East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-26

dreds of cases suffering with hun
ser. this poiyglot mass of humanity /
representing no less than S3 races or
nationalities, many of them OF not
Latin blood, maintained patience 10
a degree that has won the admiration
of labor the country over and mas
made desperate strikebreakers VINO
RELY upon violence to discredit these
neople They are still brave, still un-
Welding and even confident OF ulti-
mate victory.
In nolice court Saturday afternoon
! forr fathers and one mother were
found guilty of assaulting ottlcers'
obstructing the sidewalks and dlsor-
aarlv conduct, because they had re-
sisted the efforts of the police TO NJ
.ro,,,, tear children from their arms
The cases of seven women ana one
,,,an Uera postponed. The 10 chli-
dnar who were arrested were sent TO
the citv home for orphans. Their
or,os ranged from to 10 years. Two
women. Mrs. Martha GaosWiN "-
Mrs Agnes Wheckiner, arrested ioi
/ .intimidating operatives VINO W.
soine 10 work. are at the city hosP.'
ol being treated for bruises ana .l,e
mauling they got at the hahus VI ol.s
no,ics when a score OF piueeo's.r
broke mn a crowd of women anu ny"
rickets. arresting many Ihe WV
r,ouen will become mothers WITHIN
month. Ito, social
,,,orl,er of philadelphia, who was one
of those delegated to escort tne IN
1,.ar IN that city, was fined Slo TOT
ohstrncting the sidewalk at the sta
tiop He was arrested by Police ser
80. Nonahan and whose sworn
tost;r,onv and reason for arrestihs
/, him was: ,os stub-
ond wasn't moving fast enough
to suit me-" -uoso,nh;a
Itch be showed to Monahan' put
.,a no,iceman refused to let him go
~. t1,a station to take his train.
Special Justice Roweil, VINO .,as ao IN
in all the cases, justified his ACTON ~
sending 10 children to the Guy Poo-
farm by citing section one,
1S1 of the acts of 1909, wnlch neau
mat the authorities shall step III any
taua charge of any child uhuei
.ana the parents shall be charged
,,.;.,, neglect by reason of orphahase'
e aoiact crime, cruelty, insanity UT
: ,S',r,,enness or other vice OF the par
ents." ou
Questions put by Justice Rowel
o,,abt out the fact that not one VI
~ ,arents arrested had ever peeh
~ oourt before. The one mother WIN
,ras fined s5 for assaulting an Office,
Ionnie Lewis, who was stopped
~. patrolman Mccain when sie
tried to board the train at NJ -.
station with her 4-year-old uaus
in her arms. Policeman
Cann testified that when ne pusn
the woman from the train ana Oleo
20 take the child from her, the W.
man .'hit and scratched MN anu
tried to bite" him.
protest Forwarded TO Congress
paing Informed that congressloIiai
,..ostigotion will be made, Charies
rro,,tnoonn. William Haywood anu
Ir;I,i,r, Yates of the strike comihi'-
go ,,,ired a strenuous protest agaiiis
+ha citv and state authorities 10 ChaI.
-, - Wilson of the house labor COM
rnittee and to Representative peis
80 wisconsin. With the protest "as
.an+ an urgent request that the coH
erassional investigation be maoe a.
90 The strike leaders also tooN
| o,i,,irarv steps for legal action 10
| ,as,,ara damages against the city oi
o for interference with the
personal rights and loerties oi -
| arrested in violation OF cohsli'u -, -
| Guarantees. consultation WIN
hold tomorrow with their legal aovis'
l ers to advice what action VIII De 'aN'
i on against the city for personal III
n iuriae inflicted by the police.
A This is Lawrence. These are th'
I otbods of the civil and common
Y rnoaltb officials, guardians OF cohsti
t,tiona1 rights. but acting Tor th'
r,1il,owners. a charge which even the!
do not dispute privately. rms uh
,,,orranted and outrageous assault up
an women and children is an lndlca
tion of the length to which these mel
| viii GO to break strike and preVeh
| the unionizing of employees VINO sd
they have reached the end OF thei
tetbar life being impossible at IN
4 If a thorough-going congresslona
Investigation is made of the events O
the mast seven weeks in Lawrence
win show violation of almost ever
constitutional right of the people wh
compose the striking element.
From the start of this industri'
II war the whole effort by the army
private detectives, the police and m
iitia as we'll as INSCRIPTIONS city an
II state officers, has been to preciplta
violence. to discredit the strike iea'
ers. 1t is notorious that dynami
was placed in three places by dete
tives working for the mill agen.
When the explosives were found, u
police announced that the strike
were planning dynamite outrages. III
"plant" has been fully exposed al
the men whom the police flnally
rested as the planter" is out on ID
. Despite all statements to the contra'
the fact is that strikers have be
peaceably disposed from the start
DSl anv violence by individuals has be
JTI traced to the daring OF boy roWd
~ .+ritrorc tyho Ditched U