going to the Snohomish County city. He
supplemented this today by assailing Sheriff Donald McRae, of Snohomish
County and the posse of special deputies who met the invading I. W. W.'s
at the boat.

"In the final analysis," the mayor declared, "it will be found these
cowards in Everett who, without right or justification, shot into the
crowd on the boat were the murderers and not the I. W. W.'s.

Calls Them Cowards.

"The men who met the I. W. W.'s at the boat were a bunch of cowards.
They outnumbered the I. W. W.'s five to one, and in spite of this they
stood there on the dock and fired into the boat, I. W. W.'s, innocent
passengers and all.]

[Illustration: "McRae and his deputies had no legal right to tell the I.
W. W.'s or anyone else that they could not land there. When the sheriff
put his hand on the butt of his gun and told them they could not land,
he fired the first shot, in the eyes of the law, and the I. W. W.'s can
claim that they shot in self-defense."

Mayor Gill asserted the Everett authorities have no intention of
removing the I. W. W.'s now in jail here to Snohomish County.

"They are afraid to come down here and get them," he declared, "because
Everett is in a state of anarchy and the authorities don't know where
they're at."

Asked what he would have done at Everett Sunday when the I. W. W.'s
appeared at that city, the mayor said he would have permitted them to
land.

"After they had been allowed to come ashore," he said, "I would have had
them watched. Then if they violated the law I would have had them thrown
in jail. There would have been no trouble that way."

No Fight in Seattle.

"Because Everett has been reduced to a state of anarchy by their
high-handed methods of dealing with this situation it is no reason they
are going to attempt to bring their fight down in Seattle, at least
while I am mayor.

"If I were one of the party of forty I. W. W.'s who was almost beaten to
death by 300 citizens of Everett without being able to defend myself, I
probably would have armed myself if I intended to visit Everett again.

"If the Everett authorities had an ounce of sense, this tragedy would
have never happened. They have handled the situation like a bunch of
imbeciles, and they have been trying to unload these men onto Seattle.
You don't see any disturbances here, because we don't use nickel
methods."

The mayor charged that Everett officials were inconsistent in their
handling of this si