H: July-Sept. 1914; Mar.-Sept. 15, 1915

No Springfield Pa. To Sept.11-1915 The Hon. Wm Spry Governor Dear Sir; I write you to earnestly protest against the execution of Joe Hill and recommend that he be pardoned by you as we believe that he has been unjustly convicted and not given a fair trial Very truly yours Geo. F. Howland

Sept 1", 1915 Dear Governor; In the light of the recent repot of the Industrial Relations Commission, to the effect that in some localities in the nation labor leaders are not given a fair Trial, I beg that you give to the case of Joe Hill, a labor leader sentenced to hang in your state on Oct. 1, your careful attention. Respectfully Phil. A. Hafner.

Sept. 12, 1915. Andrews R-1-IndGovernor of Utah. As a lover of justice truth and right, I request you to free Joe Hill. A desire for justice that only expresses itself in punishing some body, is a poor brand. I know and so do you that the courts are corrupt. and this is a case of corruptiness of Joes. And I condier it a blow at liberty and a crime against the working class. So please hlep rebell against tyrany. and strugle for better conditions for the laborers. Respc Daniel B. Hart. & Wife.

El Paso, Texas Geovernor of Utah Sept 12th 1915. Salt Lake City, Hon. Sir:- I take the liberty of addressing you, not as a Union Labor man, not as a "Worker of the world," (for I am neither.) but as a plain citizen of the United States and as a lover of freedom With all the power of my bring, with all the strength of my manhood, I wish to protest to you against the unjust conviction of, and the [contemplated] henious murder of our of God's creatures namely, Joe Hill, which is set

2. for Oct. 1st 1915 in the state ever which you preside. The murder of this man by the State of Utah, will be a arrive against humanity, against the working class of your state and, the nation, against God and against civilization. I as a citizen of the United States ask you to use your power in the interest of humanity, God, eviilization and This poor innocent vicitim of class [?]. It must not be. Respectfully F.M. Hurrard.

Port Orford Oregon September 13th, 1915.

Governor of Utah, Salt Lake City Utah.

Dear Sir:- I see that Joe Hill has been condemned to death. That, not be cause he has committed any crime, but because he has the manhood to be loyal to his class, the working class, arrested tried and convicted on a trumped up chargebefore a fixed jury, on manufactured evidence, at the instigation of the organization of a body of men, who thot to be respectable by many are, are the instigators of more cussedness than any one organisationthat ever existed in this country. I need not call this organisation by name, but a perusal of the report of the Committee on investigation of industrial relations in the UNITED STATES, some times known as the WALSH COmmittee, will convince Your Highness or any person who the Criminal realy is, . No one believes that it is Joe Hill, The people are not fooled, nor will the result of this persecution be what it is desired that it should,

but something very different. Big business all ever the world, including the rulers in office have gone MURDER MAD.

Very Respectfully,

Jno Higgins.