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Show i 1 1 CASES J 10 IE WEALED 'I :; Ninety-four Men With W. D. I Haywood Given Long Prison Terms by Landis. I TOTAL FINES $2,735,000 j I . Counsel for Defendants Pre-j Pre-j I pare Take Cases to Higher U. S. Courts. ; CHICAGO, Aug. 31 William D. I'. Haywood, general secretary-treasurer of the I. W. W.f and ninety -four of ; -f Ills associates sentenced yesterday to prison terms ranging from ten days to i twenty years and to pay fines aggre-V aggre-V gating $2,735,000 for conspiracy in in-;; in-;; terfering with the government's con- 15 a-duct of the war, will appeal Ihelr cas-ics. cas-ics. George F. Vandevcer, chief coun-j jtsel for the defense, was busy today preparing to take the cases to the j ! higher courts. He announced that , ' next Tuesday he will apply to the Unl-'ted Unl-'ted States circuit court of appeals for ;'a writ of error. In the meantime Judge Landis granted a stay of execution exe-cution which will permit the convicted men to be held in Chicago until next Friday. ; It is believed an attempt will be I ' made to have Haywood and a number ' I, of leaders of the organization released j, on bail pending a decision on the ap-t ap-t , peak The I. W. W., it is said, has I r collected a large defense fund with I .the Idea of ultimately faking the cashes cas-hes to the United States supreme 'court. |