The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-03-06

Tt was given to the press she said
Simon knse5le. another member Of
the corrHniftes Lroru Philadelphia and
organizer Of the Industrial Workers of
the World was the next Witness
A NEW SYSTEM.
This systs-1 Of taxing children from
strike tou3e is system that's going
to prevail III elsfs country in the future
N labor werS'' said knsehis.
It's sIl9pcTad from Earopa. isn't IL -
asked Representative ESrdwfclz-
Well, it's bean used ir Europe" said
Knee. hut that's not the only reason
it should be trted here"
I just wanted TO know the fsct,"
said Mr.. Hardwick-
Well it's a good system" Rneebfe
continued.
Telling OF what happened at the
Lawrence depot, Kneeble said:
we grouped the children in 8 file
of two and started to send them out of
the depot door. Then we saw two lines
OF police. Just as we left the door
the police started their bloody work
The children and their parents be-
! gan to pass through this line Of police
! The police tore the children from their
mothers. They were screaming. I saw
| one policeman strike a pregnant won
an.
| When came out I WAS STOPPING
| over four or FIVE children Immediate
| ly three or four policemen got hold
of me and wrestied me all over the
1 place. They didn't want to arrest
They dragged me until my knee bled
and twisted my foot When they got
! me away they went back
I wouldn't see women ana children
/ hurt that way. I did not care II
was getting murdered that day"
How many women did you see
beaten that day? ' asked Mr.. Henry.
WAGON LOAD OF INJURED.
Il saw a whole wagon load Of in
| juFod 1 saw one yeang wonsn, not
a. striker, dubbed by policeman. She
was strdc4s several times in the back.
Finally they arrested me and / was
kept in the station house with women
and children in cells.
Il come from Pennsylvania That
state hasn't got such a good record
from police. But the PENNSYLVANIA
conseabulary never dared to perpetrate
such brutality on women and children
as have the police Of Lawrence in this
case.
The interstate commerce law was
violated when L who had bought
railroad ticket, was prevented from
taking a train"
In the police station where he was
locked UP. Kneebie said that all day
the eighteen children We're not given
anything to eat
Some of them were children ct the
breasts" he continued Some OF the
husbands whose wives were locked up
brought children to their mothers to
be nursed.
When the case came up. some OF
the children were forcibly taken from
their mothers. to be taken to poor
farm to be cared for
Were the children actually locked
up In the game kind of cells where
thieves and criminals were locked up?"
asked Representative PoN.
kneeble answ cred yes.
Were others fined besides you7'
yes. Every one OF the mothers
was fined and It made no difference
what the testimony was They took
the policeTnRn's word for It"
Miss Margaret Sanger, Of New York,
trained nurse, who was instrumental
III taking children from Lawrence to
New York, testified. She said the con-
ditiop Of many Of the children was
horrible.
"Out Of 11s children. only four of
them had any underwear on" said
Miss Sanger.
And these people working In a
WOODEN mnlT' asked Representative
Stanley.
Yes"
was their outer clothing wooi?"
asked Representative Foster.
No: most of the clothing was rugs"
Miss Sanger said the doctors exam
fned the children In New York and
ciated-
you ought to have sean the chit
dren eat whsn we got them to New
York" said Miss Sanger. They grab
bed the meat and ate Il with their
hands, they were so hungry"