ightly aquiline nose and surmounting the heavy, closely
trimmed, dark Vandyke beard.

To the right of the judge as he faced the audience was the witness
chair, and across the whole of the corner of the room was a plat of the
Everett City Dock and the adjacent waterfront, together with a smaller
map showing part of the streets of the city. The plat was state's
exhibit "A." Below these maps on a tilted platform was a model of the
same dock, with the two warehouses, waiting room, Klatawa Slip, and the
steamer Verona, all built to scale. This was defendant's exhibit "1."

Extending from these exhibits down the side of the railed enclosure,
were seats for two extra jurors. The filling of this jury box from a
long list of talesmen was the preliminary move to a trial in which the
defendant was barely mentioned, and which involved the question of
Labor's right to organize, to assemble peaceably, to speak freely, and
to advocate a change in existing social arrangements. Capital was lined
up in a fight against Labor. There was a direct reflection in the courts
of the masters of the age-long, world-wide class struggle.

The examination of talesmen occupied considerable time. Each individual
was asked whether he had read any of the following papers: The
Industrial Worker, The Socialist World, or the Pacific Coast
Longshoreman. The prosecution also inquired as to the prospective
juror's familiarity with the I. W. W. Song Book and the various works on
Sabotage. Union affiliations were closely inquired into, and favorable
mention of the right to organize brought a challenge from the state. The
testing of the talesmen was no less severe on the part of the defense.

Fifty-one talesmen were disqualified, after long and severe legal
battles, before a jury was finally secured from among the voters and
property owners who alone were qualified to serve. The jury, as
selected, was rather more intelligent than was to be expected when
consideration is taken of the fact that any person who acknowledged
having an impression, an opinion, or a conclusion regarding the merits
of the case was automatically excused from service. Those who were
chosen to sit on the case were:

Mrs. Mattie Fordran, wife of a steamfitter; Robert Harris, a rancher;
Fred Corbs, bricklayer, once a member of the union, then working for
himself; Mrs. Louise Raynor, wife of a master mariner; A. Peplan,
farmer; Mrs. Clara Uhlman, wife of a harnessmaker in business for
hims