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Show ir.en and Watts was walked to polio; headquarters. The Bpeclilc chrRo ngilnst him wa ltt opeti on tho police po-lice blotter, but ho was released upon $10 ball. The nrrest of WaHo reouiied in a storm In the office of Chief of Pollco Itarlow. Socialists pnit.esteij, but. Chief Hnrlow answerol vigorously. Itet'ore he would permit Watts to be released on $in I.nll, the chief made blm iromiso that be would never again address open air meeting In Salt Iike. Watta mad-; n pnrtir-l promise, but numerous of bis follw-ers follw-ers urged that a test case b maib-of maib-of the order prohibiting free speech on the ptreet corners. In a conference confer-ence that followed members of the Socialist So-cialist LaN.T party made preparation to test the arrest of Watis, and aDi to hive an Injunction drawn ni restraining re-straining ("lil-'-f Harlow from Interfering Interfer-ing with fnluro street meetings. When news came Into the camp ef the regular Socialists thai Watts had been arreted, lenders held n special meeting, with th result that fv S. Lund.-candidal for the supreme bench on the Soctalirst ticket, and .t. A. Smith, another leader within the Socialist ranks, were delegated to Interview In-terview Chief Barlow. The chief finally conneiitod to let speakers of the regular Socialist party par-ty address gatherings at Third South -and Main streets tonight. Chief Rar-k'v Rar-k'v will probably attend the meeting personally. Mr. Lund stated last n'ght thnt Wutts, who was arrested, harl hIso-lutely hIso-lutely no connection wlih the regular Socialist party, and that his remnriK on etreet corners hail previously been rebuked by the repular Socialists. SOCIALIST LABOR SPEAKER ARRESTED Police Stop Open-AIr Meeting by Jailing Jail-ing George Watts. Salt Lake. Sept. 11. Differences between be-tween Chief of Police S M. Harlow, Socialists and the Socialist Labor party par-ty over free speech on street corner?; were resumed last nlrht, when tho chief made good his threat that ho would arrest nil Socialists who' tried to expound their doctrlne3 In tho open air. Scarcely had Oeorgc A. Watts, representing rep-resenting the labor party, elevated hlmsolf to a fhalr nt Second South and State streets last night to address ad-dress nearly KM people, when Patrolman Patrol-man Charles Pitts collared him. The crowd was dispersed by other patrol- |
