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*;•••**. ,v •••' . V wmSh r— : y- -w One Union: One Label Official WeitewOitai OF^ THE One Enemy bimtM Widen «f the V«U 3E3E3EU VOL. IX NO. 44—WHOLE NO. 568) anssgrJars."* SEATTLE, WASH, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6,1927 - . Hoodlums on Horseback Flee as 300 I. W. W. Cars Approach "OVER THE HILLS Conference Where Women Close Up Mines MINERS CLAMOR FOR MEMBERSHIP AND FAR AWAY," CARDS IN I. W. W.; CALL SENT OUT IS MINE GUARDS Called at FOR ACTIVE WOBS TO AID WORKERS SLOGAN AT IDEAL, State House Strike Now Going on in Colorado Mine Fields is Unparalelled i In History of State, in Spirit and Wide-Spread Solidarity; Three Thousand Pickets Close Mine Walsenburg, Colo., November, Meetings of 3,000 and 4,000 People are ComrtTon Occurrences; Where Fifty Armed Guards on 1.—(By Special Wire)—Compa- More Help Needed. Horseback Trampled <»irl and Beat nies desperate, ready to sign up; up Men and Women. conference being held at Denver By BYRON C. KITTO at the State House. Picketing i By BYRON KITTO WALSENBURG, Cola—We arrived in Frederick Friday mornin* WALSENBJJRG. Colo., Oct. 30 discontinued in order to allow' about 9 a. m„ and by following the crowd we found the I. W. W. head* The Northern 'delegation of I. W. W. delegates to work unhampered; quarters. miners from the Boulder liirnite field by any technicality. As a whole j There were about 150 workers parked in the entrance ,all trying to of the north which swept through excellent situation with plenty get into the office at once. We figured they must be after their mail Fremont county, closing down mine* more trump cards in the sleeves or information about the strike. that have heretofore been immune lo Alter pushing our way through, we discovered Embree at his desk organization, arrived in WalsenhuiK of striking I. YV. W. who will, writing out cards. at 1.15 p. m. Friday. carry on this fight until the "Taking in some members?" we inquired. The caravan of 112-automobiles right to organize is being re-i "Taking in members? Well, 111 say so. I have been writing out carrying nearly 800 woHcers, was cognized by the coal barons. cards for the last three hours. Instead of us looking for workers and met at the city limits by the Walsen- .Governor Adam# requesting I. asking them to join, the worker* are looking for us and asking to be- ' burg, Ludlow and Trinidad fellow come members," he replied. mJft\ leaders to co-operate with M workers. A mammoth procession "You bet! We want I. W. Wn remarked a big, stalwart mine worker. followed through the streets (^f Wal trie S(*te in the enforcement of "Sure we ido!" chirped in many other workers, representing various senburg. The cars had large banners the picket law, which was ac- nationalities and tongues. on each side:. ceded to by Francezon on the interviewed many miners, especially "Join the I. W. W. and be a man." >ld timers." who have been through "An Injury to one is an injury to ground that the law never had WOMEN FIGHT FOR THE countless struggles, most of them being all." been violated and proof of it was, fought here on the blood drenched hills of "Miners of Colorado, do not scab the acquittal of 10 men against RIGHT TO LIVE DECENT Colorado. They all stated that this strike on you# fellow workers." | the conviction of two. staged by the I. W W is unparalelled in These were some of the banners, °of | Violation of the law commit- AND MEN SPURN LIQUORColorad o strike history. which there were manv. J ted by the C. F. & I. in trying to • can never forget this," was a state- A* the fellow worker> dro lh IN COLORADO WALK-OUT i by i Th«| evict forcibly striking miners Then < 12 whu sidewalks w+re lined with j without due process of the law; I arrest by the sheriff of Byron i<,.-thern district n y *f Kitto on 5 trumped up charges •h a | in order to raise the bail of this * in jail, hall larpe . and Fellow Worker in an exorbitant fighting ipeakf-r way. Young girl Wobbly leader Milka Sablich arrested on the step of the Court house in com- plete disregard of constitutional an* and bread," said another womaJ guarantee; intimidation of all tr who wore a knitted stocking fo kinds by authorities failing to "I'd like a piece of meat and sonv break the solidarity of the work- , once in a while." v, ers who are decided to fight this1 like chicken." declared another ii i English. "How I do like it!" I battle to the final victory. 