Arizona republican., 1920-04-13
WOBBLY TEXTS
 INTRODUCED IN 'tNqQIVFN. TRIAL
Disregard of Right and Wrong, Possession of the Earth, Resort to Sabotage Figure in Documents Pre- sented to Court
Republican A. p. Leased Wirel

TOMBSTONE, Ariz., April 12.-Pos- session of the earth, disregard of the question of right and wrong, open vio- lation of the governments orders, abo- lition of the wage system and the re- sort to sabotage following the loss of a strike were among the doctrines and measures urged in documents pur- porting to contain the principles of the Industrial Workers of the World. in troduced in evidence today in the trial of Harry E. Wootton, charged with Kidnapping for his alleged participa- = ton in the Bisbee deportations of July 12, 1917
 w. Fl. Burges, chief of counsel for the defense, read to the jury what he dsclared were the constitution of the organization and one of it's text books,
 The l. ". w.: It's History, Structure and Methods by Vincent St. John.
 Some of the more striking passages read by MT. Burges follow:
 What The WobbIies Want.
 The working class and the employ ing class have nothing in common. Be- tween these two classes q struggle must go on until the workers of the world organize as a class, take pos session of the earth and the machin- cry of production, and abolish the wage system.
 1HSCSStu OI tIle conservative motto, a fair days wages for fair days work We must inscribe on our banner the revolutionary watchword, 'aboli- tion of the wage system.
 As a revolutionary organization. the Industrial Workers of the World aim to use any and all tactics that will get the results sought with the least expenditure of time and energy. The tactics used are determined solely by the power Of the organization to make good in their use. The question of right and wrong does not concern us.
 Failing to force concessions from the employers by strike, work is re- sumed and .sabotage' is used to force the employers to concede the demands
 Direct Action" Figures
 Interference by the government is resented by open violation of the gov ernments orders, going to jail en masse, causing expense to the tax payers-which is but another name for the ruling class.
 Tn short. the l. w. ". advocates the use of militant direct action to the full extent of our power to make good.
 We are looking forward to the time when the organized proletariat will meet in their union the world ox CT and deeiue how long they will work and how much Of the wealth they pro. duce they will give to the boss'.'
 The reading of these alleged I. w. w. documents followed immediately upon a ruling by Judge Samuel l.. Pattee, handed down late today. per- hitting the defense to introduce evil dence tending to show the general doc trines of the I. w. w. but not the views of individual members
 Considerable uneasiness was felt in court circles early today over the ill., nf An examination by two physicians however. revealed that the maIady from which Riegs suffers-dizzfnes caused by defective circulation-fs not or nature to prevent his continued presence in the jury box. Had Riggs been disqualified, an entireIy-new jury would have had to be chosen and the whole case retried.