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Show J OTT.S F.Ll.IS of Idaho, j first man in t'liitcd Statrs to be sont to prison for ! criminal s ndicalism and sabotage. I ? j I V I GEM STATE AGITATOR IS SEITTO PIOI Conviction Is Under a New Law Passed by the Idaho Legislature. Special to The Tribune. ROIS,. Idaho. Now r.- Idaho i, 1P the c.iftin'-! inn of beinu t !c f.rst stare tho union to place beiur.d a state's pi'i?'"n bars n nan con-dcted con-dcted of rri minal s;-"v.dicalim and siiboTas. He is .1. Otns r.llu. ?enrr:n ol to serve from one to fourteen ea rs a t hsnJ labor for atlfmpting tn inflceia r laboring men lr, stride and daaiaue prop-ertv prop-ertv unless nai'1. t!ie waes tiiey dc:c.a naed. The last V-cip'atture jvisscd th? s'atute f.nder w!-Jch Els ns sent to the penitentiary. peniten-tiary. His incarceration is a warning to oher? within this state who. bv word of mouth or through the distribiuinn of propaganda, attempt to i unite others to commit acts of :ot'nce. Klh is a Socialist and leans toward the teachings of the lnd itr-al Workers Work-ers of the World. who have been active in this state, and j-ovcrM other of whom are also awaiting trial on the charge of criminal svr.dh abcn. vrhen men were point; into a loghig (.anp in Clearwater coun:y re-""::t!y. they were hailed bv Klli as "brothf i.-." ak--d what wyqes they expected to rectdvp. and. when iniormcd. he branded them as i no low. This particular log -.rig camp na.i cutting loes ti-.e length of ,i raiiro-'d lie. a larse contract to sipply ti'.em to a carrier car-rier being held by the conimcror. Ellis urged the men to stiikc for higher-wages higher-wages and if these were refused ' 1 1,1 the logs a foot short. Had I be instructions instruc-tions ben followed by the loggers, the contractor would have bef-n rtnneh They told t'ne camp boss of KlhVs a- ti-. i; .r, and his arrest and conviction fnllowed. |