The Washington times., 1909-12-02
Strikers Families Shiver in
Open Following
Eviction.
MISERY is PLAYING
HAVOC WITH WOMEN
Four Hundred People Are Desti-
tute and Homeless Humanity
Shocked.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, Dec. 2.-Four
hundred OF the families OF the strikers
of the plant Of tho Ludlow Manufactur-
ing Association today Joined the desti-
tute homeless that are huddled about
the pathetically meager piles Of house
hold goods in the narrow streets Of
Ludlow.
Lieutenant Governor rockingham,
acting governor or the Commonwealth
in the absence of Governor Draper,
shook his head deprecatingly as he
watched today's evictions.
A dozen agents Of the company, at the
head OF an armed force OF 200 special
officers, marched through the town at
sunrise this morning. The little army
surrounded one of the company's s
houses, the 'evictors'' entered. and in a
few minutes the few belongings of the
occupants were in the street.
Many women and children were stin
in bed when today's eviction was begun,
but the officers did not hesitate. Half
clad the women and children sleepily fol-
lowed their little belongings into the
street shivering in the chill morning
air. The men, big-eyed with sorrow,
rage, and resentment. stood stolidly by,
helpless
Stoves In Streets.
Weeping women watched the stove,
upon which they had been preparing
breakfast, carried 20 the street. with
the food still smoking on It, and the
stove pipe leaving a srail OF black SCOT
In its wake.
A squad OF Pinkertons preceded the
evictors serving eviction notices. and
today one was served on the family OF
Joseph Hudick- In a little bedroom
lies Hudicks wife and a child born
Tuesday night
Hudick has pleaded piteOusly with the
company 20 allow his wife to remain In
the house until she and the child arc
stronger but without avail. They must
leave the house today, and Il is feared
the moving viii kin both mother and
child. In another house near the Hu-
dick home Is a woman critically III.
Her husband was served with an evic-
tion notice today.
sit In Groups
Among the huddled hundreds IN the
streets the misery Is playing havoc.
| They sit in little groups in the furniture
strewn street. their heads in their
hands They are unable to do anything
to help themselves. one man has al
ready been driven insane by his suf-
ferings Hatless and coatless he wan
dered away from his family in the
street. uttering wild threats and i'm
| precautions. He was found miles away,
/ a raving maniac, trying to tear out ms
I hair.
Is was TO see all this that Forthingham
went 70 Ludlow. He is makiER an in
vestigation at the instance Of Governor
Draper, whose attention was yesterday
called TO the situation by a letter from
Representative Norman White. White
suggested that the deplorab Bile condi-
Z tions at Ludlow might be a little re-
I lieved by the use Of some Of the shelter
tents and other equipments stored az
the State military headquarters. Froth-
ingham refused to comment On the sit
uation, until he had completed his IN
vestiEatiOn.
The attorneys Tor the Central Labor
Union. who were retained TO briHE in-
junction prOce dinEs 20 prevent today =
CviCticns have sot made any move. They
say the company has not yet overstep-
ped It's legal rights.
II was learned today that both the
strikers and the company had received
offers from the State board of arbitra,-
ton TO settle -he strike, but refused.