Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-11-16
Farm Burns;
Hint Arson
BY a Worker Correspondent


BY a Worker Correspondent
CENTRALIA, Wash, Nov. Is
A fire destroying the Walter Sc
tosky farm home near eCntralia
on election night nearly upset
the meeting of the State Execu-
tive Committee of the United
Farmers League.
Night Fire
The house, "a humble frame
structure, was scheduled to take
care of the Executive Committee
during the next Sunday session OF
the committee. 1t now lies in
ashes, only the barn and the stock
remain of the farm home.
Awaking in the night Mrs. Sc
tOsky aroused SetOsky and her
son Leo. Dazed by waking i'm the
night and excited by such a turn
of events Mrs. SetOsky tried to
pack her suit case in her trunk
and move. But the flames didn't
give her much time to do this.
She did succeed in throwing some
of their clothes outside and find
ing them to put on after the fire.
A radio and a few papers of the
United Farmers League were all
that was saved from the fire.
Farmers Meeting
The farmers were to meet at
this house on Sunday to discuss
the weighty problems now con-
fronting the United Farmers
League throughout the state of
Washington. Mrs. Setosky had
planned to put on a fine feed for
the entire committee. She had a
list of good things she had all
planned and some of them were
already in the process of making,
but now the farmers will have to
be satisfied with other arrange
ments.
Other Arrangements So.
All the members of the United
Farmers League will assemble at
the Queen hotel. Mr. and Mrs. Sc
tosky have been fortunate
enough to get 2 big rooms there
in order to hold the state meeting
and various arrangements will be
made in order to take care of the
farmers desiring to attend this
meeting. Some of them will I'M
doubtedly have to be towed out
to the Setosky farm and sleep in
the hay-others will be quartered
in homes. But all will be ade-
quately taken care of.
The Injury
The unfortunate destruction OF
this home will mean that Mr.. and
Mrs. Setosky will be greatly him
dered in their personal work of
organizing the farmers in Lewis
county. 1t will mean that every
farmer will have to work a little
harder in order to assist the Or
ganization of the United Farmers
League in this county. 1t means
that Setosky's will not have the
resources they might have had
to go to the farmers and explain
the Importance of the United
Farmers League.
This catastrophe means the
farmers of Lewis county must get
behind the Setoskys better and
stronger than ever. They must
answer the call for organization
the first time. They must not de-
lay in their efforts and put of
organization.
Cause Of Fire
Mr.. Setosky is a wroker farmer
and is leading the fight against
foreclosures in Lewis county. He
is leading the fight for higher
milk prices in the county and de
handing a minimum of five cents
per quart for the producing farm
er.
i Fiery crosses have been useC
against militant workers in Levi
county. Farmers have been warn
ed not to join the UFL under pen
atty. The DOGGY Man" system t,
scare farmers and workers anC
the red scare" have been useC
to stop organization Throughout
this part of the country.
SetOskys were all at home al
the time of the fire. There was M
fire left to burn at night, yet the
fire started outside and near the
roof. Possibly another trick tC
frame the workers into submis
sion and trample their civic right:
in the dust. But organized farm
ers can't be scared that way. The
Setoskys will meet the farmers
committee and the work will con
tinue.
GASTONTA N q Nov. Is