Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-06-14
DEFENDS MARTIAL
LAN IN Strike
iORMl'R GOVERNOR TOLD COM.
MITrIE CONDITIONS JUSTI.
IIiD iNTRIME MEANS.
strikers GIVEN HEARING



'lIAhLI.0IoN W. Va, June IL
After hcuIur former Governor Ghss-
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conc Iad'I Ih" testimony Of Guvcru-
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h''' "i lh' arrest ana conviction II
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I"Wthi senator krnyou's branch
"' tn' inquiry "s To general conditions
ana causes leading up TO the strike
was "Il ihal remained to bed isposcd
ol III "Il'S'oh. Ihe committee de-
'ldrd to IraV' the matter of alleged
NlolationS OF Immigration laws TO be
"Neh up ln washington The pucs-
uohS "t agreements ana circumstances
contrary To the laws Of IN" United
states Tor the purpose ~ controlling
the production In West Virginia coal
"lII h"l h' lakrh up by the commit
te' al 'his ume' II was decided, owing
10 lht Ilct that Officials OF the Unit
ea NINE workers nave been indicted
on TINS charg' under the sherman
Nhu-lrusi Law IN the federal courts.
Defended Martial Law.
I'm ma uncertain t.r,a Govcrnor
Glasscocl, and the cifil nutb,ritios ~
Kanwaha county dofondod tbcd ocIa-
ration of martial law In IN. .,rti,o
zone.
Iherr was "a reign of terror IN the
strike district said the former gov
ernor twenty-five or thirty murders
hhd been committed and no prosocu-
ton had been made in the courts
considered martial law an absolute
necessity
lhc former governor SAID he had
been reluctant to tax" charge of tho
situation with the militia, but that
partes TO the Industrial controversy
had urged him To do so.
The governor was unoquivocal in
his defense Of the actions Of the mill
llhry commission which tried prson-
ers IN the strike zone.
Ihe former governor explained that
sentences imposed by the military
commission on which exceeded tho
penalties provided by the statutes
were never Intended to be carried out.
They wore planned for the moral
effect he said.
II was determined said the gov
ernor TO haev peace and order re-
stored rms was one OF the means
'o"io" pcpch" on '"rie9'
Representative $. y. Avis who was
county prosecutor when the trouble
began testified that Juries secured in
the civil courts could not be de-
pended upon to try eases arising out
Of strikes because Of the widespread
prejudice. ana bias throughout the
country.
Were the jurors secured any moro
subject 10 this general prejudice than
the military officers who made up
the military commission demanden
Senator Borah.
"Probably not replied Mr.. Avis.
AVIS said that throughout the strike
troubles the criminal courts of the
country with grand jurics sitting wero
doing business without interference.
Tonight the committee began eX-
animation Of the women OF the mining
camp Mrs George Parker told tho
committee that guard named Jack
son had prevented her from visiting
a graveyard on Cabin Creek to clean
up the grave Of her baby
Told of Killing.
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