The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-24
Especial from United Press.0


 Lawrence, Feb. 24-Amid scenes of | wild disorder, Marshal Sullivan, today forcibIy prevented the parents of 50 children sending the little ones to Philadelphia and Providence on the train which left here at I'll. Not a l child left Lawrence. In the clash be- tween the mothers and fathers and 50 policemen, reinforced by two com panies of militia which started when a detail of bluecoats tore the chill dren from their parents and marched them away from the station, eight women, five men and 10 little ones were arrested.
 The prisoners were thrown into a big truck used by the militia, by a score of policemen, who used their sticks freely on the men and in doing so struck several of the women and children, on whom some of them were sitting to keep them quiet. Some of the women had their outer garments torn off in the hauling which the sol- trying to keep them away from the other police who were leading the children away from the station.
 Today's clash was result of or Sweefser, in charge of the militia and Marshal Sullivan to the effect that no more children could be sent from Lawrence by their parents who
  Colonel Sweetser. who is a lawyer, modified his order to read that the children could not be sent away without the consent of their parents'' Marshal Sullivan has held his posi- tion less than a week, having been appointed after his predecessor had been recalled because he couldn't keep down disorder in the city, Mar shal Sullivan did not qualify his or der against the expor rtation of more children of the strike" and true to his word, marched % North Station, shortly after o'clock, at the head of 50 policemen and two militia com- panies.
 The children were seated in the waiting room saying goodbye to their parents when Marshal Sullivan told them no child could be sent from the city. Tickets for the 50 little ones to Philadelphia and Providence had been bought but the pleadings of the mothers to let them send their chil- dren to where they could get proper care fell oD deaf ears When the train pulled into the sta ton there was a rush to the doors. Marshal Sullivan gave pre-arranged signal and a squad of 25 policemen dived for the children Roughly push- ing the mothers aside, the police drag ged and carried all of them to side door on Essex street before the moth CTS and fathers fully realized the sit uation Immediately they did com prehend they stormed out through
  more police and militiamen.
 A score of men, most of them fathers of the children, went to the aid of the women who were being so roughly handled that many of them had their waists and skirts torn conn., pletely off Several of the policemen received painful scratches about the hands and face and one of them, Po- Iiceman Moore a Syrian. was badly beaten about the head. His uniform was torn almost to shredS.
 Marshal Sullivan, seeing his men were unable to keep the women from their children any other way, gave orders to throw as many in the wagon as it would hold,'' and take them to headquarters.
 The 23 prisoners arrested at North Station, together with 10 men arrest ed on the common near Lawrence street for picketting about 6:3O, will be given immediate hearings in po- lice court before Judge Mahoney.
 Not only were the parents of every child in charge of the little ones personally when the police ordered them back to their homes, but every child had pinned on his coat card stating that he had been given the consent of one or both parents to be sent to Philadelphia or Providence, respectively. The cards had been prepared and signatures obtained by the strike leaders, yesterday.
 Taken into police court shortly be- fore noon various charges were 1odg- ed against the men, women and chill dren. Some were charged with ob- structing the sidewalks, others with assault on an officer, several with in- terfering with an officer and one with disorderly disturbance.
 With 23 arrests at North Station, 1 the 10 near the Common, where soldiers and police arrested a wagon l load for picketing and alleged intimi- dation, the court docket contained nearly 75 whose appearance there was due in some way to their activities in the strike. There were 20 or more cases of disorderly disturbance and obstructing the sidewalk, all of the defendants being men or women strik- CTS TNDTGNANT