Show RADICALS RADICAL I URGE U. U S. S SOVIET AT LABOR MEETING I. I W. W AV W. Members bers Pledge Help in General Strike to Set Mooney i Free Chicago Jan Jan This 16 This was field qa day for tho the extreme ra radicals at the national labor congress called to lv consider a program program pro pro- gram for or liberating Thomas J J. J Mooney Moone and Warren Billings Practically all e cr every principle of or the Socialists and tho the I. I W W. W W. was az urged for Cor adoption In tho thio flood of oC oratory which occupied 1 both the morning meriting and the afternoon sessions Speakers ers demanded the tile or organization of an American soviet the press and capitalist class were vero denounced and the declaration was as made malle that a new da day for labor is at hand in which tho the masses wll rule the world worM A. A I F F. F of J I J. J Pleas Picas were made for tor industrial tie de- and solidarity of Clr labor and the tho American Federation of or Labor was bitterly assailed The ra radical dele delegates and the crowd In tho the gallery loudly cheered the tho revolutionary rc sentiments expressed b by the tue speakers erx The rue climax was as I reached ached when a moving ing picture was shown of the Mooney case One scene showed soldiers carrIn carrying carryIng carry carry- In Ing an American flag lab in lathe the San Francisco Francl Francisco Fran Fran- cl cisco co preparedness tIlt day 15 parade o and there thero worde hisses from frem sonic some of or tho the I radicals In th the when this tills vas wua flashed on the tile screen Tho The committee on un resolutions Is expected cx- cx to make malc Its s final report tomorrow tomor tomor- row after afler which the thu convention will adjourn Tonight ht tho leaders of or both hoth the conservatives es and an the radicals were unable lo to predict with nn all any degree deg of or accuracy what the congress would do doat doat at al j it its hs closing ng sessions Declaration l The Tho report It Il Is t said ld will ill recommend the adoption of or tile the program of oC the In International In- In Voll Workers Workers' ers ers' Defense Defenso league r re t I I.- I. u f c 1 i k I l' l O I Ilion s and l make 1 somo l kind of a declara declaration cl thou lion on the numerous radical Ideas suggested sug sug- for the tile policy of or cd olg labor during the thc reconstruction p JJ A read from V V. lJ Delis bA expressing re regret ret at l lii ii iM Inability it ity Hy to come conic to tu Chicago to and addres the thc convention because of or the tile conditions Imposed b by Federal I Jud Judge o D D. D C Westen- Westen bayer o of Cleveland clan when the tho Socialist t leader er was released on hull ball after his conviction for or violation of cC tho the ago law In tho lie telegram Debs said saul among other things thinS's Free Prec speech Prevails in ill but butIs butis butis is dead In tile the United States Stales since U the e world has been ma made c safe for rOI Tho rho conservative naU e element clement has tho unqualified approval nl au and support of oC the capitalist press prost which cnn can Cull only mean menu that the r e element Is ls iq true tzue I Continued on Pago IagO 2 RADICAlS URGE SOVIET AT CHICAGO MEETING I- I Continued from Page 1 11 to the tho capitalist class and falso t lo the working class I am with and for Cor the radicals J Ical s. s Jel Jell d lr Ad 1 11 Action Tho The hour has struck for tor action Long Jong Longwinded Longwinded winded r resolutions and humble bumble petitions petitions petitions peti peti- to corporation tools In n public of C office flee fice and corrupt politicians aro are worse worse than useless s. s Mooney Is Innocent and the whole hole world knows It It The Tho convention convention con con- can do no less than demand his unconditional release and nd issue an ul ultimatum ultimatum ultimatum ul- ul to that effect giving duo no notice notice no- no tice tiec that t if It that falls fails a n. general strike ke will follow at a specified time and In Industry Industry In- In parah paralyzed d throughout the land Appeal has hos been mado made to their consciences consciences con con- sciences In vain aln and now l let l tho the bat bal batteries teries of labor be c on their prof- prof Its Us If It the silk fiat liat conspirators and would would-be e out on the Pacific coast and elsewhere insist upon war nr let lct it come e e have hac nothing to lose but tho the gags upon our lips and tho the chains on our bodies Now ov Is tho the time timeto to prove the solidarity of oC our class Tho people are aro with us in this fight and will stand b by ua us from coast to coast In our r determination to rebuke capitalist criminals and maintain m our rights as American n citizens Job Sa Say Sai Laborite James II Maurer president of the tha Pennsylvania Federation o of Labor an anIco and vice Ico chairman o of the convention con expressed expressed ex ex- pressed the radical view wh when n he said There aro are some olDe things for or tills this convention convention con on to do that are more Important than the Mooney loone case While President Wilson Is at the peace pence conference to free the poor slaves of oC Europe ho he will not forget to do something to free the poor Ioor wa wage e slaves at home We e arc aro going to sta stay here and finish this Job If It it takes all year ear If It you ou are a good revolutionist you ou will not do anything to obstruct this new radical movement mO Tho The da day has passed whets when Voh CI can railroad a man to tho the gallows allows be because because be be- cause of ot his opinions The Thc speaker was cheered when h he h. criticised some somo of ot Postmaster General n. n I Burleson s official acts Some Somo of ot u us ma may be hung before Mooney for what wo we are arc doing here today shouted a Socialist delegate delegat W W. F P. Dunn of or unite Butte Mont said ald tho the radical program embraced a plan to I liberate Mooney foone and nd Billings s. s a adoption of ot a D. method 1 of ot uniting the thc working I classes of ot the United States will will compel capital to give She them everything the they demand Maud la McCreery McCreer- of ot Milwaukee a a. writer r for tor a Socialist newspaper lIS used d da a novel no argument In getting tho the convention convention convention con con- to Indorse the con constitutional I amendment for fOl woman suffrage You men may all nIt be In Jail before you ou get gel through fighting for tor this new ne labor movement and you Oll ought to give gl women tho the so they can do your our voting while you ou arc locked up Uti she said Strike JI Pledge Often Given GivenA fenA A m message was read from five thc members members mem mem- bers berR of ot the this executive board of ot tho the thoI theT I I. I W. W W W. pledging to support a general general gen gen- en- en eral strike to secure the release of ot Mooney and other oilier Industrial prisoners prisoner O. O T T. a Japanese who It Is said was ns former valet for William Willlam Will Will- I lam iam D. D Haywood T i. i W W. W. W Yo lend leader r. r addressed ad addressed ad ad- dressed the convention and was as given n an enthusiastic reception He pledged tho the aid of oC the tho Japanese railway workers workers work orl ers ers' ers union In the event c of ot a a. g general strike Israel Weinberg one of or the thc defendants de- de fondants In In Inthe the Mooney fooney trial addressed the del delegates and said he lie had been offered bribes aggregating Ith If It h he would give dive o I perjured testimony for Cor forthe forthe the Uie prosecution at the trial President Gompers After a long wrangle the thc convention con by a close vote decided nut not to SOIl SOIla send sand senda sanda a delegate to the tho International labor or conference conference- in in Paris Parle h but lt lo to have h the Mooney case caMe I presented h by i amuel Samuel Campers Gompers and other representatives of or orthe the American Federation of ot I Labor abor now In France Com pern and the tho them American m Federation Federa Ilera LIon ion of or Labor w wre lre bitterly attacked b by radical 1 delegates In tho tine debate over O this resolution The fhe convention sent a mCRea message e to R Secretary of ot l Labor I Wilson thanking I him to for the Investigation ill made hi h by the federal government O of ot the Mooney i 1 trial |