Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-03-05
Wife Of President
Hears bout
Lawrence.
hOMEN BEATEN
Committee Hear
Witnesses Of
The Strike.

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Washington, March 5:-The eli
max of developments 80 far In the
Lawrence brutality probe came this
afternoon when Mrs. Taft. lrst lady
Of the land, sitting aghast with the
House Rules Committee, heard the
story OF cruelty to women and chill
dren.
John Kanabel, of Philadelphia,
described the scenes at Lawrence
railroad station February "a and
said: I wen saw a great brute of
a policeman draw his club and
strike q mi across the abdo-
men, Clasps Of horror came from
the lips OF the wife of the President,
and half a hundred handsomely
dressed women In the committee
room sobbed while stolid congress-
men sat stunned.
The dramatic recital of the treat
ment OF women and children given
by Kanabel, whose emotion at times
made It dificult for him to speak Of
q scene which, 1t is probable, was
Y before witnessed in a on
-g~ressional committee room.
BY nightfaIl the House Rules
Committee expects to have a rom-
plete knowledge Of the entire situa-
tion, including the causes leading
up to the walkout Of the WORKERS
and whether there was any excuse
for the brutal tactics OF the police
and the military.
The children today told the COM
mittee Of the work they were COM
PEELED to do In the mills. Socialist
representative who tried to take
the children away from the scene
at tho Lawrence station told how
the policemen and militsamen
dubbed children and
The children Of the strikers took the
stand after samuel Lipson. a member
Of the strike committee. In excited
tones had said that the behavior Of the
Lawrence police and the Massachusetts
militia equaied that Of any cossacks
ne nau ever seen IN his experiences In
the old country and after President
Gompers OF the American Federation
Of Labor had condemned the Industrial
Workers Of the World. the organization
which Ii conducting the strike. Six
te~en-year-old Victoria Wanarysk. who
proudly announced herself s'one Of the
strike told the committee of the work
she did In the mills. She was the third
oldest of a Polish family Of eight In
Lawrence. In reply to queries. she said
she had witnessed the outrages con
plained OF. Witness had zone on strike
because she did not want to get hurt.
When witness father. mother and all
of her brothers and sisters were work
Ing the family succeeded In getting
enough to eat. Victoria said she went
to work In the wooden mills when she
was fourteen years old
Charles vasiersky. another OF the
snth grade IN school and liked to go to
school.
"Why did you leave to go to work.
CharlieFs asked Representative Len
root.
The boy hesitated. his under lip
.urled and he said:
We'll. we had to have bread. and 1t
was hard to get 1T"
Utter about bali a dozen ether boys
mad testified Max Bogatin took the
stand.
He defiantlY proclaimed himself a
Socialist OF Philadelphia. Bogatin said
that he had been selected by the So
cialiat party Of Philadelphia to go TO
Lawrence and conduct the children nj
the Lawrence strikers to homes Sc
cured for them In Philadelphia. Eoga-
tin was aggressive, talked loudly and
'dened The committee.
He described the ~ at the Law
renee station when the children Of the
strikers were prevented from leaving
for ph~iladelphia. After . lengthy de-
Jailed examination he said.
Il saw the policemen pick up little
eniiuren py the arms and legs and
throw them INTO patrol wagon / saw
them beat women on the shoulders u
breast.
Lawrence. Macs. March 5s-Ths eLd
or the textile strike Is not In sight. An
Increase III wages granted by all the
mills but one failed to result In a rush
of the strikers back to their places. az
was expected By some. About 1000
more operatives were In the mills than
last week. and this makes a total OF
Approximately 1900 now at work In
the several mills.
automobiles for rant. Phone ISL.
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