Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1909-11-04 | Page 1 | Street Speakers Jailed for Disorderly Conduct

t STREET SPEAKERS JAILED FOR DISORDERLY CONDUCT Spokane Police Justice Has No Mercy on the Industrial al Workers Spokane Wash Nov 3 In police court today Justice Mann sentenced to thirty days terms in jail of a group of free freer r speech agitators members of the Industrial Workers of the World The rest of the lc who were arrested Tuesday were not tried for lack of ot time although the afternoon term of the po police lice Ure court was extended until after atter 6 o clock clO k Acting ALting on the advice of ot Justice Mann the police abandoned the charge chargo of ot street speaking peaking on which I J W V W men had hadeen been leen een arrested during the first day of their demonstrations and substituted one of dis disorderly disorderly disorderly orderly conduct upon which they the say they believe they can convict all of the tree free Speakers who offer themselves for ar arrest test rest The he fifteen who h were discharged I fol t towing owing the Judges decision wore those against whom no definite charge had been brought other than that they were boisterous and inclined to make trouble Each Bach of the tried this after S noon was given n a separate hearing al although although although though Judgment was not passed until all aU I had been b en tried Attorney Moore announced after sen sentence sentence tence tepee had been passed that the cases would be appealed to the superior court Both In the court and on the streets the free tree speech demonstrations today toda were spectacular The Industrial Work Vork Workers ers era left the lower part of the town and spoke on Riverside Sprague and First avenues It is impossible to say say how many cases will wilt be disposed of each day da said Jus Justice Justice Justice tice Mann after trial We Ve will hold the usual sessions and get rid of ofas ofas ofas as many as we can giving each cach a sep separate separate separate arate hearing No attempt was made by the I W W 1 people to demand a Jury trial for tor each member