New-York tribune., 1919-12-28
VICTORY for American
ism and the severest set
back that the I. W. w. has


iaimed when Kansas jury con-
victed twenty-seven members of
the organization at Kansas City,
Kan, on December 18. The jury,
having dehberated twenty hours,
announced its verdict, finding the
defendants guilty on all four counts
charged: (D Conspiracy to bring
about a revolutionary overthrow of
the United States government and
to interfere with the various war
emergency laws; CD conspiracy to
violate the draft act by urging men
to refuse to register; (3) conspir-
acy, under the espionage act, to
hinder recruiting by discouragine
enlistments; (4 conspiracy, under
the food and fuel act, to hinder the
production of food and fuel.
Judge John c. Pollock sentenced
the twenty-seven defendants to
terms ranging from three and one.
half to nine years in the Federal
penitentiary at Fort Leavenworth.
These are the names Of the guilty
Phineas Eastman, former member
Of the I. W. W. executive board;
secretary at Augusta, Kan, 1t time
Of government raid, September, 1913.
@. W. Anderson. Minneapolis,
Mimi, secretary-treasurer Of the ag-
ricultural and oil workers branch
and director in Kansas and Okla
homa.
Albert Barr, secretary Of the Tulsa,
Okla, local in July, 1917.
A. NJ. Blumberg, organizer and
field delegate.
E. M. Boyd, secretary ct Tulsa IN
November, 1917.
Harry Drew, field organizer in
Kansas and Oklahoma.
Samuel Forbes, secretary, at Au-
gusta, Kan, in 1917.
Wencil Francik, O. E. Gordon and
Michael Sapper, members Of "the
flying squadron" an organization
committee in the harvest fields.
E. j. Gallagher, travelling organ
izer, formerly member of the organ
ization committee, which had charge
of the work In Kansas and Okla
homa-
Fred Grau, George Wenger, Ernest
Henning, Carl Schnell and Paul Mai
hak, German enemy aliens and part
owners of the l. W. W. Hall at Au-
gusta, Kan.
]. Gresbach, active member.
Morris Hecht, organizer at Au-
gusta.
Peter J. Higgins, member.
+. ]. Huber, member.
Harry McCarl, delegate and organ
zer in oil fields.
Frank Patton, member.
Robert Poe, l. ". W. poet and
writer.
Leo Stark, Mexican revolutionist,
active In oil fields.
John Wallberg, member.
George H. Yarlott, member. He Is
fugitive. Disappeared from court
room in course Of trial. VIII be af-
fected by verdict.
S. B. Hicock, short term secretary
and organizer at Augusta.
The trial has been followed from
the beginning by newspapers il
Kansas, and in Kansas City, wit
the keenest interest, as it was clearl,
ho% I, J
eide the question whether or not tn
/ W. W. had legal right to exis
and either give a new impetus t
radical activities throughout tn
country, or affirm, once for all, tn
superiority of American principle
over radical doctrines.
The governments case was con
Quoted by Fred Robertson, Unite
States District Attorney, assisted b
Samuel Amidon, who opened thei
ease by presenting to Judge Polloc
thirty-seven specimens of I. W. "
literature" containing all kinds G
propaganda against our laws, mil
tary policy and general welfare, t
sustain the charge based on the prt
amble to the |. w. W. constitutio,
This reads:
Between the working and the cap
$alist class a struggle must 60 Q
until the workers Of the world organ
4xe as class, take possession of Il
earth and the machinery Of productio
and abolish the wage system.
From this the government charge
that the l. w. w., under the 8,
preme direction of w. D. Haywoo,
was conducting gigantic plot |
seize the reins of government, owe,
turn the present order of thine
and substitute a new order, nobod
knows what
The literature shown at tho tri,
had been sent from Haywood's o.
jice, at Chicago, to all centers c
production, but especially to tn
farm workers in Kansas and worl
ers In the Oklahoma oil fields, som
by mail, the rest by freight 1t wa
identified by many printers and NH