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Show 1S THE OF THE IjlEEOIB Commissioner Reports fthfi Vigilantes Are jjgThan the Industrial lorkers of World. jfojTION IS 'f STRONGLY URGED s Are Scored for Their finest Principles, but fended Against Invasion In-vasion of Rights. liMENTO, Cal.. May IS. Kiwi Harris Weinstoclc, spc-(onuiiissioncr spc-(onuiiissioncr appointed by (jrcrnor Joliuson to investigate i'TicRO "free speech" fight, i by the Industrial Workers , finds in his report made fair that the "vigilantes" ot fo'b&ve heen guilty of more i.effenscs than the Industrial jjj isd recommends their prose- jj Weinslock, who is the head jSitiameiito mercantile firm, l'bD prominent in stato in Mt for ycara, declares that tact attorney of San Diego has ji do Ms duty, and, in pursu-ia pursu-ia recommendation. Governor latoafemnjr with the attor-tflj!! attor-tflj!! offico as to th0 advis-tfbeginning advis-tfbeginning prosecution of the fcij of having kidnaped and E aeitators. fepart, which is a voluminous , coaplcted after a personal situation bv Colonel "Wein-wlad5 "Wein-wlad5 that, while the I ml us -rim are composed largely of i.tjproduct of European op-Tiltr op-Tiltr have been denied their iiail riht of free speech and I disturbances huvn crj-stallizod migproblema of anarchy which aacdiate and careful lcgisla- jjf. Doctrines. wamiftioner linds that they Wjireaeh the following doc-pi doc-pi nori:incn arc to use any and fa that will' get tho results m& the least possible espendi-Biae espendi-Biae and encrgj'. Wqueition of right or wrong is hcfluidered. iweiiginK sword is to bo uu-l-nith all hearts Tesolved on Jfeteth. 1lkman is to help liimself or time comes, cmcnt with an employer o bo considered by the red or inviolable, iter is to produco inferior II tirno in getting tools n attending repair work; t understanding, fcor is to look forward en he will confiscate the dnve out the owners, rfcer is to get ready to industrial paralysis with aariscttting all industries, Wng forcible possession ;uat ho may need, are to disobey and treat t all judicial injunctions, so that they wont to San evident intention to trv " trade unions and that iij disobeyed a city ordi-street ordi-street spoaldng. That nmttod street speaking ertain sections, to this dofiaucfl of the Hough all other classes alters were pennittd to 1 sections for such pur-v1ceo pur-v1ceo was entirely with- drawn from tho Industrial Workers of tho World, and Commissioner Wein-stock Wein-stock holds that this was a violation of tho right to freo speech. The commisioncr finds that excessive and shameful brutality was used against the agitators, and he criticises very severely se-verely .not only tho police department but as well tho vigilance committee, tho public and business organizations, tho chamber of commerce and the newspapers news-papers of San Diego generally. Ho narratos many instances of wanton wan-ton brutality by tho so called lawless self appointed vigilantes of San Diego, and declares them to bo far worse lawbreakers law-breakers than the men whom thoy tried to drive from San Diogo. In on6 place he tells of having been in Russia, and says that one time during tbo taking of testimony ho wondered whether ho were in Russia, or in tho lund of tho free and homo of tho brave. Ho scores very soverely tho vigilantes, vigi-lantes, who. ho said, trampled upon tho constitutional rights of other men and "proved themselves the bitterest enemies of law and order." Were Not Armed. Although in no wise countenacing, and on the contrary very sevorely denouncing de-nouncing the Industrial Workers of the World for, what they did in San Diego, tho commissioner finds that up to the conclusion of his investigations th03' had used only peaceful methods toward their extraordinary ond; that although 200 of them wero arrested, there was not a pistol or weapon of any kind found on any ono. And he goes on to say that the representative rep-resentative "citizen" who has committed com-mitted these lawless acts against the law and tho constitution und. against the richt of free speech and againBt the liberty of tho citizen, has "in the eves of tho law made- himself a criminal crim-inal a far greater criminal than those whom he brands as 'anarchists, 'revolutionists' 'revo-lutionists' and 'the scum of the earth.' " Contrasting tho offenses, he calls attention at-tention to tho fact that the extremes of tho penalty of tho crimes committed "by these alleged outcasts" is not to exceed $500 fine or thirty days in tho citv iail, or both. Whereas, tho crimes committed by the members of tho vigilance vigi-lance committee are punishable by a lino of $5000 and possible imprisonment for teu years; and men convicted of such offo'nso under tho law are