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Show 'MOVIES' TO SHOW TRIAL L W. W. at Patterson Arrange For Pictures of H ay wood Hearing Operate Picture Machines Ma-chines in Court Room Paterson. N. J., April 3. Hundreds of Paterson's striking mill workers Hocked today to the courtroom where W hllam D. Haywood, the Industrial Workers or the World organizer, was I making a fight against the sentence of six months in jail Imposed upon him a week ago for disorderly con-Iduct. con-Iduct. Thousands gathered outside The city's entire police force was (on hand. Nearly 2(10 of Ha v wood's followers wore left behind him in a ia'l that has never before in the city's j history been so crowded These were strikers arrested last night and today lor picketing. In the courtroom a moving picture machine manned by strike sympathizers, sympa-thizers, poked its nose, recording for the screen every detail of the court proceedings. The Industrial Workers 'of the World have sold the moving picture rights of the trial. Thej planned to have the final scene a wild demonstration of tho throng ont- side the building to greet Haywood vihen the hearing should end. The strikers believed, to a man, that Haywood's Hay-wood's sentence would be reversed. Today s proceeding was a hearing on the writ of habeas corpus granted (Several days ago In the disorderly ; conduct case. There is yet another charge against Hayw ood that of causing unlawful assemblage on which the t;rand jury has not acted. The ninety strikers arrested for Icketing last night were Joined to-j to-j day by sixty more Notwithstanding i tho numerous arrests the strikers continued their policy of picketing. As fast as one of their number was ar-r. ar-r. Bred, another took his place. William b Haywood, organizer of the Industrial Workers of the World, was discharged from custody today after a hearing on charges of disor derly conduct and causing unlawful assemblage in connection with the SMik mill workers' strike |