Arizona republican., 1920-03-27
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 W00TTON TRIAL.
Objections by French Over ruled by Judge--Introduce Copies of Letters Written by ''Wobbly" Secretary at Bisbee

TOMBSTONE, Ariz, March e. Photostatic copies of writings by A. $. Embree, secretary treasurer of the Bisbee local of the Industrial Workers or the World, tending to show that the local voted on June g, 1917. in favor of a general strike throughout the United states as a protest against the per Secution of l. w. ". members on ac- count of alleged anti-conscription ac- tivities," and to establish that the strike Tn the Warren mining district, called June 26, 1917, was ordered by that or ganization as part of a nation wide movement, were introduced by the de- Tense late today in the trial of Harry F. Wootton, charged with Kidnapping in connection with the Bisbee deporta- ticns of July 12, 1917.
 The documents were introduced over the earnest objection of County At torney Robert N. French, who con tended that such evidence was not in issue Judge Samuel E. Pattee re- peatedly overruled the objections. as each piece of evidence was offered.
 A copy Of the minutes of the local, dar-d June g, 1917, contained the fol- loSing entry:
 Bead |. w. w. Officials Letters
 Communication read from the Seattle central executive committee re- garding advisability of general strike throughout the United States, as pro- test against the persecution of I. w w on account of alleged anti-conscription activities ordered taken up under new business Moved that secretary be in- structed to reply to letter in the af- firmative."
 In a letter to Grover H. Perry, at that time secretary treasurer of the metal mine workers industrial union No 500. an I. w. w. organization, at Phoenix, Ariz-, signed, Yours for revo- lution, A. S. Embree," and dated June 26, the day the strike was called, Elm bree, giving a report of the activities of the organization that day, wrote:
 'sWe dwelt on the necessity of going out while Butte was still on strike and while Globe and Miami were ready with their demands"
 In another letter to Perry from Elm bree, signed, Yours for the solidarity strike" Embree wrote, from Columbus. New Mexico, under date of July 26, 1917:
 "Our strike was one more in sym pathy with the Butte movement than for any demands for ourselves.
 The spirit among us is undaunted. We consider the strike won, and we know we will get back to Bisbee in the near future, where we can put the finishing touches on the struggle
 Dispositions of Federal Officials
 The greater part of the afternoon session was COnSuIneQ Wltn lnc TedQ- ing of dispositions of federal officers and agents at Chicago. tending to es- tabIish the authenticity of alleged l. w w. literature seized by the govern ment under a search warrant Septem- Der ,, 1917, when agents of the depart ment of justice seized three or four truck loads of such material at the headquarters of the organization at Chicago, in connection with disloyalty charges against William D. Haywood, one of the leaders of the I. w. w.
 Fred w. Brown, the prosecuting wit ness and deputy sheriff of Cochise county, was the first witness called by the defense today. The state had charged that Brown was Kidnapped by Wootton in connection with the depor tations.
 Brown testified he was in thy with the strike, but that he did not con- slider it an I. W. W. affair, since many of the men who took part were not members of the organization. The witness added that he himself was not a member, but that he was in Bisbee at the time of the strike as a representa- tive of the American Federation of Labor He admitted being in the l. ". w hall twice during that time, but explained that he did not attend any Of the organizations meetings.