od and with the water
turned off so we could not even have a drink. We might have remained
there for hours without toilet facilities had we not taken matters into
our hands. With one accord we decided to get out of the cells. There was
only one way to do this--'battleship!'

[Illustration: An all-I. W. W. crew raising a spar tree 160 ft. long,
221/2 inches at top and 541/2 inches at butt, at Index, Wash.]

[Illustration: Another view of the same operation.]

"Battleship we did! Such a din had never before been heard in Everett.
Strong hands and shoulders were placed to the doors which gave up their
hold on the locks as if they had been made of pasteboard, and we emerged
into the recreation corridors. The lumber trust papers of Everett, which
thought the events of November 5th and the murder of five workers but a
picnic, next day reported that we had wrecked the jail and attempted to
escape. We did do a little wrecking, but as far as trying to escape is
concerned that is a huge joke. The jail has not been built that can hold
seventy-four I. W. W. members if they want to escape. We had but decided
to forcibly bring the jail conditions to the attention of the
authorities and the citizens. We were not willing to die of hunger and
thirst. We told Sheriff McCullogh we were not attempting to escape; he
knew we were not. Yet the papers came out with an alleged interview in
which the sheriff was made to say that we were. It was also said that
tomato skins had been thrown against the walls of the jail. There were
none to throw!

"Summing up this matter: we are here, and here we are determined to
remain until we are freed. Not a man in this jail would accept his
liberty if the doors were opened. This is proven by the fact that one
man voluntarily came to the jail here and gave himself up, while still
another was allowed his liberty but sent for the Everett authorities to
come and get him while he was in Seattle. This last man was taken out of
jail illegally while still under the charge of first degree murder, but
he preferred to stand trial rather than to be made a party to schemes of
framing up to perjure away the liberties of his fellow workers.

"Signed by the workers in the Snohomish County Jail."

If the authorities hoped to save money by their niggardly feeding policy
the battleship of January 19th, mentioned in the foregoing account,
convinced them of their error. With blankets tied to the cell doors they
first tore t