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Show I. W.W. RELEASED AND ARE TO HOLD A MEETING When the twenty-three imprisoned imprison-ed Industrial Workers of the World were arraigned beforo Judge W. H. Reeder in police court this morning. County Attorney David Jensen moved for a dismissal of tho complaint acainst the men on the grounds that the state had Insufficient evidence. Judge Reeder had no sooner ruled favorably fa-vorably on the motion than one of the leaders in the spectators' section sec-tion 6ald. ,,Come on boys.' The dls-ih&rged dls-ih&rged prisoners at once filed from 'he court. Tho action of the county attorney was the result of a compromise. At a conference between one of the leaders, lead-ers, Kennedy, and the sheriff and of li in i' was agreed that the complaint com-plaint should be dismissed on condition condi-tion that the gang leave town upon being discharged. It was felt by the tltv and county officials that the stflfc could not prove that the men had trespassed for each would have bad to ho identified by the members of the train crew. There were some of the trainmen In court this morning. They objected object-ed some to the procedure but when pressed they confessed that it would have been difficult for them to Identify Iden-tify the strangers There were as many strange faces In the spectators' benches in police court as in the two rows of mourners' benches arranged for the Workers." The men all had publications of the organization which had been sold to them last night by the other L W. W s who have arrived In the city and those papers were read before court began Friends outside the docket passed combs tn those within and the squad of prisoners, "dolled' up by combing their hair. Aftr the prisoners were discharged. dis-charged. Kennedy, who assumes leadership over the band, sa'd that by another compromise he had secured se-cured permission to hold a street meeting after which the men would leave town "If the men had not been discharged dis-charged this morning, letters would have been posted to Butte, Denver, Salt Lake, Sacramento and other cities and within a few days we would have had several thousand members of tho organization in the city. The letters wero written and were In the hands of a member In the court room. If the judge had not released us, those letters would have been posted and the call would have been answered at once "When I told the acting chief that we were to hold a meeting, he said we couldn't. The sheriff, however, said he could see no harm in a meeting, meet-ing, so we compromised We are to hold a meeting but are to leave town thereafter. The pollco aro exceedingly glad to get rid of their guests. Their noise, songs and yells during the days and nights have made things miserable lor those who are on duty Last night the men aemanuu sugar unu butter with their meals and made a great disturbance when refused. The twelve prisoners released from the county jail this morning showed no sign of resentment because of their short Incarceration. The) told the sheriff that they were eager to go on to Salt Lake where they expect ex-pect to attend the convention of the organization November 9 Most of them are young men and they all claim to be laborers, some mechanics and others common workmen. They stated that they would accept jobs If they could secure them. One of he men said: "We are all working men and we have no Intention of causing the officers of-ficers of tho law any trouble. The boys did not run into the Jungle when they got off the train In the suburbs of the city, as was reported, and there was no need of any excitement ex-citement o-er them stopping off In Ogden a short time. "We believe we are right In our contention on the labor question and we are gaining ground every day. We are now being persecuted but the time will come when we will be treated differently. Some of the men ma get work In Ogden and remain here, but I think most of them will go to Salt Lake They had nothing against us in the court here and, of course, we were liberated. Mone wa? sent here from Salt Lake to aid ' in tho defense of the men." |
