the fund that, as a token of solidarity, set the free speech
prisoners at liberty? In the financial statement of the Everett
Prisoners Defense Committee it is set forth in full. Summarized, this
report shows that Labor united in the defense of the prisoners, that,
while this case was more largely financed directly thru the I. W. W.
than any other trial of the organization, there were many and generous
contributions from local unions of the American Federation of Labor,
from the Workers' Sick and Death Benefit Fund, from various other
working class societies and from sources so numerous as to make special
mention impossible. But these receipts varied from a dollar bill sent by
"A poor Working Stiff" from North Bend, Oregon, to a donation of $3.75
from the Benevolent Society for the Propagating of Cremation at Yonkers,
New York.

Hundreds of dollars were raised in Seattle by the I. W. W. thru smokers,
dances, theatrical benefits, entertainments and collections by speakers
who told the story of Bloody Sunday before societies of every kind and
character. The Dreamland Rink meetings, attended in every instance by
thousands of people, were the means of bringing hundreds of dollars to
the defense. A considerable fund was raised directly within the
organization by the sale of embossed leatherette membership card cases
issued in memoriam to the martyred dead. In Seattle notable service was
rendered by the International Workers' Defense League.

[Illustration: May First at Graveside of Gerlot, Baran and Looney.]

The nature of the case demanded heavy expenditures unlike those required
in any of the previous trials in which I. W. W. members were involved.
Many of the witnesses were men who had beaten their way from long
distances thru storms and snow to be in readiness to testify in behalf
of their imprisoned fellow workers, and most of these had to be
maintained at a relief station until called upon the stand. The care of
the wounded was an added item, and there were many necessary
expenditures for the big body of prisoners held as defendants. To each
of the men who was released at the end of the six months imprisonment
there was given a sum of $10. Owing to the sweeping nature of the
conspiracy charges and because of the large number of witnesses endorsed
by the State, all of whom required investigation, there was a large sum
required for use in taking these necessary legal precautions. Heavy
charges were also made for the wor