and 1 will manage the Balance it is all ok but need a witness Let me know if you can Come Jan 3 is the dait set for trile Please keep this confidential Answr hear
 Yours truly
 F. c. OXMAN'
 No amount of poisoned publicity paid for by the Chamber of Com merce millions has been able to de stroy the fact that "frame-up" OK man wrote these letters and that the Rigalls received them by U. s. mail Still Mooney and Billings remain in prison under life sentences. Califor- mia will not free them. Organized labor is voting on a general strike program as the weapon of last resort to secure liberty for these two inno- cent trade union labor organizers and to enforce a ''fair trial" which is in- sured by the United States Consti- tuition.
 Early in the last week of May more than 700 unions in the United States have voted in favor of the gen eral strike program to begin July 4th. Votes reported to the Mooney. Federal Intervention Committee show seven to one favoring the General Strike. It is evident that organized labor is in earnest. Poisoned publicity can not forever keep men from freedom.