The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-08-26

tried in this city during the Septembe
term of the district court, when y. :
Embree will be placed on trial charg
ed with being an organizer OF the
W. w in violation of the Idaho Law
defining and fixing the penalty TO
criminal syndicalism. The importance
OF this trial from the standpoint of tn
l. w w. is clearly indicated by the fac
which became known this week tina
he will be defended by George f. Van
deveer, the man who defended w. ID
Haywood the notorious secretary O
the l. w. W., in Chicago, and who als'
defended the l. w. WIS charged will
the murder of service men at Cen.
ITALIA. 1t is evident from this tina
Embree is regarded as one of the bis
men in the /. w W. In fact, it is
stated that he was candidate fOl
national secretary in the last election
against Haywood and gave him close
run But besides the desire to free
Embree. it is stated that sending
the chief counsel of the l. W. w. here
marks the beginning of a determined
attack upon the criminal syndicalism
law of this state, which is regarded as
perhaps the most drastic and effective
that has ever been written, as evil
denced by the large number of 'WOb-
blies" who are serving prison terms
through its enforcement Following
his arrest last May, Embree was re
leased on bail, and, according TO re-
cent reports, is now connected with
the publication of the Butte Bulletin,
perhaps the most radical and sedi-
tious of all the l. w. w. publications
First Appearance in Wallace.
So far as known Embree's first ap-
was last May, when Felix Jovanovich
was on trial charged with being an
organizer of the l. w. w. During that
trial Embree was closely associated
with the attorney for JOvanOvich.
While in Jail awaiting trial JOvanO-
vich tried to kill himself by jabbing a
penknife into his jugular vein, but
without success. When finally brought
to trail a strong case was made against
him and his conviction seemed GER
tain. When removed to the Jail dur
ing the noon hour of the day when the
case would have been submitted to the
jury, Jovanovich slashed his throat
with a razor which resulted in his
death. How he obtained the razor is
an unsolved mystery, but the theory is
that someone dropped it in his pocket
as he passed from the courtroom to
the jail. The day that Jovanovich
died Embree was arrested as he was
starting to Burke by Sheriff Jesse
Freeman and Howard Jolley, of the
state constabulary. The evidence
found upon him was sufficient to hold
him under the criminal syndicalism
law. The interest manifested in his
trial by the national organization
shows conclusively that he is a person
age of much more Importance than
was suspected when the officers gath
cred him in.
"Ablest Tactician in the |. w. w."
But if there was any doubt regarding
the high standing and influence of En- |
bree in the l. w. W.. it is removed by
an article in McClure's Magazine, en- |
titled 'X-Raying the Red Philosophy" 1
the author of which is Harold Lord /
Varney. "X-Ray" is the right word,
Tor Mr.. Varney was until quite recent
y an organizer agitator and soap-bOx
orator for the l. w. w. himself. and
since his reformation he is telling all
lbout the inner workings of the out
aw organization. His article covers
he operations of the ]. w. w. all over
fn
lie describes the work of Embree, Civ
ng him the distinction of being the
lblest tactician in the /. w. W."
How They Handled Butte.
Il was in Butte during the general
trike of 1919, and l saw these boring
ON within tactics in operation. Butte
S One-industry city. All its crafts
around the copper mines. 1.
" W-ism has been strong in Butte d,
or years; indeed, Butte is the birth
lace of the Old Western Federation
f Miners. which was the parent of the
w. w. This I. w W. faction sue
eeded in driving the A. F. of L. min
RS union out of Butte in 1914 in a
yild night of mob frenzy in which they 5
ynamited the A. f. of L. headquar-
ers and attempted the lives of the
/. F. of L. officers After driving out }
he A. F. of L., the L w. w. couldn't q
ct any further The miners simply u
rouldn't join the l. w. w. In 1917 in G
hat spectacular war time strike in C
'hich Frank Little persisted the min e
rs even organized a huge independent d
liners' union built on l. w. w. lines, r
ut they wouldn't join the l. w. w e
self After years Of agitation the n
were as far from control Y
ng the Butte situation as when they I
tarted. t
"Then there came to Butte a man y
no is probably the ablest tactician in n
ne l. w W., A. S. Embree. Taking .
barge of the organization Embree Il
salized that a different plan must be C
,llowed if the l. w. w corpse was s
yer to be galvanized. The Butte a
Orlxers seemed to be ready to adOpt O.