Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-25
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LAWRENCE. Mass. February 24-The
wailing of fourteen children of striking
textile workers as they We're taken from
the police station to the City Home. drove
a crowd of 800 foreigners frantic late to-
day, and riotous scenes followed. The
children were arrested this forenoon as
they were about to take a train en- route
for Philadelphia, and ordered to be held
at the City Rome until Tuesday. This de-
cision angered the strikers.
From all directions people gathered, and
as the children We're led out put up such
a stubborn fight that it was necessary to
call a squad of militia from the mill dis
trict to render assistance. After "A TWEEN
ty-minute battle the crowd was dispersed.
and all but two of the children were
driven away to the city farm.
One triumphant father captured his two
children during the confusion, and sue
ceeded in slipping away from the scene
unnoticed. No arrests were made in con-
nection with this disturbance.
Twenty-Seven Under Arrest.
Twenty-seven persons arrested during
the days disturbances were before JUS
tice Powell this evening, charged with
obstructng the sidewalks and other minor
infractions of city ordinances. They were
given fines ranging from 81 to $40. Sew
eral of this number were women.
Simon knebel of Philadelphia, one of
a committee which came mere to care
for the children who were to be taken
away. was charged with obstructing the
sidewalk He appealed from a fine of
$40.
Two of the woman strikers who were
in court complained of feeling ill and
after paying their small fines were taken
to the Cottage Hospital at the City Home
for the night. They asked officials in
charge to care for their money, and one
produced a roll Of $749, while her COM
panion had $16f.
Walter Sheperd, wealthy philanthropy
list of Fitchburg, came to Lawrence today
and began the distribution of several
thousand cards for free meals for chill
dren. He is having dining room quar-
ters fitted up. and says he will feed
5000 children three times a day as long
as the strike lasts.
Appeal for General Strike.
An appeal for general strike of all
working classes in the city was contained
in n circular issued over the signatures
Of the strike committee of the Industrial
Workers of the World late tonight. The
circular was one of three calls which
were headed as follows:
a call for action of all workers of
Lawrence "A few words to all workers
who have returned to the mills and "A
all to the soldiers and militiamen."
Copies of the calls have been posted
on buildings and trees, in every avail
able spot despite the fact that the police
have been instructed to arrest any person
seen with them.
Denounce Action at Lawrence.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,. February 24--An-
nouncement of the action of the Law
renee, Mass, authorities in preventing
children of the textile strikers from leav-
ing the city brought a storm of pro-
test from the convention of the Illinois
Mine Workers in session here this morn
ing.
Resolutions We're adopted denouncing in
the strongest terms Col Sweetser and
Marshall Sullivan, for perpetrating what
the resolutions termed 1.-The most BASTARD
~ outrages yet resorted to by any band
of heartless. merciless cossacks in the
interests of the robber barons. in any
stage of industrial progress in this sup
posed-to-be free country
The resolution says: by such acts
as these are the Mcnamara outrages
prompted, and those in charge of
affairs. as we'll as the mill owners. should
be charged with the most contemplate
of crimes, which will hasten the day OF
the torch and the bomb, if an enlight-
ened people do not at once rise up in
their might and once for all put an
end to these RussianiZed methods
Congressional Inquiry Not Unlikely.
A congressional inquiry into the strike
conditions in Lawrence, Mass, depended
last night upon the reply of Governor
Foss of Massachusetts, and President
Golden of the Textile Workers Union,
to Geographic demand for information
sent by Representative Wilson of Penn
sylvania. chairman of the House labor
committee If the situation is as des-
perate as the press dispatches indicate,
Mr.. Wilson declared yesterday, he will
introduce a resolution calling for Il thor
ough investigation.
Reports that soldiers and police were
preventing women and children from
leaving the strike-ridden city We're dis
cussed unofficially amdQg the members
of the MaSsachusetts~d6 egation in Con-
gress. While ackp0 Nledging the situa-
ton appeared to be serious, none would
discuss it openly.
Berger Receives Protest.
Representative Berger, socialist MEM
Der from Wisconsin, tonight received a
telegram from representatives of the
striking textile workers, saying:
twenty-five thousand striking textile
workers and citizens of Lawrence protest
against the hideous brutality with which
the police handled the women and chill
dren of Lawrence this morning. Carry
ing out the illegal and criminal orders of
the city marshal to prevent free citizens
from sending their children out of the
city, strong men knocked down. choked
and dubbed women and mothers who
were trying to protect their children from
the onslaught of the police. We demand
a congressional investigation before the
mill owners succeed in perverting the
law courts and all the forces of govern
ment, and make their crying outrages the
admitted law Of the land
Mr.. Berger said tonight he would press
his resolution to have congressional in
vestigation of the Lawrence strike His
resolution, introduced two weeks ago. pro-
vides for a special committee of seven
members to probe the industrial situation
in the American Wooden Company's mills
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