Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-05

he said, Marshal Sullivan personally de-
clared to him: Those children viii not
leave Lawrence. |
Then he described how he purchased
the tickets for members of the committee
from Lawrence to Philadelphia.
Torn From Their Mothers.
1--WE grouped the children ina file of
two and started to send them out of the
depot door" Knebel continued. Then
we saw two lines of police. Just as we
left the door the police started their
bloody work.
The children and their parents began
to pass through this line OF ponce. Inc
police tore the children from. taer noun
ers They were screaming and there were
most unearthly yells. l saw one ponce
man strike a pregnant woman IN the
abdomen. -.
four or five children. Immediately three
or four policemen. got hold OF me anG
wrestled me all over the place. lney
didn't want to arrest me. IheH draSseu
me until my knee bled and twisted my
loot. When they got me away they Went
back Then | went back. cpuldn see
Women and children hurt th9t- way l
didn't care if l was getting muadered tnat
day. .o,
: .sHow many women did you see beaten
that day." asked AIR. Henry.,
1. Il saw a whole wagonload of Injured.
j saw one young woman nos stIihe,
dubbed by a policeman. She was struck
away several times and on the other
: side of the raili Dad station speclal po-
iicemen threatened to arrest me.
& Showed His Railroad Picket.
! e told them to go ahead. showed
them my railroad ticket and told them
they had prevented me from leaving the
station Finally they arrested H1e and
was kept in the station house"hcurs with
women and children In cells.
Knebel said he was fined $40 TOT oo-
strueting the sidewalk.
Il told them 1 wouldn't pay that hne
if was sent to Jail for ten years. F1nai-
ly l agreed to appeal the case. :
II come from Pennsylvania. That
hasn't got such a good record TOT po-
: lice But the Pennsylvania constaouiaIy
never dared or contemplated sucn Dru-
tality on women and children as have
the police of Lawrence in this case.
what could Congress do in such
case?" asked Representative Garrett
1t can order an investigation 10 Dr'hs
out the facts" he said. If l was .
member of Congress / would do some
thing quick The interstate commerce
law was violated when !, VINO mao
bought railroad ticket. was prevented
from taking train
mo Law in Massachusetts,
How about the Massachusetts, courts?"
There is no law in Massachusetts,
now"
Knebel in response to questions by
REPRESENTATIVE Lenroot said that though
policemen generally treated all people
alike they did not in labor struggles.
In labor struggles the police are al
WAYS prejudiced against the workers
Representative Hardwick questioned
KnebeI further about the motive or re-
moving the Lawrence children. he caiieo
attention TO the fact that the system had
been used in Italy, Belgium and France.
.sThat makes no difference here" said
Knebel Though this is the first time IN
the history of this country that 1t was
used the conditions at Lawrence JUSTIFIED
well, the purposes also included a de-
sire to arouse sympathy!
Eyes"
isn't that better than violence in
strikes?''
'sWhy, certainly; violence is no good to
a labor organization. We wanted to
take the lid off of conditions. There Is
no denying that"
Purposely Clubbed Children.
Hardwick asked the witness il he saw
the policeman "purposely club children
Eyes. I did, and 1 stand by it" said
Knebel.
Asked if he knew the policeman who
!. struck the woman in the abdomen ne
sa Id he did not. He tried to describe him,
but with little success.
You said" continued Mr.. Hardwick.
''that you saw things too horrible TO men,
ton. What were they?
II don't know any words in the English
language to express them. In the police
station in the same cell with me was
Pole. His wife was also locked up with
one or two children.
..From the sounds from a few cells
away IL appeared to him that his wiie
was there. He called to her In his own
language The guard came to him ano
He opened the cell, grabbed the man
took him down stairs into a dark cellar
Nursing Mothers Jailed.
"All day the children were not given
anything to eat, fifteen or eighteen OF
them Some of them were children a.
The breasts. Some Of the husbands whose
wives were locked up brought children
10 their mothers to be nursed.
= "a Mrs. Brown. a widow. a striker. was
locked up with some of her children. She
has seven children. and others were
brought to her to care for
: about = o clock in the afternoon | was
given cup of something they called
coffee but 1 couldn't drink II.
+. When the case came mp some OF the
children were forcibly taken from theil
mothers. to be taken to poor farm Il
-aDe cared for.
do you know whether any were taker
10 the poorhouse?" asked Representative
Wilson.
Yes there We're. Some of Mrs. Brown.
children were taken, and the authorities
tried 10 Justify their action on that be
lAfn
The strike they never sought to aid her.
RESOLUTION GOES OVER.