Show I O W. W W. W TO RAISE FUND FOR BURIAL OF DF HILLSTROM 5 Members of the Industrial Workers of the World orld are planning to raise funds tl to conduct the funeral of Joseph Joseph Jo Jo- Joseph Jo- Jo seph Hillstrom condemned to be shot at the Utah state prison on Novem- Novem be bej JS 79 As yet the workers have not started the fund but it is said that thata a campaign for funds will begin Inthe in inthe inthe the next few days Unless relatives or friends s claim the body of Hillstrom Hillstrom Hill Hill- strom after the execution it will be buried burled In the prison cemetery without without without with with- out obsequies At the last meeting of the Verd society a Swedish temperance organIzation organization organization organ organ- the following resolutions were adopted S Sli li Whereas our countryman Joseph Hillstrom is now under sentence of ot death in the Utah state prison and and Whereas having fully acquainted ourselves with the proceedings en endIng ending end end- lIng l- l Ing in his conviction we Arc con convinced con con- on- on vinced that the evidence brought forth Corth at lila ills trial was Insufficient to Justify this conclusion and Whereas the infliction of the death penalty does not accord with modern ideals and is especially especial re repugnant repugnant repugnant re- re where the evidence is is' is circumstantial cir V as in this case and Whereas the board of pardons has for the second time refused to regard re regard regard re- re gard the earnest appeals of the people peo peo- plo of oi this and other countries as aswell aswell aswell well as that of the government g of Sweden of which Joseph Hillstrom is a subject 5 S Therefore be it resolved that we the members of or the Temperance Temperance Tem Tern perance society of Salt Lake Cit City make this last appeal to the governor governor gov gov- ern or of ot Utah That he now before It Is too late will exercise tIe the power vested in him as chief executive of this commonwealth to prevent what may mav later prove to be a most disastrous disastrous disastrous trous and lamentable mistake on the part of ot the state of ot Utah And be it resolved that the working working work work- ing tug classes are justified in viewing the case ease of Joseph Hillstrom as another tr tragedy gEdy of ot the class war made plain by the attempt to connect t the e CO con con- J- J man with crimes that ne ice never could have committed has bas Jas never been tried for and of which he had not even been accused ac ac- ac- ac I And be it further resolved resol that complete Justice could be given to our countryman only through the medium medium me me- of ot a new trial and that being denied as legally impossible we make male this appeal for clemency in I lieu of justice |