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Semi Weekly Herald
Durango, La Plata County, Colorado
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Twelve thousand textile workers in Lawrence, Mass., went on strike on Sept. 27 to protest the imprisonment of IWW organizers Joseph Ettor and Arturo Giovannitti. William D. Haywood advocated a general IWW strike, despite their advice against it. Mills shut down with minor clashes reported.
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LAWRENCE, Mass., Sept. 27. As a protest against the imprisonment of Joseph Ettor and Arturo Giovannitti, the Industrial Workers of the World organizers, twelve thousand textile operatives struck here today.
The Ayer, Washington and Wood mills of the American Woolen company are the first plants to be affected by the walkout. No serious disorder was reported during the early hours of the strike, although there were a few minor clashes between the strikers and operatives who refused to quit.
A general strike of Industrial Workers of the World has been advocated by William D. Haywood and other leaders of the organization, as a protest against the imprisonment of Ettor and Giovannitti, whose trial on the charge of being accessories to murder is to begin at Salem next Monday. Ettor and Giovannitti, in a letter given out a few days ago, advised against such a strike.
The Ayer mill, employing about four thousand operatives, shut down practically all departments of the woolen mill where six hundred operatives is also closed.
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Lawrence, Mass.
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Sept. 27
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no serious disorder was reported during the early hours of the strike, although there were a few minor clashes between the strikers and operatives who refused to quit. the ayer mill, employing about four thousand operatives, shut down practically all departments. the woolen mill where six hundred operatives is also closed.
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As a protest against the imprisonment of Joseph Ettor and Arturo Giovannitti, the Industrial Workers of the World organizers, twelve thousand textile operatives struck here today. The Ayer, Washington and Wood mills of the American Woolen company are the first plants to be affected by the walkout. A general strike of Industrial Workers of the World has been advocated by William D. Haywood and other leaders of the organization, as a protest against the imprisonment of Ettor and Giovannitti, whose trial on the charge of being accessories to murder is to begin at Salem next Monday. Ettor and Giovannitti, in a letter given out a few days ago, advised against such a strike.