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Show I1PIGE STRIKE : LIPS II I JI Twelve Men Are Held on Charges of First Degree Murder. DTIA'TH, Minn., July 12. StriUe ; trouble on the Mesa.ha iron ranee has lauded tweuty-eiht men in jail hiro to date. Of this mi m her t wHvc a ro held on charges of firt-t dcf;rve murder and tin remainder for assault, tres-pasiny; tres-pasiny; and oth'tr minor charges. Most of the men under arrest on charges of murder are Industrial Workers Work-ers of the "World agitators. The grand jury, which will consider the twenty-eiht twenty-eiht cases, will meet in Virginia, Minn., the fourth Tuesday in August, j Elizabeth Uurley Flynn, i. "W. W. i speaker and organizer, 13 in Duluth to-I to-I day and is exeeted to leave for the strike zone on the Minnesota iron ranges to assume an active part in the strike there, probably this afternoon. The appearance of Miss Jlynn and ! Hay wood a "declaration of war" I against tho United States Stool cor- porn t ion and independent mining com- ! panies of Minnesota, which declaration! 1 is in a part an organization appeal for j funds with which to continue the strike, were this morning's chief developments 1 here. Miss Flynn may be the advance guard of a fresh force of leaders sent for some days ago the materialization of the promise of William i. Haywood, general secretary-treasurer of the I. W. W., to immediately replenish the ranks of range leaders and organizers depicted de-picted by arrests, she admitted. Big posters, headed "Declaration of War." and signed by William D. Haywood, Hay-wood, appeared on the streets here with the coming of Miss Fly an. The following is a verbatim copy of the circulars: "Declaration of war, ' ' Fellow workers and friends: "War has .been declared against the steel trust and the independent mining companies of Minnesota by the Industrial Indus-trial Workers of the- World. ' ' The iron miners are mustering. Twenty thousand have left tho mines and pits. "More than 7000 have already been sworn in. ' ' The steam shovels are idle. The drills aro silent. 1 ' The miners are on strike in t he following camps: Hibbing, 4000; Ohis-holm, Ohis-holm, 2SUII; Virginia, 2301); Buhl, MOO; Evcleth, 1600; Oilbert, 000; Biwabik, JiOO; Aurora, 000; Kinney, 80(1, and "other small camps, "The demands are $2.7G a day1 for top men. For miners, dry daces, ! $3; for miners, wet places, $3.50; the eight-hour eight-hour day ; abolition of contract labor; bi-monthly pay days; to be paid at once when discharged or leaving work. "It is the irou miners who aro making mak-ing these demands; men who are doing hard, hazardous work ; they take their lives into their hands every time they go down into tho mines or pits. They are the men who produce tho ore that is con vert od iuto iron and stool to make tho machinery of the world. Without With-out these men civilization could not exist. I "These hare-handed iron miners, ! driven to desperation, have declared in- dust rial war against the United States : Steel corporation. Tho masters of 1 bread are fighting with their usual weapons gunmen, detectives, courts and the press. "We are united, but must have help. ! This is your fight. You must raise money for food, clothing, shelter and J organization work. Semi all funds to William D. Haywood, room 307, lb'4 i West Washington street, Chicago. I "WILLIAM D. HAYWOOD, I ' ' General Secretary-treasurer, j (Seal.) I The "get-together" mooting of range city and town officials, miners and operators, slated for Virginia last night, fell through. Minors and operators opera-tors failed to arrive at the meeting. |