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Show TRYING TO FIND GUILTY!, W. W, County Authorities Aiding Seattle Police in Identifying Murderers of Seven Men. Seattle, Wash., Nov. 7. The Snohomish Sno-homish county authorities, assisted by the Seattle police, in whose custody 289 persons are held in connection with Sunday's fatal clash between members of the Industrial Workers of the World and a posse of Everett, Wash., citizens, continued their efforts ef-forts today to identify from among the prisoners the men who actually engaged en-gaged in the shooting. Witnesses thus far brought from Everett have been unable to pick out any men who were seen to fire at the citizens on the C. T. Webb, prosecuting attorney of Snohomish county, and Alfred Lundin, prosecuting attorney of King county, conferred concerning the course of action ac-tion to be taken regarding the prisoners prison-ers here but no decision was reported. Mr. Lundin said no action would be taken by him until the Everett officers offi-cers had identified the men they intend in-tend to prosecute for murder. Meanwhile the local headquarters of the Industrial Workers of the World is gathering funds and arranging arrang-ing for the defense of the men under arrest. William D. Haywood, general secretary-treasurer, is expected to come here immediately after the general gen-eral convention at Chicago, November 9, and the matter of engaging chief counsel will be left in his hands. The declaration of Frank P. Walsh, former chairman of the Federal Industrial Relations Re-lations commission that he would not take the case was a disappointment to tho local leaders but they said Mr. Haywood would engage suitable counsel. coun-sel. William Blackman, mediation commissioner com-missioner of the United States department depart-ment of labor, who has been on the Pacific coast for several weeks in connection with the recont longshoremen's longshore-men's strike, has begun an Investigation Investiga-tion of the industrial conditions at Everett Ev-erett with reference to Sunday's rioting. riot-ing. Los Angeles, Calif., Nov. 7. Fred H. Moore, an attorney of this city, said he would leave for Seattle late today to assist In the defense of members mem-bers of the Industrial Workers of the World, who are being held there in connection with tho gun fight at Everett, Ever-ett, Wash., Sunday. Mr. Moore was of counsel for Math-ew Math-ew A. Schmidt, who was convicted of murder In connection with the dynamiting dyna-miting of the Los Angeles Times building In 1910. |
