thousand workers were on strike A telegram went to Joseph Ettor,a twenty-six-year-old Italian,an IWW leader in New York,to come to Lawrence to help conduct the strike.He came.A committee of fifty was set up,representing every nationality among the workers,to make the important decisions.Less than a thousand millworkers belonged to the IWW,but the AFL had ignored the unskilled workers,and so they turned to the IWW"leadership in the strike The IWW organized mass meetings and parades.The strikers had to supply food and fuel for 50,000 people(the entire population of Lawrence was 86,000);soup kitchens were set up,and money began arriving from all over the country-from trade unions,IWW locals,socialist groups,individuals. The mayor called out the local militia;the governor ordered out the state police.A parade of strikers was attacked by police a few weeks after the strike began.This led to rioting all that day.In the evening,a striker,Anna LoPizzo,was shot and killed. Witnesses said a policeman did it,but the authorities arrested Joseph Ettor and another IWW organizer who had come to Lawrence,a poet named Arturo Giovanitti.Neither was at the scene of the shooting,but the charge was that "Joseph Ettor and Arturo Giovanitti did incite,procure,and counsel or command the said person whose name is not known to commit the said murder...." With Ettor,head of the strike committee,in jail,Big Bill Haywood was called in to replace him;other IWW organizers,including Elizabeth Ourley Flynn,came into Lawrence.Now there were twenty-two companies of militia and two troops of cavalry in the city.Martial law was declared,and citizens were forbidden to talk on the street. Thirty-six strikers were arrested,many sentencedto a year in prison.On Tuesday, January 30,a young Syrian striker,John Ramy,was bayoneted to death.But the strikers were still out,and the mills were not working.Ettor said:"Bayonets cannot weave cloth." In February,the strikers began mass picketing,seven thousand to ten thousand pickets in an endless chain,marchigrg through the mill districts,with white armbands: "Don't be a scab."But their food was running out and the children were hungry.It was proposed by the New York Call,a Socialist newspaper,that the children of strikers be sent to sympathetic familigs n other cities to take care of them while the strike lasted. This had been done by strikers in Europe,never in the United States-but in three days, the Call got four hundred letters offering to take children.The IWW and the Socialist party began to organize the children's exodus,taking applications from families who wanted them,arranging medical exams for the youngsters. On February 10,over a hundred children,aged four to fourteen,left Lawrence for New York City.They were greeted at Grand Central Station by five thousand Italian Socialists singing the "Marseillaise"and the "International."The following week,another hundred children came to New York,and thirty-five to Barre,Vermont.It was becoming clear:if the children were taken care of,the strikers could stay out,for their spirit was high.The city officials in Lawrence,citing a statute on child neglect,said no more children would he permitted to leave Lawrence. Despite the city edict,a group of forty children assembled on February 24 to go to Philadelphia.The railroad station was filled with police,and the scene that followed was described to Congressmen by a member of the Women's Committee of Philadelphia: When the rime approached to depart,the children arranged in a long line,two by two,in orderly procession,with their parents near at hand,were about to make their way to thethousand workers were on strike. A telegram went to Joseph Ettor, a twenty-six-year-old Italian, an IWW leader in New York, to come to Lawrence to help conduct the strike. He came. A committee of fifty was set up, representing every nationality among the workers, to make the important decisions. Less than a thousand millworkers belonged to the IWW, but the AFL had ignored the unskilled workers, and so they turned to the IWW'' leadership in the strike. The IWW organized mass meetings and parades. The strikers had to supply food and fuel for 50,000 people (the entire population of Lawrence was 86,000); soup kitchens were set up, and money began arriving from all over the country-from trade unions, IWW locals, socialist groups, individuals. The mayor called out the local militia; the governor ordered out the state police. A parade of strikers was attacked by police a few weeks after the strike began. This led to rioting all that day. In the evening, a striker, Anna LoPizzo, was shot and killed. Witnesses said a policeman did it, but the authorities arrested Joseph Ettor and another IWW organizer who had come to Lawrence, a poet named Arturo Giovanitti. Neither was at the scene of the shooting, but the charge was that "Joseph Ettor and Arturo Giovanitti did incite, procure, and counsel or command the said person whose name is not known to commit the said murder.. .." With Ettor, head of the strike committee, in jail, Big Bill Haywood was called in to replace him; other IWW organizers, including Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, came into Lawrence. Now there were twenty-two companies of militia and two troops of cavalry in the city. Martial law was declared, and citizens were forbidden to talk on the street. Thirty-six strikers were arrested, many sentenced to a year in prison. On Tuesday, January 30, a young Syrian striker, John Ramy, was bayoneted to death. But the strikers were still out, and the mills were not working. Ettor said: "Bayonets cannot weave cloth." In February, the strikers began mass picketing, seven thousand to ten thousand pickets in an endless chain, marching through the mill districts, with white armbands: "Don't be a scab." But their food was running out and the children were hungry. It was proposed by the New York Call, a Socialist newspaper, that the children of strikers be sent to sympathetic families in other cities to take care of them while the strike lasted. This had been done by strikers in Europe, never in the United States- but in three days, the Call got four hundred letters offering to take children. The IWW and the Socialist party began to organize the children's exodus, taking applications from families who wanted them, arranging medical exams for the youngsters. On February 10, over a hundred children, aged four to fourteen, left Lawrence for New York City. They were greeted at Grand Central Station by five thousand Italian Socialists singing the "Marseillaise" and the "International." The following week, another hundred children came to New York, and thirty-five to Barre, Vermont. It was becoming clear: if the children were taken care of, the strikers could stay out, for their spirit was high. The city officials in Lawrence, citing a statute on child neglect, said no more children would he permitted to leave Lawrence. Despite the city edict, a group of forty children assembled on February 24 to go to Philadelphia. The railroad station was filled with police, and the scene that followed was described to Congressmen by a member of the Women's Committee of Philadelphia: When the rime approached to depart, the children arranged in a long line, two by two, in orderly procession, with their parents near at hand, were about to make their way to the no profit use only