Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-06

persons who wished to go to work from
reaching the mills.
st had feared they would do that, a
they had planned to do 1t their meet
ing" said Capt. Sullivan: Though they
did not do this. they did fill several Of
the streets leading TO tho mills. am
sure there were 5000 people in those
mobs. No attempt at parade was
made. but numerous persons were pre-
vented from going to work.
Late In the day the strikers began
pulling the trolleys of cars all along the
line. The cars were stoned. people driven
out and motormen and conductors fright
ened of. l saw one man pick up two
chunks OF ice and hurl them. I put him
under arrest, and was pelted with Ice.
One officer came to my assistance. /
held UP my club and threatened any man
who came near.
He Hit an Armenian.
AN Armenian who struck me in the
head. a particularly hard blow. was the
only man hit. 1 did strike him as hard
as could. I saw there also carpenter
wounded. assaulted by strikers after they
had dragged him from the car
He described other demonstrations
wherein people paraded the street sing
ing La Marseillaise" and other songs In
foreign tongues.
could you locate the leaders. men or
women, who led the assaults asked
Representative Wilson of Illinois.
There were no leaders in the streets,
said the witness 1.-THE instructions anu
differences of leaders were made In meet
in !.T,. ..,wa. u,s,. usually led bv women
and children They were always in the
front rank and sometimes women nad
children in their arms. Other women car
ried flags. On the first morning Etter,
he o$y 10 UyQC about the mills
giving orders, but as the demonstrations
took place he. always disappeared.
Describing the killing of Policeman
Benoit and the killing Of woman, Capt
Sullivan said:
Knows His Man.
II want to Say that the man who killed
the woman was the man who wounded
Omcer Policeman) Benoit. We know that
man and we will get him. 1t has been tes-
titled here that Officer Policeman) Benoit
killed the woman. Officer Policeman)
Benoit carried q .B2-caliber revolver and
was wounded with .3S-canber re-
volver"
WHO was the man you have In mind?"
IT shouldn't tell you that: 1t would de-
feat the ends OF justice"
Was he a striker?''
I'VE think he was. and the woman
killed was also q striker. think that
shooting started as pure dev1lment to
raise trouble and that there was no inten-
ton to kill anybody. The police did not
shoot"
Sullivan also told Of another policeman
who was stabbed during the same out
break. Another method Of the strikers
to arouse trouble. he said. was the con-
certed plan OF the strikers in locking
through the stores, passing in and out
without buying anything.
They had our storekeepers in a state
of terror. and for some time business was
practically at a standstill. though the
stores were not closed he said.
The witness recounted to the commit
tee several incidents in which children
were sent out Of Lawrence by the strik-
ers without the consent or even the
knowledge Of their parents. He detailed
several cases. in one Of which two chill
sent to Barre. VT In another case two
other children sent from Lawrence were
found wandering on the street in New
York.
Notified the Committee.
Tn consequence Of these complaints"
he said. II notified the strike committee
and had II published that no children
would be permitted to leave Lawrence
without the written consent of their par
ents''
Chairman Henry read to the witness a
copy Of q statement attributed to him as
follows:
'There will be no more children leave
Lawrence unless we are satisfied that the
police cannot stop their going. I will use
al the resources Of the law and the courts
to stop this making a show Of the chill
dren on the public streets to collect money
for anybody or for any purpose. I viii
not hesitate to use all force, power and
authority / possess or may summon to
my aid
After examining the statement printed
in Lawrence papers. Capt Sullivan said:
Well. what did you say?'
called In the reporters and asked
them to publish broadcast that we would
permit no children to leave Lawrence
porters and they wrote their statements.
| made no written order in the matter"
Says Strikers Were Defiant.
Capt. Sullivan said the strike committee
had published broadcast that the Chill
dren were going to go despite Capt. Sulli-
vans order Just before the time Of
the trouble at the depot he said. sys-
TEN of woman picketing had been in
ausurated by the strikers. the woman
pickets being chiefly Poles. Russians etc.
These pickets would not obey the police.
They felt that they were martyrs and
heroines. and wanted to go to JAIL" said
the captain. when they were fined for
assaults they appealed their cases.
These women were in Jail on the day
of the trouble at the station. and their
children were brought to them in the
jails. Those were the children described
here as being locked up. Their fathers
had brought them there and left them.
The women and children brought to
the station after the trouble at the depot
never saw cell. They never were put in
cells"
Describing the trouble a. the depot,
Capt. Sullivan said he had twenty-four
policemen with him and gave orders that
all loiterers be driven away.
Tells OF Depot Affair.
THE depot was full of people / went
in and saw the settees filled with women
and children. I said to them Amy of you
who are leaving Lawrence or sending
children away because you can't have as
sistance here, are under a misapprehen-
sion. l want to say to you you will be
taken care OF by the authorities Of Massa-
chuSetts.
There were about 100 people there. and
all Of them left but fifteen. To those who
remained / said: I don't know you peo-
pie, but before you leave Lawrence
want to know whether you are the par
ents or guardians Of these children, and
where you are taking them
Il got no answer from any Of them. In
a few minutes these few children were
gathered up and started for the train.
started two lines of policemen and pre-
We did put them in the auto-truck and
took them to the station No ono