Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-03-28 | Page 1 | I.W.W. Members Try to Stop Recruiting

I. W; W. MEMBERS TRY TO STOP RECRUITING KANSAS CITY, Marrh 27. Walter Murphy, an Industrial Worker of the World leader, and four companions wtm arretted here todav while pleading with a crowd to join them in a raid on police hadouart'Ts. The arrests were a culmination of two fights between national guard recruiting re-cruiting parties and Industrial Workers of the orld members. The guordjmen, led bv Lieutenant Trneman. who i? a detective in civil lite, rai'ied the Industrial Workers ot the World headquarters todav borause speakers there ere exhorting rrow.is of mim not to enlist. Later in the day t wo ot her members of the Third regiment returned and completed the job, removing not only the habitues ot the hall, but also the furniture, literature litera-ture and anti-eniitmeut placards.