Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-05-02
Brutal Barbariism
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linen they came around and took
what white handkerchiefs there were
| in the crowd, or anything that hap
pened to be white. Then, still our
hands in the air, they marched us
around the cattle corral in twos with
fellows sitting on the fences and
other brutes sitting on the ground
keeping us covered with their guns.
They came to look the crowd over
again with flash lights; and this time
they dragged fellow worker Noble
out of the crowd and beat him un
mercifully. Next they dragged fellow
worker Goule, from Portland, out OF
the crowd. They took him to the
tent where the poor Greek and the
others were lying and they asked
him numerous questions. Then they
stripped him naked and beat him
terribly about the body and accused
him of being leader of the I. W.
WIS.
.eWeH. Fellow Worker Goule man
aged to make his escape from the
tent, but a guard saw him and fired
fourteen shots after him; but good
farmer saw the plight he was in and
took. him ten miles out OF the way
Of them. While in. the hands OF these
thugs. he heard them say who We're
going to be killed. The Secretary OF
San Diego is marked for death. and
Mrs. Emerson for tar and feathers.
"WeIl. fellow workers, after keep
ing us in the corral for about one
hour and a half, they told US we
could put our hands down low and to
get together like a bunch OF sheep
and lie where we were. This we did,
being very thankful to get our hands
down. Then they came around us
while we lay shivering there ana
called us all kinds of dirty names
and told US If they came back there
again, heyFwould kill US. Welt' az
ter a night of extreme misery spent
in the open air without a bite to
eat or anything to cover us. they nao
us get in a-corner and there tney
took oq,r picture. Then they herded
ns in another corner. where dirty
slimv cur. calling himself an OIL
cor rave us q lecture. He said we
did not love the stars and stripes ana
that we were hoboes and buns ana
anarchists, and we did not believe IN
q snDreme being like he did, and that
r. We persisted in coming to the falr
citv Of san Diego with its forty thou
sand inhabitants and tried ito set
aside a law that they had made, that
there were plenty OF hills around
that fair city where our bones Wouio
il rotting: and he said: Bring on
vour 1 W. WIS! We can kill them
~, and we win do so If they come
! SECOND time" Then his patriotic
thugs clapped their hands, and me-
after telling us that we were a PACK
If towards and to take all that was
coming and never show up around
there again, departed.
.rhen came an order from 2 thug
there that five Of our fellows had 70
stem forward. They did so and IN
der a guard of five thugs they were
marched down the track.
aWhile / was waiting for my turn
- 90 automobiles kept coming from
ne dessert and fellow workers from
can DIEGO county jail with blood
streaming from their faces and limp
inr painfully. were pushed IN with
our crowd; there were 4 Of these
new arrivals; and with every new ar
r,va,z the thugs would laugh APPROX
ingly Finally fellow worker schWanot
ana myself and three others were
ordered out and five guards took US
5awn the track. Well. after walking
about q hundred yards or so. we were
to stop. We did so.
.4,han. for the first time since leaving
amazed me. All down the track were
The corral, i saw a sight when
human brutes to the number Of nIey
-tbrea ON each side, 106 in all. MY
friend had to go before me ana nao
s. !, o1n,ortunity to look ahead OF me-
III down the track were the boys
nd s.. !, ,hese thugs rushing out at them
10. 80, aifferent weapons. Then had
lust got an eye full Of thus Wnsn :
..,ss o I to take off my coat, Ike
ia rest had to do. This did. Tnen
nav said aKneel down and kiss tnae
flar," The nag was paper ABOUT
fonr inches square. knelt down All
tight but / did not do any kissing.
Well. when got up the first brute
grabbed me BY the cOllar. and pulled
f1sn no