Capital and Labor Testify in Communist Trial
Chicago dispatch reports in the Seattle general strike case the defense and state clash over admissibility of strike evidence. Witnesses Ole Hanson James Duncan Harry J Wilson testify on the strike and its aims. Duncan says the walkout sought wage gains not overthrow. The trial of twenty Communist Labor Party members continues with continued arguments on evidence and legality.
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Chicago
Seattle
Wash
Oscar Hebel
Communist Tabor Party
Harry J. Wilson
Soldiers, Sailors and Workmen's Council of
Ole Hanson
James Duncan
Seattle Central Labor Council
William Forrest
William Bross Wood
Wilson
Walet M. Wells
Russia
Walker Smith
General Strike Committee
Mus
Winnipeg
Hulet M. Wells
Anna Louise Strong
Bert Swain
Leon Green
Phil Pearl
Pearl
Forrest
Communist Labor Party
Hanson
Soldiers, Sailors and Workmen's Council
Duncan
Soldiers Sailors and
Comerford
Jim
A Bird's Eyeview of America and the Prison Scene
A columnist rails at the rulers and class struggle across the nation. Debs at Atlanta is jailed for a decade or life, while infernal prisons and executions mark white oppression and worker suffering. The piece condemns capital power and calls for worker action.
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Political organization ban ruling in Whatcom county
In Bellingham Washington Judge Edward E Wardin ruled that no court has decided to restrain political parties The ruling concerns the L W W and its alleged activity The judge contends the injunction would deny trial by jury and that the L W W is an exile from continental Europe and cannot thrive in a republic The decision suggests a need for constitutional change if such movements gain power In Moscow a dispatch cites Indians welcoming Soviet friendship and Lenin’s reply praising shared principles and solidarity among workers in Asia and the Orient
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Bellingham, Wash
Edward E
Whatcom
Getitaian
W. W
Harding
Europe
Mohammedan
Mohammedan Elementa
Taedia
Orient
Trying to Fool the Workers in the 1920 Campaign
A critical examination of the presidential race argues that Harding and Cox align with capitalist interests to mystify class tensions. It contends the workers face manipulation, urging production and loyalty while warning of suppression if they resist. The piece compares U S politics to European class struggles and predicts intensified conflict unless workers mobilize.
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England
Italy
Mr. Harding
Bridgeport
Connecticut
Harding
Cox
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Ohio
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Moncow
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Soviet Russia
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