lations
Commission Report, a pamphlet summarizing that report being the only
literature offered for sale at the meeting. Toward the end of his speech
Rowan declared:

"The A. F. of L. believes in signing agreements with the employers. The
craft unions regard these contracts as sacred. When one craft goes on
strike the others are forced to remain at work. This makes the craft
unions scab on each other."

"You are a liar!" cried Jake Michel, an A. F. of L. representative,
staunchly defending his organization.

From an automobile near the edge of the crowd, Donald McRae, Sheriff of
Snohomish County, called to Michel:

"Jake, I will run that guy in if you say so."

"I don't see any need to run him in;" remonstrated Michel. "He hasn't
said anything yet to run him in for."

Nevertheless McRae, usurping the powers of the local police department,
made Rowan leave the platform and go with him to the county jail. McRae
was drunk.

Rowan was held for an hour. Immediately upon his release he returned to
the corner to resume his speech. Police Officer Fox thereupon arrested
him and took him to the city jail. He was thrown into a dark cell for
refusing to do jail work, was taken into court next morning and absurdly
charged with peddling without a license, was denied a jury trial,
refused a postponement, not allowed a chance to secure counsel, and was
sentenced to thirty days imprisonment with an alternative of leaving
town. No ordinance against street speaking at Wetmore and Hewitt then
existed. Rowan chose to leave town. No time was set as to how long he
was to remain away. He then left for Bellingham and from there went to
Sedro-Woolley. Using an assumed name to avoid the blacklist he worked at
the latter place for a short time to familiarize himself with job
conditions, subsequently returning to Everett.

Levi Remick, a one-armed veteran of the industrial war, was next sent to
Everett on August 4th to act as temporary delegate. He interviewed a
number of people and sold some literature. Receiving orders to stop
selling the pamphlets and papers, he inquired the price of a peddler's
license and finding it prohibitive he returned to Seattle to secure
funds to open an office. A small hall was found at 12191/2 Hewitt Avenue,
a month's rent was paid, and on August 9th Remick placed a sign in the
window and started to sell literature and transact business for the I.
W. W.

The little hall remained open until late in August. M