The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-03
Socialist Resents Law
renee Citizens Con-
tribution to Strikers.
BATTLE OF FISTS
BARELY AVERTED
Spirit Of Revolt Bursts Into
Flame Before House Commit
tee on Rules, Where Weary
and Worn Girl Victims
Of the Mills Arc
Witnesses.
Especial TO The Times Dispatch. |


Washington. March 2.-Thc spirit Of
revolt Of Il dcspariny people, burdencd
down with tho Industrial horrors of the
Lawrence strike. burst into i,anla to-
DAY before the House Rules Committee.
a. tho conclusion of a. day of testi-
mony fraught with revolting tales of
the sunerings of tho women and chill
drcn Of I.awrencs. with denunciadons OF
anarchy and revolution" before 400
spectators. the hearing ended IN what
came near being hand to hand clasfi
between Victor Berger, the Socialist
Representative from Wisconsin. and
Robert MacCartney, of the Lawrence
Citizens Committee
When tho COMMITTEES adjourned the
thirteen little child mill workers. weary
and worn with the bustls and excite
ment of tho day. arose TO file out with
a dazed air. utterly inappreciative o.
the seems about them Repre- Ia tive
Wilson. chairman of the Labor Commit
tee of thu House, arose and suggested
thut as the government would not do
fray the expenses OF tho strikers in
Washington a collection might be taken
up. The suggestion was adopted, and
two of tho thin faced girls, bent with
toll at the loom, passed among the
spectators with hats extended.
Calls 1t Blood Money.
Josephine Liss, heroine OF an encoun-
ter with the militia. unconsciously ap-
preached Lewis s. Cox. postmaster Of
the Lawrence Citizens Committee. Cox
dropped dollar bill In the hat. but
with one bound. Berger. the Grcbrandi
lcaped across tho room.
Give that back TO HIM" nc shouted
TO the girl. "l>.ll him We want no
blood money!"
MacCartncy .nterfcred with tho dc.
mand:
Who arc you2"
Berger retortcd hotly who he was
and MacCarmey edged closer TO tn.
big Socialist.
IN have YOU understand that
have as much money as you have, ana
that none of t is blood money" hc
shouted
Spectators and committee sasped as
the two men came together. Represen-
;ative Wilson democrat. Pennsylvania
leaped between them and forcibly pre-
vented a meeting. Still glarinS an
griiy. they separated and Berger left
the room.
The huddio of pathetic figures. rep
resenting the price that youth has paid
to tho whole industry I'm Lawrence,
shrunk from the officials of tho town
as they passed out and gathered them
selves together for their walk to the
hotel in the gathering dusk.
Throughout I'll. day they had sa..
tense and earnest, watching every wit
ness examined. The sorrows OF the
strike, lighting for expression, burst
from them with Shrek when John
nj DO mt Of hr
ers of America, which is fighting; the
Industrial Workers of the World, for
tho control OF tho strike. denounced
the leaders of the latter organization,
who organized It.
Preach Anarchy.
These men walked out because
their pay was reduced and because
they had not been told why shout
ed Golden. excited. 'and II is all their
fault. 1t is all the fault OF your Hay
woods and your Ettors. who went there
To Lawrence and poisoned the minds
of these mill workers. They did not
preach trade unonsm. They preached
anarchy"
From the huddlcd group OF girls and
boys hoarse murmur OF dissent arose
ard the older girls cried: II Is a lie,
ii is lie"
Uproar followed The entire crowd
4eaneh FORWARD 70 watch the central
figures The child strike victims
threatened to break away from the
older ones who were with them.
DO you mean to say" demanded
Representative Pou, that the Indus
trial Workers OF the World is an or
ganization of anarchists"
AS Il result of their conduct In Law
renee we so claim" returned Golden
Have they urged violence?" asked
Representative Campbell (Repuollcan,
Kansas
yes. they have" returned Colder,
alphabetically. One man told these
people to get the gun shops busy. be
cause he was going to puy gun"
Who was that?'
"Ettor." dramatically announce
Golden.
He never said that: it's le," came
almost unconsciously from the lips 81
a girl sitting within three feet OF the
speaker, and pandemonlum broke loose
again. q s the committeeman sat eEha 81
at the spirit OF revolt let loose before
them.
II have heard insulting remarks di-
rected at this Witness" ehouted Repre-
sentative Stanley, OF Kentucky, above
the din. IF that happens again, / am
going to see that the guilty person is
, sent to JAIL
Slowly the tumult suosided, the lit
tic CHILDREN and the spectators leaned
forward again. Representative Stanley
went back TO the question of sending
the children from Lawrence. Golden
agreed that they should not have been
allowed 20 leave the city.
Why" demanded stanley.
Had UiterInr Motive.
"Recausc these strikers had an nj
terror motive In trying 10 send them
away" said Golden
"Whnt motive could they haya h