The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-07-29
IT BECOMES REAL.
SHAM BATTLE DID, AND MA
NY MILITIAM EN- ARE
BADLY HURT.

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On Great Salt Lake
Mother jones'
Army.
St. Joseph, Mo-, July 24.-For a
mimic conflict and in time of
peace the casualties were something
frightful as result of last nights
sham battle, held at the annual en-.
campment of the Missouri National
Guard. Today the camp is filled
with wounded and many men less
seriously hurt are going about with
b1ackened eyes and bandaged faces.
The troops engaged in night
battle, four regiments of infantry
and two batteries of artillery partic-
ipating.
A company of infantry stole
through the darkness and surround
ed q battery of artillery unawares.
Angered by thus being outwitted,
the captain of the battery refused
to surrender when asked to do 30
and the order to charge was given
by the infantry commander. From
that moment the fighting became
real.
The infantrymen dubbed their
muskets and waded into the artil-
lerymen, who drew their sabres and
struck right and left at the forms
of their alleged friendly assailants
seen dimly through the darkness.
Privates Gates and Klofer are
dangerously wounded from sabre
thrusts and may die, and scores of
others have more or less serious In
iuries.
None of the injured is allowed TO
enter the camp hospital, and the
men are suffering intensely.
There will probably be an fnvesti.
CATION to place responsibility for the
night raid and butchery.
New York, July 24-Mother
Jones and her army of textile work.
ers are camped in Hoboken today
and the leader is contemplating a
march on Oyster Bay tomorrow.
Yesterday the reception in New
York was chilly, so far as the po.
lice was concerned, but, nothing
the whole tribe spent the
day here and returned to camp last
night.
The army is not large one now,
having dwindled day by day since
starting from Philadelphia couple
of weeks ago. 1t now consists of 81
men, women and children.
When told this morning that
President Roosevelt would not re-
ceive her army and herself, Mother
Jones said that she would march to
the home of the President come what
might. Mother Jones has sent the
following letter to the president:
To Theodore Roosevelt, President
of the United States:
Dear Sir: Being citizens Of the
United States of America, we, mem
bers of the textile industry, take
the liberty of addressing this appeal
to you. .
As Chief Executive of the United
States you are, in sense, our faith.
er and leader, and as such we look
to you for advice and guidance.
Perhaps the crime of child slavery
has never been brought to your no.
tice. In Philadelphia there are
90, 1000 workers on strike, asking
for reduction from 60 to So hours
a week.
We also ask that the children be
taken from the industrial prisons of
this nation and given their rights
Of attending schools, go that in years
to come better citizens will be given
to this republic.
We ask you, Mr.. President, if our
greatness has not cost
us too much by being built on, the
quivering hearts of helpless chill
dren? We, who know of their suf.
ferings, have taken up their cause
and are now marching toward you
in the hope that your tender heart
will counsel with us to abolish this
crime.
Our destination is New York
City, and after that Oyster Bay.
AS your children, we may hope to
have the pleasure of an audience.
r 3
San Francisco, July 25.- Jeffries'
has advised him to cut
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