demand, J. F. Billings ordered
engineer Ernest Shellgren to back the boat away from the dock. With no
pilot at the wheel the propeller churned madly backward for a moment,
the bowline drew taut and snapped, and the Verona pulled away from the
murderous crew of vigilantes. Not content with the havoc they had
wrought at close quarters some of the deputies continued to fire as long
as the boat was within range, a bullet from a high powered rifle
shattering the left leg of Harry Golden, a youth of twenty-two years,
when the boat was far out in the bay. Amputation of the limb was
necessary, a cork leg daily reminding young Golden of the majesty of the
law.

The Verona with its grim cargo of dead and wounded steamed toward
Seattle, meeting the steamer Calista about four miles out, stopping just
long enough for Captain Wiman to shout thru his megaphone, "For God's
sake don't land! They'll kill you! We have dead and wounded on board
now."

With unaccustomed fingers the uninjured men bathed the wounded, tearing
up shirts and underclothing in order to bind up their injuries, and
making the men as comfortable as possible during the two and one half
hour return trip.

A few of the men on board had been armed. These voluntarily threw
overboard their revolvers, together with the few empty shells that lay
scattered upon the deck, George Reese alone having to be forced to
discard the "souvenirs" he had picked up.

It was a quiet crowd that pulled into Seattle, not only because they
realized that the class struggle is not all jokes and songs, but also in
deference to the sufferings of their wounded comrades. This same spirit
animated the men when they were met by drawn cordons of police at the
Seattle dock, their first thought and first words being, "Get the
wounded fellows out and we will be all right." In the city jail, located
on the floor above the hospital, the same generous consideration of
their wounded fellow workers' condition led them to forego the
demonstration usually attending the arrest and jailing of any body of I.
W. W. members.

The four dead members, their still forms covered with blankets, were
first removed from the boat and taken to the morgue. Police and hospital
ambulances were soon filled with the thirty-one wounded men, who were
taken to the city hospital. The uninjured men were then lined up and
slowly marched to the city jail. From the Calista the thirty-eight I. W.
W. members were taken and placed in t