The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1920-04-16

3 H''otiHS a jury III lnt TRIAL VI JOnn
Mcdonald, charged with being
member of the I. w. W., which is al
legged to be a criminal organization.
was completed.
The following Jurors were finally
accepted: Guy Stage, of Peshastin.
f. F. Moore of Wenatchee, F.. r.
Balch of Malaga, H. A. Kiesling of
Wenatchee, 0. l.. Barker of Entiat.
Hubert Remley of Dryden, r. w.
Cowan of Entiat, Levi w. Tigner of
Cashmere, F. ]. Dietrich of Wenat-
chez, c. c. Ward of Manson. George
G. Ensloe Of Chelan, and C. A. Fer
rim of Wenatchee.
Practically everyone of these iur-
rors is engaged in fruit growing. in
fact it might be called a jury of
ranchers, the only exception is in the
case of f. J. Dietrich. who is a car
pointer by trade
AS soon as the jury was sworn in,
Deputy Prosecuting Attorney A. n.
Corbin made the opening statement.
setting forth the case as the prose-
cution expects to establish it.
Mr.. Corbin gave the history of the
I. W. w. from its inception in 1904.
up to the present time.
The preamble of the constitution
adopted. and still in force, embodies
bodies the theory upon which the I.
w. w. is conducted, as follows:
"The working class and the employ
ing class have nothing in common
There can be no peace so long as
hunger and want are found among
the millions of working people and
the few who make up the employing
class have all the good things in life.
/ Between these two classes the strug-
gle must go on until the workers of
the world organize as class. take
possession Of the earth and the ma
! chinery Of production and abolish
the wage system. Instead of the
conservative motto "a fair days
wages for fair days work. we must
inscribe on our banner the revolu-
/ tionary watchword- abolition of the
wage system"
Continuing his statement. Mr.
Corbin said:
'The evidence will show that the
I. w. w. is revolutionary organiza-
ton and that any tactics will Justify
that will get results; that the ques-
ton of right or wrong does not con-
Germ the 7. W. W.. we think that the
evidence will further show you that
they do not believe IN living up to
their contracts and that they believe
in strikes at such times as will par
alyze all branches of industry during
the busy season when there are rush
orders to fill and when the employ
ers can least afford to stop work.
"The evidence will show you that
when the strike fails to get results
the I. w. w. will resume work and
practice sabotage. Sabotage-the
evidence will show you, is of two
kinds-destructive sabotage and
constructive sabotage Constructive
sabotage means slowing down on the
Job working less hours. for example.
IF an I. w, w. is compelled to work
eight hours when he thinks he should
work only six hours he will perform
only six hours labor in the
eight hours. To illustrate what is
meant by destructive sabotage we
will show by the evidence that in the
lumber industry for example spikes
were driven in the logs to break the
saws. logs are sawed short so that
they canot he used for any purpose
for which they were cut. Emery
dust was put in the bearings. In
the bakers shops: Things were put
in the ovens so that the things baked
were unfit to cat Candles were put
in paste to destroy its use. Pitch
forks were put in threshing machines
to cause break down. apple trees
were set upside down, apples were
pinched with the fingers and bruised
and other forms of destruction. La
borers who refused TO join are in.
iured or even killed.
"The evidence will show YOU that
the I. w. w. does not believe in the
present form of government and
seeks to overthrow it. That instead
of having the president of the United
States as the executive of our gov
eminent, they would substitute the
general executive board of the I. w
w. The evidence will show you that
they teach and publish in their litera-
ture that "Where sits the general ex-
eutive board of the I. w. W. there
sits the government Of the future
The evidence will show that the 7. w.
w has three functions or objects.
first; 1t is a union; second, it is re-
evolutionary; third, it is the cell of
a new society.
"The evidence will show that the
|. W. w. does not intend to bring any