Salt Lake Tribune | 1912-05-22 | Page 12 | Proposed Meeting at San Diego Off

I PROPOSED MEETING 1ST SI DIEGO OFF State Senator Wright Advises Citizens Against Demonstration Demonstra-tion at Court House. ATTORNEYS ARE ACTIVE Offer to Defend Vigilantes Without compensation; Governor's .Statement. SAX DIEGO. Cnl.. May 21. Sentiment Senti-ment i" opposition to the projected demonstration of citizens acainFl tuc Indnetrial Workers of thc.orld and ncreons connected with their trials rtc-vcloocd rtc-vcloocd todavT and it was said tho mass meeting at tho courthouse planned or tomorrow morniiijr intent not be Tlio demonstration was planned first to show that San Diecans wore in jm-nathv jm-nathv with .7. M. Porter, aliened vigilante vigi-lante leader, who, was scheduled to apnea ap-nea r in court Wednesday niorninir to show cause why ho should not he d iudced euiltv of contempt because of the allocation that ho had interfered with Attorney Fred JL Moore in jus defense of a client connected with tho fo called "free speech" campaign Action Ill-Advised. State Senator Lorov A. Wright, attorney at-torney for. Porter, issued a, statement today strongly ridvisinc acainst such a demonstration. He. declared such an action would be. ill advised at tho present. pres-ent. Wricht had said yesterday that, if necessary to enforce tho laws., an orrnnizatiou of from 1000 to ;000 citi-r.ons citi-r.ons would he formed to aid the ol- Wncht held a conference in his pri-vale pri-vale office today with Porter and ottv H er.. He announced that several nttor-nevs nttor-nevs of San Dioco would "be nasoci- 1M atcd with him in tho defense of tho EMff virilantcfl and all would act without WmM compensation. Manv citizens of this city eagerly awaited today somo statement from Governor .TohtiHon on tho Industrial Worker? situation here and a declaration declara-tion of anv action ho might take Mavor .lames E. Wndham stated that as San J Unco had a commission form of foveriiinenl. the enforcement of the il ;i ordinances was in t lie hands of ( anJain .John L. Schn, superintendent