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Show v URGES NO STRIKE " OVERJO'ONEY Secretary of Labor Wilson Appeals to Workers of Country. ' Points to Possibility of Securing Se-curing New Trial of Case. I v WASHINGTON". Dec. 6. An appeal to Hie woikers of the country not to en. Rage in a nationwide strike ns a protest m the case of Thomas J. Mooney. convicted con-victed of murder in connection with the Preparedness day bomb explosion in San l-rancireo, was issued today by bccre-t.H'y bccre-t.H'y of Labor Wilson. , In a telegram to Otto A. llaitwis. president of the Oregon State Federation of Iabor, the secretary said that if the P evidence now available is sufficient to convince a jiir, that "there lias been a conspiracy to tonvict Mooney there is every probability that l,e will secure a new trial and have his guilt or inno-. inno-. once determined by a jury in the light of tne facts that arc now known to y exist." Affects Jury System. The secretaiy added that the only ef-if'.l ef-if'.l 01 a stnke "would be to bring into disrepute lind tend to destroy the jurv ssElem of trial, which is the result of a. thousand years' struggle on the part of tne masses to protect themselves against criminals on t ho one hand and pioflteering on the other." .Many labor unions over the country have vote-l to strike December 'J as a protest in tne M.oney case. -Their action as laken bi-iove Governor Stephens commuted Medley's death sentence to hie iniprlso i.i.. nt. but officials of the n.:eircnu l'c.kral ion of Labor have iuli-'cly iuli-'cly announced that the govcr im '3 n. -turn did not n,rct the demands ur labo" m the cae. "If Mooney has been guilty of this crime." said Mr. Wilson's telegram, 'labor is not interested jn protecting him If ue is innocent, all of our people are interested in his acquittal. No strike of the workers of the countrv can facilitate inese processes. It can not produce a particle of evidence that would be help-I11I help-I11I in securing 'Justice. A strike can . ti.Mci ohk a iair triat to nor secure a fair trial lor Mooney. and J sincerely hope that no strike will take place." For Investigation. , SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 6. Notification Notifica-tion that he had been apopinted a special spe-cial representative of the department of laoor, investigating charges of irregulari-iies irregulari-iies in the prosecution of the Thomas J. -Mooney and other cases here, was ro-cc.ved ro-cc.ved today by William Denman, local altoincv here frn.v, r.i..., i x 1. . .. Wilson. Secretary Wilson uiso notified! y -Mayor James Rolph that he had sent a if telegram to Gov. v. D. Stephens announcing an-nouncing Mr. Denman's appointment. . and directing Mr. Denman to co-operate in the Investigation with the attornev general's office here. Mr. Denman was former chairman of tne United States Shipping board. K. D. Power, assistant state attornev general, already has been named to direct Ihe investigation of charges before the K '-runty grand jury. The investigation, V"- w nich is already under wav. will bc eon-tinucd eon-tinucd when the Jurv meets next Mon-tlay Mon-tlay night. To Suppress Action. The I'lrwnn Sf.ilr. r.wi,.-n.- whs asked by Mr. Wilson todav to' use us influence t.i suppress all strike action ac-tion 011 Mooney's behalf. Executives of 1 ne California Slate f ederation of Labor and tne International Workers' Defense League heie announced the- had received no similar message. The federation has l-lken no action on the .Moonev case and Lie league has asl-.td all unions throughout through-out tlu country contemplating strike action ac-tion to postpone them until a proposed labor congress, to meet in Chicago, January Janu-ary 1L shall have acted. Declined to Participate. BLTTE, Mont.. Dec. 6. In addition to the street car employees' union, which refused to strike in protest against the conviction of Thomas J. Moonev. eight unions in Butte have declined to 'participate 'partici-pate In the demonstration proposed for next Monday. These unions are: Workmen. Work-men. Teamsters. Carpenters. Painters Clerks, Engineers, Waitresses and Plumbers. Unions which have voted to strike are-,, are-,, Carriers. Machinists. Electrician I Metal Mine M orkers' Local No. SOO of Ihe Industrial Workers of the World- musicians and Batters. Announcement of the result of the various var-ious relerendums was made todav bv the Metal Workers' union, which declared mat Mondav mines will he picketed In an effort to prevent any miner from working work-ing that day. |
