The Washington herald., 1912-02-25
JAILED
FOLLOWING RIOT
Lawrence Court sustains
Soldiers Who Detained
Strikers Families.
HOUSE NAY INTERVENE

Lawrence, Mass, Feb. A.-Scenes that
beggared description took place In thi.
city to-day and tonight. when court ses.
sions were held until late ine the night
to allow the two judges who were sit.
ting sufficient time to hear the cases
against the offenders in the strike riots
that took place early In the day.
| Men, women, and even children were
sent TO jail--the children as waywards
and the men and women as participants
| In the strike. Many went to the hos
pitfalls. Very few OF the men and women
/ arraigned In court appeared without
wounds Of some nature. Even the chill
dren showed the marks OF the strenuous
battle that had taken place between the
strikers and the police.
Militia Holds Children.
A flying squadron Of the militia had to
use force in preventing the shipment Of
children from the city. Under the cover
of darkness the strikers made an attempt
TO ship the children out OF town. This
had been forbidden by the police and
military authorities.
More than nifty men and women were
gathered in by the police. These peo-
pie resisted the attempt OF the police
| TO turn the children away from the
taken for shipment 10 Philadelphia.
The children were labeled with their
| names and destination. Tickets had
been purchased.
women Battle with Police.
More than twoscore police had been
called for such an emergency. They
surrounded the special train that had
been ordered to carry the children
board.
The mothers of the children had
gone to the station to bid them fare
well. Acting Chief Marshal Sullivan
told the children and their escorts to
disperse. He gave them warning that
they would either have to go home or
be placed under arrest. This ultima
turn on the part OF the police head
seemed to be the word that threw the
strikers and the children's escorts into
a frenzy. A pitched battle, In which
the women took part. was waged for
many minutes. The cries OF the wom-
en- and children filled the depot
Bedlam reigned for a time. A hur-
ried call was sent for the militia.
Many were arrested. the others scat
tering about the city. The strikers
state that they will make another at
tempt TO ship the children out OF the
city tomorrow.
Intervention in the textile strike al
Lawrence. Mass. by the Federal House
OF Representatives is probable as the
result of the refusal OF the Lawrence
police to permit the removal OF children
OF the strikers from the scene of trouble.
Chairman Wilson. of the House Commit
tee an Labor, yesterday wired to Gov.
FoSs, OF Massachusetts,. requesting the
governor TO inform him by what au-
thority strikers have been prohibited from
leaving Lawrence.
Solicitor General Lehman declared the
OF his right OF liberty was violated by
the marshal in preventing the sending
away OF the children, but II 10 doubtful
whether the Federal authorities have any
right to interfere unless asked to do so
by the governor, as the Constitution
leaves to the States the police power Of
making good the rights OF the Consti-
tuition
Representative Wilson also wired to
President Golden of the Textile Workers
Union for Information on the situation.
Denouncing the interference OF the
Massachusetts, militia with the Lawrence
strikers. Representative Victor Berger.
the Socialist member OF the House. is
sued a statement yesterday afternoon.
Mr.. Berger says that the pretext for the
militia's action is an outrage.
He continues:
THE strikers. and especially the
women. were man-handled and beaten
because they tried TO send their chill
dren to another city. 1t is nobody's busi-
ness whether or not the strikers send
their children away. so long as the chill
dren cannot be well taken care of. To COM
pei the children to stay with their parents
where they would have to starve is a
tactic that has not been used in history
since the days OF Genghis Khan"