Hellraisers Journal: President A. L. Emerson, of Brotherhood of Timber Workers, States: “We are the largest crowd of prisoners of war in the world today.”
Hellraisers Journal – Thursday October 31, 1912 Lake Charles Jail, Louisiana – B. T. W. Members, Class-War Prisoners
From the Appeal to Reason of October 26, 1912:
[Brotherhood of Timber Workers on Trial]
A. L. EMERSON, head of the 60 men on trial [re battle] at Grabow, La., for seeking to better the condition of the timber workers, aptly says:
The class war is actually on. We are the largest crowd of prisoners of war in the world today.
By the way, have you noticed Woodrow Wilson saying anything about the oppression of those who wish to organize the workers in the south? Have Taft or Roosevelt protested against the fiendishness of the masters at Lawrence [Massachusetts]?
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Group of Fifty-Eight Prisoners Held at Lake Charles in Connection with the Grabow Riot. The First Trial is Set for Monday, October 7th.
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Union Prisoners in Lake Charles Jail and the big dinner given them by the ladies of DeRidder, La. July 28th. 12. Copyrighted by Geo. Hanan
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