Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1920-09-02
|, W. W. ORGANIZER
ARRESTED; AGREES
TO LEAVE COUNTY
Was Armed With Quantity of
Revolutionary Literature,
Loaded Forty-five Calibre
Automatic and Bottle of
Perfume.

A real six-foot I.W.W. organizer,
armed with reams of revolutionary
literature, a loaded AS calibre Colts
automatic army pistol, numerous
pencils "a mirror and a bottle OF
perfume, was rounded up by the
city police Wednesday and sent
merrily. on his way, promising never
to return to Stutsman county again,
at least for the purpose Of organic
ing L. W. w. The man, who gave
his name as l.. A. Woodruff, was
given his choice of standing trial OH
charge OF vagraucy before Pollce
Magistrate Murphy or leaving the
county. lie choose the latter alter
native and departed for Darlington
after thanking the local police ON
cials for their courtesy in returning
his artillery and perfume.
The police here had received
telephone message from Dicltey thaI
an |. w. W. organizer packing a gun
was headed in this direction ana was
last seen boarding the Valley tram
there Tueday afternoon. Inc re-
ccption committee was at the station
when the Valley train pulled IN put
the organizer had transferred MS
shooting iron from his hip pocket to
his suit case and it was impossible 10
hold him on the charge OF caUyinS
concealed weapons.
Working Among Harvest Hands
Woodruff claimed to be working
among the harvest hands and had in
his possession an instruction bulletin
dated Augut 21st., 1920. containing
the following Instructions:
"Threshing this year throughout
North Dakota will last up until the
middle Of October. There Is good
crop all thru the northwest corner
OF the state and all along the branch
lines northwest and northeast OF Mi
not. Get plenty of supplies and stay
up in that country. Don't leave the
best of the theshing for the hoosler
"The district office in Butte, Mon
tana, has been closed. This does
not mean that we are going to stop
organizing in that territory. We are
going to keep on just the same as
eyer organizing the slaves in the
agricultural industry Of the north
west"
Other literature in possession Of
Woodruff contained an attack on the
trades unions and declared I'VE nave
lnSCrlDeu luG WOlu AeCEOAuIAoi va
our banner" H..
Attack Oh Trade Unions
Woodruff boasted Of being Il mem
| Der of the A. F.. of L., and carried
a roofer's card. When asked how
he reconciled the facts that he
claimed to belong to trade union
and at the same time was distribul-
, ing literature attacking the unions,
he said, THE l. W. w. are not well
enough organized now, but eventual
ly they will do away with all trades
unions. The unions do just like it
says in that preamble in the I. W. w.,
card, help one union to defeat the.
other. When we get organized ev-
erywhere there won't be any trades
unions"
Was Real "Hard Boiled''
When first brought in court,
Woodruff was quite belligerent, and
greeted the police magistrate and
states attorney with an insolent,
Good morning, gentlemen" walk
ing in and setting his grips on the
floor with a great show Of bravado.
He claimed that he could not be held
on a charge of vagrancy because he
had money in his pocket and that it
was not against the law to organize
the l. w. w. in North Dakota.
He was asked by what authority
he made the latter statement and he
replied, Governor Frazier gave US
the right to organize the l. w. w. in:
this state"
He was asked if Governor Frazier
was defending the l. W w. and if
the Nonpartkan league we're lined
up with them.
The Nonpartisans will line up
with us soon if they have not al.
ready" he asserted.
Farmer Must Raise "Kids''
Woodruff reiterated his claim that
was helping them. He was asked if
wa shelping them. He was asked if
he thot that it would help the farmer
to abolish the wage system as advoc-
ated in his literature, and what the
farmer would do under those con-
ditions. "Oh, suppose" he answer
ed, "the farmers will have to raise
kids enough to do their work when
we get thoroughly organized"
Wo0druff claimed to have worked
up near Darlington for the past two
seasons and said that If he was re-
leased he would go up there and
not attempt to do any further or
ganizing in Stutsman county. "But
! intend to keep on organizing in
North Dakota" he added.
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