St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1913-02-22
.AGUhF|1HI Al
M|ERRYullE
ENDS WITH
DEATH o.
TWO
Strikers Making Efforts to
Keep Nonunion Men
Away from Mill.
WIRES DOWN
NO CONNECTION

Sheriff Goes to Merryvill,
on the 1890 De Bid. BIDDER
Train Take Charge.
Lake Charles, La, Feb. 17.-Fol
lowing the expulsion Of sharles Cline
William Baker, Eastman and Charlie.
Denny, strike leaders, at Merryville
Sunday. free-for-all gun fight tool
place early Mond1y morning between
the strikers and strikebreakkrs, re
sulting in the reported killing Of
two negro non-union men and the
wounding Of others.
All telephone communication with
Merryville is OF, 1t not being known
whether the lines are down from nat
ural cause or through having been
cut by the strikers. The latter Is be-
lieved to be the cause. as there have
been no recent storms and the line
was in order Sunday.
A telephone message from Sheriff
w. A. Martin, Of Beauregard parish,
ct De Ridder, Monday morning. stat
cd that few details Of the affair have
been obtained In De Ridder. The
bare fact that there had been . gun
NNh% 1sng MnrpvvSlln NTH IN = rnnulf Ne
ahova mentioned WA nj that was
r-...- .h...
" :.
Sherin Martin stated that ne would
60 to Nerryvillo on the train leaving
M Ridde- n 1870 1. M. arriving
q Merrvville - noon. He haa main.
fainad ! hir force a. IDENTITIES It Mer-
rvv1lIe s;nce tha frnnhie II November
snd rcnaennantIv ala mt hurry there
4srlv 4his mnrnine
lc9nrt = hainr made here to con-
49, vith Merrvvilie ~ teleeraph.
MI nm e. n n this ina nnt
sssn sccomnlished
- Erysc - Recert Fi~htinr.
AsArrvviIle has Mean ! Rotbed since
last nctnh h a. before. when III Of
~. nrshn- r,otnrs freed nv acnnittal
M rcIIo nrnesirv n tho f,rsf mart
- Nnvemher asked for emnlovment
~ tina 1marican Immher Company
mtDis thero ana were rafnsad Then
al .mniovsoe etruct The lumber
enmrerr cnns,.fentlv refused tn rec
o-.sso tha rr;nr end oradmal,v flied
M ~sth rcn-nrion man cominr IN
e.c,n c1ha- ,,cints nrtil TO-DAY M has
n -. emn,nve soma 500 or more
.nrioves - nor.nn,nn afiliation
81. ,ntsss .rd r1snor .ra cunning fnIl
NE, 1'-.''' ''->- f.'''-S' = e-'---
IN. ..r,rar. believed thew, could
r.en nor-union men awav. hut they
csma n cra nv nra ana n small
hurchas nnffl enough were IN hand
- one~ete tbs mills The less stable
- ~ ,,~sn,, r,a,, lat uhon the strike
heser vhsIa others Loft d,v nv dav
..,,esi ~" : ma who hav.r the strike
NJ - S.ts dirinseheS - iess than
am They 20 IN d,re straits
rho American I.nmher Comnanv in
.aa,.sn- ~ tha danntie. ~ the cher.
sS.s sfs,oo 10. Iart ~ srmv ~ rmards
.hs... ~. nt,, "a ~. =, scrced sts
s se !. 1 ana..t. ,s.stho,,t ,,nic,, ,shor.
- 49,. Ar,n,s- SsrsEere 80.
~ .sssat;rs. the .t-sre.. have
A.n ~. s.hs S aa ~ .rS
Sess... a as s - Ms-..w;iIo and
az aas, 49, %s. haan hsrr.s ssa IN
s ~" srn w.v nas ~ az. hitch conid
NOT ha traced to the tsrikers. but
~. Co alsecr s, uo .s0 ~ e hava hoa,,
s. nlcn ~. s Oa ~ A" e
~u sor ~ ' raa.s 80 bullet vo. f,re,,l
xhs~,-s ~ 49, ~ . 81 = . Itch ens;ra ~
tha comnanv which onerates between
t"e s.na mn 10. ~ h.an fo"rd - tho ;our-
nals Of the cars and other annoyances
have been experienced.
Five Negroes wounded.
w s,,..,v ,.,;sr.i, NJ. and mr. - .ns,t IN
tho affairs which have created labor
6'ssentions in this section during The
past seven months. arrived IN, IN Lake Ike
Riddsr. bearing report Of the