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Show Sheriff Raids I I. W. W. Quarters I and Locks Doors SIOUX CITY. Ia., April 23 Fearing threatened mob action. Sheriff W. H, .Tones, marching at the head of a column col-umn of more than 150 deputy sheriffs raided the I. W. W. headquarters at Fourth and Jennings streets last night. cloed the hall and padlocked the door. i The I. W. W. agreed to call off the national convention of the agricultural section of the Industrial Workers of the World, which had been in session since Monday morning and to abandon the hall for a period of one week. Deputy United States Marshall Mil ton Perry Smith and federal agents seized the records and books of the convention and confiscated a quantity of "literature" which thev found in the hall. The I. W, W. were advised to leave town. oo |