Ogden Daily Standard | 1910-08-06 | Page 1 | Strikers to Fill Jails

lllute III i ILL JAILS Five Hundred of Them Offer (o Serve Time Los Angeles. Cal , Aug. f.. Bereft by legal opinion of an opportunity to fight the new city anti picketing ordinance ordi-nance In a referendum election, the striking structural iroa workers of Los Angeles are determ.ned to fill the jails and choke ho courts with o"u or more jury trials. The plant was announced la-t night by Organizer lohaniiBon. of the Building Trades Council of California, who Is filleting fillet-ing the strike. This form of flank attack was decided de-cided on a secret meeting of thi-strikers thi-strikers two nluhts ago and 2T strikers strik-ers made the first move yesterday by causing themselves to bo arrested while doing picket duty. They In-vnded In-vnded tho premises of a foundry company, com-pany, and. In violation of the provis ioua of the new ordinance, sought to persuade the workeis to Join the nn ion and the strike. They will remain in jail .lohannsen has canvassed all Ihe available prisons cf the county and finds that the various Jails have ac-conimndai ac-conimndai ions for .".21 pioaers at the ui most. ' We will fill' the jails." and then demand sepatate Jrv trials. A fat as cases arc disposed of more men will cause themselves to b arrested. It will be a continuous performance unlil we win