Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-02-28

Ntf' iifAt Nctttlftl chetHtpti ~ u IipiIit
approaching violence, the police say.
| Fbc one man arrested Charaton
| iskodrigler, is charged with throwing
peprer into the eyes OF an officer and
With carrying a dangerous weapon.
tie drew Il long knife when pursued
HW W.ts captured without great
( ttaehle Indications. this morning.
+ were tGat thc mills had made further
s 15fus, ~ the number of operatives at
e,aEls While some of the cotton mills
{ E-s operating To I'm extent exceeding
lVg cent. of capacity. the mill own
ets claim the plants of the American
+ Aeetou 20. do not average more than
! Y,v cent. II is estimated that there
IS aew total of 5000 operatives at
works with l2o0o SIN ON strike.
Gh% police officials had made ar
rlHgemeuts To prevent, this morning.
/ {uN Iurther attempt to send strikers
! s4.NIrvu uut of the city. but none WAS
made The plans to export children
/ In Philadelphia have been abandoned,
/ il Is understood and aside from the
[ children. who are 10 be sent with a
committee Of strikers to Congress at
1 Washington. there may be no more
/ little ones sent away from their homes
| in bodies The strike leaders contend
/ that they have been within the law
! In doing this. with the consent of the
ehildron's parents aud carried these
/ contentious into tine local police court.
/ where. this morning, the mothers OF
! the children We're arraiSned on
/ charges OF child neglect II is prob
able that the Washington party Of
/ strikers children Viii leave Lawrence,
tomorrow morning. The children, who
VIII be drawn frnm each nationality
reprcse nted in tie ranks of the
/ strikers, will not be accompanied by
thelr parents
city Marshal Sullivan minated, to
day that he may prevent the children
going TO WASHINGTON unless the court
decides he is acting contrary To Law
in preventing their leaving of the city.
My attitude REGARDING the sending
away of striker children has NOT
changed he said the action viii de
eide whether / ann right or wrong and
/ shall he governed Icy it
An anonymous letter threatening the
lives OF Colonel S~eetser and Acting
Judge Advocate Douglass Campbell Of
the militia. MAS received from Lowell,
this morning, by Judge Campbell
There was no clHe 10 the sender
| This is but the lltest of many let
tiers. some moro threatening and others
containing only we'll intended advice
/ which have been received 10y tie mill
officials,
Four companies OF the first corps
cadets and Troop =. First Squadron
Cavalry arrived. tad3Y, to replace the
militiamen relieved, yesterday They
were immediately assigned 10 stations
+ within the mill district.
| Six women charged with violating q
| city ordinance IL obsrueting sidewalks
land molesting paSsersbX, were given a
hearing i'll the police court. today. The
lceurf found them guilty. and imposed
sentences Of 50 each sentence of
three months was also given Charatou
Ekodrigfer, who was charged with
| throwing pepper in the face of pass
erby.
The matter of he legality of send
ing out of the CITY the children OF the
strikers was taken up ia the police
court during the forenoon when Mrs
Mary Baum the mother of Pearl
Baum. IL years old and of William
| Baum, 10 years was charged Will.
neglectng her children.
| City Solicitor Daniel J. Murphy stated
| that the ground ON which the prosecution
WAS proceeding was the act relating 10
neglected children and because it was
/ the belief that these children were to be
used for purposes OF. exploitation
Information and complaints following
| the despatching of patches of children
to New York were received. but there
was no intention on the part of the au-
thorities of Lawrence to act contrary to
| law or to invade the rights of free
dom or to prevent parents from dispos-
ing of their children as they saw fit
City Marshal Sullivan said that he i'm
formed those III charge of the first
patches of children at the railroad sta
| ton that unless he received a guarantee
that the children would be well taken
care of and that homes had been provid-
ed for them he would prevent their leav-
ing.
Letters We're read from teacher of the
children describing their appearance in
school
City Missionary Cater said that he hal
rendered assistance to the Baum family
on several occasions.
Charles r. Kose, q local police Off
Ger, said that he had investigated the
| Baum ease and found that the mother
did not Know where the children were
doing. who was to take care of them or
whether she would ever see them again
For the defence. Simon KnebeI of Phil
adeiphia, representing the branch in that
city of the Industrial Workers of the
World and Socialist said that he had
personally Investigated 4G6 applications
IN Philadelphia for the children and
found all the people applying in good
circumstances and many of them own
ing their homes
lie denied that the children We're to DC
used Tor purposes of exploitation.
Enterprise Grange.
Enterprise Grange. Richmond. held
| It's regular meeting, Feb a after the