The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-03

trial Workers of the World
Their next witnesses sheriffs and
from the coal fields of Pennsylvania who testified to AsS
the of members the they SM
disrupted meetings of the LW.W. without authority A
sometimes at the request of the United Mine Workers Ia M
There other sherffs gunner EM
from different of Arizona, Montana ~ 80
washington aneIe were some farmers n who tod Of
bosses, mine owners and one or two renegade men,
bers with horde of service agents.
1t was developed that the for which witness
sand to $11O a thousand
With other character finally turned
to the Judge and ad your Honor the rests
GEORGE vANDERvEER the defense lawyer of
exceptional ability began the opening statement for the defense
COOL calm but before he had eyes
blazing as he told the jury about the class struggle:
This is unusual 1t supposed be against
D. Haywood James Thompson John FOss number
other whom heard of before, charge of
conspiracy wherein the prosecution claims
spred violate certain laws of the United States
legged crime the purposes to
prison Yet in reality is the purpose of the prosecution to destroy
ideal for which their organization stands
You told that this is Importance nation;
yet involves more than the natont involves the whole social
There five counts the indictment white
these acts the circulation of the Preamble Constitutions
and an editorial stating that the industrial system
and destroy defense to explain
this We want notice especially that the purpose
organization is not to destroy but industry
1T is manifesty impossible for gentlemen within
time allotted to to attempt ito tell all that
more have said or done and all that they have had
They classify themselves however into two classes Some have
had something to do with kesno unlawful
u purpose which attributed to them in these various counts of the
men, again. have had no direct connection with an
strike but they have engaged during the supposed conspiracy
in organizing various jobsor gone lecturers or
nave carried the gospel of the organization
the workers.
81 not clear upon theory counsel seeks
to hold here men who have had nothing with strikes
had nothing to do with activities
that their activities members became unlawful
lawful character of the organization question whether
not it is lawful unlawful by its
Now Solidarity about which you have heard
tho
Emancipation they mean? What
which will find states of the philosophy oganizaon
For instance what do they in
working class and the employing class?
81 want to state what sad what they have
done and what their intention doing these things
His Honor has struck out reference
behow the vast majority in the basic in
dusr from which this organization recruits its membership
has been the function facts to the working
conditions they may more nelgenty and efficiently 90 @
and find and apply the remedy 1t sad
utterly unable to support their families on
plane of civic decen Nobody wrongs the past
All we can do is to ourselves with the prevent
possible further development and growth system which brings
by grew combining in trusts and
corporations within industry got power to exploit labor And will
stop its being exploited But sabotage
which had broken by something hreshng
machines out of hundreds testified here will
bring wtnenot hope-but repub
farmers who have been dealing with the years in the
places best organized by it, who will tell they better
workers than'the LW.W. :"
COMING to Butte and the Copper Trust with and rec
esness of miners lives vandeer strike which was
charged against S a crime occurred:
"On the 9Th of a known as tho
tlre and II you have mine fire picture to
you simply surpases description The this
mine found the gates locked the
dn could not there whether husbands and
fathers burned to DEATH The
all the horror in their hearts that
wives crying and weeping And finally the bodies
the who had found them the
pned These people the bodies lined up them;
drground order to prevent the might
damage they had built
manhole and there the bodies piled chaed heap
Then there another strike down vanerveer
ION July H. 1917 in Bisbee 1856
chine loaded into cattle six manu hauled
out through biseng Arizona called Hermanas
shuffd and forth between
where they finally taken charge by troops
But thing happened that approached was
asked "W to work be While all this was
wives and children left starve without
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