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"AN INJURY TO ONE IS AN INJURY TO ALL" 15% Capital 85% Labor Justice for Labor! LABOR DEFENCE CONFERENCE BROOKLYN LABOR LYCEUM 949-957 WILLOUGHBY AVENUE Meets every Friday night 8 P. M. sharp
Brooklyn, Aug. 31, 1915
To the Governor of the state of Utah,
Dear Sir;
In the fair of the nationwide persecution of Labor your state has its qota in the case of Joe Hill who has been unjustly convicted of murder in your state. He was convicted on nothing but circumstantial evidence.
It will be well to go slow and at least commute the sentence if the case does not warrent entire pardon.
This labor defence of greater New York composed of delegates of Delegations from United Labor demands a square deal and is organized to arouse the workers to the wrongs perpetuated upon their class.
Trusting to your wisdom and hope that said Joe Hill's case be brought to light once again, and that he be given a re-hearing we remain,
Yours sincerely,
LABOR DEFENCE CONFERENCE Herman Greenblatt [?] Secy.
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Columbus, Texas, Sept. 1, 1915
Hon. William Spry,
Salt Lake City, Utah,
My Dear Sir:
Please do not have Joe Hill shot! Commute his sentence to life imprisonment, please. You did not give him life and you have no natural right to take it, and for the STATE to murder is a million times more reprehensible than the diabolical act of one individual murdering another. "Things equal to the same thing are equal to each other" is a mathematical fact.
I think the I.W.W's are unreasonable but justice should come from us measured by us not what the other fellow does.
For years capital punishment has looked to me like cold blooded, malace afore thought, legal murder and plenty of the best thought in the country think the same thing.
Let me pray you in the interest of Justice, conscience and humanity please commute the sentence of Joe Hill. I Know nothing of Joe Hill's acts and do not endorse the I.W.W. people in the least.
Yours fraternally, J. B. Gay
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Dear Sir: Sept. 9, 1915.
Mr. J. B. Gay,
Columbus, Texas.
Dear Sir:-
Your communication, written on behalf of Joseph Hillstrom, has been by the Govenor, filed with the State Board of Pardons, which board, under the laws of Utah, acts upon applications for pardon and commutation.
In order that you may be correctly informed as to the facts entering into the appeal of this case to the Supreme Court of Utah. I am enclosing a copy of the decision of the Court for your perusal.
Very respectfully,
Secretary to Governor.
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Sept. 8, 1915.
Mr. B. Gilman P.O. Box #678, Liberty, N.Y.
Dear Sir:-
Your communication, written on behalf of Joseph Hillstrom, has been by the Govenor, filed with the State Board of Pardons, which board, under the laws of Utah, acts upon applications for pardon and commutation.
In order that you may be correctly informed as to the facts entering into the appeal of this case to the Supreme Court of Utah. I am enclosing a copy of the decision of the Court for your perusal.
Very respectfully,
Secretary to Governor.
