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Show THREATEN A BIG STRIKE All Power Plants In Paterson Are Un-der Un-der Heavy Guard. I. W. W.' Protest Against Conviction of Qulnlan. Haywood Makes Statement State-ment Paterson, N. J., Ma' 1C All power pow-er plantB In tho city aro under guard today In view of threats of a general strike mado by speakers yesterday at tho great meeting of striking silk mill workers called to protest against the conviction of Patrick Qulnlan, Industrial Indus-trial Workers of tho World leador, found guilty of Inciting riot. His fellow fel-low leaders, among them "Dig mil" Haywood, aro yet to bo tried on a similar charge Tho maximum penalty pen-alty Is. soven years In prison. Ten thousand strikers and sympathizers sympa-thizers attended tho protest meeting, cheoring madly when Adolph Lcsslg ono of thoso Indicted, ndvlscd them to "tlo up every garago and stroet car lino In tho city and put out all tho lights for a couple of nights." Qulnlan spoke of his conviction nnd lo Treskn and Elizabeth Gurley Flynn predicted that Haywood, Lesslg, Car-would Car-would also he "railroaded by perjuring police." Ho advised a boycott of all merchants who advertised In newspapers newspa-pers which did not favor tno Industrial Indus-trial Workers of the World. Haywood spoke of tho possibility of his conviction nnd added mat there were others ready to take his place If ho went to prison. "Ettor will take my placo," ho shouted. "Glovannlttl will take Tres-ka's Tres-ka's placo, Matilda Rabovltz will take Miss Flynn's, and others will como to take the placo of Qulnlan and Lcsslg. Wo nro out for the eight hour work day and wo are going to get It nnd no court In New Jersey can declnro our law unconstitutional. Yes, I tell you, wo aro going to got eight hours this year, and next year wo will strike and demand six hours as n work day and wo will get It, too." |