do- clared unfit and ineligible to bold any office or place of honor or trust created bv tho constitution or laws of tho United States. In summinc up. Commissioner Wein-stock Wein-stock says: "In view of the strained conditions oxi sting at this time in tho county of San Diego and in view of the utter lack of confidence on tho part of tho victims of tho so-called vigilance committee in thoir being able to obtain lustico and redress at tho hnnds of District Attorney H. S. Utloy ot San Dioco county because of his pro-nounccd pro-nounccd hostility to them and to tlieir causes of complaint your commissioner commission-er would suggest that von give duo consideration to the advisability of in-structing in-structing tho attomoy general of the stato of California to reconsider such evidence as may bo submitted to him bv tho attorneys of the victims of thcao outrages with a view of taking an active part in or charge of such criminal proceedings in San Diego county." SAN DIEGO. May IS. Characterizing the charges against him by TiarrlH Wcln-storsk, Wcln-storsk, sent to San Die go by Governor .rohiiHon to Investigate the Industrial Workers of the World conditions lime, as "libelous," District. Attorney II. S. Utloy ihla mornlnc declared he would hold Com-mlGSloncr Com-mlGSloncr Weinstock personally responsible responsi-ble "Tho statement that the district attorney attor-ney for San Diego county did not do his duty Is absolutely and unequivocally f.'ilHo," declared District Attornoy Utloy. "I know my duty and ho evidently docs not know hli. The statement that tho right of free speech was trampled upon Is false, and Wolnstock could havo found that out if ho had taken tho troublo to investigate. Alleged Insult. "Wolnstock manifested from the very start that ho was unfamiliar .with his own duties. I considered his appointment and his mission to this city an Insult to the city and county officiala who had attempted at-tempted to enforce the law under intolerable in-tolerable conditions, and which have been rendered worse by threats of assassination, assassina-tion, and I disregarded hiB ofllcial otatus, If he has any Tho gentleman invited me to bo present at his alleged investigation, which was crowded with men with whom I was then, and ntlll am, engaged In prosecuting and which was conducted without uny oath boing admlnlstorod, and at which Wcinstock received statements which my Investigation and knpwlodgo of tho matters referred to showed were without basis. "To my mind, tho whole movement was an attempt to create political capital in favor of the govornor of the stato, who was and Is very much interested in advancing ad-vancing the candidacy of Theodore Roosevelt." Roose-velt." Commissioner Wolnstock Ih expected in San DIcgo tomorrow morning on tho steamer Sonoma, which is returning with an excursion party from tho canal zone, Demand Protection. SAN FRANCISCO. Stay IS Charging that threats of Bcvero punlshmont had been made to thorn by vigllants if thoy did not Immediately sever with all Industrial In-dustrial Workers of tho World cases in tho superior courts, Fred Moore and Marcus Robbins, attorneys for the Industrial In-dustrial Workers, appeared in the superior su-perior court at noon today and asked that John M. Porter and fifteen 'othore, whom thoy charged with having uttered tho threats, be cited for contempt and that they. Robbins and Moore, be given protection by the county authorities. Upon tho suggestion of Judges W. R. Guy and W. A. Sloane, tho attorneys submitted the matter in the form of affidavits af-fidavits and, a3 tho noon hour had passed, the Judges nnnounced that tho citation would be issued when court opened Monday morning. Mooro and Robbins say that Porter, who is a wealthy real cstato dealer and tho others are members of tho citizens' committee. commit-tee. The climax was reached this morning morn-ing when Mooro and Robbins wero taken to police headquarters by a detective and questioned regarding alleged caches of guns In this city. After thoy left tho police station thoy wero surrounded by a crowd and it was at this time they say tho threats were mado. Thcv Hald they were told thoy would get ""what Bon L. Reltmau got." If they persisted In representing tho Industrial Workers. In addition to this, they charged in court that their stenographer, W. S. Rawllngs, had been kidnaped two nights ago and takon to Del Mar. Socialists Protest. SACRAMENTO, Cal.. May 18. A committee com-mittee representing the Socialist party of this city prcsonlcd a prot-sst today to Governor Johnson against tho alleged al-leged mistreatment or Industrial Workers of tho World In San Diego. The governor gov-ernor is asked to take steps Immediately to lnsuro these mon tho right of free speech. |