The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-03-05
TESTIMONY
At WASHINGTON
Taken Before a Committee
of the House in Regard to
the outrages Perpetrated
Recently at Lawrence.
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Washington, March $50 apparent
was the nervous tension when Lipson
resumed the stand that Chairman
Henry cautioned the big audience
against making any demonstration.
There was some behavior that was
unseemly here on Saturday," he said.
"in the very first instance today of
any manifestation OF this kind, the
committee will have the room
cleared and the guilty ones punished"
A letter from Governor Foss. OF
Massachusetts. was presented by
Chairman Wilson of the labor COM
mttee. The letter was signed by
Toss' secretary and said that reports
Of conditions in Lawrence had been
exaggerated.
lie defended the rolicc and militia
in their action In prcccnting the send
ing of the children from Lawrence.
"The police simply brushed against
the women and children" il read, ito
put them aside. They did not use
their clubs"
The committee decided that here
after the examination Of witnesses
will be made only by members of the
committee. Berger objected to this,
as he desired TO direct the case for
the strikers. When Lipson's eNami-
nation began, Lipson said he was not
citizen. He had taken out his first
papers but could not get the 81 nee
essary to secure fun papers Repre-
sentative Hardwicl took UP the qucc-
tiuning.
"Why were these children sent
away?" asked Hardwick.
ITO take care of them. 10 save
them from the dangers of the strike
said Lipson.
Were some of the pcorlc sent t.
Philadelphia to take part in a mass
meetng?" asked Hardwick.
NO"
do you know OF any of these in
stances of policemen and soldiers
clubbing women and children?"
Why" said Lipson, IL was in
Russia during the revolution and
never saw Russian Cossacks, the Wild
est soldiers in the world, behave to-
ward women and children as the
soldiers in Lawrence did.
IL know that little children when
ever they have been met by soldiers
i'm the street, have ben pushed about
and struck with clubs and the butt
end of guns" said Llpson dramat-
ically. Never in Russia were little
boys and girls struck by soldiers.
81 know of little boy who was
| held down on the floor by a soldier
who had his knee on the boys chest,
and the boy could not stand mp be-
cause the Knee was stronger than he
was. There are 400 Russian peas
ants in Lawrence and they are going
to call on the Russian ambassador to
seek some relief.
80 are the other natiOnalitles if
we get no relief, and II is necessary"
Perhaps YOU think IL necessary
said Hardwick
Eyes, when police dubbed women
ana children about their breasts and
bodies, we think something must be-
done" Llpson retorted "Why there
was one Syrian boy who was Stable
in the back with bayonet when he
was running away from a soldier who
had told him to move on"
/ where is that boy?"
"Why, he was stabbed to death.
saw a big hole i'm his back" exclaimed
the striker eXcitedly
"There are many things like that,
he continued. IF you were wefl
dressed and met a soldier on the
street, he would be all right when
you look poor even the children arc
struck and pushed about"
Have you any hospital record of
the people who were injuredY asked
Hardwick.
Bipson explained that they were
afraid To go to the hospitals.
"These people look on the hospitals
the same as the police and the
soldiers" he said.
"Do YOU mean that American
soldiers wearing American uniforms
ana policemen representing an Amer
lean city abused people In this way?'
"Yes, they did said Lipson
can you grove that any soldier
baNonetted or dubbed women and
children
Lipson leaned forward in his chair.
1--WE can bring the women and
children here" he said emphaticallN
Some of them are here now. They
can tell yon what was done"
Llpson described attempts TO send
children from Lawrence.
after we bought forty tickets for
the children, they were met by the
soldiers with fixed bayonets and held