'ourth woman, of the number im ed on a charge of picketing, said: " VALSENRIRG. n| Noi much, and if Above, A Colorado mine "hell-hole," now deserted by all but kno< one loneh watchman. ith I offic t the Klein Hotel Below, left, Mrs. Sera Salazar; right Mrs. Jennie Adams t English and bits of her 17-year-old of Spanish phra ish. Fellow Workei Embree ir K. Hart, Colonel P Net Kavich, who were jailed at Aguilar on charges of picketing. g to get silk hose daughter who w > Industrial Commiss >n which r R. F. Trinsted, Capt. Re of the When released they attended a great meeting at Ludlow and af- and pretty dres loing all in its pow i to break nal Guard, and George M. Taylor o: f ter talking to the mammoth crowd they asked for volunteer pick- all an "illegal stri the State Industrial Commission. A dele ets: every man, woman and child raised their hands. ft from the 1. W. W. composed of A R. Franceion, J. B. Childs and B Of the impossibility left immediately to confer with th< ovemor* representatives. Speaking on behalf of t MASTERS GROWING DESPERATE IN over three hundred car* stron* »sued an ultin j pic tit for the Ideal mine where th< ;after. ? fightini had the previous day clubbed Fello* After considerable controversy over var- COLORADO: ONE FIRES DRIDGE TO their chi r Child* and trampled Milka Sablich us technicalities it was agreed that the to share in the good things f life enjoyed ig girl, under horse* hoofs. The Car I. W. W. be given two hours to consider BLAME I, W. W„ DDT GETS ARRESTEby other Dpeople' s children. speeded onto the scab mine at for 1 arrival at the hall the ith bet- fellow workers Jacobs, Orr lent than beans and bread, > the r they i About The have been conducting meet- By BYRON C. KITTO liich for breakfast, dinner and supper he- foreign J and Aguilar and immed- these mes exceedingly tiresome nasters. That being the case, the workers i conference. After consid- WALSENBURG. Colo. Oct. 30.—Arrived (See leading arti n front f the world, which, of course, means black, eitbl* discussion it was decided to request in Walsenburg Tuesday IPD< i:n^ at 3:45 ist think of it, Fel rs; i.f the Liquor Noted by its Absence k-hite. yellow, and those In between, should that thirty hours stay* be granted until a. m. On arriving at the 1. W. W. hall we stronghold Despite the fact that liquor is easily ob irganise as a class to fight the one ene- and master tacticians who, when referring such time as the matter coald be placed found things humming. In all directions of the C. F A I., there are only two mines tained in Walsenburg, Colorado, it is con- rty, their capitalistic masters. The other to the I. W. W , shrug their shoulders ant before the rank and file. workers were emerging from their homes making an attempt to operate. While among the striker* by its absence. fellow workers, Neito, Herrajon, Dragneff. with a sardonic grin calmly say, "Oh, well At 11:30 p. m. the committor met the «*nd making their way to th» hall to an- writing this article, word comes to the Only two or three men have been arrested Parkoff. Clemmons and Kitto, all handled the I. W. W. is all right; it has done verj governors representatives. United Press swer the picket roll call. There were Rus- headquarters that the C. F. ft l's largest strike was called lubject in like manner—showing the good work; but, you know, it has servet and Associated press were granted permi sians, Slavs, Greeks. Mexicans. Finns and mine, the Morley, in Laa Animas county Authorities claim, of course, that this is advantage to the Colorado coal miner* of its purpose," etc., that the 1. W. W. ii sion to attend. Roger Franceion speaking Americans, in fact all nationalities that one has been pulled clean. This means that iponsible for the peaceful conduct of the belonging to the I. W. W. here to stay; that the I. W. W. organitw as chairman stated that the committee would expect to find in a mining setUe- the C.J\ A I. has been hit In the solar strike, but there never was a strike that While the meeting was in progress, a what ia commonly known as the impossibli not in power to make any final decli ment. Racial animosities do no', enter into plexus And Is hanging onto the rope*. One wasn't peaceful aa long as the strikers committee from the Black Dimmond mine in labor circles; that the 1. W. W. has the as the I. W. W. is a rank and file oi tbe minds of Colorado coal slaves.