Evening star., 1911-08-14
B|G DOCK LOCKOUT T0PUN|SHL LYNCHERS
British Ship Owners Shut Out Pennsylvania Officials Promise
Men at Liverpool to Enforce Law
WORK IS REFUSED 10000 lIF THEY CAN FIND Gull TY
Retaliation Alleged No Will Admit
Employees Keep Agreement knowledge of Negros Death
STRIKE FEVER SEXES ENGLAND SHOCK TO COMMUNITY
Woman and Girl Workers Join State
General Demand for Better Some One Will
Conditions Mobs
Pennsylvania Officials Promise
to Enforce Law.
IF THEY CAN FIND GUILTY
No One in Coatesville Will Admit
knowledge of Negro's Death.
SHOCK TO A STAID COMMUNITY
State and County Officers Hoping
Some One Will Tell Truth About
Mob's Vengeance.

/ GAINESVILLE. Pa, August 14.-Every
| person who is found to have been directly
or indirectly connected with the lynching
| last night of Ezekiel Walker, the negro
heid Tor the murder OF Policeman Edgar
Rice Saturday night, will he arrested and
/ prosecuted TO the full extent of the law
This was decided upon today by Sheriff
David NJ. Colder of Chester county, Dis
trict Attorney Robert S. Gawthrop, Bur-
CESS Shalcross and Chief of Police I'm
stead of Coatesville and Chief of Police
Entrekin OF West Chester. the county seat
OF Chester county, who held a conference
10 determine what action 10 take i'm the
affair. 1t was decided to at once place
all the detectives available on the case,
! to get the names OF as many persons as
possible who were in the mob and have
warrants issued for their arrest immedi-
ately.
1t was said at IL O'Clock this morning
that the authorities did not have the
name of one person who was directly
connected with the burning of the negro,
| although many men are suspected.
An investigation independent Of that
being prosecuted by the Chester county
authorities leads to the belief that men
prominent in the community and who are
numbered among he best citizens in
Coatesville are implicated in the lynch
ing Every one suspected OF having
forehand knowledge of the proposed
lynching or who are suspected OF having
been drawn into the affair denies know
ing anything about the burning.
No One on Streets.
The number of persons who claim to
| have been out of town last night or in
bed early is astonishing TO the authori-
ties.
| The sheriff and district attorney be-
| leve, however, that because of the large
number of persons who participated in
the lynching they will surely get some
one who will tell them enough on which
to. base warrants.
Sheriff Colder and District Attorney
Gawthrop. who were summoned here late
last night and went to the scene Of the
burning early today, expressed the great
est Indignation at the work of the mob
I'VE will go the limit to get the perpe-
traitors Of this affair."" said the sheriff.
He and the district attorney said they
hope to make arrests soon and declared
that neither friendships nor political af-
| filiations will deter them from doing their
duty.
The fearful work of a frenzied mob here
last night. when II dragged a wounded
negro from q hospital and burned him 10
death for the killing Of Edgar Rice. a po-
liceman, Saturday night, has aroused the
greatest indignation in this community.
and everything possible will be done 10
bring to justice the ringleaders or the
mob That such an affair could occur in
a Quaker community, like that in Chester
county, was not believed possible.
Thousands of persons iourneyed out to
the scene of the burning today. Even be-
fore dawn people began to gather at the
spot. Every sort of vehicle was brought
into use. and prices to take people to the
place quickly went up. The distance 10
the Newland farm. where the lynching
occurred, is not far, and steady stream
of curious people visited the place.
Nothing is left of Ezekiel Walker. the
victim, but his aches. All unburned por-
tions of the hospital cot that formed part
of his pyre had been gathered up by
souvenir hunters.
Had Two Revolvers.
Among the angriest people I'm the COM
munity are, some Of those who captured
Walker yesterday afternoon in tree IN
the woods near here. He had two re-
volvers with him and when he was sur
rounded by the posse he threatened them
Several of the man hunters fired at him
and wounded him slightly. Evidently be-
lieving re was about to be shot to death
Walker tried suicide, sending a bullet into
his head. He fell to the ground and was
quickly capture by the crowd. With no
thought of lynching, but with the deter
mination of having him tried quickly for
the murder of Rice. the posse laid him
across three shotguns and carried MIN to
a waiting automobile. which brought him
to the Coatesvlle Hospital.
When he reached the hospital Walker
III fAf 81 Dali
Cmsted and District Attorney Gawthrop.
Had Been Drinking Gin.
Walker said:
I'D been out drinking gin and I was
feeling pretty good. i got out there near
the Worth Mills. among the hunkies and
just to let on that / was a bold man and
might hold em up. l fired three shots
from my gun. OF course they yelled, and
Rice. who had heard the shots, came
rushing up and grabbed me- They had
yelled 'murder,' and l reckon he thought
that was~About IL.
II had too much gin, and didn't cacu-
late to go along So / held back and
asked Rice what he wanted me for. For
carrying concealed deadly weapons he
said. Then l won't co. says /. trying to
pull away. He drew his club and reached
for his revolver and 1t must have been
then that / shot him.
Slain Policeman Popular.
News of the murder OF Rice, who was
very popular among the people here.
spread rapidly. There had been other
crimes committed in this neighborhood
that had been blamed on negroes. and
talk of lynching fell upon willing ears.
The main street of Coatesvilie is usu-
ally filled with people from the surround
ing towns Sunday nights. and a crowd
soon gathered at the hospital AS the
crowd increased the talk OF lynching
spread, and finally a masked man mount
ed the steps of the hospital and shouted:
Men OF Coatesville, will you let
drunken Niger do up such a white man
The orderly crowd was instantly trans
formed into a riotous mob. The attack on
the hospital was then made. There were
only the Superintendent, four nurses and
a policeman In the institution at the time,
and a defense of the negro was impos-
able. The crowd .swarmed into the place
through doors and windows and before
most of the mob knew II the wounded
and frightened negro was being taken
out of the building. Still lying on the cot
he was carried through the streets and
out of the city to the Newland farm. He
had been tied down to the bed with ropes
and as the crowd tore fence rails and
gathered wood and other in4ammable
stun Walker .wtthed on his ecot ana