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Hellraisers Journal – Monday April 14, 1919
Chicago, Illinois – Bail Granted to I. W. W. Class-War Prisoners
From New Solidarity of April 12, 1919:
From The Chicago Daily Tribune of April 3, 1919:
I. W. W. CHIEFS GRANTED BAIL;
FIGHT SPY LAW
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Haywood Seeks Repeal of Act Under
Which He Went to Prison.
—–Leavenworth, Kas., April 2.-W.D. “Big Bill” Haywood, foremost of the I. W. W. prisoners affected by the Circuit Court of Appeals, when told that an order had been issued admitting him and thirty-six of his fellow prisoners to bail, said:
We will go ahead now and prepare for a rehearing as rapidly and as effectively as we can. What we are most greatly interested in is the repeal of those war laws which subjected us to conviction and we expect to work to that end, as every other good American should be doing.
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37 ALLOWED BAIL.
Thirty-seven of the ninety-nine I . W. W. leaders who have been in the federal prison at Leavenworth, Kas., since Sept. 2, 1918, serving sentences varying from one to twenty years for disloyalty and interfering with the nation’s war program, were ordered admitted to bail by the United States Circuit Court Appeals yesterday pending the hearing of their appeal petition before that tribunal .
As a condition of their release the prisoners are not to enter upon “Wobbly” propaganda work that is contrary to the law. In addition they must furnish bonds satisfactory to the government in amounts ranging from $1,000 to $15,000. Attorneys Clarence Darrow, George F. Vandeveer, and Otto Christiansen, counsel for the men, stood sponsor for the conduct of their clients and said they believed sureties could be arranged within a week which would effect their release.
The proceedings yesterday affect practically all of those who have had prominent leadership in the I. W. W. movement and who received the most drastic penalties at the hands of Federal Judge Landis.
Haywood’s Bond $15,000.
William D. (“Big Bill”) Haywood, the “Wobbly” chief, was one of the principal ones named. His bonds were fixed at $15,000. Others who may be given release and the bonds fixed were:
Judges Alschuler, Baker, and Evans sat when the order was made admitting the men to bail. United States Attorney Charles F. Clyne objected, stating that in his belief such action will have a tendency to incite other members of the I. W. W. to commit overt acts and will encourage rebellion against the government. The judges said they could not consider possibilities and could only rule on the charges in the indictments against the men in their ruling on bail.
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[Emphasis added.]
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SOURCES & IMAGES
Quote Ralph Chaplin, US Flag Arrogated, Chg IWW Trial, July 19, 1918
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.31951d01368761a;view=2up;seq=128
New Solidarity
(Chicago, Illinois)
-April 12, 1919
https://libcom.org/library/new-solidarity-april-12-1919
The Chicago Daily Tribune
(Chicago, Illinois)
-Apr 3, 1919
https://www.newspapers.com/image/355146647/
See also:
Note: Getting the Court to grant bail was one challenge met, raising funds for bail was another matter altogether. For example, Big Bill Haywood was not released on bail until July 28, 1919; see:
Roughneck
The Life and Times of Big Bill Haywood
-by Peter Carlson
New York, 1983
-page 295
https://books.google.com/books?id=AsedGwAACAAJ
Note: Solidarity ceased publication in Nov 1917 and was replaced by Defense News Bulletin. New Solidarity replaced Defense News Bulletin and began publication on Nov 16, 1918.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solidarity_(Industrial_Workers_of_the_World)
See Brissenden:
–Solidarity, Dec 18, 1909-1917
https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=4QkAAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&pg=GBS.PA396
The Defense News Bulletin, 1917-
https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=4QkAAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&pg=GBS.PA393
The New Solidarity, Nov 16, 1918-
https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=4QkAAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&pg=GBS.PA395
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“Prison Song” by Ralph Chaplin
Tune: The Red Flag